Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Judith Payne
Feb 23, 2014
Judith Gaye Payne, 67, of Chester, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Retreat Hospital. Born in Wise County, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Mabel Adams Miller, and was preceded in death by two siblings, Billie Joyce Tankersley and Roger Miller. She is survived by her husband, of 49 years, Gerald S. Payne; her children,...

Betty Noto
Feb 23, 2014
Betty G. Noto, 89, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, February 23, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Syracuse, New York, she was the daughter of the late George and Gertrude Christian Perks, and the widow of Dominick M. Noto Sr. Mrs. Noto was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. She is survived by her son, Dominick...
Leona Thomas
Feb 22, 2014
Leona Owensby Thomas, 87, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014 at her residence. She was born July 14, 1926 in Packolet, South Carolina to the late Vance Edward and Vinnie Louise McAbee Owensby. Leona was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Harry Lee Thomas Jr. and two sisters, Sara Bennett and Elise Sweigart. She...
Edwin Wright
Feb 22, 2014
Edwin W. Wright Edwin W. "Buddy" Wright, 46, of Dinwiddie, died February, 22, 2014. He was the son of the late James W. and Lois S. Wright. Buddy was a truck driver and loved to drive his big truck down the highway. He also loved hunting and would spend hours in the woods, waiting for that big buck to come...

Merrill Myers
Feb 21, 2014
Merrill Edward "Ed" Myers, 74, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2014 at his residence. Born in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late Merrill E. and Harriet Harrigan Myers. Ed was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, the Knights of Columbus Council #6372, and the Colonial Heights Lion's Club. He is survived by his...
Patricia Campbell
Feb 20, 2014
Patricia P. Campbell, 65, of Chesterfield, passed away on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Ira D. and Olivia Fulks Powell. Mrs. Campbell was a member of Oaklawn Baptist Church, Chesterfield and a retired Senior Accountant for the Virginia Department of Transportation. She is survived by her husband, Bernard L. Campbell; two...
Shirley Arrington
Feb 19, 2014
Shirley Bass Arrington of Colonial Heights went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 19, 2014. She was born January 10, 1943 in Richmond, Virginia to the late David Binford and Magaline Cash Bass. Mrs. Arrington was a member of Mount Hermon Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of 52 years, William L. Arrington Sr.; son, William...
Yasuko Grant
Feb 19, 2014
Yasuko Sato "Baba" Grant, 90, of Chesterfield, formerly of Fayetteville, North Carolina, passed away on February 19, 2014 at her residence. She was born September 9, 1923 in Tokyo, Japan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Nelson Herbert Grant. Mrs. Grant retired from J.C. Penney as a seamstress, and was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance in...
Brandon Blythe
Feb 19, 2014
Brandon was born in Nash County December 28, 1988 to Allen Bruce Blythe and Susan Livingston Gordon. He was a maintenance mechanic for Boar's Head Meats. Brandon loved everyone around him, especially his family, and was fond of four wheeling and the outdoors. He had a love for fishing, using only a line and hook and could catch more fish...

Emily Thompson
Feb 18, 2014
Emily S. Thompson passed away February 18, 2014 at MCV Palliative Care Unit. Mrs. Thompson was a resident of Dinwiddie County. She was preceded in death by her mother Ethel Trent Stevenson and her sister Ethel Carolyn Moots. Mrs. Thompson was a longtime employee of Central Virginia Property Services. She is survived by her husband Cecil R. Thompson, her daughter...
James Yates Jr.
Feb 17, 2014
James E. "Junnie" Yates Jr., 88, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, February 17, 2014 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Remington, Virginia he was the son of the late James E. Yates II and Margerite Cmilansky Yates, and was preceded in death by a sister, Cathleen Johns. He was a member of Highland United Methodist Church, the...
Waverly Pride
Feb 15, 2014
Waverly D. Pride, 88, of Colonial Heights passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at his residence. Born in Chesterfield, he was the son of the late Waverly E. and Mary Estelle Pride. Mr. Pride was retired from Allied Chemical maintenance department. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Pride; a daughter, Linda Dice and husband, John; a grandson, Gary...
Margaret Mingus
Feb 14, 2014
Margaret Eloise Mingus, 79, of Chester, Virginia passed away on Friday, February 14, 2014 to join the love of her life, Charles C. Mingus Jr., for Valentine's Day. She was born August 8, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her birth mother, Eloise Harper Boutries; her father, Eugene W. Boutries; mother, Frances Gertrude Boutries; and a...

Jean Spiers
Feb 12, 2014
Jean Adams Spiers, 86, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late John H. and Alice Twisdale Adams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles F. Spiers; and two sisters, Lula Weaver and Dorothy Harvey. Mrs. Spiers was a member of...

Bradley Spivey Jr.
Feb 12, 2014
Bradley V. Spivey Jr., 91, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Bradley V. Spivey Sr. and Minnie Hancock Spivey. Mr. Spivey was preceded in death by his former wife, Wanda T. Spivey; two sisters, Mary S. Herrman and Vivian Spivey; brother, Joseph Spivey; and two...
Betty Gerino
Feb 12, 2014
Betty R. Gerino Betty Reid Gerino, 89, of Colonial Heights, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Clarence Elmore Reid Sr. and Sadie Mae Edwards Reid and was predeceased by her grandson, William Thomas Garrison. Mrs. Gerino was the first paid secretary and a long-time member of Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Survivors include her four...

Barbara Wall
Feb 11, 2014
Barbara Hendrix Wall, 81, of Hopewell, passed away on February 11, 2014 in the Colonial Heights Health and Rehabilitation Center after a period of declining health. Born May 4, 1932 in Waynesboro, North Carolina to the late Clarence L. and Beulah Morrison Hendrix, she had resided in Hopewell for most of her life. Barbara was predeceased by four brothers, Harry,...
Leo Wright
Feb 9, 2014
Leo V. Wright, 87, of Dinwiddie, joined his wife, Julia, with our Lord on February 9, 2014. He was born September 7, 1926 to the late John D. Wright and Bessie Phillips Wright. Mr. Wright was a World War II Army Air Force Veteran. He was a member of the Civil Air Patrol for over 30 years, performing Search and...

Olive Barnes
Feb 8, 2014
Olive T. Barnes, 97, of Dinwiddie, passed away Saturday February 8, 2013 at the Dinwiddie Health & Rehabilitation Care Center. She was born October 12, 1916 to the late James A. and Annie James Callis Thompson and was preceded in death by her husband Travis Y. Barnes, two sisters Ruth Wells, Laura Love, and a brother Robert "Doc" Thompson. Ms....
Jerrilyn Kimes
Feb 8, 2014
Jerrilyn Lee Kimes, a longtime resident of Colonial Heights, Virginia passed away on February 8, 2014 at the age of 72 after an extended illness. She was born in Springfield, Ohio the only daughter and eldest of three children born to the late Norman H. Chronaberry and Jean Elizabeth Sergeant Davis. Following high school, Jerrilyn served in the U.S. Marine...
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