Local obituaries for
Marquez Pankey
Nov 7, 2005
Marquez Lee Pankey, 8 months old, of Hopewell, died November 07, 2005 in Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC. Surviving are her parents Robert Lee Pankey III and Ashley N. Richardson both of Hopewell, Va. his grandparents, Michelle Lee Richardson, Preston Charlotte and Dreama Tyler all of Hopewell, great- grandmother Juanita Carothers of Oceana, WV., one uncle, Stephen, D. Richardson of...
Dewey Hancock
Nov 6, 2005
Dewey Stevens Hancock, Jr., 78, of Colonial Heights died Sunday, November 6, 2005. Mr. Hancock was born in Hopewell, VA and was a former resident of Prince George County. He was a retired Maintenance Superintendent at Smurfit-Stone, a member of First Christian Church and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Mr. Hancock is the son of the...
Ann Steele
Nov 6, 2005
Ann Elizabeth Steele, 80 of Petersburg died November 6, 2005. She was the daughter of the John J. Moore, Sr. and Lottie Lee Moore. She was an retired employee of Titmus Optical. She is survived by her son, James D. Steele (Joy) of Stony Creek; sister, Cherry Lotresti (Pete) of Chesapeake; three grandchildren; six step-grandchildren and seventeen great-grandchildren. The family...
Allen Martz
Nov 4, 2005
Allen Murray Martz, Sr., 69, of Chester entered into eternal life Friday, November 4, 2005. He was born in PA the son of the late William H. and Alice F. Martz and also preceded in death by his step-mom Geraldine Martz. Mr. Martz was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy and retired from Allied Chemical. In his retirement he worked...
Lila Moore
Nov 4, 2005
Lila Harris Moore, 90 of Petersburg died Friday, November 4, 2005. She was predeceased by her husband Frank S. Moore, Sr. and daughter Susan Moore Procise. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church in Petersburg and the past executive director of Southside area Mental Health and Family Counseling Association. She is survived by her son, Frank S....
Bianka Davis
Nov 4, 2005
Bianka Maria (McQuillan) Davis, born January 19, 1943 in Bremerhaven, Germany went to be with the Lord on November 4, 2005 after a brief struggle with cancer. Bianka was the daughter of Dr. John McQuillan and the late Hilde McQuillan of Helena, Montana. She graduated from Helena High School in 1963, John Tyler Community College in 1993 and Virginia State...
Lola Gregory
Nov 4, 2005
Lola Creasy ?BeBe? Gregory, 101, of Hopewell, widow of Charles Newton Gregory, passed away Friday, November 4, 2005 at John Randolph Medical Center. Born in Shawsville, VA, she was the oldest of five children of the late James Milton and Ida Helm Creasy. She worked at the Hopewell and Petersburg Telephone Company for many years, was a charter member of...
Oscar Edwards
Nov 3, 2005
Oscar Lee Edwards, 64, of Sutherland died Thursday, November 03, 2005 at his home. He was born in Pitt Co., NC and was the son of the late Kinchen R. and Ruby Gay Edwards. He worked for Parker Oil Co. for many years and was very active in community affairs. He is survived by his wife, Joan M. Edwards; four...
Deanna "Dee" Ridings
Nov 3, 2005
Wakefield, Virginia DEANNA ?DEE? COURSEY RIDINGS, 65, passed away after a long illness Tuesday, November 1, 2005. She and her husband, Willey ?Butch? Ridings, had resided in Wakefield for four years and were preparing to make their home in Alabama. Born in Long Beach, California she was the daughter of Claude Coursey and the late Leola Dobson Coursey. She retired...
Mildred Irvine
Nov 3, 2005
Mildred T. Irvine, 82 of Homosassa, Florida died Thursday, November 3, 2005 at Cypress Cove Care Center in Crystal River, Fla. She was born April 10, 1923 to Fran Orby and Ruth (Kirkham) Tate in Petersburg and came to this area 3 months ago from Seneca, SC. She was a member of the Wesley United Methodist Church in Colonial Heights....
Sr., Wesley Harrell
Nov 2, 2005
Virginia Beach, Virginia William Wesley Harrell, Sr., 77, was called into the nearer presence of Christ on Tuesday, November 1, 2005. He was born November 20, 1927 in Princess Anne County, Virginia, the son of the late Cleon W. Harrell and Mabel Miller Harrell. Mr. Harrell was a simple, quiet and loving husband, father and grandfather. He had been a...
Edison Honaker
Nov 2, 2005
Edison Marshall ?Eddie? Honaker, 65, of Hopewell died Wednesday, November 2, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Honaker was born in Union, West Virginia and had been a resident of Hopewell since 1970. He was a member of the American Legion, Post #146, a member of IBEW Union #666, served in the U.S. Army and was a retired electrician...
Grace Caricofe
Nov 1, 2005
Grace Minshew Caricofe, 94, of Hopewell died Tuesday, November 1, 2005 in John Randolph Nursing Home. She was born in Homerville, GA and was a resident of Hopewell for many years. Mrs. Caricofe was the daughter of the late Isaac & Sarah Griffis Minshew and the widow of Charles Earnest Caricofe. She is survived by a son, Earnest J. Caricofe...
Elsie Bresko
Oct 31, 2005
Elsie Tomko Bresko, 96, of Prince George County, widow of Paul H. Bresko, passed away Monday, October 31, 2005 at the home of her daughter, Linda B. Griffith and husband, John, where she resided. Born in Disputanta, she was the daughter of the late John and Mary Kraynak Tomko. She was a longtime member of the Bethlehem Congregational Church where...
Ethel Sumners
Oct 31, 2005
Ethel Gertrude Norwood Hughes Sumners, 90 passed away Monday, October 31, 2005 in John Randolph Nursing Home. She is preceded in death by her parents, Tillie Leigh and John Henry Norwood, brothers, William, Arthur, Johnny, and Robert and a sister, Ruth. She is survived by four daughters, Lynne Jones, Gloria Nowell, both of Chester, Linda Pevan of Olympia, Washington and...
Jr. D. Pecht
Oct 30, 2005
Lester David Pecht, Jr. 69, of Dinwiddie died Sunday, October 30, 2005. He was the son of Josephine Swain Pecht and the late Lester David Pecht, Sr. He was a retired operator for Firestone and was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Other than his mother, he is survived by a daughter, Edna-Jo Pecht Spain and her husband Jerry, a...
Edward Williams
Oct 30, 2005
Edward Bracey Williams, 76, died Sunday, October 30, 2005. He was a native of Dinwiddie County and the son of the late Everett and Annie Nash Williams. He was predeceased by three sisters, Mary W. Duval, Mildred W. Bolte and Elizabeth W. Martin and four brothers, Sidney, Ralph, James and Nash Williams. Mr. Williams was a Korean War Veteran in...
Mary Abernathy
Oct 29, 2005
Mary Martin Abernathy, 85, of Dinwiddie, Virginia, died on Saturday, October 29, 2005 at Hopewell Health Care Center in Hopewell, Virginia. Mary was a member of Western Heights Baptist Church in Dinwiddie and a retired nurse from Petersburg General. She was born in Brunswick County to Capas and Martha Pritchette Martin and was the widow of Alfred Tudor Abernathy. In...
David Horne
Oct 28, 2005
David B. Horne, 47, of Dinwiddie, died Friday, October 28, 2005. He was born in Petersburg and was preceded in death by his parents, Albert and Mary Ruth Brockwell Horne and his brother, Johnny Horne. He was a truck driver for Food Lion Distribution Center. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine ?Boopsie? Horne; four children, Donald Horne, Amy Langley,...
