Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Jean Williams
Jan 9, 2015
Jean McCarter Williams, 88, of Colonial Heights, passed away Friday, January 9, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Mearle McCarter, by her husband of 59 years, Eugene E. Williams, and by three brothers and one sister. Ms. Williams retired after many years as the head bank teller from Sovran Bank, now Bank of America. She...
Sarah Lopez
Jan 9, 2015
Sarah Virginia Reyes Lopez, 92, of Prince George, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015 at John Randolph Medical Center. A native of Puerto Rico, she was the widow of Raul Lopez Sr. Mrs. Lopez was a retired seamstress and a member of Faith Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by two sons, Julio Hernandez and wife, Aurora...
Sandra Seay
Jan 8, 2015
Sandra Coberly (Sandy) Seay of Chester, Virginia met her Lord and Savior and was reunited with her husband, on Wednesday, January 8, 2015. Sandy was born on September 8, 1947 in West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard M. Seay Sr.; both parents; ten brothers and sisters. Sandy was a member of the Edgehill Church of...

Mary Racicot
Jan 4, 2015
Mary D. Nemecek Racicot, 99 of Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015. She was a native of Dinwiddie County, and was the daughter of the late Joseph and Bessie Mack Nemecek and the widow Wallice Venn Racicot. Mrs. Racicot was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Petersburg. She is survived by a daughter Shirley Marie Schubert and...
Katherine Hogue
Jan 4, 2015
Katherine Joan Williams Hogue, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Bluefield, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Alexander S. and Katherine M. Williams, and was preceded in death by two sisters, Marcella Moore & Dorothy Coleman; two brothers, Donald & Richard Williams; and a grandson, Jonathan...

Donald Flexon
Jan 3, 2015
Donald L. Flexon, 84, of Chesterfield, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Lucy Corr Village. He was the son of the late Charles H. and Ruth Z. Flexon, and was preceded in death by his wife, Fay S. Flexon; a daughter, Dianne G. Flexon; and a son, Steven R. Flexon. Mr. Flexon was the...
Frances Cherry
Jan 3, 2015
Visitation Details
Thursday, January 7th, 2016 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small
Service InformationFriday, January 8th, 2016 11:00am, Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small
Interment Details
Southlawn Memorial Park
Barbara Grant
Jan 1, 2015
Barbara Ann Grant, 82, of Littleton, North Carolina on Lake Gaston, passed away on January 1, 2015 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born to the late Roy L. Fillmore and Florence Jackson on June 15, 1932 in Brockton, Massachusetts and was also preceded in death by her brother, George Nelson and her only daughter, Dawn Grant Sarver of...
James Elder Sr.
Dec 30, 2014
James B. Elder Sr., 74, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2014. He was born on January 25, 1940 to the late James C. and Dorothy Rainy Elder. He was preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Ann Lamm Elder, and his sister, Dorothy E. Gregory. Mr. Elder was a United States Navy veteran. He is survived by...
Romi Chitwood Jr.
Dec 28, 2014
Romi Lee Chitwood Jr., 89, of Chesterfield, Virginia passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014. He was the son of the late Romi Lee Chitwood Sr. and Ethel White Chitwood. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Sonia Lawson Chitwood and sisters, Sylbia Dickman, Nora McLean and Mattie McQuay. He was a member of Ettrick United Methodist Church...
Thomas Robertson Jr.
Dec 28, 2014
Thomas E. Robertson Jr., 72, of Matoaca passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Magnolias of Chesterfield. He was the son of the late Thomas E. Robertson Sr. and Hortense White Robertson. Mr. Robertson was a retired Pressman from ALCOA, and a United States Army veteran. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Shelvy M. Robertson; a...
Roy Ferry
Dec 28, 2014
Roy John Ferry, 82, of Colonial Heights, joined his wife Shirley Heflin Ferry in an eternal heavenly honeymoon on Sunday, December 28, 2014. He was the son of the late Charles and Florence Korn Ferry. Mr. Ferry attended Duke University and completed his degree at Virginia Commonwealth University. He retired from Reynolds Metal as a Production Systems Analyst. Mr. Ferry...
Mary Posser
Dec 28, 2014
Mary T. Posser, 69, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014 at Chippenham Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Mary Catherine Ferry Oliver, and was preceded in death by two brothers, John and Charles Oliver. She was a retired Insurance Adjuster with AIG, and was a member of the Nimble Thimble Quilting...
Josephine Lamm
Dec 27, 2014
Josephine D. Lamm, 78, of Chesterfield, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on December 27, 2014. She is preceded in death by her beloved mother Lillian G. Lewis, father Jessie C. Dalton and aunt Myrtle Foster. She leaves to cherish her memory a loving family; daughter Marsha G. Mckofka of Petersburg; son Steven M. Lamm and...
Patricia Elmore
Dec 26, 2014
Patricia Shumate Elmore 66, of Midlothian, and formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away Friday December 26, 2014 at Johnston Willis Medical Center. She was born March 31, 1948, to the late Raymond Delmer Shumate and the Fannie Bish Shumate, and was preceded in death by her husband Gary A. Elmore, a daughter Dana Elmore, and a brother Delmer Jackson Shumate....
George Whitman Jr.
Dec 25, 2014
George Melvin Whitman, Jr, 80, a life- long resident of the Petersburg, Colonial Heights and Dinwiddie area, passed away on Thursday, December 25, 2014. He was the son of the late George Melvin Whitman Sr. and Carrie Mure Whitman Hawkins, and was preceded in death by a brother, Luther Irving Whitman. Mr. Whitman was a U.S. Navy veteran serving during...

William Eason
Dec 24, 2014
William Crist Eason, 65, of Church Road, passed away on Wednesday, December 24, 2014. He was the son of the late William and Emma Brooks Eason and was preceded in death by a daughter, Shelly Love. He loved hunting, fishing, camping and being with his family. Mr. Eason is survived by his loving wife, Ruth Ann Eason; sons, Steven M....
Rita Wilson
Dec 22, 2014
Rita Albertine Wilson, 84, of North Dinwiddie and formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away peacefully at her residence on Monday, December 22, 2014. Born in Connecticut, she was the daughter of the late George Pronovost and Lydia Brouillette and was also preceded in death by her husband; Raymond O. Wilson, Sr. Rita was a long time member of Mount Pleasant...

Jack Gadsby Sr.
Dec 22, 2014
Capt. Jack R. Gadsby Sr., USA (Ret.), 96, of Petersburg, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Memphis, Tennessee he was the son of the late John and Pauline Gadsby, and was preceded in death by his wife, Virginia Jackson Gadsby. Mr. Gadsby was retired from the United States Army having served during...

Pauline Pulley
Dec 20, 2014
Pauline Seymour Pulley, 86, of Colonial Heights passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Sussex County, she was the daughter of the late Otho T. and Harriet Collins Jarratt, and was preceded in death by her first husband, Ellek B. Seymour Sr., her second husband, James A. Pulley Sr., a son, Ellek B....
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