Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Willie Bond
Jul 20, 2014
Willie D. Bond, 82, of Chesterfield County, passed away on Sunday, July 20, 2014 at his home, following a period of declining health. He was a native of Scotland Neck, North Carolina, and was the son of the late Willie E. and Maude Daniel Bond. Mr. Bond retired from CSX Railroad in 1989 with 35 years of service. He was...
Lloyd Lane
Jul 17, 2014
Lloyd W. Lane, age 91, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 17, 2014. He was the son of the late Herbert W. and Sarah G. Lane. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary T. Lane; a daughter, Sarah L. Edwards; his brother, Bernard F. Lane; and his sister, Alice L. Garrison. Mr. Lane was a...
Thelma Colbert
Jul 15, 2014
Thelma Lee Colbert, 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Hopewell, she was the daughter of the late Blanton and Vivian Hester Clark. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alfred L. Colbert; and a son, Wesley Raymond Milburn Jr. Mrs. Colbert is survived by her seven daughters,...

Ruby Keeler
Jul 15, 2014
Ruby S. KeelerRuby S. Keeler, 71, of Chesterfield, died Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Augusta County, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Henry C. and Ina Good Stalter. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas P. Keeler; a son-in-law, Fr. Mark Leavell and a grandson, Christopher Leavell. Mrs. Keeler...
Leonard Mitchell Jr.
Jul 14, 2014
Leonard Eli Mitchell Jr. 67, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014 at St Francis Medical Center. He was born August 4, 1946 to the late Leonard Eli Mitchell Sr., and Dorothy Aminda Lee Mitchell. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his loving wife Susan Rae Mitchell; daughter, Kimberlee M. Ferry and husband, Daniel; daughter, Kellie D. Mitchell; son...
Janie Hasty
Jul 11, 2014
Janie Bailey Hasty, 87, of Colonial Heights passed away on Friday, July 11, 2014 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Polly Bullock Bailey. Mrs. Hasty was preceded in death her by husbands, William C. Aldridge and Carlton E. Hasty and a step-daughter Carolyn K. Rowe. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in...

Glennis Morris
Jul 9, 2014
Glennis N. Morris, 94 of Waverly, passed away Wednesday July 9, 2014 at the Waverly Health Care Center. Funeral services will be private. The Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory 2033 Boulevard are handling the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com. Private Funeral Services Click for Map and Directions
Robert Merritt
Jul 8, 2014
Robert K. "Bob" Merritt Sr., 81, of Disputanta, passed away Tuesday July 8, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born May 6, 1933 to the late Robert K. and Evelyn Prime Merritt and was preceded in death by a great-grandson Richard Kin Merritt Jr., a brother David Merritt, two sisters Sybil Klinkel and Clista Heath. Mr. Merritt was...
Johnny Thomas
Jul 7, 2014
MAJ Johnny Thomas Jr. USA (ret.), 60, of Prince George, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2014 at the Medical College of Virginia. He was born January 26, 1954 in South Carolina to the late Johnny Thomas Sr. and Charlotte Adams Thomas. Mr. Thomas is survived by his wife, Colleen Thomas; sons, Jonathan Thomas, Christopher Thomas, Alexander Thomas, T.J. Thomas,...

Jane Townsend
Jul 7, 2014
Jane R. Townsend, 68, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Charlottesville, she was the daughter of the late William L Ratcliffe. She is survived by her husband, Harold M. Townsend; a son, Thomas Mathew "Tommy" Townsend and wife, Robyn; a grandson, Noah Thomas Townsend; her mother, Flora Morris Ratcliffe;...
Joyce Ellison
Jul 6, 2014
Joyce Gill Ellison of Colonial Heights passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2014. Joyce Ann was born in Petersburg, Virginia on September 24, 1931 to the late Linwood Robertson Gill Sr. and Daisy Cornett Gill. She was preceded in death by two husbands, Robert Harwood Abernathy and Robert Burns Ellison; and her two brothers, Linwood R. Gill Jr. and William...

Wilhelmine Jones
Jul 5, 2014
Wilhelmine V. Jones, 82, of Portsmouth, formerly of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday, July 5, 2014 at her residence. A native of Nurnberg, Germany she was the daughter of the late Richard and Johanna Heindel Steinedecker and the widow of Rayford Jones. She was preceded in death by a son Richard Jones Sr.. Mrs. Jones was a retired Machine Operator...
Pamela Gongloff
Jul 4, 2014
Pamela May Gongloff, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, July 4, 2014 at Brighter Living Assisted Living Center. Born in England on May 6, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Harold E. and Evelyn Sheppard Caswell. She was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Gongloff and a daughter, Janice G. Langford. Mrs. Gongloff is...

Clarence Jones
Jul 1, 2014
SSG Clarence Gilbert Jones USA (Ret.), 85, of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Pensacola, Florida, he was the son of the late Fred Jones and Vera Shelby Grubbs. Mr. Jones was retired from the United States Army having served during the Korean and Vietnam Wars, and was a retired...
John Steve
Jul 1, 2014
John Harold Steve, 85, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at his residence. Born in Michigan, he was the son of the late John Steve and Agnes Walters Steve Martin. He was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Martin Steve, and seven sisters, Agnes TenEyck, Lillian MacLaren, Mildred Parker, Viola Noble, Josephine Sroka, Loretta France,...

Frances Vest
Jun 28, 2014
Frances E. Vest, ("Frankie" to her friends, "Auntie" to her family) of Chesterfield, went to see Jesus on June 28, 2014, at the age of 93. She was born in Lexington, Virginia on October 28, 1920 to Enos and Ruth Howard and was the oldest of four children. She is preceded in death by her husband, John E. Vest; her...
Baby Briggs
Jun 25, 2014
Our Angel, Baby Kennedy Grace Briggs, of Prince George, was sent to heaven on Wednesday, June 25, 2014 at MCV Hospital, Richmond. She was the daughter of Kevin Todd Briggs and Jenae Allyse Briggs. She is also survived by her maternal grandparents; Kelly and Glenn Newton, Butch and Holly Grenier; paternal grandparents, Mac and Robin Briggs; also numerous aunts, uncles,...

Robert Seay
Jun 24, 2014
Robert "Bobby" Seay 67, of Chester, passed away Tuesday, June 24, 2014 at the McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond. He was the son of the late Thomas Preston Seay and Kathleen Harrison Seay. Bobby was a Vietnam Veteran serving with the United States Army. He was a member of the Chester Masonic Lodge, V.F.W., American Legion, and the Moose Lodge....
Hubert Whitfield
Jun 24, 2014
Mr. Hubert D. Whitfield (91) is in the hands of the Lord. He painlessly passed away Tuesday June 24, 2014 at Holmes-McGuire Veterans Hospital. Hubert and his high school sweet heart Ilene were both born in the rural community of Calvary, Georgia in the 1920s. They've been married 71-years and both have been pillars of Immanuel Baptist Church here in...

Gloria Herpin
Jun 24, 2014
Gloria Lucas Herpin, 88, of Midlothian, formerly of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin and Bessie Lucas, and a brother, Benjamin "Mickey" Lucas Jr. She is survived by a son, Michael J. Herpin and wife, Sheila of Midlothian; two grandsons, Gage and Drew Herpin; devoted nieces, Debbie Simmons...
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