Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.
Garvis Downey, Iii
Jul 19, 2020
Garvis Rudolph “Rudy” Downey III, of Providence Forge, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 19, 2020. He was preceded in death by his father, Garvis Downey Jr., and his grandmother, Emma Bowling.
Rudy was a 1996 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic and State University. He was employed by Capital One as an Agile Delivery Lead. ...
Irma Mires
Jul 18, 2020
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Clarence Cates, Jr.
Jul 15, 2020
Clarence Lee Cates, Jr. (aka C.L. or Monk), 70, of Chester passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020. He was the loving husband of Brenda (Roach) Cates for 42 years. C.L. was born in Petersburg and raised in Matoaca with his sister, Connie by the late Clarence Lee and Vernell (Moody) Cates, Sr. Devoted to his wife and son,...
Tammy Kruse
Jul 15, 2020
Tammy Lynn Kruse, 57, of Dinwiddie, passed away Wednesday, July 15, 2020. She was a former employee of Allied Chemical and was preceded in death by her mother, Cora Lee Ford; daughter, Cora-Lynn Leilani Kruse; sister, Crystal A. Ford; stepbrother, Robert W. Ford; her Papa Mack; and father-in-law, Theodore W. Kruse Sr. She is survived by her children, Tara...
Gladys Peters
Jul 14, 2020
Gladys Traylor Peters, 89, of Colonial Heights passed away Tuesday, July 14, 2020. She was born in Petersburg, Virginia on May 29, 1931 to the late John and Eva Traylor. Mrs. Peters was a secretary at Seward Luggage and Fort Lee, and she loved to dance and to play golf with her late husband. She was preceded in death...
Mary Ellis
Jul 14, 2020
Mary Bradshaw Ellis, 89 of Colonial Heights, went to be with The Lord, Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years Royce Neil Ellis and her daughter Shelby Phillips. She is survived by one daughter, Sharon Quinn (Fran); one son, Brian Ellis (Tina); four granddaughters, Amanda Shelton (Bryan), Lauren Willoughby (David); Amy...
Sandra Meadows
Jul 13, 2020
Sandra Hazlett Meadows, 76 of Chester, went to be with The Lord, Monday July 13, 2020. She was born February 9, 1944 to the late Hallie and Helen Hazlett. She was also preceded in death by her brother, Michael Hazlett. Sandra is survived by her husband of 56 years Jerry C. Meadows; one son, Clark Meadows (Amy); one daughter,...
John Belcher, Jr.
Jul 13, 2020
The life of an exceptional man ended as “Tommy” gave his heart and soul peacefully to God in Sutherland, Virginia on Monday, July 13, 2020. Tommy was born March 13, 1947, in Petersburg, Virginia to the late John Thomas Belcher, Sr. and Florence Gibbs Harmon. He graduated from Petersburg High School in 1965 and was drafted into the US...
Mary Williams
Jul 10, 2020
Mary E. Williams, 91, of North Dinwiddie, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020. She was born in Pennsylvania to the late Henry and Flora Eppley. Mrs. Williams was a founding member of Western Heights Baptist Church and taught nursery there for 43 years. She loved sewing and being a wife and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her...
Germaine Bissell
Jul 10, 2020
Germaine R. Bissell, 84, of Chester, passed peacefully on July 10, 2020. She was a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church, Colonial Heights, Virginia. Mrs. Bissell is survived by her husband, Stephen L. Bissell; and daughter, Lori B. Winkle (Mitch). She was the honored and cherished wife of Stephen for 62 years. She was a wonderful and loving...
Devin Waller
Jul 10, 2020
Devin Jalen “Devo” Waller, 18, born October 5, 2001 departed this life unexpectedly on July 10, 2020. He was preceded in death by his beloved Nannie, Cathy L. Grady. He is survived by his father, Quinton Waller; mother, Jennifer Davidson; stepfather, Christopher Davidson; sisters, T’yanna, Iyana, Alicia, Daisa, and Madison; brothers, Treyvon, Khari, and Cameron; grandparents, Esther and Mickey...
Elizabeth Pinkleton
Jul 9, 2020
Elizabeth Harvell Pinkleton, 86, of Chesterfield, passed away on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Liz was a long-time member of Matoaca Baptist Church, where she served as a Sunday School teacher for many years and was a retiree of Chesterfield County Public Schools. She enjoyed traveling, writing and spending time with those she loved. Liz was preceded in death by...
Roy Pittman
Jul 9, 2020
Roy A. Pittman, 81 of Enon, passed peacefully on Thursday, July 9, 2020 after a battle of failing health. Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Coston and Lucille Pittman; step son, David L. Kormanec. He is survived by his wife of 39 years Barbara Leigh Funk Kormanec Pittman; step daughter, Lisa Kormanec; step son Michael Kormanec ;...
Katherine Fell
Jul 8, 2020
Katherine Y. Fell, 43, of Chester, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020. She was a member of St. Ann Catholic Church and was preceded in death by her father, Robert William Fell. Ms. Fell is survived by her mother, Ann Louise Fell; brothers, Dr. Robert S. Fell (Annie), Thomas Andrew Fell, and Adam Charles Fell; sisters, Christina Marie Evans...
Wilma Hedrick
Jul 8, 2020
Wilma Lee Hedrick, 69, of Hopewell, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020. She was born in Robson, West Virginia on February 8, 1951 to the late Lonnie and Naomi McMillion and was preceded in death by her siblings, Bobby McMillion, Donnie McMillion, Geraldine Smith, and Woody McMillion; and special friend, Tom Throckmorton. Ms. Hedrick loved country music and was...
Ronald Rackley Jr.
Jul 7, 2020
Ronald Rackley Jr., 52, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. He was born in Prince George County, Maryland on March 6, 1968 to the late Ronald Rackley Sr. and Earline Rackley. He loved fishing, listening to music, the Dallas Cowboys, and playing with his beloved dog, Lil Man. He is survived by his wife of...
Raymond Grant
Jul 6, 2020
Raymond W. Grant, 84, of Prince George, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2020. Born in Lenoir, North Carolina, on September 8, 1935, he was the son of the late George G. Grant and Indiana Moore Langley, and was preceded in death by a son, Gary Wesley Grant. Mr. Grant was a member of the Joy Fellowship Church in...
Barbara Horne
Jul 6, 2020
Barbara Brown Horne of Colonial Heights gained her heavenly wings on Monday, July 6, 2020. Barbara was preceded in death by her husbands, Charles Brown and William Horne; a son, Keith Brown; and a daughter, Dora Thompson.
Barbara was a devoted member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church. She had been looking forward to the day she would...
Galina Spain
Jul 3, 2020
Galina Kifer “Joni” Spain, 83, completed her remarkable life journey on Friday, July 3, 2020, after a 4-month courageous and hard-fought battle against cancer. Joni, as she was known by all, was born on December 4, 1936. Preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas B. Kifer, Thomas C. Kifer, son. Survived by Horace J. Spain, husband; Irene Alisauskas,...
Csm Benjamine Rosier, Sr.
Jul 3, 2020
Command Sergeant Major Benjamine Lee “Ben” Rosier, Sr., United States Army, Retired, 85, passed away at his Prince George home on July 3, 2020 after a period of declining health. He was born on January 12, 1935. Command Sergeant Major Rosier was a deacon at the Second Baptist Church of Petersburg. He was baptized at a very early age...
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