Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
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...

Victor Hanchulak Jr.
Aug 12, 2012
Victor Hanchulak Jr., 78, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, formerly of Falls Church, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2012, at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg. He was the son of the late Victor Hanchulak Sr., and Gertrude Shovlin Hanchulak. Mr. Hanchulak was a United States Army Veteran and a member of the American Legion, and the Knights of Columbus....

Wilson Collier
Aug 10, 2012
Wilson "Buster" Lee Collier, 68, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, passed away Friday, August 10, 2012 at Chippenham Medical Center. He was a member of First Assembly of God Church in Petersburg. He was the son of the late Celeste and Emmette Collier, and was predeceased by his sister, Mary Collier Beemer. He is survived by his wife, Alise "Minnie" Collier;...
Shirley Fried
Aug 9, 2012
Shirley Sirles Fried, 71, of Prince George County, passed away peacefully at Retreat Hospital on August 9, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, Payton & Effie Richardson (Papa and Big Mamma); her daughter, Ann Marie McGee; her son, Dave Sirles; her brother, Billy Sirles; her mother-in-law, Anne Fried; her father-in-law, Frank Fried Sr.; her sister-in-law, Millie Burrell...
Virginia Royal
Aug 8, 2012
Virginia Lee Burnett Royal 86, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday August 8, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Dewitt and Annie Schmidt Burnett and the widow of William T. Royal Jr. Mrs. Royal was a member of the former Third Presbyterian Church in Petersburg and a member of Second Presbyterian...

Sgm Usa
Aug 7, 2012
CSM Warren Maston Sutton USA (ret.), 79, of Dinwiddie, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roy D. Sutton and Mary McCloud Sutton; brother, Roy; sisters, Gail and Priscilla. Mr. Sutton served during the Korean Conflict, Dominican Republic and Vietnam and was a recipient of many medals. He...
Phoebe Perks
Aug 6, 2012
Phoebe Daly Perks, 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, August 6, 2012 surrounded by her family. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Clarice Belcher Daly. Mrs. Perks was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, and was known to everyone as "Little Nanny." She is survived by her husband, Clifford Francis Perks Sr.;...
Marie Vincent
Aug 1, 2012
Marie C. Vincent, 96, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Francis and Beulah Jennings Childress and the widow of Floyd Stanley Vincent Sr. Mrs. Vincent was a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Marie V. Spinner of Joppa Towne,...

Michael Heilbrun
Jul 31, 2012
Michael Lee Heilbrun, 52, of Prince George, and native of Burien, Washington, passed away on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at the McGuire V.A. Medical Center in Richmond. Mr. Heilbrun was the son of the late Elmer Heilbrun. He retired from the U.S. Army with over twenty years of service, and was presently employed with the Northrop Grumman Corporation. He is...
Edith Warren
Jul 30, 2012
Edith T. Warren, 86, of Chester, went to be with her husband, Sammy in Heaven on Monday, July 30, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Florence Jones Toombs and was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel W. Warren Jr.; a granddaughter, Jessica Hogwood; and two brothers, Jack and Jr. Toombs. Mrs. Warren was a member...
Carthin Johnson
Jul 27, 2012
CSM Carthin "CV" Johnson USA (ret.), 86, of Ettrick, passed away on Friday, July 27, 2012. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of the late Henry and Vina Bentley Johnson, and the widow of Opal Frances Johnson. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Teresa Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a veteran of World War II, Korea and Vietnam...

Frances Townsend
Jul 26, 2012
Frances Fischer Townsend, 86, of Colonial Heights, passed away Thursday, July 26, 2012 in Southside Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Townsend was the daughter of the late Herbert Sr. and Lillian Fischer, and the widow of Charles S. Townsend. Survivors include a son, James Mercer of South Carolina; step-son, John Townsend of Louisiana; numerous grandchildren; great grandchildren; and a great-great-grandson; one...

Justine Potts
Jul 25, 2012
Justine Birdsong Potts, 79, of Dinwiddie passed away on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Chesterfield, she was the daughter of the late Wilton H. and Verena Phillips Birdsong, and the widow of William T. Potts. Mrs. Potts was preceded in death by a brother, Donald Birdsong, sisters, Nedra Ramey and Virginia Harris, and a...

John Parker
Jul 22, 2012
John Newman Parker, 81, passed away on Sunday, July 22, 2012 at home. He was the son of the late Jessie Piland and Charles Thomas Parker. He was preceded in death by his brother, George D. Parker and his sister, Anne Thomas Carr. John was an active member of Woodlawn Baptist Church where he was a Deacon and served on...
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