OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Clarence Cimburke

Clarence Cimburke

Nov 23, 2013

Clarence S. "Junny" Cimburke, 85, of Chesterfield, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2013 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Charles and Lillian Scott Cimburke. Mr. Cimburke was a member of Woods United Methodist Church, the Dyson-Perkinson Sunday school class, the men's choir, and a long time usher. He was a retired Maintenance worker...

James Schenck

James Schenck

Nov 22, 2013

James "Jimmy" Marvin Schenck 71, of Ford, passed away Thursday November 21, 2013 at the Medical College of Virginia. He was preceded in death by his father Benjamin Schenck and his wife Jennie M. Schenck. Mr. Schenck retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and was also a Farmer. He was a member of Woods United Methodist Church in Chesterfield...

Mary Hawkins

Mary Hawkins

Nov 20, 2013

Mary Tatum Hawkins, 97, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Dinwiddie, she was the daughter of the late Henry M. and Jennie Lufsey Tatum. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Donnon Hawkins; three brothers, George William Tatum, John Henry Tatum, and Gordon Lee Tatum; and...

Granville Gary

Granville Gary

Nov 20, 2013

Granville B. Gary, 86, of Chester, passed away on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at his residence. He was born on August 23, 1927 to the late Claude S. and Ada Agusta Fraiser Gary. Mr. Gary retired from DuPont, and was a member of Advent Christian Church in Mechanicsville, Virginia. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Frances S....

Denvil Reynolds

Denvil Reynolds

Nov 19, 2013

Denvil L. "Dee" Reynolds, 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at his residence. Born in Milton, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Harvey T. and Nora Adams Reynolds. Mr. Reynolds was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Jean Reynolds. He attended Woodlawn Baptist Church, and was a retired sheet metal worker....

Andrew Punday

Andrew Punday

Nov 17, 2013

SSGT Andrew F. Punday USA (ret.), 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, November 17, 2013 at Lexington Rehabilitation Center. Born in Pennsylvania, he was the son of the late John and Ann Hulway Punday. He retired from the U.S. Army after 22 years, serving in the European & African Middle Eastern Areas; and from Civil Service at Bellwood....

Rudolph Reeves Jr.

Rudolph Reeves Jr.

Nov 16, 2013

Rudolph T. Reeves Jr., of Colonial Heights, formerly of Erwin, North Carolina, passed away Saturday November 16, 2013. Rudy was born at Duke University hospital, in Durham North Carolina in 1942 and was preceded in death by his parents Rudolph T. Reeves of Linden, North Carolina and Hazel Marie (Cheek) Reeves, of Mebane, North Carolina on October 24, 1945. He...

Jack Fockler Sr.

Jack Fockler Sr.

Nov 15, 2013

Jack Edwin Davis Fockler, Sr., 87, of Colonial Heights, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, passed away Friday, November 15, 2013 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born May 22, 1926 to the late Francis O. and Hazel Mae King Fockler. Mr. Fockler retired as a Major from the United States Army after many years of service. He was...

Eunice Walker

Eunice Walker

Nov 14, 2013

Eunice Irene Walker, 88, of Danville, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2013. Born in Lynchburg, she was the daughter of the late Alfred P. and Lillian Tolley Welcher, and the widow of George Lee Walker. Mrs. Walker was preceded in death by two sons, Donnie and Tarris Walker; a sister, Margaret Morris and two brothers,...

George Ellis

George Ellis

Nov 13, 2013

-- View a Video --In Memory Of George "Buck" Ellis George M. "Buck" Ellis, 82, of Matoaca, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. He was born in DeWitt on May 27, 1931 to the late Robert William and Margaret Spain Ellis, and was preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Delories M. Ellis. Mr. Ellis retired from...

Catherine Traylor

Catherine Traylor

Nov 13, 2013

Catherine A. Traylor of Chesterfield passed away Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at the Medical College of Virginia. She was born February 6, 1941 to the late Robert Parker Atkins and Kathryn Virginia Perry Atkins. She was also preceded in death by her son, David Matthew Traylor and a brother, William Atkins. Mrs. Traylor is survived by her husband, David Lee...

Catherine Pientka

Catherine Pientka

Nov 13, 2013

Catherine Elizabeth Simms Pientka of Petersburg passed away Wednesday November 13, 2013. She was born in Clinchco, Virginia on March 14, 1925 to the late Walter and Eva Simms. Catherine was the oldest of Walter and Eva's five children and she graduated from Clinchco High School in 1944. Catherine's two brothers, Jackie and Jimmie, preceded her in death. Her sister,...

Theresa Nichols

Theresa Nichols

Nov 12, 2013

Theresa Marie Nichols, 56, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Tuesday, November12, 2013 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Donald and Betty Meyers Toscono. Mrs. Nichols was a member of the Livingstone Baptist Church in Dinwiddie, and was employed by the Chesterfield County School System. She is survived by her husband, Paul S. Nichols; step-daughter, Baleigh Nichols;...

Dorothy Fitzgerald

Dorothy Fitzgerald

Nov 11, 2013

Dorothy L. Fitzgerald, 84, of Chesterfield, passed away Monday, November 11, 2013. She was born July 6, 1929 in Petersburg, Virginia to the late Henry Ernest McGee Sr. and Marie Toth McGee, and the widow of Earl Spencer Fitzgerald Sr. Mrs. Fitzgerald was a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by a brother,...

Iva Nimmo

Iva Nimmo

Nov 10, 2013

Iva Stone Nimmo, 90, of Chesterfield, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at her residence. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Ann Elizabeth Bailey Stone, and the widow of Marshall E. Nimmo. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Ann Tobb Nimmo and a sister, Olevia Hoye Stone Hargrave. Mrs. Nimmo...

Lillian Dick

Lillian Dick

Nov 10, 2013

Lillian W. Dick, 97, of Chester, passed away on Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Moorefield Ontario, Canada, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Mary Waters Wright, and the widow of Pastor Charles W. Dick. She was preceded in death by a grandson, H. Allen Williams III. She is survived by a son,...

Edmond Berberi

Edmond Berberi

Nov 9, 2013

Edmond Halim Berberi, of Disputanta, passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2013 at his residence. A native of Lebanon, he was the son of the late Halim and Linda Haddad Berberi. He was preceded in death by his wife, Angel Berberi. Mr. Berberi is survived by his two sons, George Berberi and his wife, Mariette Berberi, Ramzi Berberi and wife,...

Robert Bailey

Robert Bailey

Nov 8, 2013

Robert Earle Bailey, 66, of Richmond, passed away Friday, November 8, 2013. He was the son of Margaret Irene Hoops and the late Everett Earle Bailey. Robert was a noted author, and his first novel, PRIVATE HEAT, an action - packed private eye thriller, won the Josiah W. Bancroft Award at the Florida First Coast Writer's Festival and was a...

Jack Hutchins Sr.

Jack Hutchins Sr.

Nov 8, 2013

Jack H. Hutchins Sr., 95, of Chesterfield, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013 at his residence. Born in Richmond, he was the son of the late Thomas J. and Martha Smith Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins was a member of the Jaycees and owner of Stone's Photography in High Point, North Carolina for 20 years, and later worked as an Interior...

Alice Scott

Alice Scott

Nov 8, 2013

Alice Nobles Scott, 85, of Ettrick, passed away on Friday, November 8, 2013 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Wesley and Louise Hamlin Nobles, and the widow of George B. Scott. Mrs. Scott was preceded in death by her first husband, James N. Vaughan; two sons, Glenwood Scott and Garland Scott; a daughter-in-law, Elaine Vaughan; and...

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