Recent Obituaries

Jan 1, 2006

Ruby Sirry Belcher, of Colonial Heights, died Saturday, December 16, 2006 at Chippenham Medical Center, Richmond after a period of declining health. Mrs. Belcher was the daughter of the late Eugene Samuel Sirry and Susie Claiborne Avery Sirry and the widow of Benjamin Wright Belcher, Jr. She was retired from Civil Service accounting at Fort Lee and a member...

Oct 30, 2005

Benjamin W. Belcher, Jr., 79, of Colonial Heights, died Sunday, October 30, 2005, at his residence.  Born in Hopewell, he was the son of the late Benjamin W. and Elizabeth Martin Belcher.  A US Army veteran of World War II, he was a retiree of Brown & Williamson Corp., and a former employee of Allied Chemical.  He was a...

May 8, 2001

Roland Aubrey Conaway, 79, of Prince George, passed away on Saturday, May 8, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Clarence J. and Dessie Marley Conaway. Mr. Conaway was the owner / operator of the Walnut Hill Barber Shop for over 50 years. He is survived by his wife, Ellen R. Conaway; two daughters,...

Jan 27, 1952

Kathryn (Kate) Tracy, 56, of Hopewell, Virginia passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Philip (Beau) Michael and Virginia (Gina) Kendle Tracy, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Tom and Jack Tracy. Ms. Tracy was a former Lab Technician at Southside Regional Medical Center. She is survived by a...

Jun 25, 1911

Robert L. Deadmon Sr., 77, of Prince George County passed away on Saturday, June 25, 2011 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Petersburg, he was son of the late James E. Deadmon and Sarah Meadows Deadmon. Mr. Deadmon was retired from Honeywell, and was a member of Monumental Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife, Carroll S....

Wilda “Ricki” Lee Rolley, 76, of Disputanta passed away Friday, January 21, 2022. She was born on February 26, 1945 to the late Lloyd Adis and Reabel Vernell Hurt Rickman. Wilda passed away four days before her loving husband of 58 years, George Albert Rolley Sr. She was preceded in death by her brother, Ronald Jean Rickman. She was a...

Faye Hall Emory, 83, of Nathalie, Virginia passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022. Born in North Carolina on April 3, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Ellen Irene Jones and Charles Edward Hall Sr. She is also preceded in death by her loving husband, Roy H. Emory. Faye is survived by her three wonderful children, Steven...

Wilma Mae Elkins, 81, of Colonial Heights passed away on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Born June 9, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Robert D. and Gladys M. Ashley, and was also preceded in death by her sisters, Betty Stein, Mary Henshaw; and brother, Cecil Ashley. Wilma was a member of Mount Calvary Baptist Church...