Local obituaries for
Jamelle Barnes
Jun 14, 2005
Jamelle Ameen Barnes, 54 of Raleigh, NC died peacefully on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 in her home following a courageous battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Jameil and Julia Ameen of Hopewell, VA. Mrs. Barnes grew up in Hopewell, VA and formally lived in the Richmond, VA area. She was a graduate of Mary Washington College...
Henry Weston
Jun 14, 2005
Henry Clay ?Buddie? Weston of Fort Myers, Florida, died peacefully at Hospice House, North Fort Myers, Florida on June 14, 2005, after an extended illness. Born in Roanoke Rapids, NC on February 27, 1918, he was the son of Charles and Pearl Weston. Buddie was a dedicated, career professional of Hercules, Inc in Hopewell, VA from 1935-1977. During his growth...
Mildred Goodwin
Jun 13, 2005
Mildred Clark Goodwin 64, of Chester, died Monday June 13, 2005 peacefully at her home surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of Vivian Lee Clark & the late Robert Blanton Clark and was predeceased by a brother Robert Clark. She was the widow of Gerald Frances Goodwin. She is survived by two sons Robert L. Goodwin and his...
Carrie Mitchem
Jun 13, 2005
Carrie H. Mitchem, 50, of Hopewell, died Monday, June 13, 2005, at her residence. She is the daughter of Henry Hoffman and Effie Teal Hoffman. .Mrs. Mitchem was employed as an Instrumentation Technician with Honeywell. She is survived by her husband, Brett D. Mitchem, a son, Dewey A. Mitchem. Two daughters, Jennifer Collyer of Chester, Laura Drummond of Hampton, a...
Alice Blankenship
Jun 13, 2005
Alice W. Blankenship, 87, died Monday, June 13, 2005 in Petersburg, Virginia. She was the daughter of the late Wylie and Ellen W. Whitehead and the widow of Dennis E. Blankenship. She is survived by a daughter, Karen Bowlan and husband, James; granddaughters, Heather Pontius and Mrs. Julie Wiginton; great-grandsons, Savon Wiginton and Taran Wiginton all of Memphis, TN. The...
Estelle Burt
Jun 12, 2005
Estelle Morris Burt, 77, of Chester, Virginia, died Sunday, June 12, 2005, at John Randolph Medical Center .She was born in Hopewell, Virginia. Mrs. Burt was a retired real estate agent with Tri-City Realty, a member of First Baptist Church and in 1969 was selected as Beta Sigma Phi ?Girl of the Year.? She was preceded in death by her...
Grace Woodward
Jun 12, 2005
Grace Gertrude Woodward, 76, of Chester, widow of Benjamin F. Woodward, Jr., passed away Sunday, June 12, 2005. Born in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Malcolm and Alice Morris Ford. Mrs. Woodward was preceded in death by a son, Robert Carlton King. She is survived by her children, Brenda Lee Hardison and husband, Gary of Chesapeake,...
Lisa Childress
Jun 12, 2005
Lisa Dawn Davis Childress, 38, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, died unexpectedly Sunday, June 12, 2005. She is survived by her children, Christopher Matthew Childress and fiance?, Katie, of Social Circle, GA and James Bryan Burmaster of Gladstone, VA, her parents, James R. (Bobby) and Sharon Davis, and one brother, James R. (Jamie) Davis, Jr. all of Chester, She is also...
Donna Akers
Jun 9, 2005
Donna Michelle Akers of Hopewell died Thursday. She was 37. A Memorial Service will be held at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 4181 Prince George Drive (SR156), Prince George on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 at 3:00 p. m. Mrs. Akers was born on August 24, 1967 in Oakland, Calif. to Delmont and Kristin (Taylor) Rothrock. She...
Bernice Elliott
Jun 9, 2005
Bernice Bowers Elliott, 91, went to be with our Savior and Lord Jesus Christ on June 9, 2005, following a long battle with Alzheimers. Mrs. Elliott was born in Richmond, Va. and was a former resident of Day St., Hopewell. She was a staff aide with American Red Cross, a volunteer with RSVP, the Department of Social Services and Health...
Lucy Soileau
Jun 9, 2005
Lucy Meade Soileau, 88, of Hopewell, passed away with amazing grace and dignity, Thursday, June 09, 2005 at John Randolph Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Russell E. Lewis and Sue Daniel Lewis. She was preceded in death by her parents, Russell E. and Sue Daniel Lewis, her husband, Delta Soileau and her daughter, Lynn Jade Soileau....
Norman Riggs
Jun 8, 2005
Norman W. Riggs, 74 of Hopewell died Wednesday June 8, 2005. He was born February 12, 1931 in Dailey, W. VA son of the late Elijah L. and Nora J. Barb Riggs. He was preceded in death by one daughter Beverly D. Riggs, son-in-law Albert Snyder, three brothers and one sister. Norman was a retired Mechanic for Greyhound. He is...
Lester Blanton
Jun 8, 2005
Lester Ellsworth ?Buddy? Blanton, 90 of Petersburg died Wednesday, June 8, 2005. He was the son of the late William E. Blanton, Sr. & Willie Mae Storey Blanton. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II. He is survived by his niece, Sandra Britt; sister-in-law, Norma Blanton; nephew, William E. Blanton, III and several...
Jr. A. Worley
Jun 8, 2005
Jerry A. Worley, Jr., 40, of Key West, Fl., formerly of Colonial Heights went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, June 8, 2005. Jerry was born on February 21, 1965. He was the son of Judy and Pat Harris of Colonial Heights and Jerry A. Worley, Sr. and Margaret of Sutherland. Along with his parents, he is survived by...
John Cook
Jun 7, 2005
A graveside funeral service for John Jefferson Cook, Jr., 57, of Petersburg, who died June 7, 2005, will be held at 2:30 PM Tuesday, July 5, 2005 at the Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery, Appomattox, VA with the Rev. Dr. W. Rand Forder, pastor of First Baptist Church, Petersburg, officiating. Services are under the direction of the Petersburg Chapel of J....
Frances Woodruff
Jun 6, 2005
Frances Josephine Woodruff, 81, of Hopewell, died Monday, June 6, 2005 at her residence. She was born in Franklin Co; N.C. Mrs. Woodruff was a retired lab. technician for Allied Chemical Corp. with 27 years of service. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe and Spruill Edwards Dement, brothers, Eugene Dement and Edward Radford and a sister Mattie...
Annice Pell
Jun 6, 2005
Annice Cook Pell, of Chesterfield, died Monday, June 6, 2005. She was a member of the Board of Directors of Chesterfield Farm Bureau and Fellowship Baptist Church. Mrs. Pell was predeceased by her grandchildren Susan S. Elliott and Lester W. Stinson, III. She is survived by her husband Lester Pell; sons, Ray Sechrist of Surry County, NC and Newell Pell...
Annie H. Poole
Jun 5, 2005
Annie Ruth Harlow Poole, 76, of Dinwiddie County, took her walk with the Lord Sunday, June 5, 2005. A native of Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Dewey Harlow, Sr. and Lunette Owen Mayton. Mrs. Poole was preceded in death by her grandson, Robert E. ?Bob? Hayes, Jr., and her brothers and sisters, Benjamin R. Harlow, Clarence...
Mary Slate
Jun 4, 2005
Mary Price Slate, age 91, a native and long-time resident of Petersburg, has departed this life on Saturday, June 4th, 2005. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herbert Jerome and Carrie Ross Price, eight siblings, and her husband, Captain Irby E. Slate Jr., of the Petersburg Police Department. Mrs. Slate was a faithful, long-term employee of Titmus Optical...
Janet Nicholson
Jun 3, 2005
Janet Ward Nicholson, 55, of Chesterfield County, passed away Friday, June 3, 2005 at her residence. Born in Maryland, she was the daughter of the late James and Mary Sampson Ward. She is survived by her husband, Nick Nicholson; daughters, Ann Walke and boyfriend, Dennis Faulk of Matoaca, Tricia Brown and husband, Willie Brown, Jr. of Dinwiddie, and Holly Nicholson...


