OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Margaret Bellows

Margaret Bellows

Aug 23, 2013

No Obituary Memorial Service Tuesday August 27, 2013, 7:00 p.m. at Swift Creek Baptist Church Click for Map and Directions

Clarita Spiers

Clarita Spiers

Aug 23, 2013

Clarita Saxon Spiers, 87, of Chester, departed this life Friday August 23, 2013. She was born February 25, 1926 in Lynchburg, Virginia to the late Albert A. and Richie Lewis Sexon. Mrs. Spiers was preceded in death by a brother Albert Allen "Jim" Saxon Jr., and a son John H. Spiers Jr. She was a member of Ivey Memorial United...

Bobby Johns

Bobby Johns

Aug 22, 2013

Bobby "Bob" Gene Johns, 64, of Bracey, VA, passed away on August 22, 2013 from natural causes. The funeral service will be held at 3pm on Saturday August 31st at E. Alvin Small Funeral Home located at 3935 S. Crater Rd., Petersburg, VA. Funeral arrangements are being handled by E. Alvin Small Funeral Home. Bob was born in Elwood, Indiana...

Myrtle Colbert

Myrtle Colbert

Aug 21, 2013

Myrtle Y. Colbert, 96, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late George Washington and Lola Ann Buchanan Yancey. Mrs. Colbert was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Wood Colbert; eight brothers and two sisters. She was a former member of Harrowgate Baptist Church....

Gladys Butler

Gladys Butler

Aug 20, 2013

Gladys L. Butler, 93, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday August 20, 2013. She was born August 29, 1919 to the late Ernest Lynch and Annie Callis Williams. Mrs. Butler was the widow of Louis Franklin Butler Sr., and was preceded in death by two sisters Louise Franklin, and Charlotte Clary. Mrs. Butler was member of West End Baptist Church...

Richard Ret.)

Richard Ret.)

Aug 20, 2013

Richard William Beam, 90, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at John Randolph Medical Center. He was a retired Sergeant with United States Army having served during WWII. Mr. Beam was a member of the Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer in Petersburg. He also retired from Petersburg, Department of Motor Vehicles. Mr. Beam was preceded in...

Seline Todt

Seline Todt

Aug 20, 2013

Alma Seline Pfaff Todt, 77, of Petersburg passed away at Chippenham Medical Center on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. She was the widow of John P. Todt and the daughter of the late Gerald and Mary Anthony Pfaff. Mrs. Todt was an alumni of Delone Catholic High School in Hanover, PA. She was retired from the Petersburg Public Schools Food Service...

Alicia Scudder

Alicia Scudder

Aug 18, 2013

Alicia Ellen Scudder, 58, of Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, August 18, 2013 at UNC Chapel Hill Medical Center. Born in New Jersey on October 25, 1954. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, and was the former Children's Minister at May Memorial Baptist Church in Powhatan. Mrs. Scudder graduated from Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina,...

Larry Corrigan

Larry Corrigan

Aug 18, 2013

Larry Dean Corrigan, 49, of Colonial Heights, passed away in his sleep August 18, 2013 after enjoying a day of hunting while visiting family on a vacation in Texas. He was born in Prince George, to Lawrence H. Corrigan and the late Mildred Eubank Corrigan and was preceded in death by a brother, Thomas Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan was an avid...

Sandra Simmons

Sandra Simmons

Aug 17, 2013

Sandra Arvin Simmons, 64, of Sutherland, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late William and Martha Lamaroe Arvin, and the widow of James Madison Simmons. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She is survived by her three sons, Jonathan Michael Simmons, and James Carlisle Simmons (Melissa) and Eric...

J. Busby

J. Busby

Aug 15, 2013

J. Lee Busby, 82, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at Journey's Way Hospice Center. A native of Alabama, he was the son of the late Henry and Molly Gallahar Busby. He was a veteran with the United States Army having served during the Korean Conflict. He attended the Tabernacle Baptist Institute in Greenville, South Carolina,...

Ruth Livesay

Ruth Livesay

Aug 15, 2013

Ruth Cotcamp Livesay, 87,of Chester, VA. died on Thursday, August 15, 2013 at MCV Hospital in Richmond. Mrs. Livesay was the daughter of the late, Franz Robert Otto and Katherine Kaczmarek Steinicke. Mrs. Livesay was preceded in death by her husbands, MSGT Theodore R. Cotcamp Sr. and SGTFC Donald R. Livesay and a son, Michael J. Livesay. She was a...

Angela Marshall

Angela Marshall

Aug 15, 2013

Angela C. Marshall, beloved wife of Sean Marshall, passed away on Thursday August 15, 2013 after a lengthy, heroic battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her mother, Loretta J. Flaim in 1997. Angela was born in Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, TX on March 1, 1969 and traveled extensively with her AF family, visiting...

Hartwell Berry

Hartwell Berry

Aug 14, 2013

Hartwell P. "Dick" Berry, 89, of Chester passed away on Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at Southside Regional Medical Center. A native of Petersburg, he was the son of the late Jesse and Eugenia Phillips Berry. He was preceded in death by his grandson, James E. "Tripp" Russell III; four brothers, Jesse Berry Jr., Branch Berry, Hunter Berry and Eugene Berry;...

Archie Baker

Archie Baker

Aug 13, 2013

Archie Forrest Baker, 91, of Matoaca, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at his residence. Born in Bradley County, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Claude J. and Bessie Forrest Baker. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Catherine Epps Baker. Mr.Baker attended Matoaca Baptist Church. He was a United States Army veteran having served...

Alice Garrison

Alice Garrison

Aug 13, 2013

Alice Lane Garrison, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at her residence. A native of Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Herbert W. and Sarah Grammer Lane. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dolphus (Tom) Garrison, a son, Jim Garrison, and a grandson, Billy Garrison. Mrs. Garrison was a member of...

Leland Cobb

Leland Cobb

Aug 12, 2013

Leland A. Cobb, 87, passed away in his sleep at home on Monday, August 12, 2013 in Hopewell, Virginia. He was born December 4, 1925 to Lucion and Esther (Lanier) Cobb in Metter, Georgia. Leland served in the U.S. Army infantry in Germany during World War II. Following his military service, he settled in Hopewell where, on 6 April 1958,...

George Fuselier Sr.

George Fuselier Sr.

Aug 10, 2013

George Lee Fuselier Sr., 86, of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday, August 10, 2013 at his residence. He was born November 2, 1926 to the late Leo and Amelia Fuselier, and was preceded in death by his wife of fifty seven years, Barbara C. Fuselier. Mr. Fuselier was a retired TSGT with the United States Air Force, having served during...

Sandy Cone

Sandy Cone

Aug 8, 2013

Sandy Bobby Cone, 66, of Dinwiddie passed away at his residence on Thursday, August 8, 2013. He was the son of the late Obie and Marie Hall Cone. Mr. Cone was an avid NASCAR fan and a "great" fisherman. He is survived by his two daughters, Melissa Cone of Sutherland and Lisa Meadows of Dinwiddie; grandchildren, Travis, Mark, Taryn, Tye,...

Wesley Burton Sr.

Wesley Burton Sr.

Aug 8, 2013

Wesley Floyd Burton, Sr., 90, of Chester, went to be with the Lord on August 8th. He was the son of the late Walter and Edmonia Burton, and was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Fers Burton and son, Randy Burton. He is survived by his son, W. Floyd Burton, Jr. and wife, Denise; daughter Janice B. Blakley and...

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