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Raymond Norton Jr.

Raymond Norton Jr.

Oct 23, 2011

Raymond B. Norton Jr., 64, of Richmond, passed away on Sunday, October 23, 2011 at Westport Health Care Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late Mabel Robinson Norton and Raymond B. Norton Sr. Mr. Norton was a member of St. Giles Presbyterian Church, and a retired History teacher with Lloyd C. Bird High School in Chesterfield...

Alma Elko

Alma Elko

Oct 22, 2011

Alma Mae Elko, 80, of Chesterfield, died on Saturday, October 22, 2011 at her residence. A native of Chesterfield, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Ruby Mae Joyner Jarratt. Mrs. Elko was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church in Colonial Heights. She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Edward Elko, Sr. and her grandson,...

Brenda Chappell

Brenda Chappell

Oct 20, 2011

Brenda Wilson Chappell, 63, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Thursday, October 20, 2011 at Retreat Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Gene H. and Marcelene Drummond Wilson. Mrs. Chappell was a member of Livingstone Baptist Church, and a Registered Nurse for Crater Community Hospice for many years. She is survived by her husband, William Stanley Chappell Jr.; three...

Margaret Criswell

Margaret Criswell

Oct 19, 2011

Margaret B. Criswell, 84, of Carson, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 surrounded by her husband and children. Born in Norfolk, Virginia on April 1, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Herbert S. and Ruby Fisher Barrett. She was a member of Crosslight Assembly of God Church, and was a retired Dietician with Chesapeake Schools. Margaret...

Elizabeth Williams

Elizabeth Williams

Oct 16, 2011

Elizabeth Long Williams, 93, passed into eternal rest on Sunday, October 16, 2011, after a brief illness. She was born on August 5, 1918 in Tarboro, North Carolina, the first child of Charles Roosevelt Long and Margaret Lenora Brown Long. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, and the Order of the Eastern Star Alpha Chapter...

Christelle Melvin

Christelle Melvin

Oct 15, 2011

Christelle Ammons Melvin, 94, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, October 15, 2011 at Brighter Living Assisted Living Center. She was the daughter of the late John C. and Winifred St. Sing Ammons, and the widow of James S. Jacobs and Floyd S. Melvin. She was a member of First Christian Church, the Hopewell Moose #1472, the VFW Auxiliary...

Helen Perkinson

Helen Perkinson

Oct 14, 2011

Helen S. Perkinson, 92, of Chesterfield, passed away on Friday, October 14, 2011 at Lucy Corr Village. Born in Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Michael and Mary Svelto Straka, and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles P. Perkinson, and a son, Joseph W. Perkinson. Mrs. Perkinson was a member of Gill Grove Baptist Church. She...

Janie Buchanan

Janie Buchanan

Oct 14, 2011

Janie Mae Buchanan, 73, of Moncks Corner, South Carolina, formerly of Chesterfield, passed away Friday, October 14, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Claude Douglas, and Sarah Elizabeth Wright Douglas. Mrs. Buchanan was the widow of Stephen D. Buchanan Sr., and was preceded in death by her daughter, Barbara Jean Price, a son Richard Allen Buchanan, and a...

Kenneth Hatcher Jr.

Kenneth Hatcher Jr.

Oct 12, 2011

Kenneth E. Hatcher, Jr., 58, of Lake Gaston, NC, passed away after a long battle with multiple myloma at Duke Hospital on October 12, 2011. Kenny was born in Petersburg, VA and was preceded in death by his parents, Kenneth E. Hatcher, Sr. and Barbara W. Hatcher; a brother, Terry Lynn Hatcher; and a son, Kenneth E. Hatcher, III. He...

Earl Wells

Earl Wells

Oct 12, 2011

Mr. Earl O. Wells Sr. was called home on October 12, 2011. Mr. Wells lived a blessed 88 years. He is survived by his loving wife of nearly 62 years, Maggie L. Wells; his devoted children, Earl Wells Jr. and wife, Ann, Bonnie Lawson and husband, Jim, and Cindy Meyers and husband, David. His son, David Wells was called home...

Lillian Kinder

Lillian Kinder

Oct 11, 2011

Lillian Kinder, a resident of Colonial Heights, left her Earthly life at the age of 96, on October 11, 2011 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the widow of John Kinder Sr. Mrs. Kinder is survived by her son, John "Jack" Kinder Jr. and wife, Diann; two grandsons; Jeffrey and wife, Tricia and Bradley and wife, Olya;...

Myrtle Williams

Myrtle Williams

Oct 10, 2011

Myrtle B. Williams, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2011 at her residence. Born in Union County, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Thomas J. and Wilma Braswell Bivens, and the widow of Charles C. (Buck) Williams Jr. She was a 1938 graduate of the Appalachian State University, formerly Appalachian State Teachers College,...

Leo Carrier

Leo Carrier

Oct 10, 2011

Leo Joseph Carrier, 77, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, October 10, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Winchendon, Massachusetts, he was the son of the late Aime and Lucille Carrier. He was preceded in death by his wife of 39 years, Marlene Virginia (Diamantopoulos) Carrier. He was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church, and the...

G. Stafford

G. Stafford

Oct 7, 2011

George Woody Stafford, 90, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2011. He was the son of the late John C. and Laura Woody Stafford. Mr. Stafford was a member of St. Michaels Episcopal Church where he served on the Vestry. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where...

Beatrice Vaughan

Beatrice Vaughan

Oct 4, 2011

Beatrice Allie Vaughan, 87, of Colonial Heights, passed away Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at the Hopewell Health Care Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, John H. and Bertha Virginia Vaughan, and fourteen brothers and sisters. Ms. Vaughan was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. She is survived by many nieces, nephews, cousins; and three...

John Crowder Iii

John Crowder Iii

Oct 2, 2011

After a brief illness, John Wesley Crowder III passed away on Sunday, October 2, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond. Mr. Crowder (Johnny), 66, was born in Petersburg, Virginia on January 10, 1945. Living in Colonial Heights most of his life, Johnny has spent 35 years building homes and managing property. He loved his family, his dog, Benjamin and...

Spc Hetrick

Spc Hetrick

Oct 1, 2011

SPC Richard Steven Hetrick, 22, of Chesterfield, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at Fort Drum United States Army Base in New York. He was preceded in death by his father, Steven L. Hetrick, sister, Jessie Milliner and his grandmothers, Barbara Doyle and Gladys Hetrick. Richard was an active duty soldier with the United States Army and was a...

Russell King

Russell King

Oct 1, 2011

Russell M. King, 83, of Matoaca, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2011 at McGuire VA Medical Center. Born in Wake County, North Carolina, he was the son of the late George H. and Veola Stone King, and was preceded in death by a son, Ronnie Michael King and a brother, Edward King. Mr. King was a Retired Master Sergeant...

Ann Mcgee

Ann Mcgee

Oct 1, 2011

Ann Marie McGee, 54, of Prince George, passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2011. God called another angel to come and watch over us. A great daughter, mother, sister, and friend. Rest in peace, until we meet again. Ann was preceded in death by her father, William Earl Turner, and a brother, Dave Sirles. She leaves to cherish, her mother,...

Michael Perkinson

Michael Perkinson

Sep 29, 2011

On Thursday, September 29, 2011, Michael "Mickey" Perkinson, 60, of Colonial Heights, suddenly passed into God's hands and joined his father, Jack Martin Sr., his sister, Carol Ann Ackerman and his grandmothers, Alma Jackson and Gracie Martin. Mickey was a graduate of Colonial Heights High School and proudly served in the United States Marine Corps. He lived in San Diego,...

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