Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Wilhelmine Jones
Jul 5, 2014
Wilhelmine V. Jones, 82, of Portsmouth, formerly of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at her residence. A native of Nurnberg, Germany she was the daughter of the late Richard and Johanna Heindel Steinedecker and the widow of Rayford Jones. She was preceded in death by a son Richard Jones Sr.. Mrs. Jones was a retired Machine Operator...
Pamela Gongloff
Jul 4, 2014
Pamela May Gongloff, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014 at Brighter Living Assisted Living Center. Born in England on May 6, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Harold E. and Evelyn Sheppard Caswell. She was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Gongloff and a daughter, Janice G. Langford. Mrs. Gongloff is...

Clarence Jones
Jul 1, 2014
SSG Clarence Gilbert Jones USA (Ret.), 85, of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Pensacola, Florida, he was the son of the late Fred Jones and Vera Shelby Grubbs. Mr. Jones was retired from the United States Army having served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and was a retired...
John Steve
Jul 1, 2014
John Harold Steve, 85, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at his residence. Born in Michigan, he was the son of the late John Steve and Agnes Walters Steve Martin. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Martin Steve, and seven sisters, Agnes TenEyck, Lillian MacLaren, Mildred Parker, Viola Noble, Josephine Sroka, Loretta France,...

Frances Vest
Jun 28, 2014
Frances E. Vest, ("Frankie" to her friends, "Auntie" to her family) of Chesterfield, went to see Jesus on June 28, 2014, at the age of 93. She was born in Lexington, Virginia on October 28, 1920 to Enos and Ruth Howard and was the oldest of four children. She is preceded in death by her husband, John E. Vest; her...
Baby Briggs
Jun 25, 2014
Our Angel, Baby Kennedy Grace Briggs, of Prince George, was sent to heaven on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at MCV Hospital, Richmond. She was the daughter of Kevin Todd Briggs and Jenae Allyse Briggs. She is also survived by her maternal grandparents; Kelly and Glenn Newton, Butch and Holly Grenier; paternal grandparents, Mac and Robin Briggs; also numerous aunts, uncles,...

Robert Seay
Jun 24, 2014
Robert "Bobby" Seay 67, of Chester, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond. He was the son of the late Thomas Preston Seay and Kathleen Harrison Seay. Bobby was a Vietnam Veteran serving with the United States Army. He was a member of the Chester Masonic Lodge, V.F.W., American Legion, and the Moose Lodge....
Hubert Whitfield
Jun 24, 2014
Mr. Hubert D. Whitfield (91) is in the hands of the Lord. He painlessly passed away Tuesday June 24, 2014 at Holmes-McGuire Veterans Hospital. Hubert and his high school sweet heart Ilene were both born in the rural community of Calvary, Georgia in the 1920s. They've been married 71-years and both have been pillars of Immanuel Baptist Church here in...

Gloria Herpin
Jun 24, 2014
Gloria Lucas Herpin, 88, of Midlothian, formerly of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin and Bessie Lucas, and a brother, Benjamin "Mickey" Lucas Jr. She is survived by a son, Michael J. Herpin and wife, Sheila of Midlothian; two grandsons, Gage and Drew Herpin; devoted nieces, Debbie Simmons...

Stephanie Thompson
Jun 23, 2014
Stephanie Johnson Thompson, 55, of Carson, formerly of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, June 23, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Edward and Barbara Ellis Johnson. Stephanie was a member of Second Baptist Church on Johnson Road, and a former member of Monumental Baptist Church. She was an employee of Ashland Incorporated in...

Raymond Tirpak
Jun 23, 2014
Raymond Tirpak, 58, of Chester, passed away on Monday, June 23, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia. He was born on September 6, 1955, to the late Michael and Johanna Schar Tirpak. Mr. Tirpak enjoyed his career as a forklift operator for ABC Builders Supply and Air Gas. He is survived by his daughter, April Wright and...
Arthur Barnes Jr.
Jun 19, 2014
Arthur John Barnes, Jr., 71, passed away on Thursday, June, 19, 2014 at Vibra Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. Born on September 29, 1942, he was the son of the late Arthur John Barnes, Sr. and Elizabeth Dettmer. He is predeceased by his son, David Wayne Barnes. Mr. Barnes was a member of Faith Baptist Church and loved to fish with...
Bernard Watts
Jun 19, 2014
Bernard Samuel Watts, 82, of Colonial Heights passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. A native of South Boston, Virginia, he was the son of the late John Samuel Watts and Vena Louise Powell Watts. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Edward and Harvey Watts and a sister Lennie Clements....
Preston Flint
Jun 18, 2014
Preston Eugene Flint, 78, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Lexington, Virginia, passed away on Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Preston P. and Frances Nicely Flint. Mr. Flint was a United States Marine Corps veteran, and a retired truck driver. He was an outdoorsman who loved to hunt and fish,...
Timothy Allen
Jun 18, 2014
Timothy "Tim" Wayne Allen 52, of Hopewell, formerly of Petersburg, passed away on Wednesday June 19, 2014. He was the son of the late Robert Linwood Allen Sr. and Juanita Stell Allen. He is survived by his wife, Shirle Anne Allen; daughters, Roxanne Lynette Nichols and husband, Glen, Brandy Nicole Holly; step-daughter Misty Dawn Mayton, step-son James Edward Mayton IV...
Barbara Fick
Jun 14, 2014
Barbara Ann Cummins Fick, 80, left her family on Earth to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, June 14, 2014. Born on November 12, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Annie Cummins. She was also preceded in death by her two sisters, Lois Regal and Mary Frances Reed. Barbara is survived by her husband...
Gisela Banze
Jun 13, 2014
Gisela Anna Katharina Banze, 85, of Prince George, Virginia passed away Friday, June 13, 2014 in Worms, Germany near her childhood home. Gisela married William, a career US Army officer, in 1952 and moved with him to the US where she was lovingly embraced by his family, to whom she remained close for the rest of her life. She became...
William Winstead
Jun 12, 2014
William Claude Lee Winstead, 70, of Petersburg, passed away on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, he was the son of the late William B. and Margaret Payne Winstead, and was preceded in death by a sister, Joyce King. Mr. Winstead was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of...
William Roop
Jun 9, 2014
William A. "Billy" Roop, 69 of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday June 9, 2014 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Archie C. and Louise J. Roop. Bill retired from PPG Industries, and was also employed for many years with Martin's Toyota and Oldsmobile in Colonial Heights as a...
Melvin Johnson
Jun 7, 2014
Melvin James Johnson, 86, of Chester, passed away on Saturday, June 7, 2014 at Chippenham Medical Center. He was the son of the late Fletcher and Pearl Jefferson Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a United States Navy veteran and a member of the American Legion Post # 2 in Petersburg. He is survived by his loving wife, Marie Johnson; children, Mark...
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