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James Floyd

James Floyd

Jan 26, 2014

James Thomas Floyd 92, of Matoaca, passed away Sunday January 26, 2014 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was born March 1, 1921 in Ettrick, Virginia to the late Thomas G. and Lucy Brown Floyd. Mr. Floyd was preceded in death by his wife Bessie A. Floyd. He was a W.W. II., United States Army Veteran. Mr. Floyd...

Melvin Hart

Melvin Hart

Jan 26, 2014

Melvin Clarence Hart Jr., 76, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at MCV Medical Center. Born in Rhode Island, he was the son of the late Ellen and Melvin C. Hart Sr. Mr. Hart was a veteran in the United States Coast Guard, and a retired Civil Service employee. He is survived his wife of 15 years,...

Hazel Elder

Hazel Elder

Jan 26, 2014

Hazel Ann Elder, 67, of Dinwiddie passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born February 24, 1946 to the late Jennings F. and Ola Mae Guthrie Lamm, and was preceded in death by a sister, Gertrude Perkinson. Mrs. Elder was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband,...

Cheryle Vaughan

Cheryle Vaughan

Jan 25, 2014

Cheryle Dean Vaughan, 70, of Prince George, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2014, at the Medical College of Virginia. She was born September 26, 1943 to the late Angelos W. and Ruth Palmer Stamos and was preceded in death by her son, Benjamin J. Vaughan Jr. and her brother Nick Stamos. Ms. Vaughan was a former employee of the Davis...

Marianne Ellis

Marianne Ellis

Jan 24, 2014

Marianne Therese Ellis, 30, of Chesterfield, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014. Marianne is now dancing in the sky with her mother, Marlene Therese Ellis. Marianne was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Colonial Heights, and also attended Trinity United Methodist Church in Chesterfield. She is survived by her father, Robert E. Ellis Jr.; sister and brother-in-law, Danielle...

Alva Burchell

Alva Burchell

Jan 23, 2014

Alva J. "Jeannie" Burchell, 67, of Prince George, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2014 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Henrico County, she was the daughter of the late David E. and Alva Browning Daniel. Mrs. Burchell was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. She is survived by her former husband, James D. Burchell; sons,...

Alex Parrish

Alex Parrish

Jan 23, 2014

Alex Arnold Parrish, 46, of Colonial Heights passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 23, 2014. He was preceded in death by his parents, Abe and Helen E. Parrish. He is survived by his wife of 12 years, Amy Parrish; a son, Adam Baskin; sisters, Kathy Hall, JoNell McKee and husband Jon, and Judy Cates; his mother-in-law, Peggy Kuzminski; a brother-in-law,...

Randolph Power

Randolph Power

Jan 22, 2014

SFC Randolph "Randy" Power, USA (ret.), 84, of Colonial Heights, died on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He retired from the US Army after 22 years of service to our country, and also retired from the Richmond Metropolitan Authority (RMA). He was born April 15, 1929 in Sublett, Kentucky, southeast of the city of Salyersville, to...

Clyde Truax

Clyde Truax

Jan 21, 2014

Clyde W. Truax, 90, of Chester, formerly of Weirton, West Virginia and Port Charlotte, Florida, died on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at his residence. Born in Eldersville, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Oscar G. and Georgeanna Walker Truax, and was preceded in death by his wife of sixty-two years, Jean Haynes Truax. Mr. Truax was a World...

Alex Boyd Jr.

Alex Boyd Jr.

Jan 21, 2014

In loving memory of the strongest man we loved. Alex "Geno" Eugene Boyd Jr. was a husband, father, son, brother, Papa, and most of all, a best friend. He shared almost his entire life with his companion and soul mate, Phyllis E. Boyd. They spent every waking moment together and shared each other's precious moments in life. Alex worked his...

Ruby Schultz

Ruby Schultz

Jan 18, 2014

Ruby Lee Schultz passed away on Saturday, January 18, 2014 at Brighter Living Assisted Living Center. Ruby Lee Schultz was born in Camden, Alabama to the late Jack and Ida Dell Wolf, on October 5, 1920. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leroy Schultz; and a son, Fredrick Charles Schultz Sr. Mrs. Schultz was a member of Pleasant...

Rhonda Thomasson

Rhonda Thomasson

Jan 17, 2014

Rhonda Gail Thomasson, 52, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Friday, January 17, 2014 at her residence. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Hopewell. She is survived by her husband, Nelton Thomasson; her children, Amanda G. Duncan and Britney M. Howard both of Prince George, Jared M. Thomasson of Texas, Leslie E. Thomasson and Ashley N. Johnson both...

Wilbur Hawks Iii

Wilbur Hawks Iii

Jan 16, 2014

Wilbur Andrew Hawks III, 61, of Carson passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014 at MCV Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late Wilbur Andrew Hawks Jr. and Nancy Page Brockwell Hawks. Mr. Hawks was a retired Crane Operator for Local Union 147. He is survived by his wife, Betty Spence Hawks; two sons, Wilbur...

Mary Johnston

Mary Johnston

Jan 16, 2014

Mary Evelyn Richards Johnston passed from this life on January 16, 2014, surrounded by her children. She was preceded in death by Robert E. "Bob" Johnston, her husband of 58 years. The daughter of Auby "Jack" and Mildred Pope Richards and sister of Lamar "Jackie" Richards, Mary was born and raised in Miami, Florida, where she met Bob when both...

Virginia Mazza

Virginia Mazza

Jan 15, 2014

-- View a Video --In Memory Of Virginia Mazza Virginia Dare Mazza, 87, of Matoaca, passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2014 at her residence. Born in Matoaca, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Shelton Sr. and Josephine Sadler Shelton, and the widow of John V. Mazza Sr. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Connie Mears...

George Sadler

George Sadler

Jan 13, 2014

George Elmer Sadler, 86, of Colonial Heights passed away on Monday, January 13, 2014. He was the son of the late Adolphus and Sadie Sadler of Petersburg and was predeceased by his siblings, Adolphus Jr., Shirley, Barbara, June, and Douglas. Mr. Sadler retired from the United States Navy, after 21 years of service, serving on the Solamonie Naval Ordinance Testing...

Geraldine Oliver

Geraldine Oliver

Jan 12, 2014

Geraldine Wells Oliver, 90, of Colonial Heights passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2014. Geraldine was preceded in death by her first husband, Ralph Roscoe Adwell and her second husband, Thomas H. Oliver. Geraldine was a former USO Volunteer during WW II, a retired Civil Service Transportation Department employee at Ft. Lee, and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church...

Ethel Bishop

Ethel Bishop

Jan 12, 2014

Ethel Evelyn Bishop, 95, of Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2014. She was born July 2, 1918 to the late James and Virginia Stell, and was the widow of Scott Bishop. Mrs. Bishop was a charter member of Colonial Christian Church in Colonial Heights. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, January 16, 2014 in...

Dennis Cousins

Dennis Cousins

Jan 10, 2014

Dennis Lloyd Cousins 60, of Colonial Heights passed away Friday January 10, 2014 at the Hunter Homes McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was born September 20, 1953 in Richmond, Virginia. Dennis was preceded in death by his father Donald Earl Cousins Sr. He was a United States Air Force Veteran and a retired mechanic. He is survived by two sons Jesse...

Virginia Vick

Virginia Vick

Jan 9, 2014

Virginia K. Vick, 79, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at Golden Living Center, Petersburg. Born in Colonial Heights, she was the daughter of the late John S. and Annie England Bowery. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert F. Vick; a sister, Marie Elizabeth Bowery Delaney, and numerous cousins. Mrs. Vick attended Immanuel...

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