Catherine W. Hitchcock, 85, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at MCV Medical Center, Richmond. She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Blanche Fitzgerald Whiteheart, and the widow of Durward Thorpe Hitchcock. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Petersburg. She retired from J C Penney as a Seamstress of 40 years. Mrs. Hitchcock is survived by three sons, Dennis Hitchcock and wife, Michelle of Mechanicsville, David Hitchcock and wife, Ana of Chester, and Mark Hitchcock of Beckley, West Virginia; eight grandchildren; a sister, Lula W. Kaleyta of Prince George; a sister in-law, Anne Dobson and husband, George of Colonial Heights. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday June 8, 2009 in the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard with the Reverend Robert Dawson officiating. Interment Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.