OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Robert Wilson Jr.

Robert Wilson Jr.

Mar 18, 2018

Robert K. (Bob) Wilson, 80, of Dinwiddie County, passed away on Sunday, March 18, 2018, at the Dinwiddie Health & Rehab Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louise and Kenneth Wilson, Emma J. Wilson, and his wife, Barbara M. Wilson. Bob worked for Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company as a machinist for 30 years. He is survived...

Frances Elko

Frances Elko

Mar 18, 2018

Frances Nelson Elko departed this life on March 18, 2018 after courageously battling a long and heartbreaking illness with dementia. She was preceded in death by her husband, William and parents, Newton and Lucille Nelson; and two brothers, Thomas and James. She was a member of Highland United Methodist Church and attended St. Ann Catholic Church. Frances loved flowers, gardening...

Clifford Thweatt Jr.

Clifford Thweatt Jr.

Mar 17, 2018

Clifford Epps Thweatt, Jr., 89, of Colonial Heights passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2018. Born in Petersburg, Virginia on October 21, 1928, he was the son of the late Clifford Epps Thweatt, Sr. and Mary Malone Thweatt. Cliff accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at an early age and was a faithful attendant of West End Baptist...

Margaret Ford

Margaret Ford

Mar 11, 2018

Margaret Morris Ford, 83, passed away on Sunday, March 11, 2018 at her home. Born July 19, 1934, she was the daughter of the late William Henry Morris, Sr. and Hattie Everett Morris, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Edward Ford, Sr.; sisters, Beatrice Mayes, Lillian Moore, Mildred Jernigan; and brother, William Henry Morris, Jr. Margie...

Janice Tyler

Janice Tyler

Mar 9, 2018

Janice Baird Coleman Tyler, 90 of Colonial Heights passed away at her residence on Friday, March 9th, 2018. Born in Disputanta, VA to Walter and Ivey Hennaman Baird, Mrs. Tyler was preceded in death by her first husband Howard Coleman and second husband Bobby Byrd Tyler, Sr. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Pearl Brugh Bright; a...

Barbara Hall

Barbara Hall

Mar 9, 2018

Barbara Ellen Redd Hall, 72, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, March 9, 2018. Born in Clarksville, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Roger and Bobbie Thomas Redd and was preceded in death by her four brothers and one sister. Ellen is survived by her husband of 56 years, Linville Franklin Hall Sr.; two children, Linville Franklin...

Jack Mayes Sr.

Jack Mayes Sr.

Mar 6, 2018

93, of Prince George, formerly of Dinwiddie, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, March 6, 2018. He had been residing in Prince George for the last eight years. He was preceded in death by his wife of 56 years, Lois R. Mayes; by his father, P.G. Mayes Sr. and his mother, Pearl A. Mayes. He was also preceded in death by...

Hazel Henshaw

Hazel Henshaw

Mar 3, 2018

Hazel Lee Henshaw, 95, of Chester, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Born October 30, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Emmett M. and Hazel Dozier Andrews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin Lee Henshaw Sr; a son, Calvin Lee Henshaw Jr., and a grandson, John Benjamin Henshaw. Mrs. Henshaw was...

William Staton

William Staton

Mar 2, 2018

William "Tony" Staton, 68, of Carson, Virginia passed away on Friday March 2, 2018 at his home. Born December 19, 1949, he was the son of the late Ashby Toliver and Blanche Tomlin Staton, and was also preceded in death by his step grandson, Dustin Warden. He is survived by his loving wife of 18 years, Clidene Elizabeth Staton; sons,...

Deborah Curia

Deborah Curia

Feb 26, 2018

Debbie Curia, 63, of Chester passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018. She was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on February 10, 1955, and was preceded in death by her son, John D. Curia II; mother and father-in-law, Ellen and Joseph Curia. Debbie was a lifetime member of Moundsville Baptist Church in West Virginia. In 1973, she graduated from John...

Priscilla Brace

Priscilla Brace

Feb 26, 2018

There was not a mistake that she couldn't love away. Priscilla Hope Brace of Disputanta passed away on February 26, 2018. She was born on November 14, 1945 in St. Albans, West Virginia to Norris and Eleanor Escue. She was the youngest of three, and the only daughter. Her marriage to the late George "Sonny" Brace led her to Virginia...

Mary Belcher

Mary Belcher

Feb 26, 2018

Mrs. Mary Dickerson Belcher, 95, of South Chesterfield, Virginia passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018. Mrs. Belcher was a native of Montgomery County, Virginia and lived her early life in Blacksburg, Virginia. Mary was the daughter of the late C.L. and Edmonia Dickerson. She was raised for her first 2 ½ years by Mr. and Mrs. M. Esker Reed...

Gertrude Ramey

Gertrude Ramey

Feb 26, 2018

Gertrude Anne Ramey, 81, of Chesterfield, formerly of Hampton, Virginia, passed away on Monday, February 26, 2018 at the Dunlop House. She was preceded in death by her parents Michael Hovan and Irene Westphal Grizzle; her stepfather, Clyde Grizzle; her husband, Corvallis W. Ramey; and a son-in-law, William Benninghove. Mrs. Ramey was an active member of Woods United Methodist Church....

James Heasley Sr.

James Heasley Sr.

Feb 25, 2018

James N. Heasley Sr., 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 25, 2018. Born in Smithtown Branch, New York, he was the son of the late Ambrose and Grayce Conn Heasley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Ozog Heasley and a daughter, Judith A. Muldoon. Mr. Heasley was a member of St. Ann Catholic...

Jane Brekke

Jane Brekke

Feb 25, 2018

Jane C. Brekke, 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2018 at Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Poland she was the daughter of the late Stanley and Natalia Sadowski Kazperski. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Richard L. Brekke; her son, Richard Mark Brekke; and four brothers. Mrs. Brekke was a member...

Nell Rowland

Nell Rowland

Feb 24, 2018

Nell Washer Rowland, 88, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at her home. She is survived by her husband, Eugene Rudolph Rowland "Rudy;" two sons, Richard Keith Rowland (Cathy) and James Craig Rowland; two grandchildren, Jessica and Travis Rowland; and several cousins. Nell was a devoted member of Second Presbyterian Church and had retired as...

Mildred Edwards

Mildred Edwards

Feb 22, 2018

Mildred A. Edwards of Hopewell Va., age 84, passed away on February 22, 2018 after a two-month illness. She is survived by her husband of 65 years Simon C. Edwards Jr., daughter Teresa Potter and son-in-law James Harrington, daughter Cindy Hadley and son-in-law Ken Hadley, granddaughter Lisa Broughton and great-granddaughter Haley Ritchey, grandson Christopher Broughton wife Yasmin Sanchez-Broughton and great-grandson...

Maryanna Cosman

Maryanna Cosman

Feb 21, 2018

Maryanna Barbara Cosman, 72, of Petersburg, Virginia, formerly of Millinocket, Maine and New Castle Bridge, New Brunswick, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Austin R. "Freddy" Cosman; her sister, Marina Chase; and her brother, Jerry Basterache. Barbara is survived by her son, Daniel Cosman; her daughter, Kelly...

Dwight Wheeler

Dwight Wheeler

Feb 20, 2018

Dwight D. Wheeler, 72, of Prince George passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Born January 18, 1946, he was the son of the late Eugene Wallace and Irma Webb Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler was a veteran of the United States Air Force, after proudly serving his country during the Vietnam War. He worked for Hercules Inc. for 10 years, then...

Jimmy Ketcham

Jimmy Ketcham

Feb 20, 2018

Jimmy L. Ketcham, 70, passed away on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at his home. Born September 18, 1947 in Snow Hill, North Carolina, he was the son of the late James Lockwood Ketcham and Evelyn Dene Fowler (Sutton), and was raised in Matoaca. Jimmy was a proud United States Army veteran. He worked in sales for Columbia Beauty Supply, now...

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