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Franklin Mcclellan

Franklin Mcclellan

Aug 6, 2008

Franklin D. McClellan, 74, of Richmond went to be with his Lord Wednesday, August 06, 2008 at Ruxton Health of Stratford Hills. He was the son of the late Adair and Hilda Anderson McClellan. Mr. McClellan attended Calvary Baptist Church and was a U.S. Navy veteran having served in the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his wife, Virginia A.(Dody)...

Joel Andrews Jr.

Joel Andrews Jr.

Aug 4, 2008

Joel Gibson Andrews, Jr., 87, of Florence, South Carolina, died Monday, August 4, 2008. Mr. Andrews was born June 23, 1921, in Petersburg, Virginia, to the late Joel Gibson and Lela Estelle Bailey Andrews and was predeceased by a brother, Robert Edwin and a sister Hazel Lucille. He received his BA from Francis Marion University and his Masters from California...

Rob Gordon

Rob Gordon

Aug 3, 2008

Rob Roy Gordon, Jr., 72, of Chesterfield, passed away Sunday, August 3, 2008 peacefully at his residence. He was born in Suffolk, Virginia and was the son of the late, Rob Roy Gordon, Sr. and Miriam Brown Gordon. Mr. Gordon was a U.S. Army Veteran and was a retired Industrial Machine Designer employed at Allied Chemical for twenty-six years. He...

Louis Zecca

Louis Zecca

Aug 1, 2008

CMSGT Louis Thomas Zecca (Ret.-U.S. Air Force) Louis Thomas Zecca 83, of Colonial Heights, died Friday August 1, 2008 at McGuire VA Medical Center. He was the son of the late Benny and Rina Valzone Zecca. Mr. Zecca was a retired CMSGT United States Air Force, who served in W.W. II, the Korean Conflict, and Vietnam; he retired after thirty-five...

Kathryn Tracy

Kathryn Tracy

Jul 30, 2008

Kathryn (Kate) Tracy, 56, of Hopewell, Virginia passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Philip (Beau) Michael and Virginia (Gina) Kendle Tracy, and was preceded in death by two brothers, Tom and Jack Tracy. Ms. Tracy was a former Lab Technician at Southside Regional Medical Center. She is survived by a...

Bert Gordon

Bert Gordon

Jul 30, 2008

Bert A. Gordon, 60, of Jarratt, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at Southern Virginia Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late John William and Etta Currin Gordon. A carefree and high spirited, kind, loving man. An excellent father and grandpop to his five grandkids. He did a lot of work in the community and was always...

Flossie Hamm

Flossie Hamm

Jul 30, 2008

Flossie Almeta Hamm, 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Wednesday July 30, 2008 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Luther C. and Goldie Cox Wilson and the widow of Jack Warren Hamm Sr. Mrs. Hamm was a member of the Colonial Heights Baptist Church. She is survived by two sons and...

Raymond Norton Sr.

Raymond Norton Sr.

Jul 29, 2008

Raymond Burdine Norton, Sr., 89, of Chesterfield, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Johnston-Willis Medical Center. He was born in Natural Bridge, Virginia and was the son of the late, James Burdine and Minnie Elsworth Norton. Mr. Norton was preceded in death by the mother of his children, Mabel Robinson Norton. He was a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist...

Gladys Hill

Gladys Hill

Jul 26, 2008

Mrs. Gladys Mae Preston Hill, retired, died July 26, 2008. Mrs. Gladys M. Hill, the daughter of the late Mrs. Beatrice Wilder Preston Spence Rowlett and Mr. Junius Preston came forward truly quiet and dignified at home. She leaves to mourn their loss, four nieces, Gail P. Junius (Gilbert), Barbara Sean P. Gilmore (Albert), Sophonia A. Mason, and most devoted,...

Sarah Golden

Sarah Golden

Jul 25, 2008

Sarah Elizabeth Golden, 91, of Chesterfield passed away Friday, July 25, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late William and Rosetta Bosher Shell, and the widow of John C. Golden. Mrs. Golden retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. She is survived by her brothers, Herman S. "Bookie" Shell and wife, Margaret of Chesterfield,...

Frances Allen

Frances Allen

Jul 24, 2008

Frances Ellen Allen, 77, of Prince George passed away, July 24, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Robert H. and Betty Ann Simmons Jones. Mrs. Allen was preceded in death by a son, Ricky Alan Dressler, two brothers, Robert H. Jones, Jr., and Boyd Marion Jones, and a sister, Louise Hazel Meril. She was employed...

Richard Cotter

Richard Cotter

Jul 23, 2008

Richard "Ricky" Leon Cotter, Sr., 43, of Matoaca, died on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 at Henrico Doctors Hospital. He was born in Petersburg and was the son of the late, Cecil L. and Bonnie Graham Cotter. He was preceded in death by his brother, Bobby L. Cotter. He is survived by his wife, Victoria "Vickie" R. Cotter; three children, Richard...

Katye George

Katye George

Jul 22, 2008

Katye McLeod George, 84, of Colonial Heights died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late John William and Genevieve Smith McLeod. Mrs. George was a member of Swift Creek Baptist Church, and retired from Ft. Lee as a civil service employee. She is survived by her husband, Lawrence Eugene George; and...

Charlotte Croshaw

Charlotte Croshaw

Jul 22, 2008

Charlotte Barnes Croshaw was born on February 10, 1923, and passed away on July 22, 2008. She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, Ernest Reams Croshaw, and her parents, Charles G. Barnes and Beaulah W. Barnes. She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Glenn and Kendra Croshaw; her husband's nephew and wife, Wayne and Mary Ellen Croshaw;...

Annie Spain

Annie Spain

Jul 21, 2008

Annie Mae Spain, 88, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, July 21, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Willie C. and Nelly Newby Stywater. Mrs. Spain was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Maynard Spain, Jr., a son, Thomas Edward Spain, a grandson, Chris Edward Spain, and a brother, Willie Buck Stywater. She was a...

Cynthia Aaron

Cynthia Aaron

Jul 20, 2008

Cynthia Jean Aaron, 51, passed away Sunday, July 20, 2008 at John Randolph Medical Center after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, John Aaron of Colonial Heights; son, Matthew Aaron; parents, Claude E. Jordan, Sr. and Jean of Matoaca; sisters, Cathy Daniel (David) of Colonial Heights, and Peggy Jordan Talbott (Dink) of Colonial Heights; brother, Claude E....

Dean Sapon

Dean Sapon

Jul 19, 2008

Dean Christopher Sapon, 40, of Colonial Heights, Virginia died on Saturday, July 19, 2008. He was born in Petersburg, Va., and was preceded in death by his father, John Sapon, grandparents, Constance and Gus Anthos, and Irene and William Sapon. Dean was employed by Gerdau Ameristeel Corp. He is survived by his mother, Margo Sapon; his brother and sister-in-law, William...

Ruth Gettings

Ruth Gettings

Jul 19, 2008

Ruth Fleming Gettings 89, of Chester, died Saturday July 19, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Sol Benjamin and Myrtle Olivia Stallings Fleming; she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Linwood Gettings, and a granddaughter Amanda Gettings. Mrs. Gettings was a retired worker from Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, and was...

Victor Graves

Victor Graves

Jul 19, 2008

Victor Jessie Graves, 68 of Chester died on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at Chippenham Medical Center. He was born in Virginia and was the son of the late, Frank Edward and Ivory Phillips Graves. He was a U.S. Navy-Air Force Veteran and was a retired Master Electrician with Phillip-Morris. Mr. Graves is survived by his wife, Patsy O. Graves. Two...

Nellie Wyatt

Nellie Wyatt

Jul 17, 2008

Nellie C. Wyatt Nellie C. Wyatt, 83, of Colonial Heights, died Thursday, July 17, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Wyatt was the daughter of the late James B. and Rosa Bentley Culbertson and predeceased by her husband Elmer Wyatt. Survivors include; sons, Darrell Wyatt and wife, Karen of Amelia and Danny Wyatt and wife, Susan of Chester; daughter, Sharon Hawkins...

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