Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Charles Archer Sr.
Aug 9, 2008
Charles "Pickle" Archer, Sr., of Chesterfield, died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Archer, was the son of the late Charlie and Ina W. Archer, was a retired mechanic for United Parcel Service and was preceded in death by an infant son Charles Craig Archer. Mr. Archer is survived by his devoted wife, Sandra Vaughan Archer; two sons,...

Thomas Meadows
Aug 8, 2008
Thomas E. Meadows A funeral service will take place Tuesday 11:00 a.m. August 12, 2008 at the Petersburg Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Home and Crematory 3935 S. Crater Road. The family will recive friends one hour before the service from 10:00 a.m - 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park Prince...

George Haburay Jr.
Aug 6, 2008
George Haburay, Jr., 89, of Colonial Heights, died on Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was a native of Pennsylvania. He was the son of the late George and Julia Dulay Haburay, and the husband of the late, Vivian Martinko Haburay. Survivors include a brother-in-law and a sister-in-law, Richard and Betty Martinko of Chester;...

Franklin Mcclellan
Aug 6, 2008
Franklin D. McClellan, 74, of Richmond went to be with his Lord Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at Ruxton Health of Stratford Hills. He was the son of the late Adair and Hilda Anderson McClellan. Mr. McClellan attended Calvary Baptist Church and was a U.S. Navy veteran having served in the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his wife, Virginia A.(Dody)...

Joel Andrews Jr.
Aug 4, 2008
Joel Gibson Andrews, Jr., 87, of Florence, South Carolina, died Monday, August 4, 2008. Mr. Andrews was born June 23, 1921, in Petersburg, Virginia, to the late Joel Gibson and Lela Estelle Bailey Andrews and was predeceased by a brother, Robert Edwin and a sister Hazel Lucille. He received his BA from Francis Marion University and his Masters from California...
Rob Gordon
Aug 3, 2008
Rob Roy Gordon, Jr., 72, of Chesterfield, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2008 peacefully at his residence. He was born in Suffolk, Virginia and was the son of the late, Rob Roy Gordon, Sr. and Miriam Brown Gordon. Mr. Gordon was a U.S. Army Veteran and was a retired Industrial Machine Designer employed at Allied Chemical for twenty-six years. He...
Louis Zecca
Aug 1, 2008
CMSGT Louis Thomas Zecca (Ret.-U.S. Air Force) Louis Thomas Zecca 83, of Colonial Heights, died Friday August 1, 2008 at McGuire VA Medical Center. He was the son of the late Benny and Rina Valzone Zecca. Mr. Zecca was a retired CMSGT United States Air Force, who served in W.W. II, the Korean Conflict, and Vietnam; he retired after thirty-five...

Kathryn Tracy
Jul 30, 2008
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...

Bert Gordon
Jul 30, 2008
Bert A. Gordon, 60, of Jarratt, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late John William and Etta Currin Gordon. A carefree and high spirited, kind, loving man. An excellent father and grandpop to his five grandkids. He did a lot of work in the community and was always...

Flossie Hamm
Jul 30, 2008
Flossie Almeta Hamm, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday July 30, 2008 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Luther C. and Goldie Cox Wilson and the widow of Jack Warren Hamm Sr. Mrs. Hamm was a member of the Colonial Heights Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons and...

Raymond Norton Sr.
Jul 29, 2008
Raymond Burdine Norton, Sr., 89, of Chesterfield, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Johnston-Willis Medical Center. He was born in Natural Bridge, Virginia and was the son of the late, James Burdine and Minnie Elsworth Norton. Mr. Norton was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Mabel Robinson Norton. He was a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist...

Gladys Hill
Jul 26, 2008
Mrs. Gladys Mae Preston Hill, retired, died July 26, 2008. Mrs. Gladys M. Hill, the daughter of the late Mrs. Beatrice Wilder Preston Spence Rowlett and Mr. Junius Preston came forward truly quiet and dignified at home. She leaves to mourn their loss, four nieces, Gail P. Junius (Gilbert), Barbara Sean P. Gilmore (Albert), Sophonia A. Mason, and most devoted,...

Sarah Golden
Jul 25, 2008
Sarah Elizabeth Golden, 91, of Chesterfield passed away Friday, July 25, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late William and Rosetta Bosher Shell, and the widow of John C. Golden. Mrs. Golden retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. She is survived by her brothers, Herman S. "Bookie" Shell and wife, Margaret of Chesterfield,...

Frances Allen
Jul 24, 2008
Frances Ellen Allen, 77, of Prince George passed away, July 24, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Robert H. and Betty Ann Simmons Jones. Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by a son, Ricky Alan Dressler, two brothers, Robert H. Jones, Jr., and Boyd Marion Jones, and a sister, Louise Hazel Meril. She was employed...

Richard Cotter
Jul 23, 2008
Richard "Ricky" Leon Cotter, Sr., 43, of Matoaca, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Henrico Doctors Hospital. He was born in Petersburg and was the son of the late, Cecil L. and Bonnie Graham Cotter. He was preceded in death by his brother, Bobby L. Cotter. He is survived by his wife, Victoria "Vickie" R. Cotter; three children, Richard...

Katye George
Jul 22, 2008
Katye McLeod George, 84, of Colonial Heights died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late John William and Genevieve Smith McLeod. Mrs. George was a member of Swift Creek Baptist Church, and retired from Ft. Lee as a civil service employee. She is survived by her husband, Lawrence Eugene George; and...

Charlotte Croshaw
Jul 22, 2008
Charlotte Barnes Croshaw was born on February 10, 1923, and passed away on July 22, 2008. She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Ernest Reams Croshaw, and her parents, Charles G. Barnes and Beaulah W. Barnes. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Glenn and Kendra Croshaw; her husband's nephew and wife, Wayne and Mary Ellen Croshaw;...

Annie Spain
Jul 21, 2008
Annie Mae Spain, 88, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, July 21, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Willie C. and Nelly Newby Stywater. Mrs. Spain was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Maynard Spain, Jr., a son, Thomas Edward Spain, a grandson, Chris Edward Spain, and a brother, Willie Buck Stywater. She was a...

Cynthia Aaron
Jul 20, 2008
Cynthia Jean Aaron, 51, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2008 at John Randolph Medical Center after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, John Aaron of Colonial Heights; son, Matthew Aaron; parents, Claude E. Jordan, Sr. and Jean of Matoaca; sisters, Cathy Daniel (David) of Colonial Heights, and Peggy Jordan Talbott (Dink) of Colonial Heights; brother, Claude E....

Dean Sapon
Jul 19, 2008
Dean Christopher Sapon, 40, of Colonial Heights, Virginia died on Saturday, July 19, 2008. He was born in Petersburg, Va., and was preceded in death by his father, John Sapon, grandparents, Constance and Gus Anthos, and Irene and William Sapon. Dean was employed by Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. He is survived by his mother, Margo Sapon; his brother and sister-in-law, William...
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