Local obituaries for
Bettie Gaston
Aug 13, 2007
Bettie Roper Gaston passed away on August 13th, 2007 at the age of 92. Bettie grew up in Petersburg, Virginia, the youngest daughter of Paul and Jessie Edwards Roper. She attended Bryn Mawr College and the Philadelphia School of Music and became an accomplished pianist. Bettie married John M. Gaston Jr. in 1941, and after the end of World War...
Walter Williams
Aug 12, 2007
Walter Charles Williams, 69, of Hopewell died Sunday, August 12, 2007 in the Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. Mr. Williams was born in Hammond, In and following his military retirement made his home in Hopewell, VA. He was a member of VFW Post #637, American Legion #146, Prince George Masonic Lodge AF&AM, the ACCA Temple and retired from the U.S....
Clarence Todd
Aug 11, 2007
Clarence Joseph Todd, 77, of Petersburg died Saturday, August 11, 2007. He was born in Chesterfield County the son of the late Fremus and Lottie B. Todd. Mr. Todd was retired from Brown and Williamson after 33 years. He was also preceded in death by his wife and son . He is survived by three very devoted family members and...
Dorothy Flatt
Aug 10, 2007
Dorothy Beebe Flatt, 84 of Richmond died Friday, August 10, 2007 at her residence. She was a member of the Order of Eastern Star, Laurel Springs Chapter #227 in New Jersey, Ladies Auxiliary VFW #6253 in New Jersey and the First Christian Church of Hopewell. Mrs. Flatt was preceded in death by a son, Ronald Wayne Flatt and her husband...
Russell Andolina
Aug 9, 2007
Russell Andolina, 77, of Colonial Heights died on Thursday, August 9, 2007. He was born in Buffalo, New York, the son of the late Salvatore and Stella Baton Andolina. Russell retired as Sergeant Major in the U.S. Army after 29 ½ years. His family members include his wife, Jane E. Andolina; children, Stella Copeland and her husband, the late Joseph...
Nancy Lamb
Aug 9, 2007
Nancy Williamson Lamb, 62, of Petersburg, passed away Thursday, August 9, 2007 at her residence. Born in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Charley Robertson Williamson. She was a graduate of Saint Margaretâ??s School in Tappahannock, VA and Mary Baldwin College. She is survived by her husband, Paul H. Lamb, III; daughter, Whitney W. McCracken...
John Connelly
Aug 9, 2007
John Alexander Connelly, 73, a lifelong resident of DeWitt, passed away Thursday, August 09, 2007. He was the son of the late Hugh B. and Larlie Ogburn Connelly, a lifelong member of Rocky Run United Methodist Church and a charter member of the DeWitt-Rocky Run Ruritan Club. Mr. Connelly was preceded in death by a sister, Katie C. Rollings. He...
Neal Miller
Aug 9, 2007
Neal Eugene Miller, 45, of Petersburg, passed away Saturday September 8, 2007. He was a 1980 graduate of Colonial Heights High School, and was previously employed by Walmart Distribution Center. He was also a member of the Fraternal Order of the Eagles and the Sons of the American Legion Post 2. He was predeceased by his parents Paul E., Sr....
John Joyner
Aug 8, 2007
Windsor, Virginia John Thomas â??Tomâ? Joyner, 79, passed away Wednesday, August 8, 2007 at Consulate Healthcare in Windsor, VA. Born in Southampton County on September 15, 1927, he was the son of the late Leonard A. Joyner and Anna Elizabeth Britt Joyner. He was a member of Tucker Swamp Baptist Church, Purdie Masonic Lodge #170, A.F.&A.M., and a retired truck...
Alice Baake
Aug 7, 2007
Alice Puckett Baake, age 86, of Chesterfield, VA, died Tuesday, August 7, 2007. Born in Chester, VA, she was the daughter of Frank and Bessie Burton Puckett. She was a member of Chester United Methodist Church for approximately thirty years. Alice was preceded in death by her husband Wardell â??Edâ? Baake, of 33 years, who was a Navy veteran of...
Archie Lynch
Aug 7, 2007
Archie Lee Lynch, age 81, of Chester, VA, died Tuesday August 7, 2007. Born in Gasburg, VA, he was the son of the late George Lee and Ora Clary Lynch. Mr. Lynch was a loyal member of Chester Baptist Church since 1969. He was a member of the Teamsters Union, and was a tractor trailer driver with various companies for...
Susan Childress
Aug 7, 2007
Susan Marie Childress, 53, of Petersburg, passed away Monday, August 6, 2007. Born in Charlottesville, VA, she was the daughter of Florence Marie Goolsby Childress and the late Marion Windom Childress. Also preceding her in death was a brother, Roger Lee Childress a nephew, David Wayne Wason, II, and a very beloved friend, Bernard Skinner. In addition to her mother,...
Reginald Spain
Aug 7, 2007
Reginald Allison Spain, 81, of Dinwiddie died on Tuesday, August 07, 2007. He was the son of the late Harold Emmett Spain and Faith Elizabeth McLemore Spain and husband of the late Grace Marie Holland Spain. He was predeceased by brothers Harold Emmett Spain, Jr. and Randolph Thomas Spain and son-in-law Charles David Payne. Survivors include son Larry Spain and...
Luzie Anderson
Aug 7, 2007
Luzie Agnes Anderson, 89, of Prince George, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2007. She was born in Liegnitz, Germany but moved to the United States in 1956. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she is survived by her husband, Robert C. Anderson; sons, Jeffrey Anderson and wife, Mary Ellen of Ettrick and Frank Anderson and wife, Heide of Prince George;...
Jr., W. Moore
Aug 7, 2007
James Warner Moore, Jr., 79 of Prince George died Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Richmond and had been a life long resident of the Prince George area. Mr. Moore was a member and treasurer of the Allied Retiree Association, Fort Lee Rod & Gun Club, Amateur Trap Shooters Association, CCC Hunt Club and a...
John Light
Aug 6, 2007
John Albert Light, Sr., 72 of Disputanta, died Monday, August 6, 2007 in Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA. Mr. Light was born in Orono, Maine and had been a long time resident of Disputanta. He was employed in the Maintenance Department for the City of Hopewell. Mr. Light was preceded in death by his parents, Elden E. and Inez...
Frank Kvasnicka
Aug 6, 2007
Frank Paul Kvasnicka, age 86, of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Sunday, August 5, 2007. He was born in Prince George, VA, the son of the late Frank J. and Katherane K. Kvasnicka. Frank was a retired fabricator in the sheet metal industry, and had a unique ability to make almost anything with his hands that he set his mind...
Roy Lowder
Aug 6, 2007
Roy Lee Lowder, 86, of Hopewell, died Monday, August 06, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lowder was born in Lawrenceville, VA and was a retired millwright with Dupont. He served in the US Navy during World War II and was a member of the New Covenant Church of the Brethren in Enon. He was preceded in death by...
Deolinda Sholar
Aug 6, 2007
Deolinda Benevides Sholar, age 83, of Chesterfield, VA, died Sunday, August 5, 2007. She was born in Fall River, MA., the daughter of Manuel Benevides and Caroline Furtado. Deolinda was a life-long devoted Catholic, and was preceded in death by her husband Elbert P. Sholar. She is survived by her children Claudia Ann Van Zandt, of Pottstown, PA; Patricia Diane...
Roderick Piggott
Aug 5, 2007
Roderick Malcolm Piggott, age 18, of Chester, VA, died on Sunday, August 5, 2007. He was entering his senior year as a student at Thomas Dale High School, where he was a good student and an outstanding athlete. He was on the football, basketball, and track team for the school, and also participated in AAU basketball summer league with team...
