OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Joseph Brandli

Joseph Brandli

Apr 4, 2012

Joseph Howard "Fred" Brandli, 80, of Chester, passed away on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. He was the son of the late Fred and Elsie Carr Brandli. He was a retired machine operator for Allied Signal Chemical Company. Mr. Brandli is survived by his wife, Alice June Brandli; a daughter Debra Lee and husband Robert of Colonial Heights; a son Michael...

Jay Abernathy

Jay Abernathy

Apr 4, 2012

Jay Miles Abernathy, born August 23, 1971 in Lubbock, Texas, left this life to meet Jesus on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. He was at peace and ready. Jay wanted more than anything for this journey to be one that glorified God, and his death has brought eternal joy for Jay. He was raised in El Paso, Texas and spent the...

Kimberly Rager

Kimberly Rager

Apr 4, 2012

Kimberly P. Rager, 70, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, April 4, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Oscar G. "Flinky" Piland and Mildred "Mickey" Barnes Piland. Mrs. Rager graduated from Petersburg General Hospital School of Nursing and worked as a RN for over 40 years. She is survived by her husband Melvin H. Rager; children, Shannon Rager...

Edward Perkins Iii

Edward Perkins Iii

Apr 3, 2012

Edward Archer "Dookie" Perkins III, 82 of Colonial Heights, passed away Thursday, April 3, 2012. He was the son of the late Edward Archer Perkins II, and Mary Stewart Perkins. Mr. Perkins was a United States Army Veteran. He retired from Allied Chemical and was a life member of the Colonial Heights Volunteer Fire Department, and a member of the...

Agnes Spain

Agnes Spain

Apr 1, 2012

Agnes Jennings Spain of Colonial Heights, Virginia, joined her beloved husband, Rev. Charles E. Spain, Jr., in Heaven on April 1, 2012. She was born in Appomattox, Virginia on September 23, 1920, to Fannie and Parks Jennings. She married Charlie on August 17, 1943. Agnes Spain has served the Lord her entire life, having accepted Jesus as her Savior at...

Margaret Mann

Margaret Mann

Mar 31, 2012

Mrs. Margaret Beatrice "Bea" Mann, 94, of Chesterfield, formerly of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Chippenham Medical Center. Born in Crewe, she was the daughter of the late Emmett P. and Ruth Moses Bass, the widow of Edward Randolph Mann, and was preceded in death by a son, Edward Phillip Mann. Mrs. Mann was a...

Jean Wood

Jean Wood

Mar 28, 2012

Jean Funk Wood, 76, of Petersburg, passed away on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at Johnston-Willis Medical Center. Born in Prince George, she was the daughter of the late Charles B. and Helen Johnson Funk, the widow of Aubrey H. Wood, and was preceded in death by a sister, Lois Funk Jordan. Mrs. Wood was a retired Tour Guide with the...

Dale Crowder

Dale Crowder

Mar 24, 2012

Dale Wayne Crowder 54, of Chesterfield, passed away Saturday March 24, 2012. He was preceded in death by his father Richard (Tee) Louis Crowder, Sr. Dale was a former foreman operator for his father's construction company Richard L. Crowder Construction and he also held various other construction jobs. He is survived by his mother; Jean Bosher Beemer and husband, Johnnie...

Marjorie Kitchen

Marjorie Kitchen

Mar 23, 2012

Marjorie Brockwell Kitchen, 82, of Prince George, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2012 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late George A. and Blanche Wood Brockwell, the widow of John A. Kitchen Sr., and was preceded in death by a son, John A. Kitchen Jr. Mrs. Kitchen was a member of...

John Oliver

John Oliver

Mar 23, 2012

John C. "Tiny" Oliver, 71, of Hopewell, passed away on Friday, March 23, 2012 at Hopewell Health Care Center. Born in New York City, New York, he was the son of the late Edward C. and Mary Ferry Oliver, and was preceded in death by his wife, Elva Friday Oliver, and a brother, Charles Edward Oliver. He is survived by...

Ltc Usaf

Ltc Usaf

Mar 23, 2012

LTC USAF (ret.) George Aguirre, born August 24, 1920 in San Antonio, Texas passed away on Friday, March 23, 2012 surrounded by his family at home. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 58 years, Socorro Aguirre, father, Joseph; mother, Henrietta; and five brothers, Henry, Rueben, Michael, Charles and Robert (all veterans); sister, Margaret and her husband;...

Barbara Ozmore

Barbara Ozmore

Mar 22, 2012

Barbara Bailey Ozmore 74, of Petersburg, passed away Thursday March 22, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Leondias E., and Gladys Lee Bailey. Mrs. Ozmore was preceded in death by her husband Wallace Wilson Ozmore Sr., and a son Wallace Wilson Ozmore Jr. She retired from Phillip Morris after many years of service....

Gerald Lucas

Gerald Lucas

Mar 21, 2012

Gerald Earl "Jerry" Lucas, 46, of Disputanta, passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2012, after a long courageous battle with ALS, surrounded by his loving family and friends. Mr. Lucas was a member of Faith Baptist Church, and was employed with Ashland Chemical as a Laboratory Technician. He was an avid hunter and fisherman. He is survived by his wife,...

James Barksdale

James Barksdale

Mar 21, 2012

James Allen Barksdale, 59, was received into the loving arms of the heavenly Father, and his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on March 21, 2012 after a long and hard-fought battle with kidney cancer. It was a peaceful passing for this soft-spoken, gentle, giant of a man and he was surrounded in love by many who admired him. He was...

Mary Hare

Mary Hare

Mar 20, 2012

Mary L. "Teady" Hare, 88, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at her residence. Born in Prince Edward County, she was the daughter of the late Howard F. and Evelyn Wills Weaver, and the widow of Dennis R. Hare. She was a member of Matoaca Baptist Church, and a retired Sales Clerk from J.C. Penney in...

Albert Riddle Sr.

Albert Riddle Sr.

Mar 20, 2012

Albert G. Riddle Sr., 79, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2012. He was a native of Chesterfield County, and the son of the late Ralph and Dorothy Walker Riddle, and the widower of Helen D. Riddle. He served in the United States Air Force during the Korean Conflict, and was a member of Monumental Baptist Church in...

Linda Jones

Linda Jones

Mar 20, 2012

Linda "Judy" Jones, 61, of Chester, passed away on Wednesday March 20, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Eugene Roscoe and Mary Pauline Widener Kestner; and was preceded in death by a sister, Brenda Kestner. Mrs. Jones is survived by her son, Dennis Joseph Jones Jr. (Lesley T.); grandsons, Peyton Alexander Jones, and Owen Parker Jones of Midlothian;...

Daniel Draucker Sr.

Daniel Draucker Sr.

Mar 20, 2012

Daniel Lee Draucker Sr., 78 of Colonial Heights, passed away March 20, 2012 at the Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was preceded in death by his parents C. Ray Draucker Sr. and Olivia Hawks Draucker, and a brother C. Ray Draucker Jr. Mr. Draucker was very proud to be a graduate of Benedictine High School. After graduation...

Helen Short

Helen Short

Mar 20, 2012

Helen Gordon Short 96, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday March 20, 2012at the Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was the daughter of the late Clifford Earl Short Sr., and Willie Lee Slaughter and was preceded in death by a brother William F. Short. Ms. Short retired from the accounting office at the Chesterfield County School Board...

Edward Parker

Edward Parker

Mar 19, 2012

SFC Edward R. Parker United States Army (ret.), 78, of Petersburg, died on Monday, March 19, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born in Marquette, Michigan, and was the son of the late Delbert and Mildred Lenore Parker. Mr. Parker was a retired SFC having over twenty years of service in the U.S. Army, serving in Vietnam and...

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