Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Anne Russell
Mar 18, 2012
Anne Jennings Russell, 80, passed away on March 18, 2012 following a long illness. Anne was born November 2, 1931 in Leesburg, Virginia. She graduated from Mars Hill College and Radford University, taught elementary school for 27 years and was very active in church work her entire life. Anne was a former resident of Gloucester, Roanoke, Mathews and Chesterfield, Virginia....

Hope Provost
Mar 17, 2012
Hope (Irene) A. Provost, 58, of Prince George, Virginia passed away on Saturday, March 17, 2012 at her residence. Born in New York, she was the daughter of the late Leon J. Gonyo Sr. and Jean Saunders Gonyo, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Ermey and David Gonyo. Mrs. Provost was a retired Accountant for Dennis M. Stuart...

Mary Wilder
Mar 17, 2012
Mary "Ruth" Tatum Wilder, 90, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, March 16, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Willie L. and Lelia Grammar Tatum, and the widow of Luther A. Wilder Jr. Mrs. Wilder was a charter member of the Crowder Memorial Baptist Church, and was very active and dedicated in the church. Mrs. Wilder was...

Catherine Ward
Mar 15, 2012
Catherine Edna McNabb Ward, 87, of Colonial Heights, passed away Thursday, March 15, 2012. She was the daughter of the late William W. and Caroline Hauck McKnabb. She was the widow of Richard F. Ward Sr., and was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Cathy Brown Baker. Mrs. Ward is survived by two sons, Richard F. Ward and wife, Eloise...
Maurice Floyd
Mar 14, 2012
Maurice Gayle Floyd, 84, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 at his residence. He was the son of the late Jefferson E. and Goldie Spain Floyd, and the widower of Helen Walker Floyd. Mr. Floyd was a member of the St. Michaels Episcopal Church, Colonial Heights American Legion Post #284, Blandford Masonic Lodge #3, Scottish Rite,...

Joan Buterbaugh
Mar 13, 2012
Joan Clevenger Buterbaugh, 78, of Chester, passed away on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 at Retreat Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Harry and Louise Womack Clevenger, the widow of William H. Buterbaugh, and was preceded in death by a daughter, Carrie Alice Buterbaugh. Mrs. Buterbaugh was a member of the Chester Baptist Church, and Henricus Historical Park. She...
Geraldine Blevins
Mar 11, 2012
Geraldine H. Blevins 76, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday March 11, 2012. She was the daughter of the late Alonza R. and Estelle Giles Hodges, the widow of Floyd Thomas Blevins; and was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Hodges. Mrs. Blevins was a former member of Calvary Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by her...
T. Balch Sr.
Mar 10, 2012
T. Wayne Balch Sr., 69, of Colonial Heights, entered into eternal rest after a long and courageous battle with Muscular Dystrophy on Saturday, March 10, 2012. He was the son of the late Tommy and Mildred Balch and was a retired employee with Virginia Department of Transportation. Mr. Balch was the past President and Founder of several local Car Clubs....

Clifton Bishop
Mar 9, 2012
Clifton Andrew "Bubba" Bishop Jr., 57, of Colonial Heights, died on Friday, March 9, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg. He was the son of the late Clifton Andrew Bishop Sr. Mr. Bishop was a retired machine operator for Phillip Morris Tobacco Co. He is survived by his wife; Betty C. Bishop; two sons, Clifton A. Bishop III and...
Martha Wrenn
Mar 8, 2012
Martha C. Wrenn, 73, of Chester, died Thursday, March 8, 2012 in Chippenham Medical Center, Richmond. Born in North Carolina, she was daughter of the late Raymond Tucker Calloway and Virginia Louise Rook Calloway and was a member of Good Shepard United Methodist Church in Henrico. She is survived by her husband, Roger J. Wrenn; son Rusty Wrenn of Midlothian;...

Stephen Clarke
Mar 8, 2012
Stephen Anthony Clarke, 57, of Dinwiddie County, Va., went to heaven on March 8, 2012. Stephen was born in Utica, N.Y., on Sept. 10, 1954. He spent four years in the Air Force prior to embarking on a federal civil service career that spanned 33 years of dedicated service in the maintenance and transportation areas. His support to the Army...

E. Hinkle
Mar 7, 2012
E. Margaret Hinkle, 99, of Matoaca, passed away on Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Born in Buena Vista, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Andrew M. and Nancy Henkle, the widow of Shelley Fleshman Hinkle, and was preceded in death by a son, Randolph B. Hinkle. Mrs. Hinkle was a member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, and a...

Irmalee Grammer
Mar 6, 2012
Irmalee F. Grammer, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Born in Green Bay, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Fred W. and Helen Porch Flippin, and was preceded in death by a son Russell Edwards Grammer, three sisters, Marie Fink, Florence O'Mery, Dorothy Tyrell and one brother, William Flippin. Mrs. Grammer was a...
Dalton Bradley
Mar 5, 2012
MSG Dalton E. "Brad" Bradley, USAF (Ret.), 82, of Petersburg, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Emporia, he was the son of the late Lundy and Susan Garner Bradley. Mr. Bradley was a retired United States Air Force Master Sergeant, having served in the Korean War, with 22 years of service, and...

Billy Ellis
Mar 5, 2012
Billy R. Ellis, 65, of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, March 5, 2012 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of the late Emory W. and Jessie Beverly Ellis. Mr. Ellis was a United States Navy veteran, and retired from the Honeywell Hopewell Plant as a pipefitter/welder. He was a member of the Hopewell American...

Sarah Sylvester
Feb 26, 2012
Sarah H. Sylvester, 75, of Matoaca, formerly of Hopewell, passed away on Sunday, February 26, 2012. Born in Crewe, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Eunice Wray Harris, and the widow of James Nicholas Sylvester. Mrs. Sylvester was a member of the Matoaca United Methodist Church, and retired from the Chesterfield Plant of Allied Chemical. She is...
James Dean Jr.
Feb 21, 2012
James L. Dean Jr., 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late James L. Dean Sr. and Virginia Tipton Dean. He was a contractor and steward at the Carpenter Center and the Coliseum. He is survived by his daughter, Patsy Dean; son, James L. "Jimmy" Dean III.;...

Scott Short
Feb 21, 2012
Scott Spencer Short, 43, of Colonial Heights and a native of Midland, Michigan, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at his residence. The family will receive friends Thursday (tonight) from 7: 30 - 8:30 at the Prince George Christian Church, 7605 Prince George Drive, Prince George, Virginia 23875. Interment will take place in Midland Michigan at a later date.
Manuela Mcnutt
Feb 21, 2012
Manuela Isabella McNutt, 44, of Petersburg, passed away on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at Johnston Willis Medical Center. Mrs. McNutt was a manager at Taco Bell in Hopewell. She is survived by her husband, Bashir McNutt; children, Robby Ramos of Richmond, Stefanie Ramos of Petersburg, and Mike Williamson of Richmond; a grandson, Jaeden Storrs; a sister, Carmen Hunter of Hopewell;...

Desdie Ellis
Feb 20, 2012
Desdie Marie Woodard Townsend Ellis went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 20, 2012 surrounded by her family. Born June 18, 1926 in Hopewell, she was the daughter of the late Sarah McCormick Woodard Olsen of Petersburg and Rufus Woodard of Maryland. She was predeceased by a sister, Sara Woodard Fable of Petersburg; and two brothers, Walter Percy...
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