Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Andrew Sweeney
Aug 28, 2012
SGT Andrew J. Sweeney USA (ret.), 61, of Chesterfield, passed away on Tuesday, August 28, 2012 at MCV Medical Center. Born in Syracuse, New York he was the son of the late Clarence J. and Gertrude Helen Sweeney. Andy was a decorated veteran having served his country proudly in the Vietnam War, and was stationed in Korea. He was employed...
Grace Neal
Aug 27, 2012
Grace Finlay Neal, 98, of Chester, left us to be with Jesus on Monday, August 27, 2012, after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She resided at the Golden Living Center (Battlefield Park) since July of 2006. She was loved and very happy and content with special aides at the facility. Mrs. Neal was the widow of Joseph Ottie Neal,...
Ardeth Tipton
Aug 25, 2012
Ardeth Joy "Ardy" Tipton, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, August 25, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Harold C. and Metta M. Closs Mapson, and the widow of Lawrence Edward Tipton Jr. Mrs. Tipton was a former member of Colonial Heights Assembly of God Church. She is survived by her children, Kevin Tipton of Chesterfield, Darla...
Lois Lee
Aug 24, 2012
Lois Farmer Lee, 87, of Newport News, and a former resident of Colonial Heights, passed away Friday, August 24, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Oscar Enewell Farmer and Emma Hughes Farmer and the widow of William C. "Buddy" Lee and was preceded in death by a brother, and three sisters. Mrs. Lee was former member of Immanuel...
Nita Toombs
Aug 23, 2012
Nita Lynn Toombs, 37, of Carson, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2012. Nita was a former employee of Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She is survived by her parents, Charlie & Janet Toombs; a daughter, Colleen Renee Brown; a son, Jacob Toombs Brown; a sister, Charlá Toombs Short and husband, Steve; brothers, Patrick Fleming Toombs and Marshall Poole Toombs...
James Bennett Jr.
Aug 22, 2012
James Allen Bennett Jr., 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012 after a period of declining health. Mr. Bennett was born June 7, 1920 in Petersburg, Virginia to the late James Allen Bennett Sr. and Florence Payne Bennett and resided in the vicinity all of his life. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ruth S....
Dorothy Gee
Aug 22, 2012
Dorothy Jerry Adams Gee, 82, of Newark, OH passed away on Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at Arlington Care Center in Newark, OH. Mrs. Gee was born on March 27, 1930 in Petersburg, Virginia to the late Meade and Hilda Heplenstall Adams. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Andrew Gee. For many years she resided in Colonial Heights,...
Cephas Witt
Aug 22, 2012
Cephas W. Witt of South Hill, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012. He was the son of the late John and Jennie Wren Witt, and was preceded in death by his wife, Josephine B. Witt; a son, Cephas W. Witt Jr., and two brothers, John S. and Richard B. Witt. Mr. Witt was United States Army...
Alice Hierholzer
Aug 20, 2012
Alice T. "Pat" Hierholzer, 76, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Claude A. and Gertrude Saunders Thomas, and was preceded in death by her daughter, Cheryl Lynn Bennett and a sister, Jean Zimmerman. Pat was a member of Swift Creek Baptist Church, Colonial Heights. She is survived...
Alexander Westmoreland Jr.
Aug 20, 2012
Alexander Martin Westmoreland Jr., 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, August 20, 2012 at his residence. Born in Richmond, he was the son of the late Alexander M. Westmoreland Sr. and Bessie Sutton Westmoreland, and was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Blalock Westmoreland, a daughter, Barbara Jo Westmoreland and a granddaughter, Erin Marie Hingerty. He was a...
Darrell Harrelson
Aug 19, 2012
Darrell Ray Harrelson, 76, of Chesterfield, formerly of Fredonia, Kansas, died Sunday, August 19, 2012, after a lengthy illness. Born in Blackwell, Oklahoma, he was preceded in death by his parents, Denver E. and Bessie Harrelson, and a brother, Neil Harrelson. A 22-year veteran of the US Army with service in Vietnam, Darrell later owned the Country House Restaurant in...
James Wellons Jr.
Aug 18, 2012
James Fred Wellons Jr. passed away Saturday, August 18, 2012. James was born in Johnson County, North Carolina on October 3, 1923, and was the son of James Fred and Annie D. Wellons. He was a proud graduate of North Carolina State University in Agricultural Engineering. Like many of his generation, he served in WWII and has fond memories of...
David Hodges
Aug 18, 2012
David Lee Hodges Sr., 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, August 18, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care. Mr. Hodges was a United States Navy veteran, a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church, and a Retired Engineer with CSX Railroad. He is survived by two sons, David Lee Hodges Jr. and wife, Cheryle and Eric Hodges; two...
Laura Deems
Aug 17, 2012
Laura Stewart Deems, 92, of Dinwiddie County, died Friday morning, August 17, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Laura was born in Winston Salem, North Carolina, but spent most of her childhood on a farm in Nottoway County. She is the widow of Sgt. Major Donald Deems, and is survived by her three children, Prof. Sherran Deems of Savannah, Georgia,...
Oscar Sale Jr.
Aug 15, 2012
Oscar Sale Jr., 89, of Dinwiddie, passed away Wednesday, August 15, 2012. He was a native of Amherst County and the son of the late Oscar Myers Sale Sr., and Nettie Lois Stinnett Sale. Mr. Sale was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Thelma G. Sale, two brothers, Oleon and Roy Sales; one sister, Margaret Hendricks. Mr....
Michael Cheatham
Aug 15, 2012
Michael L. Cheatham, 64, of Powhatan, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at his home. He was a native of Colonial Heights, and the son of the late Willie H. Cheatham and Jessie W. Cheatham, and was preceded in death by his brother, Robert W. Cheatham. Mike was a retired employee of Sunbelt Rentals, and...
Buenaventura Guzman-Santiago
Aug 14, 2012
Buenaventura "Sandy" Guzman-Santiago, 86, of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2012. Born in Utuado Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Juan Guzman and Maria Santiago. He was preceded in death by his in-laws, Roy and Catherine Bendall. Sandy was a retired 28 year veteran of the United States Army, and Fort Lee Civil Service....
John Rudy
Aug 14, 2012
John O. Rudy, 75, of Chesterfield passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Chesterfield, he was the son of the late Henry E. Rudy Jr. and Katie Grigg Rudy, and was preceded in death by a grandson, Daniel Rudy and a brother, Phillip "Bo" Rudy. Mr. Rudy was a retired forklift...
Patricia Paschall
Aug 13, 2012
Patricia "Pat" Paschall's gentle soul went to eternal rest Monday, August 13, 2012; she was sixty years of age. She was born to Joseph Hotz and the late Ethel Virostek Hotz. She was cherished by her husband, Ronald J. Paschall of 33 years. She is survived by her husband; her father; her sister, Mary Ann Holt and husband, Raymond Holt....
Infant Poe
Aug 12, 2012
Infant Aiden Edward Poe passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2012. He is survived by his parents, Tammy & Ben Poe of Dinwiddie; a brother, Ryan Ethan Kirby; maternal grandparents, Tammy Lynn Kirby and Eugene Allen Kirby of Chesterfield; paternal grandparents, Connie Jenkins of Chesterfield and Lewis Poe of Dinwiddie; two aunts, Chelcea Gonzalez and husband, Eric and Amy Kirby...
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