Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
J.C. Smith Jr.
Jul 5, 2013
J. C. Smith Jr., 87, of Chesterfield, passed away on Friday, July 5, 2013. Born in Mississippi, he was the son of the late John C. Smith Sr. and Virder Mae West Smith. J.C. was preceded in death by his first wife of 52 years and the mother of his children, Joyce H. Smith, and his second wife, Sarah P....
Olive Miller
Jul 5, 2013
Olive Reynolds Miller Our loving mother and grandmother, Olive Reynolds Miller, (Grandma Miller) went to be with the Lord on July 5, 2013. She was the widow of Francis E. Miller, Sr.; and was preceded in death by her son, Alan Keith (AK) Miller. She is survived by her children, Van Miller, Carol Duncan, Bonnie Stalnaker, Gene Miller (Kathy). She...
Emmett Beemer Sr.
Jul 4, 2013
Emmett E. Beemer Sr., 83, of Chesterfield, passed away peacefully with his family by his side on Thursday, July 4, 2013, and has gone to Heaven with his parents Johnnie K. Beemer Sr. and Ruth Holdren Beemer. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Charles Stone. He retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company with 31 1/2 years of...

Arnett Higginbotham
Jul 3, 2013
No Obituary Memorial Service Thursday July 11, 2013, 3:00 p.m. at Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory Click for Map and Directions
Carl Cottrell
Jul 3, 2013
Carl Blandford Cottrell, 79, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday July, 3, 2013. He was born November 18, 1933 to the late James Henry and Blanche Elder Cottrell and was preceded in death by a sister Charlotte Mae Cottrell Lucas and a brother Gordon Cottrell. Mr. Cottrell was a member of Swift Creek Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, the Fraternal...

William Vaughan
Jun 30, 2013
William Edgar Vaughan, 81, of Chesterfield, passed away on Sunday June 30, 2013. He was preceded in death by his mother Mary G. Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan was a United States Navy Veteran, a ballroom dance instructor for Fred Astaire and Arthur Murray studios for many years. After his dancing career he worked for and retired from the Virginia Department of...
John Buren
Jun 30, 2013
John Marsden Buren John Marsden. Buren, 90, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013. He was born August 18, 1922 to the late Samuel R. and Eva P. Beale Buren, and was preceded in death by a brother Douglas Buren and a sister Kathleen B. Davis. Mr. Buren was a United States Army Veteran, a Charter member of...
Kelly Laplante
Jun 30, 2013
Kelly Emile Laplante, 46, of Dinwiddie, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013. He was born August 12, 1966 to the late Emile and Jeanine Madore Laplante. Mr. Laplante was a certified pipe welder for many companies and owned his own business Laplante's Welding and Repair. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Laplante; daughter, Nena Laplante; sister, Lynn Clay and...
Bettie Wade
Jun 30, 2013
Bettie "Ann" Wade, 80 of Matoaca, passed away Saturday June 29, 2013. She was born November 17, 1932 in Petersburg, Virginia, to the late Julius Manfield Jackson and Annie Ruth Mumford Jackson. Mrs. Wade was preceded in death by her husband Robert Edward Wade Sr. She was a member of Matoaca Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons Robert Edward Wade...

Ruth Cutchin
Jun 29, 2013
Ruth N. Cutchin, 92, of Dinwiddie, passed away, June 29, 2013. She was born July 21, 1920 in Georgia. She was the widow of Reverend Raymond Jason Cutchin. Mrs. Cutchin was a former secretary at Monumental Baptist Church in Petersburg. She is survived by a son, Jack Cutchin and wife, Brenda O. of Dinwiddie; grandchildren, Ann Marie Cutchin Bates and...
Cw3 Usa
Jun 28, 2013
CW3 William Harold Garner USA (ret.), 86, of Petersburg, passed away on Friday, June 28, 2013. He was the son of the late Willie and Odessa Coleman Garner. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Barbara Gail; and a son, Timothy Harold. Mr. Garner was a retired Chief Warrant Officer with the United States Army. He is survived by...

Gerdi Brashears
Jun 27, 2013
Gerdi Brashears, 71, of Church Road, passed away on Thursday, June 27, 2013. Born in the Czech Republic, she was the daughter of the late Friedrich and Viktoria Peschl Wessely. Gerdi is survived by her husband, Tyson Brashears; a sister, Renate Ristl of Germany; a brother, Fritz Wessely of Germany; numerous nieces and nephews; numerous friends; and special friends, Judy...
Sarah Seely
Jun 26, 2013
Sarah ‘Dottie" Ford Seely, 81, of Wakefield, passed away Wednesday June 26, 2013, at the Dunlop House in Colonial Heights. She was born December 11, 1931 in Waverly, Virginia to the late Walter H. Ford and Annie Scott Ford, and was preceded in death by her husband's Al. H. Hall Jr., and John L. Seely. Mrs. Seely was a member...
Infant Mulholland
Jun 25, 2013
Infant Skylar Joseph Mulholland, passed away on June 25, 2013, in St. Francis Hospital, Midlothian. Skyler is survived by his mother and father, Lisa Sees and Joseph W. Mulholland, two brothers, Gabriel and Hunter Sees, two sisters, Kayla Foster and Kayla Kilpatrick, maternal grandmother, Mary Timperio and grandfather, Jerry Langston, maternal great grandmother, Shirley Hare, paternal grandfather, Karin Newton and...
Franziska Tanner
Jun 24, 2013
Franziska Anna Tanner, 84, passed away on June 24, 2013 from the complications of Alzheimer's disease. Franzis was born in Munich, Germany in 1928, but lived most of her life in Matoaca, Virginia with her family and many special pets. She was preceded in death by her husband, John Junior Tanner; a daughter, Gloria Tanner; and a great-grandson, Kenneth West....
Robert Hile
Jun 21, 2013
Robert Emory Hile, 64, of Chester, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2013. He was the son of the late Clarence and Carolyn Wells Hile. Mr. Hile is survived by his wife, Patricia "Pat" Hile; daughters, Teresa Fisher and husband, Chris, Lisa Brough and husband, John, Heather Hile Sherman and husband, Ron; a son, Carl Hile and wife, Robin; grandchildren,...
Betty Chicas
Jun 21, 2013
Betty E. Chicas, 66, of Prince George, passed away on Friday, June 21, 2013 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Bernard G. and Margaret Brockwell Emory. She was a former Supervisor with the Arnold Pen Company. Betty is survived by her sisters and brothers, Virginia Merritt, Margaret Hayes, Marion Davis, Rosa Mae Saulnier, Milton Emory, and...
Nadine Jeffries
Jun 20, 2013
Nadine S. Jeffries, 89, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, June 20, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Ruby Monroe Sullivan, and was preceded in death by her husband, Richard C. "Jeff" Jeffries Jr., and a son, Richard C. Jeffries III. Mrs. Jeffries was retired from Peebles Department Store. She is survived by her...
Cara Patrick
Jun 17, 2013
Mrs. Cara Dorenda Patrick, 79, of Matoaca, Va., passed away on Monday, June 17, 2013 after a lengthy illness. Cara was born May 23, 1934 in Tazewell, Virginia. She was a cherished wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend to many. Cara was preceded in death by her mother and father, Cora Bell Brewster and William Augustus Christian, and...

Christopher Joyner
Jun 17, 2013
Christopher Lee Joyner, 31, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday June 17, 2013. He was born June 9, 1982 in Virginia. Chris was preceded in death by his father Donald Benjamin Joyner. He is survived by his loving mother Deborah C. Joyner of Colonial Heights, brother, Donald B. Joyner Jr., and wife, Brenna, nephew Justin Joyner, nieces Emily, Bella, Hope,...
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