Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Grace Marie Hulse
Nov 18, 2023
Grace Marie Hulse passed away on Saturday, November 18, 2023, at the Dunlop House Assisted Living & Memory Care community in Colonial Heights, Virginia. She was 93.
Grace was born on February 22, 1930, in Bethesda, MD to the late Robert Lee and Gladys Myrtle Phillips. She lived most of her life in the Twinbrook community of Rockville, MD. Her...
James Allen Reith, Jr.
Nov 16, 2023
James Allen Reith, Jr., 66, of Petersburg passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Born November 13, 1957 in Hopewell, Virginia, he was the son of the late Phyllis Norwood and James Allen Reith, Sr., and was also preceded in death by his brother, Jeffery Norwood Reith.
James was a former member of Oakland Baptist Church in Prince George, where...
Thomas "Wayne" Simmons
Nov 16, 2023
Thomas “Wayne” Simmons, 74, of Disputanta, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Born in Petersburg, Virginia on October 25, 1949, he was the son of the late Alexander J. Simmons and Mabel Cabaniss Simmons. He was also preceded in death by his older brother, John D. Simmons.
Wayne served in the United States Army in his younger years....
James Albert Perdue
Nov 15, 2023
James Albert Perdue, 92, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, November 15, 2023. He is the son of the late Nathaniel and Gladys Perdue. Albert is preceded in death by his wife of 59 years, Betty Johnson Perdue; brother, Nathaniel W. Perdue; sisters, Nancy P. Thomas, Wilhemine P. Johnson and Ann P. Berry. He is survived...
Joyce A. Sawyer
Nov 14, 2023
Joyce A. Sawyer, 82, of S. Chesterfield, VA, passed away on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. Joy was a beautiful, intelligent, and talented person who sang, painted, wrote poetry, and raised a wonderful family.
She was born in Longview, WA. She had four brothers and three sisters. She had a turbulent early life, going through several foster families until melding with...
Gordon "Wayne" Collins
Nov 14, 2023
Gordon Wayne “Wayne” Collins, 82, of Dinwiddie, VA unexpectedly passed away on November 14, 2023. Wayne was born on September 6, 1941 and grew up in Burkeville, VA.
Wayne attended Virginia Tech University and joined the United States Army serving in Vietnam. He loved his family, antiquing, and traveling the world with his beloved wife.
He was preceded in death...
Kevin Lee Kern
Nov 14, 2023
Kevin Lee Kern, 66, of Matoaca, Virginia, passed away peacefully, at home, into the arms of his Heavenly Father on November 14, 2023. He was born on October 30, 1957, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Mary Louise Bens and the late Kenneth Leroy Kern. He is survived by his loving wife of 16 years, Stephanie Kern; his mother, Mary Louise Bens...
Halburn Landis Kitts
Nov 13, 2023
Halburn Landis Kitts, 85, of Colonial Heights passed away on Monday, November 13, 2023. Born January 3, 1938 in Knoxville, Tennesee, he was the son of the late Joseph Roosevelt and Maude Ellen Kitts and was also preceded in death by four brothers, Eddie Kitts, Walden Kitts, Wilburn Kitts, Bill Kitts; sister, Hazel Davis; and one grandson, Ryan Kitts.
In...
Doris Baugh Morris
Nov 12, 2023
Doris Baugh Morris, of Matoaca, VA, passed away on Sunday, November 12, 2023, at the young age of 99. She was born on March 15, 1924, daughter of the late Mary and Ollie Baugh. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Robert L. “Shorty” Morris, and seven siblings. She was a loving mother of two daughters, Linda M....
Phyllis H. Reeves
Nov 12, 2023
Phyllis H. Reeves, age 81, of Colonial Heights stands now in the Glory of God. She passed away of natural causes at home on November 12, 2023 surrounded by family and devoted caregiver Laura Poindexter at the time of her passing.
Born to Serilda (Fannin) Haney and Abraham Haney on January 13, 1942 in Milo, Kentucky, she was the youngest...
Philip Macon Biggs
Nov 9, 2023
Philip Macon Biggs, 61, of Chester, Virginia, died Thursday, November 9, 2023. He was preceded in death by his father, James A Biggs, and his grandson, Jayce P. Jamerson.
Born on January 29, 1962, Philip was a painter by trade, a handyman, and a true jack of all trades. He was a man who knew a little bit about...
Rickey Leigh Ingram
Nov 9, 2023
Rickey Leigh Ingram, 71, of North Dinwiddie, Virginia, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 9, 2023. Born in Petersburg, Virginia on February 16, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Ralph B. Cothron and Virginia Faison Cothron. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Frances “Frankie” Cothron and Ralph W. Cothron.
Rickey was a...
Kevin Joseph Joyce
Nov 7, 2023
Kevin Joseph Joyce, 67, of Colonial Heights passed away on Tuesday November 7, 2023. Born July 22, 1956, he was the son of the late, William Joseph and Mary Brown Joyce.
Kevin was a United States Navy veteran of 18 1/2 years, serving in Desert Storm. After leaving the Navy, he worked as a sales representative for Bath Planet for...
Robert "Bobby" Lee Gunn, Jr.
Nov 7, 2023
Robert Lee Gunn, Jr., 78, of Chester, VA, passed away on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 in Waverly, VA. Born in Petersburg, VA on July 22, 1945, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Gunn, Sr. and Alma Smelley Gunn. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Brenda Sue Gunn, and his brother, Richard N. Gunn.
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Ann Wheeler Abernathy
Nov 4, 2023
Ann Wheeler Abernathy, 86 of Colonial Heights, died Saturday, November 4, 2023, at Tri Cities Hospital. She was born on May 6, 1937, to the late Parker Y. Wheeler and Reba H. Wheeler. Mrs. Abernathy graduated from Petersburg High School in 1954, and Longwood University in 1958. She began her career in the Petersburg Public School system as a...
Stacey Jean Cole Bland
Nov 4, 2023
Stacey Jean Cole Bland, 53, of Dinwiddie, passed away Saturday, November 4, 2023 at Southside Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Cole; a son Ronald Wayne Fine Jr., a daughter, Jessica Michelle Fine Seeley, and a brother Gary Cole. Stacey was a longtime employee of the Food Lion Distribution Center where she worked in the...
Mary K. Martin
Nov 3, 2023
Mary K. Martin, 89, of Hopewell, Virginia, passed away on Friday, November 3, 2023. Born March 19, 1934, she was the only child of the late Catherine and Gus Schiller, and was also preceded in death by her beloved husband of 43 years, Oliver Harold Martin; son, Keith Oliver Martin; and grandson, Tristan Martin. A beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and...
Anna K. Laidla
Nov 3, 2023
Anna K. Laidla, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away, Friday November 3, 2023 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Funeral services will be Private. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory 2033 Boulevard Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834.
Carene Estelle Brown Edwards
Nov 2, 2023
Carene Estelle Brown Edwards, 87, of Chester, Virginia died Thursday, November 2, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents, Irving Maurice and Nellie Haire Brown; and her brothers, Maurice Condit Brown, and Ronald Kent Brown.
Born on October 5, 1936, she was the youngest child of 2 brothers, a daddy’s girl. Although times were tough, she had...
Wilber Espinoza, Sr.
Nov 2, 2023
Wilber Espinoza, Sr., 66, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, November 2, 2023. Born in El Salvador on February 7, 1957, he was the son of the late Anibal Adalberto Espinoza Arevalo and Maria Aminda Cornejo Viude de Espinoza. He was also preceded in death by his brothers, Jose, Apolonio, Nelson, Toño, and Lolito; sisters, Alicia and Josefina;...
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