Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
William Sandford
Sep 3, 2015
William W. Sandford, 80 of Hopewell passed away Thursday, September 3, 2015 at the Golden Living Battlefield Park Nursing Home. He was born May 4, 1935 to the late Charles Walter and Mary Evelyn Eley Sandford. He was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma R. Sandford. Mr. Sandford was a United States Army veteran and a retired truck driver....
James Wheelhouse Sr.
Sep 2, 2015
James Hamner "Jimmy" Wheelhouse, Sr., 88 of Sutherland, VA passed away on Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at Lucy Corr Village in Chesterfield. Born in Amelia, VA he was the son of the late Franklin Thomas, Sr. and Agnes Alma Crostic Wheelhouse; and was also preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters. Jimmy was a 32nd degree Mason and...
Barbara Moore
Aug 31, 2015
Barbara Webb Moore, 81, of Petersburg, VA passed away on Monday, August 31, 2015 at Tyler's Retreat at Iron Bridge. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Edward Gill and Ruth Meade Perkins Webb; and was also preceded in death by one brother, Harry Bruce Webb. Mrs. Moore was a lifetime member of Ettrick United Methodist Church...
Helen Taylor
Aug 29, 2015
Helen P. Taylor, 89, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, August 29, 2015 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas E. and Sallie Hoffman Pope. She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis E. Taylor, a sister, Gladys E. Podolsky and brother-in-law, Stephen W. Podolsky. Mrs. Taylor...
Rhonda Mccabe
Aug 28, 2015
Rhonda Eileen Rowley McCabe, 61, of Chesterfield, passed away on Friday, August 28, 2015 at MCV Medical Center. Born in Geneva, New York, she was the daughter of the late Wilson E. and Mary Campbell Rowley. Mrs. McCabe attended the Family Worship & Praise Center, Hopewell. She was a softball coach for the Matoaca Youth Association for many years, where...
Charles Elder
Aug 24, 2015
Charles Frank Lindbergh Elder, 88, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015. He was born May 3, 1927 to the late William Ernest and Lottie Jean Miles Elder. Mr. Elder was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Carolyn Mae Elder; brothers, William "Ned" Elder and Herman Clyde Elder; sisters, Emily Shell and Hazel Merhout....
Phyllis Smith
Aug 24, 2015
Phyllis Nolan Smith, 86, of Chester, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Martha Whittle Nolan, and was preceded in death by her brother, J. Patrick Nolan. Ms. Smith was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church. She is survived by her sons, R. Michael Smith...
Earl Lutterman
Aug 23, 2015
Earl Allen Ray Lutterman, 83, of Matoaca, passed away on Sunday, August 23, 2015 at his residence. Born in Minnesota, he was the son of the late Henry H. and Bessie Cooper Lutterman; and was also preceded in death by his loving wife, Gwendlyn W. Lutterman. Mr. Lutterman was a member of Chesterfield Community Church. He retired from Honeywell as...
Shirley Trovinger
Aug 22, 2015
Shirley Jean Trovinger, 78, of Emporia, loving mother grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015 with her loving family by her side. Born on January 8, 1937, she was the daughter of the late John Richmond Mitchell, Sr. and Helen Flo Horton Mitchell; and was also preceded in death by her husband, John L. Trovinger; and a...
Mitchell Harris
Aug 22, 2015
Mitchell Scott Harris, 57, of Dinwiddie County, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015. Born in Wakefield, VA he was the son of the late Littleton Purcell "Boochie" Harris. Mitchell retired from the Dinwiddie Sheriff's Department after 33 years of service. He was currently working for Dance's Sporting Goods in Colonial Heights as an Assistant Manager and Firearm Specialist. Mitchell...
Dolores Riggins
Aug 20, 2015
Dolores Puckett Riggins, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, August 22, 2015 at Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Colonial Heights, she was the son of the late, Herbert C. and Mary E. Puckett, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Edward Lee Riggins and son, Steven Lewis Riggins. Mrs. Riggins was a...
Wanda Duffy
Aug 19, 2015
Wanda J. Duffy, 87, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, August 19, 2015. She was born March 10, 1928 to the late James Dillon and Mary Anne Burton Akers, and was the widow of David C. Duffy. Mrs. Duffy attended Bethlehem Congregational Church and was a longtime resident of the Dunlop Senior Apartments, where she had many friends. She enjoyed...
Mary Hawkins
Aug 17, 2015
Mary Ella Curtis Hawkins, 77, of Dinwiddie County, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Texas, she was the daughter of the late, William and Mary Smith Curtis; and was also preceded in death by her husband, Robert Clinton Hawkins; two daughters, Anita Louise and Donna Lynn Hawkins; a son, James Robert Hawkins;...
Catherine Jones
Aug 17, 2015
Catherine L. Jones, 85, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015 at her residence. She was born on December 17, 1929 in Surry County, Virginia to the late Clifton H. Logan and Ida Mae Tench Logan, and was the widow of Lonnie J. Jones. Mrs. Jones grew up on Grove Avenue in Petersburg, and retired from Titmus...
Patricia Radcliffe
Aug 17, 2015
Patricia Hines Radcliffe, 59, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015 at John Randolph Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard H. and Ernestine Welch Hines; and an infant sister, Wanda Leigh Hines. Mrs. Radcliffe is survived by her husband, Donald F. Radcliffe; her children, Wanda Leigh Throckmorton and husband John L. Throckmorton...
Michael Langford
Aug 17, 2015
Michael W. Langford, 59, of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, August 17, 2015 at his residence. He was the son of the late Ernest R. and Josephine Garner Langford. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janice Gongloff Langford; and a sister, Mary Alice Ackerman. Mr. Langford was retired from Philip Morris Tobacco Company, and loved hunting & fishing....
Elizabeth Gwaltney
Aug 14, 2015
Elizabeth Lawson Gwaltney, 93, Chesterfield, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, August 14, 2015 at Magnolias of Chesterfield Assisted Living Center. Born in South Hill, she was the daughter of the late Bruce H. and Laura Blackburn Lawson. Mrs. Gwaltney was preceded in death by her husband, Marvin Wallace Gwaltney Sr. and a daughter, Sandra G. DeLong. She...
Emma Covington
Aug 13, 2015
Emma Catherine Laushey Covington, 93, died at Hospice Atlanta (GA) after a brief illness on August 13, 2015. Catherine was born on May 28, 1922 in Colonial Heights, VA, daughter of Clyde S. Laushey, Sr. and Blanche O'Kennon Laushey. She graduated from Mary Washington College in 1943, and married Tom Covington on March 25, 1944. Catherine was a resident of...
Robert Davis
Aug 11, 2015
LTC Robert L. Davis, USA (ret.), age 86, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, formerly of Colonial Heights, Virginia passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 11, 2015. He was preceded in death by his 1st wife of 48 years, Virginia F. Davis and by his 2nd wife of 13 years, Marian M. Davis. LTC Davis served in the United States Army for 22...
Charlotte Desorcie
Aug 9, 2015
Colonial Heights, VA - Charlotte Mae Desorcie, age 83, passed peacefully Sunday, August 9, 2015. Born in St. Albans on May 31, 1932, she was the daughter of the late George and Flora (Coburn) Firkey. She was raised and attended school in Highgate. For 56 years, she was lovingly married to Lawrence (Larry) Desorcie who passed in 2010. Charlotte and...
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