Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Charles Rowland Sr.

Sep 11, 2015

Charles Howard Rowland, Sr., 88, of Colonial Heights, passed away on September 11, 2015 at his residence. Born in Petersburg, VA he was the son of the late Junious L. and Gatie Schrock Rowland; and was also preceded in death by six brothers and one sister. Mr. Rowland was a United States Navy Veteran having served during World War II....

Patricia Rose

Sep 11, 2015

Patricia Arlene Rose, 70, of Colonial Heights, passed away on September 11, 2015 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in West Virginia, she was the daughter of the late, Roy Alfred and Elsie Louise Ferguson; and was also preceded in death by one brother, Roy Ferguson. Mrs. Rose was a member of Oaklawn Baptist Church and was retired from AT&T...

Andrea Henna

Sep 9, 2015

Andrea Lee Henna led a spirited , vibrant life and passed away with her unborn daughter, Carmela Jo Young, on September 9, 2015. She began life on December 29, 1976 in Dover AFB, DE. Andrea was the daughter of Military parents and lived in Delaware, South Korea, Maryland, Colorado, and finally in Virginia. Andrea graduated from Eaglecrest High School, Centennial...

Russell Mack Jr.

Sep 8, 2015

Sergeant Major (Ret) US. Army Russell Roy Mack, Jr. 72, of Prince George passed away Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at the McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, Virginia. He was born July 3, 1943 to the late Russell Roy Mack Sr., and Jane Allison Mack. Mr. Mack was preceded in death by a grandson Rusty Mack. He retired from the United...

Bettie Bowe

Sep 7, 2015

Visitation Details

Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 6:00pm - 7:30pm, Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small

Service Information

Thursday, September 10th, 2015 11:00am, Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small

Interment Details

Ettrick Cemetery

Floyd Rogers Jr.

Sep 5, 2015

Floyd Allen Rogers, Jr., 68, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, September 5, 2015 at his residence. He was born March 19, 1947 to the late Floyd Allen Rogers Sr., and Peggy Smith Rogers and was also preceded in death by two sisters, Gloria Jean Fisher and Patricia Rogers Watson. Mr. Rogers was a United States Navy Veteran, a...

Richard Long

Sep 5, 2015

Richard Thomas Long, 78, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and brother went to be with his Lord and Savior on September 5, 2015, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on February 28, 1937 in Browntown, Warren County, Front Royal, Virginia, he was the son of the late Thomas Milford and Marion Louise Saffell Long. He was also preceded in death...

Donald Daniel

Sep 4, 2015

Donald Jesse Daniel, "Donnie/Red Rooster", age 69, of S. Chesterfield, passed away on September 4, 2015. Born in Alberta, Virginia on October 6, 1945, he was the son of Sarah Havens Daniel and Taft Loyd Daniel, both of whom predeceased him. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Lorraine Newton Daniel, his daughter, Debbie Daniel Helmer, of Midlothian,...

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...