Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Rhonda Roberts
Jan 16, 2011
Rhonda McNew Roberts, 50, of Hopewell, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2011. She was preceded in death by a brother Richard Wade McNew. Ms. Roberts was a former employee with Virginia Abrasives Corporation, Prince George. She is survived by two daughters, Sherri Vincent of Richmond and Nicole Effner of Hopewell; her mother, Lois Griffin Gibbs of Church Road; a...
Rebecca Reith
Jan 14, 2011
Rebecca Joan Reith, 62, of Chester passed away January 14, 2010. She was born November 14, 1948 in Tuckahoe, New York and worked in Alexander's Department Store as a manger in the ladies dress department. In 1972 she married John Reith. They moved to Syracuse, New York in 1973 where Becky helped John finish his bachelors' degree at the State...

John Brewer
Jan 13, 2011
John A. (Jiggs) Brewer, 80, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Mr. Brewer was the son of the late John L. and Sophie Wright Brewer and was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Moak Brewer. Mr. Brewer was a United States Air Force veteran, and was a retired Technician with Columbia...

Robert Grandstaff
Jan 12, 2011
Robert Matthew Grandstaff, 38, of Chesterfield, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. He was born February 18, 1972 in Kenner Army Hospital, Ft Lee Virginia. Robert is survived by his wife Susan Garrison Grandstaff; two sons, Dylan Grandstaff, and Zachary Grandstaff of Chesterfield; his father and mother, Robert K. and Joyce S. Grandstaff of Petersburg; three sisters Patricia G....

Joseph Foresta
Jan 12, 2011
Joseph P. Foresta, 87, of Florida, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, January 12, 2011. He was the son of the late James and Rosemary Foresta and the widower of Mechelina C. Foresta. Mr. Foresta was a WW II United States Navy Veteran; he was a member of the American Legion Post #284 and Post #0273, and the...

Myrtle Bare
Jan 12, 2011
Myrtle Adel Bare, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, January 12, 2011. She was the daughter of the late James and Pearl Bland Alvis and the widow of Kendall Bare. Mrs. Bare was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights and a former member of Ocran United Methodist Church in Sutherland. She is survived by her daughters,...

Richard Patterson
Jan 11, 2011
Richard "Rick" Henry Patterson, 53, of Surry, passed away January 11, 2011. He was the son of the late Hobart and Geneva Simmons Patterson. Richard was an Equipment Specialist for Dominion Virginia Power at the Surry Power Station. He is survived by his wife, Rhonda Lea Patterson; sisters, Phyllis Reynolds of Roanoke, Virginia; Judy Gilbert and husband, Charles of Amherst,...
William Warren
Jan 10, 2011
William Howard Warren, 77, of Carson, formerly of Petersburg, died Monday, January 10, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Dabney Warren; two sisters, Shirley and Mary Elizabeth; and a brother, John Wilbur. He proudly served in the U.S. Army for two years, primarily in Okinawa, enjoyed a lifetime of fishing and...

Helen Jones
Jan 9, 2011
Helen Bowman Jones, 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, January 9, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Helen was a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church. After World War II, Mrs. Jones was a participating member of The American Red Cross Gray Ladies Service in her community. Helen was preceded in death by her husband, George W. Jones Jr....

Rose Edmonds
Jan 7, 2011
Rose Helen Reese Edmonds, of Colonial Heights, and recently residing in Wichita Falls, Texas, went to be with the Lord on January 7, 2011. Rose was born on May 21, 1933 in Wise, North Carolina to Samuel Herbert Reese and Virginia Helen Daniel. She was previously married to Ernest Wilson Edmonds (now deceased). She has one daughter, Audrey Rose Bingham,...

Catherine Widomski
Jan 4, 2011
Catherine L. Widomski, 70, of Blackstone, passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2011 at Heritage Hall Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center. A native of Maryland, she was the daughter of the late John and Louise Smith Gauss, and the widow of Casimir Widomski. Mrs. Widomski is survived by a son, Paul Joseph Widomski of Maryland; two daughters, Jean Marie Gaidowski of...

Arthur Leggett
Jan 4, 2011
Arthur W. "Buz" Leggett Jr.passed away Jan. 4, 2011 in Clearwater, Florida. Art was born in Buffalo, NY and moved to Richmond, VA in 1972. He was retired from DuPont where he was a supervisor. He was a past president of the Virginia Wildlife Federation, the past State Chairperson of Operation RESPECT and a Volunteer Hunter Education Instructor. As well,...

Roy Trentham Jr.
Jan 2, 2011
Roy Trentham Jr., 58, of Amelia, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2011. He was the son of the late Eva Elliott Trentham and Maurice R. Trentham Sr. Mr. Trentham was a retired Stock Room Clerk with Philip Morris USA. He is survived by his wife, Virginia L. Trentham; two sons, Bryan L. Trentham and wife, Penny, and Jason S....
Thomas Bury
Jan 1, 2011
Thomas J. Bury Jr., 86, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2011. He was born May 17, 1924 to the late Thomas John Sr., and Ada Cox Bury. A native of the Bermuda District area of Chesterfield County, he graduated from Chester High School nee Thomas Dale High School in 1941. During World War II, he served his country in...
Robert Morris
Dec 30, 2010
Robert Lee Morris Mr. Robert Lee Morris, 86, best known to all as "Shorty", passed away at Southside Regional Medical Center on Thursday, December 30th after a battle with cancer. A native of Matoaca, he was born to the late Carrie and George Morris on June 8, 1924 in South Boston, VA. Mr. Morris was baptized at Black Walnut Baptist...

Aliease Tutton
Dec 29, 2010
Aliease J. Tutton, 86, of Hopewell, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Mrs. Tutton was the daughter of the late George and Molly Odom Spence. She was preceded in death by her husbands Andrew D. Johnson and Jessie Tutton and a daughter Carol Potter. Mrs. Tutton was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Hopewell...
Virginia Tucker
Dec 28, 2010
Virginia Whitlow Tucker, 74, of Colonial Heights passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Henry O. and Beulah Daniel Whitlow and was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-four years Floyd M. Tucker and a brother, Lucius H. Whitlow. Mrs. Tucker went to school in Daniel Town, Virginia and graduated from Alberta High...

Joan Haswell
Dec 27, 2010
Joan Elaine Haswell, 76, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, December 27, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Mary Lee Grizzard Allen, and was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Edward Haswell; a daughter, Pasty Haswell; and a brother, Rayon Allen. Mrs. Haswell was a member of Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Colonial Heights and was...
Donald Robbins
Dec 26, 2010
Donald Kurt Robbins Donald Kurt Robbins, 82, of Chesterfield, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010. He was the son of the late Marvin Earl and Susie Leslie Swain Robbins and was preceded in death by two brothers, Daniel and Max Ray; two nephews, Larry and Kenny Robbins; two nieces, Jane Hamilton and Debbie Ellis. Mr. Robbins attended Ivey Memorial United...

Joyce Townsend
Dec 25, 2010
Joyce Turek Townsend, 69, of Hopewell, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2010. She was the widow of Charles Roy Townsend and the daughter of the late Charley and Annie Vlkojan. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna Townsend, a granddaughter, Jessica Hicks, and a grandson, Nicholas Emory. She was a retired employee of Ukrops. Mrs. Townsend is...
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