Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Edward Hawkins
Nov 9, 2011
Edward Keith Hawkins, 47, of Nashville, Tennessee and formerly of Matoaca, Virginia, died Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at his residence. He was born in Petersburg and was preceded in death by his mother, Shirley A. Eanes Hawkins. Keith was a Research Chemist for Vanderbilt University in Tennessee. He is survived by his father, Edward B. Hawkins; a sister, Robyn R....
Walter Summers
Nov 7, 2011
Walter B. Summers, 96, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, November 7, 2011 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Georgetown, Indiana, he was the son of the late Henry and Nellie Engleman Summers, and the widower of Lucille Johnson Summers. He was a charter member and Deacon Emeritus of Colonial Christian Church. Mr. Summers was a United...
Leona Briggs
Oct 29, 2011
Leona L. Briggs, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late John B. and Kate Drumheller Pace. Mrs. Briggs was preceded in death by her husband, Irving T. Briggs, a daughter, Linda Sue Armstrong, three brothers, Horace, Dick and Junior; three sisters, Bessie, Helen and...
William Altorfer Sr.
Oct 29, 2011
MAJ William Graves "Bill" Altorfer Sr. (USA ret.) departed this life on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at McGuire Veteran's Medical Center. He was surrounded by the love and attention of all of his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Floyd W. and Frances G. Altorfer and his sister, Frances A. Altorfer. Bill was born in East Orange,...
Anne Burgess
Oct 26, 2011
Anne Galloway Burgess 89, of Prince George, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Bryant and Minerva Roberts Galloway. Mrs. Burgess was the widow of Garland H. Burgess, and was preceded in death by her brothers and sisters. She was a member of Highland United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights; she was also...
Deborah Cale
Oct 26, 2011
Deborah Ann (Tewksbury) Cale, 56, of Chester, Virginia, formerly of Crooksville, Ohio passed away at 5:15 PM, Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at Bons Secour St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia surrounded by her loving family after a courageous two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Debbie was born August 25, 1955 in Zanesville, Ohio the daughter of the late Howard M. Tewksbury...
Aubrey Wood
Oct 26, 2011
Aubrey Hugh Wood, 73, of Petersburg, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2011. He was the son of the late Aubrey Lewis and Anna Berry Wood. Mr. Wood retired after 25 years of service as a Captain with the Petersburg Fire Department. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Jean Wood; two daughters, Patricia Dawn Shepherd and...
Joseph Vaughan Sr.
Oct 25, 2011
Joseph Edward Vaughan Sr., 89, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late John Edward and Mary Westmoreland Vaughan. Mr. Vaughan was a member of Ocran United Methodist Church, and a retired Operator with Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. He is survived by a...
Edith Porter
Oct 25, 2011
Edith T. Porter, 73, of Matoaca passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Carroll and Mary Loftis Thomason, and the widow of Alvin Gerald "Pete" Porter. Mrs. Porter was preceded in death by a brother, Robert L. Thomason. She was a member of Matoaca United Methodist Church. She is survived by a daughter,...
Ida Best
Oct 25, 2011
Ida Vivian Dyson Dewell Best, of The Crossings at Ironbridge, died on October 25, 2011. She was born July 24, 1915, a native and life-time resident of Chesterfield County, the widow of William Lawrence "Doody" Dewell, the daughter of the late James Early and Grace Perkinson Dyson. She was a life-time member of Wesley Chapel and Wood's United Methodist Church,...
Sybil Smith
Oct 25, 2011
Sybil Dorothy Felts Smith, 82, of Waverly, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, October 25, 2011. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Ridden and Betty Pope, and the widow of Paul Smith. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Clifton J. Felts Sr., and a grandson, Trey Felts. Mrs. Smith was...
Alice Cardwell
Oct 25, 2011
Alice Fowler Cardwell, 88, of Colonial Heights, died peacefully on October 25, 2011, after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late George Calvin and Ethel Eudaily Fowler. She was predeceased by her husband of 58 years, Wilbur Gordan Cardwell; two granddaughters, Kimberly and Tracy Robertson; son-in-law Howard Robertson; sisters Mildred Ayscue and Ruth Vaughan. Mrs. Cardwell was...
Patricia Aken
Oct 24, 2011
Patricia Moore Van Aken, 83, of Kingstson, New York, formerly of Petersburg, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2011. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Percy Y. and Dorothy Allen Moore, and was preceded in death by a daughter, Nancy Skiffington. Mrs. Van Aken was a retired Secretary with IBM. She is survived by a brother,...
Jeanette Sheffield
Oct 24, 2011
Jeanette Walker Sheffield, 76, a native of North Carolina, and a resident of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, October 24, 2011 at her residence. She was the widow of Robert E. Sheffield, and the daughter of the late Crawford and Gertrude Roberts Walker. She was a member of Second Chance Baptist Church. Jeanette cared for many children over the...
Raymond Norton Jr.
Oct 23, 2011
Raymond B. Norton Jr., 64, of Richmond, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Westport Health Care Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late Mabel Robinson Norton and Raymond B. Norton Sr. Mr. Norton was a member of St. Giles Presbyterian Church, and a retired History teacher with Lloyd C. Bird High School in Chesterfield...
Alma Elko
Oct 22, 2011
Alma Mae Elko, 80, of Chesterfield, died on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at her residence. A native of Chesterfield, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Ruby Mae Joyner Jarratt. Mrs. Elko was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Colonial Heights. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Edward Elko, Sr. and her grandson,...
Brenda Chappell
Oct 20, 2011
Brenda Wilson Chappell, 63, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Retreat Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Gene H. and Marcelene Drummond Wilson. Mrs. Chappell was a member of Livingstone Baptist Church, and a Registered Nurse for Crater Community Hospice for many years. She is survived by her husband, William Stanley Chappell Jr.; three...
Margaret Criswell
Oct 19, 2011
Margaret B. Criswell, 84, of Carson, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 surrounded by her husband and children. Born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 1, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Herbert S. and Ruby Fisher Barrett. She was a member of Crosslight Assembly of God Church, and was a retired Dietician with Chesapeake Schools. Margaret...
Elizabeth Williams
Oct 16, 2011
Elizabeth Long Williams, 93, passed into eternal rest on Sunday, October 16, 2011, after a brief illness. She was born on August 5, 1918 in Tarboro, North Carolina, the first child of Charles Roosevelt Long and Margaret Lenora Brown Long. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, and the Order of the Eastern Star Alpha Chapter...
Christelle Melvin
Oct 15, 2011
Christelle Ammons Melvin, 94, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Brighter Living Assisted Living Center. She was the daughter of the late John C. and Winifred St. Sing Ammons, and the widow of James S. Jacobs and Floyd S. Melvin. She was a member of First Christian Church, the Hopewell Moose #1472, the VFW Auxiliary...
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