OBITUARIES

Local obituaries for Colonial Heights, VA.

Mildred Lindsey

Mildred Lindsey

Dec 8, 2019

Mildred Stancil Lindsey, 89, of Hopewell, passed away Sunday, December 8, 2019. She was born in North Carolina on October 12, 1930 to the late Dewey and Elizabeth Stancil. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vernon Lindsey; and granddaughter, Jennifer Summers. Mrs. Lindsey was a longtime member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church and currently a member of...

Harry Mckelvey

Harry Mckelvey

Dec 7, 2019

Harry E. McKelvey, 72, of Colonial Heights passed away on Saturday, December 7, 2019. Born May 28, 1947, he was the son of the late Irwin Russell and Verna Victoria McKelvey, and was also preceded in death by his wife, Laura Kathleen McKelvey. Harry retired from Norfolk Southern Railway after 30 years of...

Judith Bell

Judith Bell

Dec 7, 2019

Judith Marie Bell, 72 of Chester, passed away Saturday, December 7, 2019, at her home.  Funeral services will be private.  Arrangments by the Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory 2033 Boulevard Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834.

James Wallace

James Wallace

Dec 6, 2019

James E. Wallace, 82, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019, at the Medical College of Virginia.  Born November 2, 1937, in Petersburg, Virginia, he was the son of the late Eslie A. and Blanche Andrews Wallace and was also preceded in death by his brother, Robert A. Wallace, and brothers-in-law, Winston E. Leath and Pinkney...

Clifford Bonney

Clifford Bonney

Dec 6, 2019

Clifford Sanborn Bonney, 74, of Petersburg passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019. Born March 24, 1945, in Norwood, Massachusetts, he was the son of that late Kenneth Freese and Dorothy Wentworth Bonney. Cliff was a United States Army and National Guard veteran and was a Freemason and member of the Rotary Club. He served as President of the...

Joyce Murdock

Joyce Murdock

Dec 4, 2019

Joyce Marie Murdock, 89, of Colonial Heights, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, December 4, 2019.  She was born on June 24, 1930, in Ettrick, Virginia.  She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Reverend Guy W. Murdock.  As a faithful woman of God, Joyce loved her family, her friends, and members of her church, Believers...

Ann Berry

Ann Berry

Dec 2, 2019

Ann P. Berry, 93, of Petersburg passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2019 at the Petersburg Home for Ladies. Born June 11, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Nathaniel Grover and Gladys Jackson Perdue, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Eugene “Corky” Berry; brother,...

Raymond Schaefer, Sr.

Raymond Schaefer, Sr.

Dec 2, 2019

Raymond A. Schaefer Sr., 81, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, December 2, 2019. He was born in New York on October 29, 1938, to the late Raymond and Josephine Schaefer. Mr. Schaefer was a member of Oaklawn Baptist Church, South Chesterfield and served his country for eight years in the United States Air Force. He was...

Harold Burcham

Harold Burcham

Dec 2, 2019

Harold B. Burcham, 85, of Colonial Heights passed away Monday, December 2, 2019.  He was born April 4, 1934, in Winchester, Virginia to the late Albert Gordon and Guida Robinson Burcham and was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul Gordon Burcham and Jerry Wayne Burcham Sr. Harold was the owner of Burcham’s Cycles, Inc in Colonial Heights for...

Dennis Davis Jr.

Dennis Davis Jr.

Dec 1, 2019

Dennis Sterling Davis, Jr., 69, of Gulf Breeze, Florida, passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019. He was born on October 31, 1950, in Petersburg, Virginia and was the son of the late Dennis Sterling Davis and Vivian Spain Davis.  He is survived by his wife, Patricia Ann Davis; two sons, Dennis Allen Davis, Gulf Breeze, Florida and Dennis...

Shirley Butler

Shirley Butler

Nov 30, 2019

Shirley Radford Butler, 81, of Midlothian, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at her residence.  Born on April 19, 1938, she a native of Squire, West Virginia, and the daughter of the late, Byron and Ethel Yates Radford.   She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years; the Reverend Dr. Henry D. Butler; three sons, William...

Betty Jones

Betty Jones

Nov 28, 2019

Betty Ann Jones, 62, of North Dinwiddie passed away on Thursday, November 28, 2019. Born September 3, 1957, she was the daughter of Mary Ann Yeatts and the late Fred Thomas Yeatts, Jr. She worked in production for DuPont USA for about 12 years, worked as a manager for...

Terri Bryant

Terri Bryant

Nov 28, 2019

Terri Allen Bryant, age 59 of Colonial Heights, VA. passed away peacefully on November 28, 2019. She was born on May 17, 1960, and a graduate of Colonial Heights High School.  She was employed as a medical coder for Change Health Care.  Terri was a gentle kind soul who loved the ocean, her two fur baby children Maxwell and...

Genevieve Ramey

Genevieve Ramey

Nov 28, 2019

Genevieve McCloskey Ramey, 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away Thursday, November 28, 2019, at home surrounded by her daughters. She was born September 26, 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to the late Frank and Mary Louise McCloskey. Mrs. Ramey resided in Newport News, Virginia, graduating from St. Vincent de Paul High School (now Peninsula Catholic) in 1957. She also graduated...

Mary Strum

Mary Strum

Nov 24, 2019

“The thing of it is” Mary Power Strum, 66, of South Chesterfield, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2019.  Born on April 29, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Randolph Power and Anna Katherine Mendoza, and was preceded in death by a brother, John Daniel Jr.  Mrs. Strum was a member of Redemption Church in Chester, and...

Nancy Edwards

Nancy Edwards

Nov 22, 2019

Nancy Dobson Edwards was born in Colonial Heights, on August 29, 1938, and passed away on November 22, 2019.  She was the daughter of the late George L. and Pauline Dennis Dobson. Nancy was also preceded in death by two brothers, Robert Dobson and George L. Dobson Jr, and a daughter Karen L. Edwards.  Nancy completed high...

Martha Toone

Martha Toone

Nov 19, 2019

Martha Vaughan Toone, 95, of S. Chesterfield, passed away Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at her residence. She was born July 25, 1924, to the late James Daniel and Lilla Barr Vaughan. Mrs. Toone was preceded in death by her husband of 70 years, Jordan Anderson Toone Jr; and a brother, Joseph Vaughan. She was a longtime member of Woodlawn...

Melvin Moore, Sr.

Melvin Moore, Sr.

Nov 18, 2019

Col. Melvin Joseph Moore Sr. (ret.) USA, 86, of Colonial Heights went to be with the Lord, Monday, November 18, 2019.  He was born November 23, 1932 to the late Alvin T. and MaryBell Moore.  Melvin is survived by his wife, Rose Royster Moore; two stepchildren, Alicia A. Dalton (Jamie) and William “Bucky” R. Avery (Melissa); three children, Sharon E....

Brenda Gwaltney

Brenda Gwaltney

Nov 17, 2019

Brenda Townsend Gwaltney, 73, of Dewitt, passed away Sunday, November 17, 2019. She was born on March 5, 1946 in Dewitt, Virginia to the late Donice and Ruby Townsend. She retired from Southside Virginia Training Center after 44 years of service and was also employed by the Longaberger Company of Newark, Ohio as a consultant since 1991. Mrs. Gwaltney...

Ronald Hargrave

Ronald Hargrave

Nov 15, 2019

Ronald “Ronnie” Ray Hargrave, 72, of Chester passed away on Friday, November 15, 2019 at his residence. Born December 6, 1946, he was the son of the late John Henry and Dorothy Agnes Hargrave, and was also preceded in death by his brother, Gary W. Hargrave. He was a...

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