OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Maria Texter

Maria Texter

Jan 29, 2010

Maria Irene Texter, 74 of Chester, died on Friday, January 29, 2010 at Johnston Willis hospital. She was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Texter. Mrs. Texter is survived by her daughter, Linda A. Moore and husband, W.H. Moore III of Chesterfield, grandson, Thomas W. Moore, brother, Siegfried Ludl of Wiesbaden, Germany. Also...

Alfred Williams Jr.

Alfred Williams Jr.

Jan 28, 2010

Alfred Lee Williams Jr., 67, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Alfred Lee Williams Sr. and Amy Mills Williams. Alfred was known by many of his friends and family members as "Froggy." His nickname was picked up by him as a young boy...

Charles Clark

Charles Clark

Jan 27, 2010

Charles Michael "Mike" Clark Charles Michael "Mike" Clark 59, of Chesterfield, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest A. Clark and a daughter, Rena Nicole Daniel. Charles was a United States Army Veteran serving during Vietnam; he was the Owner of Clark Insurance Agency and was an avid motorcycle...

David Wrenn Jr.

David Wrenn Jr.

Jan 27, 2010

David Lee Wrenn Jr., 38, of Chesterfield, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. He was preceded in death by his maternal & paternal grandparents. David was a 1989 graduate of Thomas Dale High School in Chester, Va. He served for four years in The United States Navy on the USS Enterprise during Desert Storm, and was employed with Gaston...

Cottie Martin

Cottie Martin

Jan 25, 2010

Cottie Inez Martin, 89, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother, passed from our arms to the embrace of her Savior, peacefully, on Monday, January 25, 2010 at the Medical College of Virginia, in Richmond. The daughter of William Allie Griffin, Sr. and Martha Jane Sawyer, Inez was born in Edenton, NC., in the warm, fertile "low country," famous...

Allan Cunningham

Allan Cunningham

Jan 25, 2010

Allan Highland Cunningham, 78, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, January 25, 2009 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was the son of the late Highland Cunningham and Leone M Johnson Cunningham. Allan was retired from the United States Army as a Sergeant First Class, serving in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a member of the Colonial Heights American Legion...

Henry Whitley Jr.

Henry Whitley Jr.

Jan 24, 2010

Henry Vernon "Bubba" Whitley Jr., 59, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Retreat Hospital. He was the son of the late Evelyn Mae Farrish and Henry Vernon Whitley Sr. He was a member of Walnut Hill Baptist and Second Baptist Church of Petersburg. Mr. Whitley worked 35 years with Civil Service at Fort Lee, where...

Alvin Mottley

Alvin Mottley

Jan 22, 2010

Alvin Cornelius Mottley, 97 years old, died peacefully in his sleep January 22, 2010 at home. He was born May 17, 1912 in Rice, Virginia, one of 12 children. Alvin served in the US Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. After the war, he worked as a pipe fitter/plumber on different projects that took him and his...

Christopher Harrell

Christopher Harrell

Jan 21, 2010

Christopher B. Harrell, 62, of Church Road VA, passed away on Thursday January 21, 2010, at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Garnet Burton Harrell and Willie Mae Hardin. He was a past employee of Lone Star Concrete. Mr. Harrell is survived by his loving wife, Rosa Harrell; a son, Frank Edwin White, of Colonial...

Evelyn Bland

Evelyn Bland

Jan 21, 2010

Joseph Grant Bland Sr., 84, and his wife, Evelyn Gibbs Bland, 80, of Colonial Heights, died on Friday, January 21, 2011. Mr. Bland was the son of the late Joseph and Pattie Grant Bland. He was a retired Fireman for the Fire/Security Department at Central State Hospital, a volunteer at Namozine Volunteer Fire Department, a World War II Army Veteran,...

Ruth Goulder

Ruth Goulder

Jan 18, 2010

Ruth Garrett Goulder, 89, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, January 18, 2010 at the Dunlop House. Mrs. Goulder was the daughter of the late Robert J. and Mary Lee Garrett and the widow of Alvin Edward Goulder. Survivors include her son, Robert A. Goulder and wife, Claire of Colonial Heights; three grandchildren, Keith Goulder and wife, Maureen of Chester, Alvin...

Jeanette Young

Jeanette Young

Jan 18, 2010

Jeanette Wynn Young, 87, of Chesterfield, died Monday, January 18, 2010 at Lucy Corr Village. Mrs. Young was born in Petersburg, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Alma Rogers Wynn and Leonard Rogers Wynn. She was the wife, for 68 years, of the late William Lawrence Young Jr. Survivors include one son, Lawrence W. Young and wife, Teresa;...

Martha Burton

Martha Burton

Jan 17, 2010

Martha Lewis Burton "Memaw" 81 of Chesterfield died Sunday January 17, 2010 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Charles Carrington and Gladys Seabright Lewis and was preceded in death by her husband James Alexander Burton Sr., a son Charles Rudy Burton, brother Charles Edward Lewis, and a sister Olive Elizabeth Bush. Martha was a member of...

Mary Murphy

Mary Murphy

Jan 16, 2010

Mary Rae Murphy 71, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, January 16, 2010 at Retreat Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Charlie Robert Byrd and Grudie Byrd and was the widow of Theodore G. Murphy. Mrs. Murphy is survived by her children, Dorothe Rae Dawson of Colonial Heights, Diana Minson and husband, Aubrey of Chester, and Donald Robert...

Dorothy Smith

Dorothy Smith

Jan 15, 2010

Dorothy Hope Robertson Smith, 89, passed away on Friday, January 15, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late William and Martha Robertson of Matoaca. She was preceded in death by a sister, Fannie Robertson Bradley, and two brothers, Calvin Robertson and Harold Robertson. She is survived by a sister, Winnie Robertson Wilson, of St....

Leonard Prince

Leonard Prince

Jan 14, 2010

Leonard M. Prince, 56, of Chesterfield, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his father, Roger Prince. Mr. Prince was a veteran in the United States Navy, and was a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church. He is survived by his son, Paul L. Prince of Matoaca; two daughters, Mary Elizabeth...

Robert Ballard

Robert Ballard

Jan 13, 2010

Robert (Bobby) Ballard, 60 of Chesterfield, lost his battle to cancer Wednesday, Jan 13th at MCV Hospital. He is predeceased by his parents Harry and Josephine Ballard and sister Janet Ballard. He is survived by wife Jerri Ballard; Daughter- Tina Raatz of Prince George; Sons - Michael Cheatham and Robert Ballard, Jr of Chesterfield; Grandchildren Rick & Ryan Bogan; Amber...

Prem Bhardwaj

Prem Bhardwaj

Jan 12, 2010

Prem Lata Bhardwaj, 61, of Chesterfield, formerly of Ludhiana Punjab, India, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2010 at Johnston-Willis Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Devi Dyal and Puran Devi Sharma, and was preceded in death by two brothers. She is survived by her husband, Dr. Harbans Lal Bhardwaj, Professor at Virginia State University; two daughters,...

Jeffrey Swiney

Jeffrey Swiney

Jan 10, 2010

Jeffrey (Jeff) Allen Swiney 29, of Dinwiddie, died Sunday, January 10, 2010 at John Randolph Medical Center. He was a Sergeant at the Riverside Regional Jail. Jeffery is survived by his wife, Shanta Grier Swiney; daughter; Jetay A. Swiney; son, Jeffrey Allen Swiney Jr.; mother, Connie P. Jones of Sutherland; father, William H. Swiney Jr., of Powhatan; two brothers, William...

Maria Minton

Maria Minton

Jan 6, 2010

Maria W. Minton, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at Henrico Doctor's Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Johann and Helen Bogner Wals, and was preceded in death by her sisters, Helen Fré�lich, Annie Kirchinger, and Tillie Kirchinger. Mrs. Minton was a member of the Women of the Moose, and served as Senior...

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