Local obituaries for
Herman Bassman
Aug 3, 2010
Herman Bassman, 97, of Petersburg, VA, passed away on Tuesday August 3, 2010. He was the 2nd son and fourth child of early 20th century Jewish immigrants to Philadelphia. He is preceded in death by brother, Abraham Bassman, and two sisters, Dora Seidler, and Tillie Goldway. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Helen Levitt Bassman, two...
Jr., A. Tyler
Aug 3, 2010
William Allen Tyler, Jr., 90, of Waverly passed away on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. He was the youngest son of the late William A. Tyler, Sr. and Linda W. Tyler of Portsmouth. Mr. Tyler was a 1936 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. After graduation he served as a store keeper and camp bugler with the Civilian Conservation...
Mary Ayscue
Aug 3, 2010
Mary Vaughan Ayscue, 86, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at Chippenham Medical Center. She was the widow of Walter G. Ayscue. She was the daughter of the late John Edward and Mary Westmoreland Vaughan. She was a member of Ocran United Methodist Church, the United Methodist womenâ??s club at Ocran, and participated in senior Olympics. She...
Lawrence Montemorra
Aug 2, 2010
Montemorra, Lawrence, 63, of Prince George County, died August 1, 2010 after a prolonged illness. He is survived by his wife of 33 years, Barbara Ann Manni Montemorra, and their daughter Lauren Ann Montemorra, his father Nicholas Montemorra, his sister Nancy Vogt; sister-in-law, Rosemary Mallory of Williamsburg and brother-in-law, Louis Manni of Texas; several nieces and nephews. He also was...
Jane Cummins
Aug 2, 2010
Jane Skelton Cummins, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, August 2, 2010. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Richard Jackson and Eva Newcomb Skelton. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers, Lawrence Skelton, Reginald Skelton, and James Skelton. She is survived by her husband of 60 years, Clyde E....
Ruby Mcallister
Jul 31, 2010
Ruby Marie McAllister, 55, of Dinwiddie, passed away at her residence on July 31, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Mack W. and Elsie Slaven McAllister, and was also preceded in death by a brother, M. Eugene McAllister. She was a former employee of Philip Morris. She fought a lifelong battle with MD with amazing courage, never letting...
Jr., R. Flenner
Jul 30, 2010
Jack R. Flenner, Jr., 73 peacefully passed away on July 30, 2010. He is survived by Jan, his wife of 51 years and a son Jarret and fiancé Nancy. He retired from the U. S. Air Force as a Chief Master Sergeant and retired again as a Civil Servant with the Defense Commissary Agency. In the community, Jack was the...
Patricia Presson
Jul 30, 2010
Patricia Curl Presson, 55, of Dendron passed away on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Patricia was preceded in death by her parents, William Escue Curl and Mary Vonnell Turner Curl and brothers, Robert Escue Curl and James David â??Buddyâ? Curl. She is survived by her son, Chris Price; grandchildren, Steffen Brentlinger, Cassidy Price, and Cameron Price; her brother, Donnie Ray Curl...
William Mcdaniel
Jul 30, 2010
William Arthur McDaniel, 83, of Hopewell, died Friday, July 30, 2010. Born in Bloomington, MO, he was the son of the late John William Arthur and Mary Belle Burton McDaniel. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sister, Barbara Clarke. Mr. McDaniel served in the U. S. Army for over twenty years. Following his military...
Jr. L. Lewis
Jul 28, 2010
John Lee Lewis, Jr., 40, of Dinwiddie County died Wednesday July 28, 2010 at Medical College of Virginia. He is survived by his parents, John Lee Lewis, Sr. and Judy Wray Lewis; grandmother, Nell J. Ellis; two sisters, Dana Hale and husband, Spencer and Shannon Gainey and husband Tim; two children, Brandon and Cameron Lewis; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews...
Joseph Metosh
Jul 27, 2010
Joseph R. Metosh, 85, of Petersburg, died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center., after a long battle with cancer. He was the son of the the late Cyril Daniel and Lois Jones Metosh. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Col. Patrick Metosh and Jean A. Metosh; three sisters, Gloria M. Harris, Mary M. Parker and...
Holvar Olson
Jul 27, 2010
On July 24, 2010, Dr. Holvar E. Olson, passed away unexpectedly in his home in Petersburg, Virginia where he resided for many years. He was the first born of the late Sergeant-Major Howard Olson and Dorothy Susong Olson on January 4, 1948 in Frankfort, Germany. He was an Eagle Scout with Seven Palms. He is a charter and life member...
Joseph Moore
Jul 26, 2010
Joseph Lee Moore, 60, of Prince George Co., died Monday, July 26, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Edgar Earl and Lilie Moody Moore. He attended St. Michaels Episcopal Church, was an U.S. Air Force veteran, and loved the Lord with all his heart. He enjoyed comforting people and telling them they were...
Charlotte Tucker
Jul 26, 2010
Mrs. Charlotte Rawes Tucker, 85, of Chester, VA, died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at Chippenham Medical Center. Mrs. Tucker was born in Louisville, KY, and was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Gertrude Rawes, and her husband, Robert Homer Tucker, a son-in- law, Harvey L. Lamb. Survivors include a daughter, Tyra T. Lamb of Chester, sons, Robert H....
Betty Dillingham
Jul 26, 2010
Mrs. Betty Lou Saunders Dillingham, 78, of Hopewell, died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born in Franklin NC and was the daughter of the late Joseph B. and Etta Tippett Saunders. Mrs. Dillingham was a retired civil service secretary, a member of the First Baptist Church and Beta Sigma Phi. She enjoyed handcrafts and...
Sr. John C. Whitt
Jul 25, 2010
John Cleveland Whitt, Sr. of Disputanta, passed away Sunday, July 25, 2010. He was the son of the late Chester and Virginia Chatman Whitt. Retired from Allied Signal B Plant with 36 years of service, he is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Jane Whitt; children, Teresa Stump (Danny), John Whitt, Jr. (Stacy), Mike Whitt (Kim) and Jo...
Melvin Smith
Jul 24, 2010
Melvin E. Smith, 70, of Hopewell died July 24, 2010. He was the son of the late Grover and Virginia Sheffield Smith. He enjoyed fishing, antique cars, and the love of his life, his grandkids. Mr. Smith is survived by his daughter, Lisa M. Wright and husband, Donald L. Jr.; three grandchildren, Haley, Madeline, and Jackson Wright; a sister, Clara...
Sr., L. Bradshaw
Jul 23, 2010
Robert Lewis Bradshaw, Sr., 72, of Ivor, passed away on Friday, July 23, 2010 at his home. He was preceded in death by his parents, George Lewis and Dahlia Hall Bradshaw and his wife, Rena Lucille Stone Bradshaw. He served his country in the US Army where he was stationed at Travis Air Force Base in California. He was an...
Bernard "Lumpy" Wells
Jul 22, 2010
Bernard Wayne â??Lumpyâ? Wells, 69, of Dinwiddie County, died Thursday, July 22, 2010. He was the son of the late Bernard T. and Effie Tucker Wells. He loved to hunt and fish in his pass time, along with being a member of the Old Hickory Hunt Club, the Dinwiddie Moose Lodge and Crawford United Methodist Church in Dinwiddie. He is...
Gladys Wooldridge
Jul 21, 2010
Gladys Clark Wooldridge, 79, of Midlothian, passed from this life on Wednesday, July 21, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Thomas and Cora Bailey Clark and three sisters, Audrey Hancock, Ethelle Browder and Lillian Gainey. She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Tempie Leslie Wooldridge, Jr. She is also survived by her son, Neal...
