OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Lucy Roberts

Lucy Roberts

Feb 27, 2009

Lucy "Lou" M. Roberts, 93, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2009 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late James and Mallie Austin Murray, and was preceded in death by her husband, Joe A. Roberts. She is survived by her daughter, Lorene Brown and husband, Grady of Colonial Heights; a granddaughter,...

Gloria Stone

Gloria Stone

Feb 24, 2009

Gloria Harvell Lewis Stone 82, of Chesterfield, died Tuesday February 24, 2009 at Chippenham Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Earl C. and Grace Jones Harvell. Gloria was a member of Second Branch Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband William F. Stone, daughter Bonnie Lewis Culbreath and husband Vaughan of Ford, stepson Ken O. Stone...

David Jerrell

David Jerrell

Feb 23, 2009

David T. Jerrell, 64, of Dinwiddie County, passed away on Monday, February 23, 2009 at his residence. He was the son of the late Robert S. Jerrell Jr. and Ann Gorsline Jerrell. He was a retired veteran with the United States Navy. He was a member of Dinwiddie Baptist Church. Mr. Jerrell retired from IBM with over 25 years of...

Ruth Hale

Ruth Hale

Feb 23, 2009

Ruth D. Hale, 89, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Monday, February 23, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late George E. and Mamie Wyatt Dewsbury, and the widow of Thomas C. Hale. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice Brockwell, and Evelyn Boisseau Rott, and a brother, Merle Dewsbury. She was a...

Dennis Burnette Sr.

Dennis Burnette Sr.

Feb 22, 2009

Dennis Earl Burnette Sr., 52, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2009 at MCV Medical Center. He was the son of the late Jimmy R. Burnette and Ruth Burnette Lewis. Mr. Burnette was a machinist for Philip Morris Tobacco Company. He is survived by his son, Dennis E. Burnette Jr. of Dinwiddie; a granddaughter, Nevaeh Burnette; sisters and...

Herta Shepherd

Herta Shepherd

Feb 22, 2009

Mrs. Herta Paula Shepherd, 71, of Colonial Heights, departed this life on February 22, 2009. She was born in Stuttgart, Germany on April 5, 1937, and came to the United States on February 14, 1955. Paula is survived by her loving and devoted husband of 54 years, Ret. Sergeant Major Earl F. Shepherd; children, Karen L. Efird and husband, Fred...

Dorothy Phillippi

Dorothy Phillippi

Feb 21, 2009

Dorothy C. Phillippi, 84, of Chester, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 21, 2009. She was the daughter of the late William and Sarah Byrd Clemmons; and was preceded in death by her husband, James Earl Phillippi, and a daughter, Shirlee McFadden. She is survived by two daughters, Doris Gilbert of Chester, and Velva A. Giddings of...

Margie Duncan

Margie Duncan

Feb 19, 2009

Margie Loveline Duncan, daughter of the late Robert and Bessie King of Austinsville, Va., went to meet the lord on February 19, 2009. She is survived by her husband, James E. Duncan, owner of Christian sound in Richmond; son, Jamie and wife Loria; grandson, Zackary, all of Chester. Mrs. Duncan is also survived by two brothers, Joe and Bobby King...

Gertrude Skinner

Gertrude Skinner

Feb 18, 2009

Gertrude T. Skinner, 88, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, February 18, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Ernest Coleman and Mollie Brooks Tyus, and was the widow of Edward Louis Skinner. Survivors include her daughter, Barbara A. Skinner of Colonial Heights; brother, Raymond D Tyus of Richmond; son-in-law, Morris T. Horne of Prince George;...

Mary Gunter

Mary Gunter

Feb 17, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Ohland Gunter, 88, of Dinwiddie, died Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late William and Elizabeth Ebbitt, and was the widow of her first husband, John Ohland and second husband, Benjamin Gunter, also predeceased by her grandson, John Lamm. Survivors include her devoted daughter, Margo Ellen Lamm and husband,...

Margaret Harrison

Margaret Harrison

Feb 16, 2009

Margaret A. Harrison, 59 of Dinwiddie, passed away on Monday February 16, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late William S. and Marie Arnold Harrison. Ms. Harrison was employed with the Virginia Department of Taxation. She is survived by her sister, Linda H. Bishop and husband Terry of Ohio; brother, Joseph W Harrison of...

Otis Martin

Otis Martin

Feb 16, 2009

MARTIN, Otis Carlton, 77, of Chester, died on Monday, February 16, 2009. He was the second of four sons to the late Emmett and Mabel Martin, and was preceded in death by his son, Perry Martin, and grandson, Joseph Martin. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Marian Vineyard Martin; his children and their spouses, Wayne and Renée...

Michael Sheets

Michael Sheets

Feb 15, 2009

Michael Vincent Sheets 30, of Midlothian, died Sunday February 15, 2009 at the Medical College of Virginia. He is survived by his mother Nancy E. Birkhead of Colonial Heights, father David E. Sheets Sr., of Mechanicsville, a brother David E. Sheets Jr., of Midlothian, maternal grandparents Walter and Virginia Beavans, several aunts, uncles, cousins and many loving friends. There will...

Barbara Yates

Barbara Yates

Feb 15, 2009

Barbara King Yates, 41, of Blackstone, passed away on Sunday, February 15, 2009. Barbara was an Office Manager for Dr. Roy Whitehouse in Blackstone. She is survived by her husband, Dallas Yates; her daughters, Amanda K. Yates of Colonial Heights, and Lindsey F. Yates of Blackstone; her mother, Patricia L. King of Colonial Heights; her father, Peter F. King and...

Lovoine Poland

Lovoine Poland

Feb 14, 2009

Lovoine Putney "L.P." Poland, 81, of Colonial Heights, died at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, on Saturday, February 14, 2009. He was born September 3, 1927, in Nash County, NC. After graduation from Nashville High School, he was a WWII veteran who served in the U.S. Navy from June 1945 to September 1948, working as a telegraph operator aboard...

Carl Stein

Carl Stein

Feb 14, 2009

Carl James Stein 78, of Colonial Heights, died Saturday February 14, 2009 at Sitter and Barfoot Veterans Center in Richmond, Virginia. He was the son of the late Carl Joseph and Jane Stein. Mr. Stein was a retired Staff Sergeant with the United States Army retiring after 25 years of service. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic church...

Robert Howcroft

Robert Howcroft

Feb 14, 2009

Robert Fowler Howcroft 87, of Petersburg died Saturday February 14, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Adelheid Howcroft, daughters, Lorraine Clark, Shirley Henderson and husband Paul, son Peter Howcroft and wife Cynthia; grandchildren, Mathew Howcroft, Megan Howcroft; sister in-law, Ingeborg Bilezerian, Waltraud Schweiger, sister Bertha Mae Prescott, brother, Jack Howcroft, devoted friend Renate De...

Elizabeth Barron

Elizabeth Barron

Feb 13, 2009

Elizabeth Mary Barron 65, of Ford, Virginia died Friday February 13, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Bruno J. and Elizabeth Mary Jeleniewski, Elizabeth was preceded in death by her husband James David Barron Sr., and a son Joseph Golomb. She is survived by her children, James David Barron Jr., and wife Theresa...

James Dundon

James Dundon

Feb 12, 2009

James Edward Dundon of Chester entered into a new life on 2/12/09 after 91 great years. Born and raised in Harrisville, NY he later met his wife Aileen Giles in North Carolina while serving in the Army. Upon his retirement at Ft. Lee as a field commissioned Lt. Colonel, he resided in Chester for over 40 years. A veteran of...

Skylar Brockwell

Skylar Brockwell

Feb 12, 2009

Skylar K. Brockwell, 20 years old, passed tragically in a car accident on February 12, 2009. Skylar was a loving and devoted son who cared for so many. His life impact went as far as Williamsburg to Sussex County Virginia. He graduated Jamestown High School where he excelled in Art and Welding. Skylar is survived by his parents, Lori and...

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