Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Janet Walsh
Nov 13, 2012
Janet Faye Clark Merriman Hauser Walsh. You probably just new her as Faye. We must announce she died on Tuesday, November 13, 2012.. She came to this earth August 6, 1947 and on November 13, 2012 went back to heaven. Belle Lawrence Clark and Leslie Frank Clark were her parents. They lived in Martinsville, Virginia until they died. Karl Everett...
Ruth Sisisky
Nov 13, 2012
Ruth Sisisky, 87, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Born in New York, she was the daughter of the late Ethel and Harry Hoffman. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Lee J. Sisisky, her sister Helen and brother Edward. She is survived by her daughter, Tina Rice; sister, Flora Jacobson; sister-in-law Myra...
Alfred Forbes
Nov 12, 2012
Alfred A. Forbes After a long illness and being cared for by his loving family, and friends, Alfred A. Forbes, affectionately known as "Shorty," left Prince George to go to heaven and be with his Lord Jesus Christ on Monday, November 12, 2012. He was born June 21, 1925, in Warwick, Virginia to the late Carrie B. and Alfred Arthur...
Catherine Vance
Nov 11, 2012
Catherine Marie Vance, 95, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, November 11, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in New York, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Florence Connolly Grimes, and was preceded in death by two sons, Peter and Joseph Vance. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, a former...
Sherman Hanson
Nov 8, 2012
Chief Master Sargent Sherman Lee Hanson United States Air Force Retired, 75, passed away on Thursday, November 8, 2012. He was the son of the late Slater and Winona Kelly Hanson of Lewisburg, West Virginia, and was preceded in death by a brother, Gene Hanson. Mr. Hanson retired from the U.S. Air Force with over 33 years of service. He...
James Jefferson
Nov 6, 2012
James Derward Jefferson, 86, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, November 6, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late George W. and Lillian Ellington Jefferson, and was preceded in death by a grandchild. Mr. Jefferson was an active member of Swift Creek Baptist Church where he was a Deacon, Lay...
Welton Wilson
Nov 4, 2012
Welton Wilson, 95, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday, November 4, 2012 at Brighter Living. He was the son of the late Charlie and Mary Traylor Wilson and the widower of Betty Elizabeth Wilson. Mr. Wilson was preceded in death by a son, James Lee Wilson. He retired from Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company. He is survived by his sons Charles...
Dorothy Wiggins
Nov 3, 2012
Dorothy Mae Wiggins, of Colonial Heights, passed away on November 3, 2012, after a brief period of declining health. Dorothy was born July 24, 1916 in Isle of Wright County, Virginia to the late Hiden and Queenie Womble. She was baptized in Mill Swamp Baptist Church, Smithfield, Virginia where she attended services in her youth. After her marriage, she traveled...
Dora Haston
Nov 3, 2012
Dora C. "Pat" Haston, 66, of Colonial Heights passed away Saturday, November 3, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Hubert W. and Susan Margaret Sears Cooper, and widow of Jack Haston, Jr. Survivors include three daughters, Vicky Pilgrim and husband, Donald of Chesterfield, Joanna Parker and husband, Craig of Mechanicsville, and Susan Rudolph of Colonial Heights; three grandchildren,...
Jean Mingloski
Nov 3, 2012
Jean Porter Mingloski 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday November 3, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Virginia Louise Ford Porter, and the widow of George W. Mingloski and was preceded in death by a grandson, David Keith Mingloski. Mrs. Mingloski was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Colonial Heights. She is...
Elsie Waskey
Nov 1, 2012
Elsie Mae (Granny) Waskey, 89, of Newport News, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, November 1, 2012 Born in Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Sam D. and Lunette Mayton Harlow. She was preceded in death by two sons, Clarence Edward (Eddie) Waskey and Peyton D. Waskey. Mrs. Waskey retired with 25 years of service from...
Josephine Rathjen
Oct 31, 2012
Josephine Margaret Elliott Rathjen, 78, of Colonial Heights went to be with her Lord on October 31, 2012. Born in Henrico, Virginia, she was affectionately known as the "Rose of the South." She was predeceased by her mother, Violet O'Dell Brooks Elliott and father, John Strailey Elliott; her husband of 45 years, Gilbert Gordon Rathjen; her son, Christopher Lee Rathjen;...
Charles Bollinger Iii
Oct 31, 2012
Charles Henry Bollinger III, 68, of Chesterfield died Wednesday, October 31, 2012 in Johnston Willis Hospital. A native of Petersburg, he was son of the late Charles Henry Bollinger, Jr. and Bernice Pond Bollinger. He was a master electrician and owner and operator of C.H. Bollinger Electrical Contractor. He is survived by his wife, Audrey L. Bollinger; a daughter, Tracy...
Olga Myers
Oct 31, 2012
Olga Wells Myers, 104, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday October 31, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of Herbert Myers, and the daughter of the late Charles and Martha Grant Wells. She was retired from Titmus Optical with over fifty years of service, and was a charter member of former Memorial United Methodist Church...
Elsie Moody
Oct 30, 2012
Elsie S. "Sheila" Moody, 93, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born in Petersburg, Virginia to the late Benjamin and Orie Lee Perkins Simmons. Mrs. Moody was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Moody Sr., and a son, Wilson S. Moody. She was a member of...
Naomi Morgan
Oct 27, 2012
Naomi Morgan, 82, of Knoxville, Tennessee, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, October 27, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband, JD Morgan and son, Jeffery Morgan. She is survived by daughter, Brenda Lovelace; son, James Morgan and wife, Rachel, and daughter, Denise Young and husband, Mark. She leaves 10 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. A funeral service...
Mildred Scott
Oct 25, 2012
Mildred T. Scott, 90, of Petersburg, peacefully passed away in her sleep on Thursday, October 25, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Moses L. Scott; her parents Hattie and Joseph Turner; and also her brother, Clifton Turner. Mildred was a devoted member of Kenwood United Methodist Church, where she was active for...
Mildred Turner
Oct 25, 2012
Mildred Hawkins Turner, 98, of Matoaca, passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Dinwiddie Health & Rehabilitation Center. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles F. and Mary Elizabeth Harris Hawkins, and the widow of Clifton Floyd (Whitey) Turner Sr. Mrs. Turner was a member of Ettrick United Methodist Church. She is survived by a...
Mary Emory
Oct 25, 2012
Mary F. Emory, 82, of Church Road, Virginia passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Greenfield Reflections of Petersburg. She was the daughter of the late Joseph L. and Cleo Farrell Hogan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde H. Emory, Sr., her two brothers, Arthur "Red" Hogan and Charles "Lindy" Hogan. Mrs. Emory was a supervisor...
Glenice Perkinson
Oct 25, 2012
Glenice P. Perkinson, 87, of Chesterfield, passed away on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at Retreat Hospital. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Clifford A. and Rebecca Gibbs Parrish, and was preceded in death by a grandson, Greg Parrish. Mrs. Perkinson was a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband, William...
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