Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Kenneth Littrell
Sep 6, 2011
Kenneth Riley Littrell 80, of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday September 6, 2011. He was the son of the late Raymond and Mae Ellis Littrell. Kenneth was a United States Army Veteran retiring at the rank of C.W.4.; he was also a 32nd Degree Mason. Mr. Littrell is survived by his loving wife Gerda G. Littrell of Petersburg, his little brother;...
Bonnie Brown
Sep 2, 2011
Bonnie Jean Brown, 68, of Prince George, joined her Savior on Friday morning, September 2, 2011. Bonnie grew up in Memphis, Tennessee where she had a short career as a bookkeeper before marrying her high school sweetheart, Larry, and devoting her life to her family. She enjoyed cooking, interior decorating and never saw a dog she didn't love. In recent...
Kenneth Spain
Sep 2, 2011
Kenneth G. "Sonny" Spain, 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, September 2, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Dinwiddie County, he was the son of the late Waverly G. and Essie Poarch Spain. Mr. Spain was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Colonial Heights, a veteran with the United States Marine Corps, and taught Automotive...
Lloyd Bishop
Aug 31, 2011
Lloyd Coleman Bishop Sr., 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at his residence. He was the son of the late Leland A. Bishop Sr. and Mary Maitland Bishop. Lloyd was a member of Faith Heritage Pentecostal Church, and a retired commercial carpenter with S.W. Funk, Inc. He is survived by his devoted wife of 60...
Doris Ellis
Aug 31, 2011
Doris Taylor Ellis, 88, of Colonial Heights, a native of Brunswick County and daughter of the late Arthur L. and Blanche Brewer Taylor, completed her life journey on August 31, 2011. She graduated from Longwood State Teachers College and served as a librarian at NC State. Later she was employed with the Federal Reserve Bank in Richmond before becoming an...
Margaret Lipscomb
Aug 27, 2011
Margaret Ruxton Lipscomb, 85, of Chester, passed away on Saturday, August 27, 2011 at the home of her son and daughter-in-law in Hopewell. She was the daughter of the late George R. and Ruth Wells Ruxton, and the widow of Willie Mann Lipscomb. Mrs. Lipscomb worked for the Richmond Petersburg Turnpike Authority from October 17, 1960 until retiring on April...
Frank Spring
Aug 24, 2011
Frank Charles Spring, 44, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, August 24, 2011, in John Randolph Medical Center after an eight year battle with Huntington's disease. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Caroline Spring Vitali, April JoAnne Spring, and Lori Ann Spring Bowler. Frank was a graduate of Vernon High School Vernon, New Jersey. Survivors include his mother...
Calvin Taylor
Aug 23, 2011
Calvin Lee Taylor, 80, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 surrounded by his family at the residence. Born in Green Bay, Virginia, he was the son of the late George E. and Mattie Haythe Taylor. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Colonial Heights, and a retired veteran with the United States Navy. Mr. Taylor is...
William Chumney
Aug 20, 2011
William H. Chumney, 74, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Saturday, August 20, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Sylvester J. and Claudine Burrow Chumney. Mr. Chumney is survived by his wife, Ethylene W. Chumney; children, Charles Young (Teri), Bill Young, Michael Hutchinson, and Bonnie Reynolds (Jerry); fifteen grandchildren; twenty-two great-grandchildren; and two...
John Perkins
Aug 19, 2011
John L. Perkins, 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, August 19, 2011 in ManorCare Health Services. Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, he was the son of the late John H. and Myrtle Simonson Perkins. Mr. Perkins attended Grace Lutheran Church; he was a United States Army Air Corp veteran having served during World War II, and a member...
Wendy Jones
Aug 18, 2011
Wendy Michelle Jones, 38, of Colonial Heights, Virginia passed away on Thursday night, August 18, 2011 as a result of a motorcycle accident with her fiancé, Chris Davidson. Wendy was a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, and a first-responder nurse. She loved her family and wanted her children to be happy, educated, and love Jesus as their Lord...
Bobbie Dudley
Aug 16, 2011
Mrs. Bobbie Rae Dudley, 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, August 16, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Charles E. and Isolene Briley Rhodes, and the widow of James Edward "Jimmy" Dudley. Mrs. Dudley was a member of the Colonial Heights Baptist Church, and was a receptionist...
Leota Tavenner
Aug 10, 2011
Leota Frances Tavenner, 76 of Chester, passed away Wednesday August 10, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Oather Lee and Stella Mae Gearheart East, and the widow of James Allen Tavenner. Mrs. Tavenner is survived by a daughter, Deborah T. and husband Jeff Joyner of Prince George, four sons, Robert L. Tavenner of Amelia. David T. and wife...
Russell Fitzgerald
Aug 7, 2011
Russell E. Fitzgerald, 91, of Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, August 7, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Emmett C. and Margaret Wright Fitzgerald, and the widower of Pearl Henley Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald was a member of Monumental Baptist Church. He is survived by a daughter, Patricia A. Hill of Petersburg; three granddaughters,...
Richard Kamin
Aug 5, 2011
Richard Kamin, age 77, of Colonial Heights, VA, formerly of Lansing, IL and Dyer, IN, went to be with his Lord and Savior on August 5, 2011 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, Edward and Mildred Kamin; brother and sister-in-law, Edward (Marcie) Kamin Jr.; and sister, Iola Lee. Rich was an Army veteran having served...
Willard Lamm
Aug 5, 2011
Willard Waverly Lamm Jr., 55, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Friday, August 5, 2011. He was the son of the late Willard W. Lamm Sr. and Viola Elder Lamm. Mr. Lamm was the owner of Redi Construction LLC and a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church in Dinwiddie. He is survived by his loving wife of thirty years, Marsha Lamm;...
Margaret Baker
Aug 4, 2011
Margaret Jordan Baker, 93, "a grand lady" born in Raleigh, North Carolina and a resident of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, August 4, 2011. She was the daughter of the late James Armond and Martha West Jordan. She was preceded in death by a son David Timothy Baker. Mrs. Baker worked for Titmus Optical for over thirty years before...
Joseph Perkinson Sr.
Aug 3, 2011
Joseph Sterling Perkinson Sr., 83, of Colonial Heights passed away Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Mr. Perkinson was a member of Colonial Heights Moose and an active member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles for fifty years. Mr. Perkinson was preceded in death by his parents, William Noel Perkinson and Grace Austin Perkinson, our beloved...
Paul Smith
Aug 1, 2011
Paul Franklin Smith, 83, of Petersburg, passed away on Monday, August 1, 2011 surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Alex Smith and Nellie Hampton Smith; his wife, Anna Magdalena Smith; son Paul Edgar Smith; brother Edgar Smith; sisters, Ethel Wilder and Lucille Baker. Mr. Smith enjoyed spending time with family and friends and was...
Helen Hardy
Aug 1, 2011
Helen Bradley Hardy, 92, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, August 1, 2011 at the Dunlop House. She was the daughter of the late Frank L. and Sue Sadler Bradley. She was the widow of Herbert L. Hardy and was preceded in death by her sister, Katie B. Gill. Mrs. Hardy was a member of Highland United Methodist Church in...
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