Local obituaries for
Dorothy Leftwich
Dec 31, 2008
Dorothy Wells Leftwich, 84, a life long resident of Dinwiddie passed away on Wednesday, December 31, 2008. She was a charter member of Kenwood United Methodist Church and was employed by the Agricultural Department in Dinwiddie for 25 years. After retirement, Dorothy owned and operated Country Crafts in Dinwiddie. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernard T. and...
Jr. M. Tucker
Dec 29, 2008
Robert McIlwaine Tucker, Jr. 86, of Colonial Heights, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia. He was the son of the late Robert McIlwaine Tucker, Sr. and Hattie Jordan Perkins. He was preceded in death by his two sisters Frances Belle T. McLaughlin and Ruth Marie T. Parham. He was a veteran who served in World War...
Patricia Jones
Dec 29, 2008
Patricia Field Jones, 84, of Hopewell, died Monday, December 29, 2008 at Riverview on the Appomattox . She was born in Bedford.. Mrs. Jones was the daughter of the late Moorman and Edna Sperry Field and the widow of Horace Clinton Jones. She was a retired secretary from Firestone, a member of the First Baptist Church, a graduate of Bedford...
Joyce Morrissette
Dec 27, 2008
Joyce Morris Morrissette, age 73, of Colonial Heights, VA, died on Friday, December 26, 2008. She was born in Powhatan, VA, the daughter of the late Joe L. and Emma White Morris, and was also preceded in death by her granddaughter, Kayla N. Morrissette. Mrs. Morrissette retired from Roses in 1990 after 20 years of service. She was also a...
Steven Miller
Dec 26, 2008
Steven Wayne Miller, 50, of Chester passed away on Friday, December 26, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul Edward Miller, Sr. and Louise Smith Miller and his brothers, Gordon, Neal and Christopher Cain Miller. Steven was a free spirit who enjoyed life and loved his family. He served his country in the U.S. Marines and while...
Louise Holt
Dec 26, 2008
Ivor Louise Lowe Holt, 88, a resident of Ivor, died Friday, December 26, 2008. Born in Southampton County on December 22, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Saint Luke and Mabel Drewry Lowe. She was the widow of her husband of 63 years, William Henry Holt, Jr. Mrs. Holt was a member of the Corinth Friends Meeting, Ivor....
Willie Ii Cousins
Dec 26, 2008
Willie Clifton Cousins, II, age 87, of Kitty Hawk, NC, formerly of Colonial Heights, VA, died on Tuesday, December 23, 2008. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the late Charles R. and Effie Baldwin Cousins. Mr. Cousins was retired from Dupont after 37 ½ years of service, a member of the Hopewell Moose Lodge and American Legion...
Yukiko Pantohan
Dec 25, 2008
Yukiko Togahara Pantohan, 79, of Petersburg died on Thursday, December 25, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Satoshi and Tomoe Togahara and her husband, Antonio Pantohan. Yukiko was a member of SGI USA and will be missed by all who knew her. A private service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. The...
Jr., Carter Nettles
Dec 25, 2008
Wakefield VA EDWIN CARTER NETTLES, JR, a lifelong resident of Wakefield VA died on December 25, 2008 in his home at the age of 72. Born March 5, 1936 on Wilson Avenue in Wakefield across from the site that would later serve for many years as his law office, Nettles was the son of the late Dr. E. C. Nettles...
Helen Gallion
Dec 25, 2008
Helen Virginia Gallion, 98, of Newport News, formerly of Petersburg, died on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at The Newport. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Alonzo Gallion, Sr. and Mattie Marion Wells Gallion. Helen retired from Allied Chemical Corporation, now known as Honeywell in Hopewell, VA, as the executive secretary for the plant manager. She is survived...
Benny Goins
Dec 24, 2008
Benny Leon Goins, 49 of Ford, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia. He was born on November 19, 1959 in Mount Airy, NC, to Alvin William and Iris Lawson Goins. He was preceded in death by his parents and his father-in-law, John D. Dabney. His greatest joy in...
Joseph Hill
Dec 23, 2008
Joseph Allen Hill, 72, of Hopewell died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at his residence. He was a retired oiler for Stone Container Corporation. Mr. Hill was preceded in death by his mother, Clara Mae Hill, a daughter, Betty Jean Hill Henderson and a son, Clifton Hill. He is survived by his wife, Freda Mae Mounts Hill of Hopewell, three daughters,...
Sr. Edward Newsome
Dec 22, 2008
Wakefield Curtis Edward Newsome, Sr., 83, a resident of Wakefield, died Monday, December 22, 2008. Born November 8, 1925 in Surry County, he was the son of the late Curtis A. Newsome and Myrtle Edwards Newsome Logan. He drove a truck for Bracey & Johnson Oil Company in Ivor and also for Beale Packing Company. He was a member of...
Jr., E. Brown
Dec 22, 2008
Charles E. Brown, Jr., 62, of Chester, Virginia, died Monday, December 22, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Brown retired from Honeywell after 32 years as a pipe fitter. He was the son of Charles E. Sr. and Maude Brown. Mr. Brown is survived by two sons, Duane Brown and Craig Brown, both of Chester, two grandchildren, Tiffiney M. Brown and...
James Lawson
Dec 22, 2008
James Charles Lawson, age 67, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2008. He was born in Surry County, North Carolina, the son of the late James Aubury and Sarah Martin Lawson. He was a retired carpenter, and a member and deacon of Fellowship Baptist Church. Mr. Lawson is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Patsy...
Helen Allgeier
Dec 22, 2008
Helen â??Lynnâ? Marie Barnes Allgeier, 60, died Monday, December 22, 2008, at Johnston Willis Hospital. Mrs. Allgeier served as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Richmond and was a volunteer at The Shepherdâ??s Place in Hopewell and at Brighter Living Assisted Living. She was preceded in death by her parents Harvey Lee, Jr. and Helen Head Barnes. She is...
John Horne
Dec 21, 2008
John Anthony Horne, 61, of Chester, died Saturday December 20, 2008. He was the son of the late Robert Elwood & Pattie Faison Horne. Mr. Horne is survived by his sisters; Kathryn R. Horne of Chester, Debra H. Hoff & husband, Brian of PA., Carolyn H. Field of Prince George, brothers; Robert E. Horne Jr., & wife, Patricia of Disputanta...
John Woods
Dec 20, 2008
John Melvin Woods, 81, of Chester, Virginia, died Friday December 19, 2008. He was predeceased by his wife, Lois Hutchinson Woods and his parents Charles Fenton & Mary Pritchard Woods. Mr. Woods was a veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served his country as a Fireman First Class during WWII and the Korean War, after completion of his...
Anna Ploch Wells
Dec 20, 2008
Suffolk Anna S. Ploch Wells, 92, a resident of Suffolk, died in her home on Saturday, December 20, 2008. Born October 13, 1916 in Bagec, Yugoslavia, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Anna Skuranj. In 1951, Anna moved to Wakefield with her late husband, Karl D. Ploch and family. She lived in Wakefield for many years and...
William Hays
Dec 20, 2008
William Francis Hays, age 72, died on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at his home in Prince George. He was born in Hopewell, VA, the son of Geraldine Tucker Hays and the late Henry Floyd Hays. Mr. Hays was the President of Hays Plumbing and a member of the Hopewell Moose Lodge # 1472. He is survived by his loving wife...
