Local obituaries for
Joseph Parker
May 29, 2006
Joseph Richard Parker, 79, of Hopewell, died on Memorial Day, May 29, 2006 in Hopewell Health Care Center. Mr. Parker was born in Petersburg, Virginia and served in the US Navy during WW II on the USS Wasp. He was a retired assessor with First Colonial Bank, a member of the Hopewell Rotary Club, former president and current member of...
Billy Johnson
May 29, 2006
Billy Watts Johnson, 69, of Hopewell died Monday, May 29, 2006 in Riverview on the Appomattox. He was born in Grayson, KY and had been a resident of Hopewell since 1975. Mr. Johnson was a retired E-8 from the U.S. Army and also retired from Bogese, Inc as a supervisor. He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and...
Judith Casey
May 29, 2006
Judith Bogardus Casey, 64, of Hopewell died Monday, May 29, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and had been a Hopewell resident for many years. Judy was an avid golfer at Jordan Point Country Club, a member of St. Johnâ??s Episcopal Church, where she served on the Altar Guild and was a retired Eligibility Worker for...
Betty Caricofe
May 28, 2006
Miss Betty Joan Caricofe, 74, of Hopewell, died Sunday, May 28, 2006, at Riverview on the Appomattox. Miss Caricofe was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Earnest and Grace Minshew Caricofe. Surviving are a sister, Nancy C. Bump of Dobson, NC, and a brother Earnest Jere Caricofe of Chester, A graveside service will be held on Friday, June 2,...
Richard Bristow
May 28, 2006
We are saddened by the loss of our loved one, Richard Y. â??Dickâ? Bristow, 86, of Prince George County, who departed this life Sunday, May 28, 2006. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late James E. and Rubie May Hawkins Bristow. He was a 1937 graduate of Petersburg High School and was a 1941 graduate of the...
Preston Wilson
May 28, 2006
Preston Thomas Wilson, 79, of Petersburg, passed away peacefully at his home on May 27, 2006. He was the son of the late Louis A. & Mary Lane Wilson and was predeceased by a brother Robert L. Wilson. He was a retired Instructor at Fort Lee, Virginia and was a professor at Southside Virginia Community College where he served for...
Virginia English
May 27, 2006
Virginia Dell Whitmore English, 82, of Hopewell died Saturday, May 27, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Prince George County and had been a lifetime resident of this area. Mrs. English was the daughter of the late George W. & Kate Loughridge Whitmore and the widow of Ernest Edison English. She is survived by a sister-in-law,...
Robert Volk
May 26, 2006
Robert (Bob) A. Volk, Sr., of Prince George, VA, went to be with his Heaenly Father after a courageous battle with heart and lung diseases on Friday, May 26, 2006. He was born in Toledo, Ohio, on April 14, 1938. He was preceded in death by his parents, August G. & Leola Jacob Volk; and loving stepmother Francis Y. Volk....
Erma Zitta
May 26, 2006
Erma Zitta, 95, widow of B. J. Zitta and daughter of the late Paul and Bessie Sedivy of Church Road, Virginia died on May 26, 2006 in her home. She is survived by her brother, Chester P. Sedivy. Also surviving are her daughter, Josephine L., â??Jo.â? and three sons; David E. and children Connie, Terri, Rachel, Beth, Mary Jo., Gretchen...
Desmer Allen
May 26, 2006
Desmer Rogers Allen, 88, of Hopewell, VA died Friday, May 26, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. She is the widow of Henry M. Allen, Sr. She was born in Murphy, NC. Mrs. Allen was a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church and served as president of W.M.U. for 10 years. She was preceded in death by her parents Bassie...
Christine Hotz
May 25, 2006
Christine Reiter Hotz, 90, of Petersburg, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2006. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the last survivor of seven children born to Frank Louis and Frances Blaha Reiter. She was the loving wife of 67 years to Rudolph Louis Hotz, who together, built their home a very short distance from her birthplace. Mrs. Hotz retired from...
Laverne Frazier
May 25, 2006
Laverne Goodlett Frazier, 81, of Marietta, Georgia, formerly of Hopewell, died May 25,2006. Mrs. Frazier was born in Bastrop, Texas. She was a homemaker, a member of the First United Methodist Church and a member of the Order of Eastern Star Adah Chapter #7.She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen D. and Esther Dunks Goodlett, her husband Thomas...
John Lewis
May 25, 2006
John H. Lewis, 63, of Dinwiddie went home to rest on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Born in Danville, VA he was preceded in death by his parents, Wilbur S. Lewis, Sr. and Louise Evans Lewis; a brother, Wilbur S. Lewis, Jr., and a sister, Sharon L. Jones. John served his country in the VA Army National Guard as a Sgt....
Doris Jones Peck
May 24, 2006
Surry, Virginia Doris Mae Jones Peck, 75, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Born in Surry County, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Nicholas F. Jones and Doris Thorne Jones. She was a retired bookkeeper and a lifelong member of Surry Baptist Church. Mrs. Peck is survived by her loving...
Dominick Concodora
May 24, 2006
Dominick Concodora, 90, of Dunlop House, Colonial Heights, VA, died Wednesday May 24, 2006. A memorial service will be held for Mr. Concodora on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. in the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Fr. Frank Wiggins of St. James Catholic Church will officiate. Interment will be private. Memorial...
Alvin Sheffield
May 22, 2006
Alvin Lee Sheffield, 74, of Colonial Heights, passed away suddenly on Monday, May 22, 2006. He was predeceased by his parents Lee and Alice Sheffield, two sisters Katherine and Dorothy Baxton, and one brother Luther Bosher. He is survived by his devoted loving wife of 52 years, Margaret (Mickey) K. Sheffield; and his three children and their spouses; Kimberlie and...
Harvey Grammer
May 22, 2006
Mr. Harvey Lee Grammer, 80, of Hopewell, died at his residence on Monday, May 22, 2006. Mr. Grammer, a native of Hopewell and a veteran of the US Navy, was a retired piper fitter and operator for Allied-Chemical Corporation. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Lee and Effie Omega Sheffield Grammer and a sister. Katy G. Clayton....
Donna Kimmel
May 22, 2006
Donna S. Kimmel, age 76 of Chester, VA died Monday, May 22, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Clyde V. and Laura K. Forsythe. Mrs. Kimmel was born in Butler, PA and worked as a registered nurse. She was also a Silver Life Master with the American Contract Bridge League, Richmond Bridge Association, and volunteer with CASA in...
Ned Coleman
May 21, 2006
Mr. Ned Meyer Coleman, 85,of Hopewell, departed this life, Sunday. May 21, 2006 at Riverview on the Appomattox. Mr. Coleman was a retired welder with Hercules, Inc., a member of First Baptist Church, Dupont Lodge #289 AF & AM, and VFW Post 637 and served in the US Army during World War II. Mr. Coleman was preceded in death by...
Beverly Traylor
May 20, 2006
Beverly Ann Traylor, 68, died Saturday, May 20, 2006 at Waverly Health Care Center. Beverly was the widow of Johnnie G. Traylor. She is survived by sons, Thomas R. and John G. Traylor; daughter, Cindy Traylor Goss; two grandsons and one great-grandson. The family will receive friends at the Petersburg chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation...
