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Merle Murray

Merle Murray

Feb 10, 2010

Merle Bulifant Murray 83, of Colonial Heights, died Wednesday February 10, 2010 at Chippenham Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Paul Bulifant Sr., and Bertha May Wilkerson Bulifant. Mrs. Murray was preceded in death by her husband Warren N. Murray Jr., and a grandson Christopher Michael Murray. She was a member of Covenant Christian Fellowship in Colonial...

Thomas Lavinka

Thomas Lavinka

Feb 8, 2010

Thomas Lavinka, 84, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, February 8, 2010 at Lucy Corr Village. He was the son of the late Andrew and Helen Hydock Lavinka, and was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine F. Lavinka, and a daughter, Mary Beth Lavinka. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Mr. Lavinka was a proud...

Reba Wheeler

Reba Wheeler

Feb 7, 2010

RESCHEDULED for 1:00 pm Thursday February 11, 2010 Reba Honeycutt Wheeler, 93, died on Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born on November 20, 1916, in Praise, Kentucky, the daughter of the late, General Breckinridge and Alta Ratliff Honeycutt. She had lived in the Tri-Cities area for seventy-one years. She was predeceased by her...

Walter Miller

Walter Miller

Feb 6, 2010

Walter "Woody" Miller, 84, of McKenney, passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2010 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Paul and Wilhelmia Jensen Miller, and was preceded in death by two brothers, two sisters, and a son-in-law, Pasquale Tuscano. Mr. Miller was a veteran in the United States Army. He is survived...

Harold Suter

Harold Suter

Feb 1, 2010

Harold Lee Suter, 83, of Richmond, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2010. He was the son of the late Casper A. and Grace Andrews Suter. Mr. Suter was a member of the Seventh Street Christian Church, Richmond. He was one of the charter/founding members of Colonial Christian Church, Colonial Heights. Mr. Suter was a United States Navy Veteran having...

Allen Ehmke

Allen Ehmke

Feb 1, 2010

Allen Rudolph Ehmke, 80, of Petersburg, Virginia, passed away on Monday February 1, 2010 at his residence. He was the son of the late Rudolph and Verona Marinko Ehmke. Mr. Ehmke was retired from the U.S. Army with over 23 years of service, and retired from Civil Service. He was a member of the Disabled Veterans Association. He is survived...

Odell Phillips

Odell Phillips

Jan 30, 2010

Odell Phillips, 86, of Dinwiddie, Virginia passed away peacefully in his home on January 30, 2010, with his beloved wife Pearl, of 66 years by his side. He was born in North Carolina and was the son of the late Wiley and Alma Phillips. Mr. Phillips was preceded in death by his beloved grandson Steven O. Phillips Jr. He is...

Gordon Huber

Gordon Huber

Jan 29, 2010

Mr. Gordon R. Huber, Chief Warrant Officer, U.S. Army, Retired, age 78, passed away at McGuire Veterans Hospital on Friday, January 29, 2010. Mr. Huber was a U.S. Army veteran of 23 years who served our country during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War. A 32nd degree Master Mason, Mr. Huber was an active member of the Blandford Masonic Lodge....

Maria Texter

Maria Texter

Jan 29, 2010

Maria Irene Texter, 74 of Chester, died on Friday, January 29, 2010 at Johnston Willis hospital. She was born in Wiesbaden, Germany and was preceded in death by her husband, Frank Texter. Mrs. Texter is survived by her daughter, Linda A. Moore and husband, W.H. Moore III of Chesterfield, grandson, Thomas W. Moore, brother, Siegfried Ludl of Wiesbaden, Germany. Also...

Alfred Williams Jr.

Alfred Williams Jr.

Jan 28, 2010

Alfred Lee Williams Jr., 67, of Dinwiddie, passed away on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at his residence surrounded by his family. He was the son of the late Alfred Lee Williams Sr. and Amy Mills Williams. Alfred was known by many of his friends and family members as "Froggy." His nickname was picked up by him as a young boy...

Charles Clark

Charles Clark

Jan 27, 2010

Charles Michael "Mike" Clark Charles Michael "Mike" Clark 59, of Chesterfield, died Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was preceded in death by his father, Ernest A. Clark and a daughter, Rena Nicole Daniel. Charles was a United States Army Veteran serving during Vietnam; he was the Owner of Clark Insurance Agency and was an avid motorcycle...

David Wrenn Jr.

David Wrenn Jr.

Jan 27, 2010

David Lee Wrenn Jr., 38, of Chesterfield, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. He was preceded in death by his maternal & paternal grandparents. David was a 1989 graduate of Thomas Dale High School in Chester, Va. He served for four years in The United States Navy on the USS Enterprise during Desert Storm, and was employed with Gaston...

Cottie Martin

Cottie Martin

Jan 25, 2010

Cottie Inez Martin, 89, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great-great grandmother, passed from our arms to the embrace of her Savior, peacefully, on Monday, January 25, 2010 at the Medical College of Virginia, in Richmond. The daughter of William Allie Griffin, Sr. and Martha Jane Sawyer, Inez was born in Edenton, NC., in the warm, fertile "low country," famous...

Allan Cunningham

Allan Cunningham

Jan 25, 2010

Allan Highland Cunningham, 78, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, January 25, 2009 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was the son of the late Highland Cunningham and Leone M Johnson Cunningham. Allan was retired from the United States Army as a Sergeant First Class, serving in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. He was a member of the Colonial Heights American Legion...

Henry Whitley Jr.

Henry Whitley Jr.

Jan 24, 2010

Henry Vernon "Bubba" Whitley Jr., 59, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, January 24, 2010 at Retreat Hospital. He was the son of the late Evelyn Mae Farrish and Henry Vernon Whitley Sr. He was a member of Walnut Hill Baptist and Second Baptist Church of Petersburg. Mr. Whitley worked 35 years with Civil Service at Fort Lee, where...

Alvin Mottley

Alvin Mottley

Jan 22, 2010

Alvin Cornelius Mottley, 97 years old, died peacefully in his sleep January 22, 2010 at home. He was born May 17, 1912 in Rice, Virginia, one of 12 children. Alvin served in the US Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. After the war, he worked as a pipe fitter/plumber on different projects that took him and his...

Christopher Harrell

Christopher Harrell

Jan 21, 2010

Christopher B. Harrell, 62, of Church Road VA, passed away on Thursday January 21, 2010, at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Garnet Burton Harrell and Willie Mae Hardin. He was a past employee of Lone Star Concrete. Mr. Harrell is survived by his loving wife, Rosa Harrell; a son, Frank Edwin White, of Colonial...

Evelyn Bland

Evelyn Bland

Jan 21, 2010

Joseph Grant Bland Sr., 84, and his wife, Evelyn Gibbs Bland, 80, of Colonial Heights, died on Friday, January 21, 2011. Mr. Bland was the son of the late Joseph and Pattie Grant Bland. He was a retired Fireman for the Fire/Security Department at Central State Hospital, a volunteer at Namozine Volunteer Fire Department, a World War II Army Veteran,...

Ruth Goulder

Ruth Goulder

Jan 18, 2010

Ruth Garrett Goulder, 89, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, January 18, 2010 at the Dunlop House. Mrs. Goulder was the daughter of the late Robert J. and Mary Lee Garrett and the widow of Alvin Edward Goulder. Survivors include her son, Robert A. Goulder and wife, Claire of Colonial Heights; three grandchildren, Keith Goulder and wife, Maureen of Chester, Alvin...

Jeanette Young

Jeanette Young

Jan 18, 2010

Jeanette Wynn Young, 87, of Chesterfield, died Monday, January 18, 2010 at Lucy Corr Village. Mrs. Young was born in Petersburg, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Alma Rogers Wynn and Leonard Rogers Wynn. She was the wife, for 68 years, of the late William Lawrence Young Jr. Survivors include one son, Lawrence W. Young and wife, Teresa;...

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