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Dean Ketcham

Dean Ketcham

Oct 6, 2008

Dean Franklin Ketcham 45 went to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday Morning October 6, 2008. He fought courageously in his battle with Cancer for nine months. Dean will be greatly missed by his family and friends. He had such a kind and loving heart. Dean is survived by his wife of 22 years Cindy W. Ketcham, twins...

Frank Gurciullo Sr.

Frank Gurciullo Sr.

Oct 5, 2008

Frank Robert Gurciullo Sr., 69, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at his residence. He was the son of the late Frank T. and Anna M. Ciarce Gurciullo. Mr. Gurciullo retired from the New York State Electric & Gas Company. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen Gurciullo; a son, Frank R. Gurciullo; two daughters, Karen...

Leslie Reed

Leslie Reed

Oct 5, 2008

Leslie Aldridge Reed, 63, of Disputanta, passed away on Sunday, October 5, 2008 at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Petersburg. She was the daughter of the late Robert Leslie Aldridge and was preceded in death by her husband of 42 years, Merle Dean Reed. She is survived by her son, Brenton vanBreda Reed and wife Chantal of Disputanta; a granddaughter, Tessa...

Dorothy Rideout

Dorothy Rideout

Oct 2, 2008

Dorothy C. Rideout, 81, of Prince George passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2008 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Thomas D. and Lilly Rose Crafton Coley; and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Curtis Rideout; and two sisters, Charlotte Cheatham and Margaret Scarborough. Mrs. Rideout was a member of...

Evelyn Matthews

Evelyn Matthews

Oct 1, 2008

Evelyn Barton Matthews of Colonial Heights died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was married for 56 years to the late Fred L. Matthews. She was the daughter of Ruth M. Issac and Vern Douglas Barton. Mrs. Matthews was a resident of Colonial Heights since 1941. She was an active member of First Christian Church...

Bethel Bell

Bethel Bell

Oct 1, 2008

Bethel (Beth) Tarris Bell, 84, of Chester, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in Chippenham Medical Center. Native of Richmond, she was daughter of the late George Jackson Tarris and Grace Rosanne Demler Tarris. She was widow of Hilton A. Bell and was preceded in death by a sister, Grace Miller. A registered nurse, she was a member of Stuart Circle...

Ruby Robertson

Ruby Robertson

Sep 29, 2008

Ruby Mann Robertson, 77, of Matoaca passed away on Monday, September 29, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Samuel R. and Mary Porter Mann. She is survived by her husband, William V. Robertson Jr.; a daughter, Joyce R. Nunnally of Matoaca; a son, Billy Ray Robertson of Amelia; a grandson, William Lee Nunnally...

John Tench

John Tench

Sep 29, 2008

John Wilbert Tench, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away on September 29, 2008 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was the son of the late Patrick and Lottie Wells Tench and the widower of Carrie Mabel Tench. Mr. Tench served in the Army Air Corp during WWII, and was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Colonial Heights....

Vivian Walden

Vivian Walden

Sep 29, 2008

Vivian Leigh Walden, daughter of the late Alfred and Ethel Walden, continued on to eternal happiness on September 29, 2008. She is loved, honored, and celebrated by her two daughters, Avery and Layne Coffman. They both take comfort in knowing she is in a place where she can finally dance. Vivian is survived by her sister, Helen Walden; four nieces;...

William Col.

William Col.

Sep 28, 2008

Lt. Col. William (Bill) Forrest Henry U.S. A. F. Ret., 79, of Colonial Heights, died Sunday, September 28, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born November 2, 1928 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to the late Harry James and Winifred Ferguson Henry and was preceded in death by his sister, Darla Henry Popovac of Alexandria, Louisiana, brother, Harry James Henry...

Kelly Abbott

Kelly Abbott

Sep 27, 2008

Kelly Marie Spence Abbott died Saturday, September 27, 2008. She was the daughter of Betty Ratcliffe Abbott and the late Miles Spence Abbott Jr. She attended Colonial Heights High School and was a graduate of John Tyler Community College. She was born October 29, 1967. Kelly is survived by her mother; her sister, Elizabeth Abbott-Baynum and husband Leroy; a niece,...

Myra Campbell

Myra Campbell

Sep 27, 2008

Myra Helen Draper Campbell, 75, of Colonial Heights went to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 27, 2008 at St. Francis Medical Center. She was born on February 25, 1933 in Roanoke, to the late Wilmer C. Draper and Helen Lindsey Draper. She was educated in the Roanoke County Public Schools and later attended Virginia Commonwealth University. Myra was...

Doris Ragsdale

Doris Ragsdale

Sep 27, 2008

Doris Lipford Ragsdale 71, of Matoaca, died Saturday September 27, 2008 at Chippenham Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late, Charlie S. and Alma Mae Frith Lipford. She was retired from Brown and Williamson after twenty-seven years of service and was also retired from Maxium Medical after twenty years as a caregiver for the elderly. Mrs. Ragsdale is...

Mildred Jones

Mildred Jones

Sep 26, 2008

Our loving and devoted mother, Mildred Whirley Jones, 69, of Colonial Heights, left this Earth on Friday, September 26, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Robert James Whirley Sr. and Virginia Collins Whirley, and was preceded in death by her husband, James Garfield Jones Sr.; a son, John "Johnny" David Jones; one sister, and three brothers. Mrs. Jones...

William Flaherty

William Flaherty

Sep 23, 2008

Lt. Col (RET.) William Joseph Flaherty Jr. 81, of Colonial Heights passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. Mr. Flaherty was the son of the late William J. Flaherty Sr. and Jane O. Flaherty of Shenandoah, Pa. Mr. Flaherty's military career included service in the U.S. Navy during WWII and a distinguished twenty year tenure with...

Gregory Bridgeman

Gregory Bridgeman

Sep 22, 2008

Gregory Allen Bridgeman, of Virginia Beach, a native of Dinwiddie County, died at the age of 58, Sept. 22, 2008, following a serious illness. He was the son of the late Allen Mayes "Doc" Bridgeman and Mary Nanny Bridgeman. He was also preceeded in death by his nephew, T. Scott Trimmer. He is survived by his son, Matthew Randolph Chappell...

Gerald Berry

Gerald Berry

Sep 22, 2008

Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Retired Gerald Adair Berry, 98, of Sutherland, died Monday, September 22, 2008 at his residence. He was the son of the late Rev. Thomas H. and Mary Ellen Cothran Berry, and was preceded in death by a son, Lieutenant Colonel, USA, Retired Tommie Joseph Berry; and his brothers, Thomas Berry, Gervais Berry, Timothy Berry, and Daniel Berry....

Ernest Graham

Ernest Graham

Sep 21, 2008

Ernest William Graham, 84, of Prince George, passed away on Sunday, September 21, 2008 at Chippenham Medical Center. He was born in Draper, North Carolina and was the son of the late Howard and Bessie Clark Graham. Mr. Graham was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Colonial Heights. He was a retired veteran in the United States Army where he...

Marie Koenig

Marie Koenig

Sep 20, 2008

Marie S. Koenig, 91, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Thomas F. and Grace Shipe Fox and the widow of Harold Koenig. Mrs. Koenig was also preceded in death by a previous husband, Clarence (Kit) Johnson. She is survived by a sister, Murley Mae Horne of Colonial...

William Buterbaugh

William Buterbaugh

Sep 20, 2008

William H. (Bill) Buterbaugh, 79, of Chester, passed away Saturday, September 20, 2008 at his residence. He was the son of the late Robert Buterbaugh and Hazel Buterbaugh Stiffler. Mr. Buterbaugh was a veteran in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict and was awarded five bronze stars. He retired after 33 years of service as an Electrical Planner...

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