Local obituaries for
Dorothy Lunsford
Dec 29, 2007
Dorothy Wood Lunsford, 92, of Colonial Heights died Saturday, December 29, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Petersburg the daughter of the late Waverly and Mary Boughan Lunsford. Ms. Lunsford was a graduate of the University of Virginia, where she received her nursing degree and later served her country in World War II as a Registered Nurse with...
Sr., D. Elmore
Dec 28, 2007
Joseph Davis Elmore, Sr., 83, of Petersburg passed away Friday, December 28, 2007. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty-eight years, Ann Butterworth Hauser Elmore and his son, Joseph Davis Elmore, Jr. At the outbreak of WWII, Mr. Elmore left VA Tech to join the Navy and served in the Pacific Theatre. After the war, he returned...
Jack Perkinson
Dec 28, 2007
Jack Wright Perkinson, 85, of Petersburg died after an extended illness on Thursday, December 27, 2007. He was the son of the late Claiborne Francis and Mary Frances Perkinson. Jack served his country in the U. S. Navy as a Machinist First Class in the 72 Naval Construction Battalion. He was also a member of the Ettrick American Legion, a...
Harold Walpole
Dec 27, 2007
Harold Dean Walpole, 71, of Chester died Thursday, December 27, 2007 in Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born in Hermitage, TN and had been a long time resident of the Hopewell area. Mr. Walpole was a member of the Virginia National Guard, he attended the Virginia Mechanical Institute in Richmond and graduated from John Tyler Community College as a...
James Johnson
Dec 27, 2007
Ivor, Virginia James Franklin â??Buckâ? Johnson, III, 63, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg, after a long illness. Born in Southampton County he was the son of the late James Franklin Johnson, Jr. and Evelyn Seward Johnson. Buck was a retired farmer, a past member of Ivor Vol. Rescue Squad, and a member of...
Louise Rickman
Dec 27, 2007
Louise Temple Rickman, 83, entered her heavenly home on December 27, 2007 after a long battle with Alzheimerâ??s disease. The youngest daughter of the late Arthur Drewery Temple and Laura Pansy Wells, Louise was born March 17, 1924 in Petersburg, Virginia and raised in Hopewell, Virginia. Lou was the widow of the late Joseph Oppel Rickman, Sr. She is survived...
Frances Roth
Dec 25, 2007
Frances P. Roth, 59, of Disputanta died Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph D. and Ruth Ramsey Pardue and a sister, Patricia Piotrowski. Mrs. Roth is survived by two sons, David J. Roth and his wife Carrie of Alabama, Douglas A. Roth and his wife Angela of Chester,...
Robert Is
Dec 24, 2007
Robert Glen Revis, age 85, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, December 24, 2007. He was born in Anderson County, SC, the son of the late James Elijah and Elise Masters Revis. He was a graduate of Furman University in Greenville, SC with a degree in business administration. Mr. Revis served in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of...
Mildred Wilson
Dec 23, 2007
Mildred K. Wilson, 81, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday December 23, 2007. She was a native of North Carolina and was predeceased by her loving husband James Andrew Wilson and her parents Jesse & Etella Wilson Maney and was a retired Bookkeeper for Wilson Construction Company. She is survived by a daughter; Judith Gail Owens, of Newport News, two sons;...
Stephanie Wolf
Dec 22, 2007
Stephanie Marie (Slavik) Wolf (60) of Chesterfield, Virginia (formerly Lakewood, Ohio) departed her life on earth to join our Lord on December 22, 2007. She was the beloved wife of Wesley C. Wolf for 35 years, daughter to the late Kathleen Joyce and Steven Slavik, daughter-in-law to Irene J. Wolf and the late William Wesley Wolf, sister to Richard Slavik...
Edith Bridgman
Dec 21, 2007
Edith Belcher Bridgman, 95, a native of Chesterfield County, died Friday, December 21, 2007. She was born the daughter of the late John E. and Annie Talbott Belcher. She is survived by her nephews, Robert H. Campbell and wife Linda, Donald L. Campbell and wife Gail, and Bernard L. Campbell and wife Pat; great-nieces Lindsey C. Burnette and husband Shane,...
Warren Molaison
Dec 21, 2007
Warren John Molaison, 82, of Hopewell left this life on Friday, December 21, 2007. He was in the Navy during World War II and was a member of St. James Catholic Church. Warren is survived by his wife, Florence P. Molaison; children, Ritchie Molaison, Robert Molaison, Jane Adams, Joan Couch and Lee Molaison; 9 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. A Rosary...
Cecil Christopher
Dec 21, 2007
Cecil Bennett Christopher, 70, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Friday, December 21, 2007. Born in Dinwiddie, he was the son of the late Willie Ernest and Hallie Moore Christopher. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, Willie E. Christopher, Jr. and Curly Joe Christopher, a sister, Joyce Ann Christopher, and two nephews, Tony Christopher...
Barbara Britt
Dec 21, 2007
WAKEFIELD, VA Barbara Anne Britt, 58, passed away Thursday, December 20, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, VA, after fighting a courageous battle with cancer. Born September 15, 1949, in Petersburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Henry O. Goodrich and Alice Emory Goodrich. Mrs. Britt was a homemaker and devoted and faithful member of the Burtonâ??s...
Casper Major
Dec 20, 2007
Casper â??Capâ? Harry Major, 86, of Prince George died Thursday, December 20, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of the late Emily and Casbar H. Yaziyian. Mr. Major retired after 30 years in the U.S. Army as a Command Sergeant Major and has resided in Prince George for 35 years. He is survived...
Mary Cook
Dec 20, 2007
Miss Mary Elizabeth Cook, age 103, died December 20, 2007 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Born in Clifton Forge, Va. July 8th 1904, she was the youngest and last surviving child of the late Rev. James Ellsworth and Mary Virginia Trahern Cook. She was preceded in death by her siblings; James Ellsworth Cook, Jr., the Rev. Thomas Cunningham Cook,...
Melvin Lilley
Dec 19, 2007
Melvin Riedel â??Blueâ? Lilley, 84, of Carson, died Wednesday, December 19, 2007. He was the son of the late John Jethro and Minnie Cora Riedel Lilley. He was predeceased by a brother Herman Howell â??Samâ? Lilley, and a sister, Mary Elizabeth Copper. A farmer and sportsman, he was a fifty year member of Edward Masonic Lodge #308, Stony Creek, District...
William Bailey
Dec 19, 2007
William Douglas Bailey, 82, of Petersburg departed this life on Thursday, December 19, 2007. He was the son of the late Benjamin Eason Bailey and Georgia Britt Bailey. He is survived by his wife, Minnie R. Bailey; son, Kirk Bailey; daughters, Brenda Stell, Carolyn Waddell and Sherri Kennedy; 11 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the...
Otis Wright
Dec 19, 2007
Otis â??Pee Weeâ? Lafayette Wright, age 84, of Richmond, VA, died on December 19, 2007. Born in Cumberland County, VA, he was the son of Horace L. & Flora Wood Wright. He was a racing fan, liked fishing, and was a wonderful father and grandfather. He loved his â??69 GTO and gospel music. He was preceded in death by his...
Forrest Hughes
Dec 19, 2007
Forrest Wassel Hughes, age 78, of Richmond, VA, died on December 19, 2007. He was born in Lexington, SC, the son of the late Clyde and Lila Mitchell Hughes. He was a sheet metal fabricator for approximately 50 years, a member of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, and a member of the local union #100. He was a veteran...
