Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Emily Prior
Dec 23, 2012
Emily Jane Prior, 72, of Quinton, loved mother and wife, passed away Sunday December 23, 2012. She was born February 13, 1940 in Henderson, North Carolina to the late Horace Gill Fuller and Pattie Lou Faulkner Fuller. Mrs. Prior retired in 2002 after 40 years of distinguished service as Chief, Concepts and Systems Division, Army Center of Excellence, Subsistence for...

Julia Morini
Dec 23, 2012
Julia Ann Morini, 52, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Sunday, December 23, 2012 surrounded by her family. A former cosmetologist, Julia was a loving daughter, mother and grandmother. She is survived by two daughters, Lisa Marie Almonte and husband, Carlos of Chesterfield and Miranda Octavia Story of Dinwiddie; a son, Davin Michael Brandt of Colonial Heights a step-son, Joshua Daniel...
Janice Moore
Dec 22, 2012
Janice S. Moore, 59, of Chesterfield, departed this life December 22, 2012. Born February 18, 1953 to the late William H. Stewart and Lorene R. Stewart of Colonial Heights. Janice was a loving Daughter, Sister, Wife, Grandmother, yet most of all she was the greatest mother her two daughters could ever ask for. She is survived by her mother, Lorene...
Melvin Griffin
Dec 21, 2012
Melvin L. "Skin" Griffin, 70, of Matoaca, passed away Friday, December 21, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born December 20, 1942 to the late Luther and Helen Griffin and was preceded in death by his brother, Clarence Jack Griffin and sister, Helen Leeson. Mr. Griffin was a veteran of the United States Navy. He was a member...
William Woodruff
Dec 21, 2012
William L. Woodruff, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, December 21, 2012 at his residence. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late Samuel W. and Ida Luter Woodruff. Mr. Woodruff was preceded in death by four brothers and four sisters. He was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, and was a United States Army...

Reta Bryant
Dec 20, 2012
Reta Pearl Huff Bryant, 88, passed away on Thursday, December 20, 2012 and is at peace with God. She was the loving wife for fifty years of Harold E. Bryant, who preceded her in death. Born October 26, 1924, she was one of six children of Joseph William Huff and Pearl Inize Huff. Her brothers Keith, Joseph, George, and Robert...

Alfred Delano Sr.
Dec 17, 2012
Alfred Dupont Delano Sr., 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Mila, Virginia he was the son of the late Jake and Grace McNeal Delano, and was preceded in death by a brother, Oldham Delano. Mr. Delano was a member of Second Chance Baptist Church, and a retired Heavy...
Gertrude Wilson
Dec 17, 2012
Gertrude A. Wilson, 88, formerly of Warren Avenue, Matoaca, died Monday, December 17, 2012 at her residence, the Crossings at Ironbridge in Chesterfield County. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hoyle Wilson. A native of Trevenbrietzen, Germany she was the daughter of Heinrich and Anna Ulrich. She is survived by her son, George H. Wilson and wife, Gail;...

Ray Gryder
Dec 16, 2012
Ray Garland "Sonny" Gryder, 73, of Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, December 16, 2012 in Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Charlotte County, he was the son of the late Lester E. and Ethel Duffer Gryder. Mr. Gryder retired after 30 years of service with the Defense Supply Center Richmond (Bellwood). He is survived by his wife, Johnnie Ruth Osborne...
Margaret Wilusz
Dec 15, 2012
Margaret Mary "Margie" Wilusz D.O., 64, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2012. She is the daughter of the late Kasmir and Margaret Foley Wilusz. Dr. Wilusz was an active member of St. Ann Catholic Church, the choir, and meditation group. She was a former pediatrician at Infant Jesus Children's Clinic, and at one time had her own...
Bruce Brockwell
Dec 14, 2012
Bruce Allen Brockwell, 58, of Prince George, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012. Born in Hopewell, he was preceded in death by his father, Lawrence M. (Cutter) Brockwell Sr., his paternal grandparents, Morton and Virgie Brockwell, maternal grandparents, Arthur and Pearl Davis, an aunt, Myrtle Lee Saunders, an uncle, Ralph A. Davis; and a cousin, Nancy Bollinger. Mr. Brockwell...

Deborrah Nichols
Dec 14, 2012
Deborrah Sue Nichols, 61, of Colonial Heights was called home on Friday, December 14, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Benjamin William Nichols II and Alice Florence O'Reilly. Ms. Nichols was preceded in death by her brothers, Benjamin and Gregory Nichols. Deborrah was a faithful and active member of the Colonial Heights Church of the Nazarene. She is...

Mary Ford
Dec 14, 2012
Mary Belle Ford, 86, of Petersburg, passed away Friday December 14, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born on August 26, 1926 in Petersburg, Virginia, to late William Henry and Belle Goode Chance, and was the widow of Henry C. Ford and. Mrs. Ford was retired from Davis Brothers Roofing. A graveside service will be held...
Sarah Bailey
Dec 13, 2012
Sarah Royster Bailey, 90, of Colonial Heights, passed away Thursday, December 13, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born on September 14, 1922 in Dinwiddie County, Virginia to the late Edward Graves and Elizabeth Owen Royster, and was preceded in death by her husband, Robert O. Bailey. Survivors include her sons, Marvin L. Wells and wife,...
John Dobrick Sr.
Dec 13, 2012
John H. "Jackie" Dobrick Sr., 76, of Chester, passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Born in Maryland, he was the son of the late Herbert R. and Grace Oakley Dobrick. Mr. Dobrick was retired from the Army National Guard with 30 years of service, a member of the National Guard Rifle Team, an avid bowler, and a former employee...

Eunice Daulton
Dec 11, 2012
Eunice Ann Womack "Honeybee" Daulton, 74, of Ford passed away on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at her residence. She was a native of Isle of Wight County, and the daughter of the late Joseph Gillmore Womack, Sr. and Mary Madgeline Wells Womack. She was the widow of Marvin E. Daulton. Mrs. Daulton was a member of Poole Christian Church, and...

Julia Smith
Dec 8, 2012
Julia Smith, 97, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2012 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Percy B. and Nola Barbee Richardson, and the widow of Harry Fritz Smith Sr. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by three brothers, Carl Richardson, Ed Richardson, and Blake Richardson Jr. She retired from Brown & Williamson...

Michael Hamilton
Dec 6, 2012
SGT Michael David Hamilton, Ret. U.S. Army, of Prince George, Virginia, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012. He was the son of David Windsor Hamilton and Phyllis Collins Hamilton. Michael was a Computer Systems Engineer for Bank of America. He is survived by his wife, Kathryn Scott Hamilton; daughters, Heather Nicole Hamilton, Kristen Michelle Hamilton, and Sydney Elisabeth Hamilton; brothers,...

Mildred Mccants
Dec 6, 2012
Mildred "Nanny" Haynie McCants, 87, passed away Thursday, December 6, 2012. She was the daughter of the late William and Sallie Wike Haynie; and the widow of Daniel Albert McCants. She was preceded in death by a son and a daughter, James McCants and Sheila Davis. Mrs. McCants was a retiree of Allied Chemical. She is survived by a son,...

John Archer
Dec 5, 2012
Captain John G. Archer Jr. of Colonial Heights died at his home on Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late John G. Archer Sr. and Ella Crowder Archer. He was a member of Second Chance Baptist Church, an Army Air Force veteran having served during World War II, and a retired Tugboat Captain...
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