OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Frances Vest

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Danny Babb Sr.

Danny Babb Sr.

Jun 6, 2014

Danny Eugene Babb Sr., 68, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Friday, June 6, 2014 at his residence. He was the son of the late Walter W. and Margaret Strange Babb, and was preceded in death by a brother, Walter W. Babb II; and a sister, Deborah K. Babb. Mr. Babb was currently employed as a Manager with the Process Welding...

Lois Dyson

Lois Dyson

Jun 5, 2014

Lois Jeanne Sanderson Dyson, 83, of S. Chesterfield, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Hopewell, she was the daughter of the late Leon A. and Dorothy Short Sanderson. She was preceded in death by her husband, John W. Dyson and brother, James Franklin Vaughan. She retired from Bank of America as an...

Jimmy Ellison

Jimmy Ellison

Jun 5, 2014

Jimmy Ellison, 73, of Prince George, passed away on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at his residence. Born in Middlesboro, Kentucky he was the son of the late Robert and Lennie Whitaker Ellison. Mr. Ellison was a retired Corrections Officer with the State of Virginia Department of Corrections. He is survived by two sons, Jimmy Wayne Ellison of Prince George and...

Brendan Gamble

Brendan Gamble

Jun 3, 2014

Brendan Gene Gamble, age 70, died June 3, 2014; at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, Virginia. Mr. Gamble was born September 16, 1943, to Michael and Mary Jane Mariniak Gamble in Petersburg, Va. He is survived by several aunts, uncles, many cousins, and a godson, Drew Button, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. Gamble was raised a Catholic. He attended...

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