Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Roy Trentham Jr.
Jan 2, 2011
Roy Trentham Jr., 58, of Amelia, passed away on Sunday, January 2, 2011. He was the son of the late Eva Elliott Trentham and Maurice R. Trentham Sr. Mr. Trentham was a retired Stock Room Clerk with Philip Morris USA. He is survived by his wife, Virginia L. Trentham; two sons, Bryan L. Trentham and wife, Penny, and Jason S....
Thomas Bury
Jan 1, 2011
Thomas J. Bury Jr., 86, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2011. He was born May 17, 1924 to the late Thomas John Sr., and Ada Cox Bury. A native of the Bermuda District area of Chesterfield County, he graduated from Chester High School nee Thomas Dale High School in 1941. During World War II, he served his country in...
Robert Morris
Dec 30, 2010
Robert Lee Morris Mr. Robert Lee Morris, 86, best known to all as "Shorty", passed away at Southside Regional Medical Center on Thursday, December 30th after a battle with cancer. A native of Matoaca, he was born to the late Carrie and George Morris on June 8, 1924 in South Boston, VA. Mr. Morris was baptized at Black Walnut Baptist...

Aliease Tutton
Dec 29, 2010
Aliease J. Tutton, 86, of Hopewell, passed away Wednesday, December 29, 2010. Mrs. Tutton was the daughter of the late George and Molly Odom Spence. She was preceded in death by her husbands Andrew D. Johnson and Jessie Tutton and a daughter Carol Potter. Mrs. Tutton was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Hopewell...
Virginia Tucker
Dec 28, 2010
Virginia Whitlow Tucker, 74, of Colonial Heights passed away Tuesday, December 28, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Henry O. and Beulah Daniel Whitlow and was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-four years Floyd M. Tucker and a brother, Lucius H. Whitlow. Mrs. Tucker went to school in Daniel Town, Virginia and graduated from Alberta High...

Joan Haswell
Dec 27, 2010
Joan Elaine Haswell, 76, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, December 27, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Mary Lee Grizzard Allen, and was preceded in death by her husband, Glenn Edward Haswell; a daughter, Pasty Haswell; and a brother, Rayon Allen. Mrs. Haswell was a member of Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Colonial Heights and was...
Donald Robbins
Dec 26, 2010
Donald Kurt Robbins Donald Kurt Robbins, 82, of Chesterfield, passed away Sunday, December 26, 2010. He was the son of the late Marvin Earl and Susie Leslie Swain Robbins and was preceded in death by two brothers, Daniel and Max Ray; two nephews, Larry and Kenny Robbins; two nieces, Jane Hamilton and Debbie Ellis. Mr. Robbins attended Ivey Memorial United...

Joyce Townsend
Dec 25, 2010
Joyce Turek Townsend, 69, of Hopewell, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2010. She was the widow of Charles Roy Townsend and the daughter of the late Charley and Annie Vlkojan. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Donna Townsend, a granddaughter, Jessica Hicks, and a grandson, Nicholas Emory. She was a retired employee of Ukrops. Mrs. Townsend is...

Christine Farmer
Dec 23, 2010
Christine O. Farmer Christine O. Farmer, 77, of Colonial Heights, passed away December 23, 2010, at her residence where she was cared for by her loving and devoted daughter. Born in Cottonwood, Alabama, Mrs. Farmer moved to Virginia in 1953. Shortly after settling in Virginia, Mrs. Farmer became part owner of Farmer's Transmission Service and Farmer's Grocery Store; two successful...

Rosa Nomikos
Dec 22, 2010
Rosa May Boswell Nomikos died at St. Mary's Hospital in Richmond, Virginia on Wednesday, December 22, 2010, following a courageous battle to overcome disabilities suffered as a result of a stroke in 2008. The daughter of Rosa Ann Webb and William Iverson Boswell Jr., she was born on July 19, 1934 in Colonial Heights, Virginia. In addition to her parents,...
John Harpole Sr.
Dec 22, 2010
John D. Harpole Sr., 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at his residence. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of the late John L. and Maggie Smith Harpole, and was preceded in death by a daughter; Donna Harpole Bishop. He was a United States Navy veteran, and was a civil service employee for 20...

Clinton Stell Sr.
Dec 20, 2010
Clinton Avery Stell Sr., 85, of Chesterfield, died Monday, December 20, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was preceded in death by his father, George W. Stell, his mother, Josephine Stell and step-mother, Sallie Jones Stell. He was born on June 30, 1925 in Dinwiddie County. He served in the U.S Navy and was a retired shop machinist at...

Erich Vaughan
Dec 20, 2010
Erich U. Vaughan, 51, of Petersburg, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2010 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late William Earl Vaughan, and was preceded in death by a brother, Carlton E. Vaughan. Erich was a member of Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church and Swift Creek Baptist Church. He loved going to...

Jane Murray
Dec 20, 2010
Jane Barfield Murray, 84, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2010 at John Randolph Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Newton and Pauline Archer Barfield, and the widow of Hollis Murray. Mrs. Barfield was a retired EKG Technician with Southside Regional Medical Center. She is survived by two daughters, Nancy J. Lufkin, and Rebecca...

Elfriede Banks
Dec 20, 2010
Elfriede C. Banks, 84, a native of Germany and a resident of Prince George, passed away on Monday, December 20, 2010. She was the widow of John R. Banks CSM (USA Ret.). Mrs. Banks was a very active member and Past President of the Petersburg American Legion Post #2 Ladies Auxiliary. Mrs. Banks is survived by two daughters, Charlotte Hamby...

Lou Bell
Dec 19, 2010
Lou Anne Bell, 60, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her father Roger Kingland. Mrs. Bell retired as a cardiac nurse from Southside Regional Medical Center, and also retired as a nurse from the Dunlop House. She was a member of New Journey Baptist Church in...

Martha Slater
Dec 19, 2010
Martha C. Slater 82, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, December 19, 2010 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late George R. and Elsie Harrison Chambliss and was the widow of Theodore Roettger Slater. Mrs. Slater was a member of Highland United Methodist Church, the Colonial Heights Senior Citizens Club and was a tutor at North Elementary...

Maxine Wray
Dec 19, 2010
Maxine Mayton Wray, 81, of Henrico, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at St. Mary's Hospital. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Bernard D. and Beulah Tudor Mayton, and the widow of Reuben O. Wray. Mrs. Wray was a former member of West End Baptist Church, and was a retired Inspector with Titmus Optical. She...

Earl Slate
Dec 19, 2010
Earl L. Slate Sr., 89, of Petersburg, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2010. He was the son of the late Frank S. and Ethel Slate, and was predeceased by his wife, Shirley E. Slate and son, Earl L. Slate Jr. Survivors include his son, Richard Sterling Slate Sr. of Colonial Heights; daughter, Deborah Slate Williams of Petersburg; three grandchildren,...

Jean Perkinson
Dec 19, 2010
Jean Perkinson, 71, of Chesterfield, passed away on Sunday, December 29, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Earl H. and Gladys Toombs Green, and the widow of Billy J. Perkinson. Mrs. Perkinson is survived by four sons, Michael R. Crowder, Richard H. Crowder and wife, Belinda, Steven E. Crowder and...
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