Local obituaries for
Elizabeth Dietz
May 26, 2008
Elizabeth Schaaf Dietz, 86, of Chester, formerly of Petersburg, passed away Monday May 26, 2008. Mrs. Dietz, as a WWII widow, immigrated to the United States from Hungary in 1951 with her two older children and her widowed mother. She was predeceased by both of husbands, her parents Jacob & Elizabeth Hartman Schaaf and a son John E. Dietz. She...
Raymond Phelps
May 24, 2008
Raymond Meredith Phelps, born in Petersburg, VA August 25, 1926 and a longtime resident of Colonial Heights, went home to be with the Lord on May 24, 2008. Daddy was a proud American and a U. S. Navy WWII veteran. He was a member of American Legion Post 284, Colonial Heights Rotary Club, and the 40 and 8. He was...
Richard Sr. Dosier
May 23, 2008
Richard Alan Dosier, Sr., 56, surrounded by his family went to be with the Lord Friday, May 23, 2008 in Norfolk, Virginia. Born December 7, 1951 in Monroe, MI to the late Duke and Marianne Dosier. Richard was a proud Army Veteran. He was a very kind man who loved family, music, dogs, sports, and politics. He frequented the BMG...
Jeneva Tench
May 23, 2008
Jeneva St. Clair Tench, 91, of Petersburg, passed away Friday May 23, 2008. She was predeceased by her husband Nelson Leon Tench, parents: Solomon C.B. & Eula White St. Clair, sisters; Leona Bonjonia, Imo Tyler, Virginia Norman, Mary Whitmore, Mirla Bonjonia, Gloria Matthews, Pauline Fletcher, & Shirley Burnett. Mrs. Tench was a long time member of Second Baptist Church where...
Dorothea Schmidt
May 23, 2008
Dorothea Wassmuth Schmidt, 77, of Dinslaken, Germany, died Thursday, May 8, 2008 as a result of an automobile accident in Cheverly, MD while visiting her sister, Hannelore Miles of Hopewell. She was preceded in death by her parents Johann Heinrich and Elisabeth Dilcher Wassmuth and her husband, Franz Schmidt and other brothers and sisters from Germany. Besides her sister, Hannelore,...
Marion Loftis
May 23, 2008
Marion Davis Loftis 70, of Hopewell, passed away Friday May 23, 2008. She was the daughter of the late John R. & Mattie B. Simpkins Davis. Mrs. Loftis attended the South Hopewell Church of God and was retired from Lucy Corr Village after nine years of faithful service. She is survived by her loving husband of 50 years James H....
Francis Demaris
May 23, 2008
Frances Johnson DeMaris, 86, of Sutherland, passed away Friday, May 23, 2008 at St. Francis Medical Center. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Phillip and Mildred Woodfin Miller. Prior to joining Ocran United Methodist Church, she was an active member of Crowder Memorial Baptist Church for many years as a Sunday School teacher, choir member,...
Julian Stewart
May 21, 2008
Julian Preston Stewart, 92, of Petersburg, died May 21, 2008 at Henrico Doctors Hospital. He was born January 28, 1916 in Matoaca and was the son of the late Julian Ernest and Cornelia Wilkinson Stewart. He was a veteran who served in the Air Corps during World War II, after his return, he settled in Dinwiddie Co. He was preceded...
James Harrison
May 21, 2008
James M. Harrison, 48, of Chesterfield, beloved husband and father, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 20, 2008 .He was born in Hopewell, VA. Mr. Harrison was a 1977 graduate of Hopewell High School, received his A.A. Degree from Richard Bland College, his B. S. from VCU, his M.B.A from Averett College, received his teachers certificate...
Dorothy Munsel
May 20, 2008
Mrs. Dorothy Garrett Crowder Munsel, 75, of Hopewell, passed away Tuesday May 20, 2008 in Chesapeake, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Gordon L. Maitland, William A. Crowder, Harley U. Munsel. She was a native of Spout Springs, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Robert Jackson & Mary Lee Jamerson Garrett. She is survived by...
Beverly Jones
May 19, 2008
Beverly L. Jones, age 73, of Chester, VA, departed this life on Monday, May 19, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Louis F. and Marie C. King Lauterbach. Beverly is survived by her husband, Bobby V. Jones, Sr.; children, Adrian J. Phillingame, Bobby V. Jones, Jr., Cheryl E. Jones, and Darla J. Mills; grandchildren, Bobby V. Jones, III,...
Lillian Moran
May 19, 2008
Lillian Elizabeth Moran, of Williamsburg, formerly of Chester and Prince George, finally succumbed to complications to Alzheimerâ??s on Sunday, May 18, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hobart Crossley and Jenny Lynn Orlando, and her husband Lt. Col. Ret. Edward J. Moran. She is survived by her sons, Edward C. Moran, of Yorktown, Kevin J. Moran, of...
Myrtle Atwood
May 19, 2008
Myrtle Wicks Atwood, age 83, of Hopewell, VA, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2008. She was born in Petersburg, VA, the daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Moody Wicks. Mrs. Atwood was a loving, caring, and devoted mother and grandmother who spent most of her life taking care of her family. She is survived by her loving daughter,...
Ann Turner
May 18, 2008
Ann Johnson Turner, age 71, of Chesterfield, passed away on Sunday, May 18, 2008. Born in Dinwiddie, VA, on August 17, 1936, she was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Annie Brooks Johnson. Ann was a long standing member of Second Branch Baptist Church. She coached softball and cheerleading for the Salem Church Athletic Association. Ann was a...
Alice Bryant
May 18, 2008
Alice Louise Bryant, 74, of Petersburg went to be with the Lord on May 18, 2008 at Henrico Doctors Hospital. She was a native of Petersburg and preceded in death by her father Howard W. Lufsey. She was the widow of James F. Bryant. She is survived by her daughter, Cynthia Bryant; mother, Edith Lufsey; two brothers, Lewis Lufsey and...
James Nelson
May 17, 2008
James Ashley Nelson, 68, of Richmond, VA, departed this life on May 15, 2008 as a result of injuries sustained in an accident. Jim was preceded in death by his mother, Lucille Nesbitt Nelson, his father, Newton Henderson Nelson, and brother, Thomas Mason Nelson. He is survived by his loving daughter Sara-Alyse Elizabeth Nelson of Powhatan; sisters, Frances N. Elko...
Helen Jarrell
May 16, 2008
Helen Kratochvil Jarrell, age 78, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2008. Born in Prince George, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Sr. and Lydia Schredl Kratochvil. Mrs. Jarrell was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a retired RN nurse of 33 years for the Petersburg Eye Center. Mrs. Jarrell was a member of...
Seldon Mann
May 16, 2008
Seldon Ayer â??Jimâ? Mann, age 91, of Chester, VA, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2008. He was born in Chester and was a life-long resident. Mr. Mann served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents Solomon and Alma Bishop Mann, his wife, Elizabeth Burton Mann, sisters, Martha Cowan and Thelma...
Inez M.
May 14, 2008
Inez Morgan Gay, 90, of Petersburg passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. She is preceded in death by her parents, William H. and Lucye Morriss Morgan; husband, Benjamin W. Gay and her brothers, William D. and Alvin F. Morgan. She is survived by her daughters, Joyce G. Gibson and husband, James and Peggy G. Lewis and husband, Wayne; son,...
Sr., Thomas Belsches
May 14, 2008
Shelton Thomas Belsches, Sr., 86, died at his home Wednesday, May 14, 2008. A native and resident of Prince George County, Mr. Belsches was the son of the late Prince George County Sheriff Basil R. Belsches and William McKinley (â??Billieâ?) Shelton Belsches. He was the husband of Mrs. Teresa Harvell Belsches and the brother of the late Lt. Col. Basil...
