OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Tammy Costa

Tammy Costa

Jan 11, 2015

Tammy D. Costa of Matoaca, 56 passed away January 11, 2015. She was the daughter of the late William Ward Marshall Jr., and Lucille McIntire Marshall. Survivors include her husband of 31 years Patrick Frank Costa, two sons Patrick M. Costa of Matoaca, Samuel A. Costa A1C of Mountain Home Idaho AFB, brother; William Ward Marshall III.; of Richmond and...

Etta Branzelle

Etta Branzelle

Jan 11, 2015

Etta Stringfield Branzelle, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Waverly Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Waverly, she was the daughter of the late George and Ada Sheffield Stringfield. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank A. Branzelle Sr. and a son, Frank A. Branzelle Jr. Mrs. Branzelle was a member of...

Teddy Payne

Teddy Payne

Jan 11, 2015

Teddy Ray Payne Sr., 79, of Dinwiddie, passed away Sunday, January 11, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Paul Teddy and Blanch Honts Payne. Mr. Payne was a United States Air Force veteran and a veteran of the National Guard. He retired after 39 years from Firestone/Honeywell in Hopewell and was a member...

Howard Parrish Jr.

Howard Parrish Jr.

Jan 10, 2015

Howard Louis Parrish, Jr., 94, of Petersburg, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Waverly Health Care Center. He was born October 3, 1920 in Petersburg, Virginia to the late Howard L. Parrish Sr. and Gertrude Allen Parrish and was preceded in death by his wife, Inez C. Parrish. Mr. Parrish was a graduate of Petersburg High School and...

Catherine Wells

Catherine Wells

Jan 10, 2015

Catherine Brown Wells, 88, of Dinwiddie, passed away Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the Dinwiddie Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Robert E. Brown and Ruth Kirkland Brown, and was preceded in death by her husband, Wilfred Oscar Wells Sr.; two brothers, Everett R. Brown and Thomas Alfred Brown. Mrs. Wells was a member of Crawford...

Manuelle Floridia

Manuelle Floridia

Jan 9, 2015

Service Information

Thursday, January 15th, 2015 1:00pm

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Service Extra Info Memorial Service

Jean Williams

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

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

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

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

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

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

Frances Cherry

Jan 3, 2015

Visitation Details

Thursday, January 7th, 2016 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small

Service Information

Friday, January 8th, 2016 11:00am, Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small

Interment Details

Southlawn Memorial Park

Barbara Grant

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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...

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