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Jordan Toone Jr.

Jordan Toone Jr.

Jun 12, 2013

Jordan Anderson Toone Jr, 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born March 29, 1921 to the late Jordan A. Toone Sr., and Myra Whitmore Toone, and was preceded in death by two sisters, Edith T. Reavis and Rebecca T. Caldwell. Mr. Toone was a retired machinist from Brown &...

Barbara Helmly

Barbara Helmly

Jun 12, 2013

Barbara R. Helmly, 79, of Chesterfield, passed away on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. She was the daughter of the late Virgil Lee Robey Sr. and Celesta O. Heath Robey and was preceded in death by a daughter Audra Jean Turner. She was a former school bus driver for Chesterfield County. Survivors include her daughter, Lora Beck and husband, Russ of...

Margaret Rappold

Margaret Rappold

Jun 12, 2013

Margaret Dolan Rappold of Charlottesville, formerly of Newport News, departed this life June 12, 2013. She was born October 9, 1940 to the late Samuel Franklin and Margaret Lawman Dolan, and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Rappold. Survivors include four children, Virginia, Tommy, Annette, and David; seven grandchildren; one, great-grandchild; and one sister, Sarah Smith. A memorial...

Roy Kaiser

Roy Kaiser

Jun 11, 2013

Roy P. Kaiser 82, of Dinwiddie, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday June 11, 2013. He was born on September 18, 1930 to the late William and Florence Louise Wagner Kaiser. Mr. Kaiser was preceded in death by his first wife Shirley Sprouse Kaiser. He was a United States Navy Veteran and a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church,...

Irma Cross

Irma Cross

Jun 11, 2013

Irma H. Cross, 68, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Born in Ashland, Kentucky, she was the daughter of the late Charlie R. and Mae Compton Hall, and was preceded in death by a son, Scott Francis Cross; and a brother, Alvin "Hunka" Hall. She was a member of the Richmond Shag Club. She is survived...

Ruth Wall

Ruth Wall

Jun 10, 2013

Ruth Louise Wall of Chester, Virginia lost her battle with breast cancer on Monday, June 10, 2013. Born on July 6, 1928 in Chesterfield, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Carroll and Marion Long Carroll, and the widow of Charles L. "Buck" Wall Sr. She was preceded in death by a sister, Alma Crowder. Mrs. Wall was...

Edward Seal

Edward Seal

Jun 10, 2013

Edward Moyler Seal, 87, of Chesterfield, passed away on Monday, June 10, 2013. Born in Southampton County, he was the son of the late William T. and Debora Simmons Seal, and the widower of Harriet Eubank Seal. Mr. Seal was a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church, and a United States Navy veteran. He was a retired District Supervisor...

Agatha Myles

Agatha Myles

Jun 9, 2013

Agatha Speight Myles, 85, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, June 9, 2013 at Memorial Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Marion E. and Mamie Woodcock Speight, and the widow of Thomas Myles. She was preceded in death by a son, Michael Myles. Mrs. Myles was a retired Civil Service employee at Fort Lee. She...

John Neely Jr.

John Neely Jr.

Jun 8, 2013

John Herbert "Johnny" Neely Jr., 89, of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2013 at his residence. Born in Nebraska, he was the son of the late John Herbert Neely Sr. and Maggie Parker Neely. He was preceded in death by a son, Dennis J. Neely. Mr. Neely was a United States Army veteran who served in WWII. He...

Andrew Buhrman

Andrew Buhrman

Jun 8, 2013

Andrew Nicholas Buhrman, 29, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, June 8, 2013. He was preceded in death by his father, Dennis Michael Buhrman; his maternal grandparents, Edward and Yvonne Myers; and his paternal grandparents, Gerald and Ann Buhrman. He was a 2002 graduate of Colonial Heights High School, a 2004 graduate of Johnson & Wales Culinary Institute, and...

James Adkins

James Adkins

Jun 8, 2013

A good and honorable man, James M. Adkins passed away after an illness of one year. Born in Halifax, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Richard and Elsie Bradley Adkins, and was preceded in death by brothers, Percy and Hubert Adkins; and a sister, Dorothy A. Grigg. He was a member of West End Baptist Church for...

Ralph Eudailey

Ralph Eudailey

Jun 7, 2013

Ralph B. "Pete" Eudailey, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, June 7, 2013 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Ettrick, he was the son of the late William J. and Rosa McLaughlin Eudailey, and was preceded in death by a sister, Rose Eudailey Cummins and a brother, William W. Eudailey. Mr. Eudailey was a life member and...

Billy Kirkendall

Billy Kirkendall

Jun 6, 2013

Billy Eugene Kirkendall, 79, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was the son of the late John Nathan and Cora Patterson Kirkendall. Mr. Kirkendall attended services of the Colonial Heights Church of the Nazarene. He was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during the Korean...

Patricia Saich

Patricia Saich

Jun 6, 2013

Patricia Bosworth Saich, 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at Retreat Hospital. Born in Birmingham, England, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Josephine Stowe Bosworth. She is survived by her husband, Anthony Michael Saich; her children, Joanna Saich of Virginia Beach, Julian Mark Saich of Norfolk, and Rebecca Saich Crabb of Hampton;...

Daniel Tench

Daniel Tench

Jun 6, 2013

Daniel W. Tench, 49, originally from Colonial Heights, and affectionately known as "Grape Ape" by his friends, passed away suddenly Thursday, June 6, 2013 in Richmond. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edwin N. Tench and Lillie R. Tench, and also his great-nephew, Jordan W. Humphries. Daniel served in the United States Navy for 4 years, and for...

David Rhodes

David Rhodes

Jun 5, 2013

David "Scottie" Rhodes, 47, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Newport News, passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2013. He was preceded in death by his father, Frank Midkiff Rhodes. Scottie was a former Pressman for Media General. He is survived by his mother, Dorothy Turner Rhodes; a sister, Cynthia Rhodes Newsome and husband, William of Colonial Heights; a niece, Kelle...

Lucy Tucker

Lucy Tucker

Jun 3, 2013

Lucy Ann Tucker, 76, of Chester, passed away on Monday, June 3, 2013 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Willie Mac and Susie Elizabeth Deaner Dalton. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Ramsey (RT) Tucker; two daughters, Gale Newbold and husband, John of Florida and Debbie Mock and husband, Frank of California; one...

John Edwards

John Edwards

Jun 3, 2013

John Curtis Edwards John Curtis Edwards, 59, of Dinwiddie, formally of Colonial Heights, died of cancer at Southside Regional Medical Center on Monday, June 3, 2013. Mr. Edwards was the son of the late Calvin M. and Nell G. Edwards Sr., and was preceded in death by his brother, Jeffery Scott Edwards. He retired after 30 plus years from his...

Violet Wray

Violet Wray

May 30, 2013

Violet Caffrey Wray, 85, of Colonial Heights, known to her siblings as "Sissy," passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013 at Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Everett Earl Caffrey Sr. and Inez Kathleen Humphries Caffrey, and the widow of Everett Eugene Wray. She was preceded in death by a sister, Alice...

Douglas Strother Sr.

Douglas Strother Sr.

May 28, 2013

Douglas R. Strother Sr. Douglas R. Strother Sr., 84, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday May 28, 2013 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was the son of the late George Edwin Strother Jr., and Lillian Figner Strother and was preceded in death by his wife Ursula K. Strother. Mr. Strother was a veteran of the Vietnam Conflict...

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