Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Amy Smith
Nov 18, 2011
Amy Miriam Foster Smith 96, of Colonial Heights passed away Friday November 18, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Capas W. and Amy Ludwig Foster, and the widow of J. Edlar Smith. Mrs. Smith was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by; two daughters, Vivian Delight of California, and Elaine Myers...

Carolyn Hile
Nov 16, 2011
Carolyn W. Hile, 84, of Colonial Heights passed away Wednesday, November 16, 2011 at John Randolph Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Harvey Samuel and Clara Wells and the widow of Clarence Robert Hile and was proceeded in death by her siblings, Russell Wells, Winnie Wells, Robert (Red) Wells, and Kathleen Odenwelder. Mrs. Hile is survived by...
Eugene Berry
Nov 15, 2011
Eugene (Corky) Nixon Berry, 83, of Chesterfield passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2011. He was the son of the late Jesse H. and Eugenia Phillips Berry and was preceded in death by three brothers, Branch Berry, Jesse Berry, and Hunter Berry, and a sister, Lois Kirkland. Mr. Berry retired from Life of Virginia Insurance Company. He was a member of...

Edwin Hanzlik
Nov 14, 2011
Edwin Henry Hanzlik, 72, of Petersburg, passed away on Monday, November 14, 2011 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Prince George, he was the son of the late Randolph Hanzlik Sr. and Mary Kanusek Hanzlik, and was preceded in death by his brother, Gilbert E. Hanzlik Sr. Mr. Hanzlik was a U.S. Army Veteran and retired from Allied Signal...
David Perkinson
Nov 14, 2011
David Rudy Perkinson Jr. David R. Perkinson Jr., 53, passed away peacefully November 14, 2011 with his family, friends and earthly angel, Pam Sharp, who was his caregiver throughout his illness, next to his side. He was preceded in death by his father, David R. Perkinson, Sr. David loved life and all outdoor activities. His travels with Pam to the...

Evaline Horner
Nov 13, 2011
Evaline Youngblood Horner, 83, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2011 at Dinwiddie Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in West Virginia, she was preceded in death by a son, James Kenneth Horner. She is survived by her husband, Raymond I. Horner; and a daughter, Milly Bell Horner of Prince George. A memorial service will be held at 1:00...

Saundra Crabtree
Nov 11, 2011
Saundra Gayle Crabtree, 64, of Chesterfield, passed away on Friday, November 11, 2011 at St. Mary's Medical Center. Born in South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Sarah Sutton and Harold L. Cutter Sr. Mrs. Crabtree was a member of the Colonial Heights Baptist Church, and "the Bug Lady" with Houchins Pest Control for over 30 years. She...
Joanne Vohun
Nov 10, 2011
Joanne Menster Vohun, 58, of Disputanta, passed away on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at MCV Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Frances Moody Menster and Earl Jacob Menster Sr. Mrs. Vohun was a Registered Nurse with HealthSouth Rehabilitation Center in Petersburg. She is survived by her husband, Thomas A. Vohun Jr.; her children, Peggy...

Patti Skinner
Nov 9, 2011
Pattie S. Skinner, 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Jordan Moses and Lelia Ann Phillips. Mrs. Skinner was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, and retired after twenty-five years of service from the American Tobacco Company. She is survived by two daughters, Kathy Kneer and...

Bettie Albert
Nov 9, 2011
Bettie Sue "Amaw" Albert, 68, of Prince George, passed away on Wednesday, November 9, 2011 at her residence. Born in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Charles R. and Bettie Elaine Hayberg Rupp, and the widow of Joe R. Albert. She was preceded in death by a brother, Frankie Steinour. Bettie Sue is survived by a daughter, Tracy...

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,...
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