Local obituaries for
Ruth Epps
Dec 9, 2004
Mrs. Ruth T. Epps, 101 of Prince George, died Thursday, December 9, 2004. She was a native of Dinwiddie County, the daughter of the late Augustus Pendleton and Beulah Bain Thrift. She was the widow of William Hamlin Epps. During World War II, Mrs. Epps worked for the Selective Service System for Prince George County. She is survived by two...
Vivian Williamson
Dec 9, 2004
Vivian P. Williamson, 84, of Petersburg died Thursday, December 09, 2004 in John Randolph Hospital. Mrs. Williamson was born in Minnesota a daughter of the late Jerry Hughes Perkinson and Elizabeth Staska Perkinson. She wa a member of 3rd Presbyterian Church and retired as a bookkeeper with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co. Preceded in death by her husband Francis Milton...
Cecil, Belcher
Dec 9, 2004
Cecil Floyd Belcher, 88, of Petersburg died Thursday, December 9, 2004 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was born in Chesterfield and was preceded in death by his parents, Alexander Beverly and Avie O’Kennon Belcher and two brothers, Grayson L. Belcher and W. Deane Belcher. He was a World War II veteran of U. S. Army Air Corps and...
Ruth Stafford
Dec 8, 2004
Ruth Joyce Stafford, 84, a former resident of Hopewell, died , Wednesday, December 8, 2004 in Lawton, Oklahoma. She was born in Stuart, Va. and had spent most of her life in Hopewell until moving to Oklahoma seven years ago to be with her daughter and family. Mrs. Stafford was a member of West End Presbyterian Church. She was predeceased...
Hilda Johnson
Dec 7, 2004
Hilda Shaver Johnson, age 76, of Chester, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004. She was the widow of Donald Stewart Johnson, a retired disabled Navy veteran, daughter of the late Jesse Lee Shaver and Dora Koon Shaver of West Virginia. She is survived by a son, George Steven Hepner and wife, Gina, two grandchildren, Steven Wayne and Tiffany Hepner, a daughter...
Carole Macneil
Dec 5, 2004
Carole Rice MacNeil, 65, of Woodbine Street, Hopewell, died Sunday, December 5, 2004 in Lucy Corr Village, Chesterfield County. She was born in Jackson Heights, New York. Mrs. MacNeil was a member of St. James Catholic Church and a retired medical transcriptionist with Southside Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fredrick S. and Lucille Margaret...
Jane Truchan
Dec 4, 2004
Jane Smith Truchan, 85, of Petersburg, died Saturday, December 4, 2004 at the Mayfair House in Petersburg. She was the daughter of the late James Rosser and Elinor Grogan Smith. She devoted her entire life to her family and teaching. She began teaching kindergarten at the Modern Kindergarten and Nursery School in Petersburg, then taught at Ettrick Elementary School in...
Col. S. Schlotzhauer
Dec 3, 2004
Colonel Walter Scott Schlotzhauer, Jr., U.S. Army (retired), 91, of Colonial Heights died Friday, December 3, 2004. He was born in Edmond, Oklahoma the son of the late Walter S. and Cora Connelly Schlotzhauer, Sr. Mr. Schlotzhauer served in World War II and received a WWII Valor Medal and the Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star. He was preceded...
Catherine Mach
Dec 3, 2004
Catherine Piecek Mach, 83 of Sutherland, passed into eternal life on Friday, December 3, 2004, at Southside Regional Medical Center with her children and sister at her side. Born in Hopewell the daughter of the late Mary Josephine Seidel and Joseph Piecek, Catherine grew up in Richmond and attended St. Joseph Villa and graduated from St. Patrick High School. She...
Jospeh Bass
Dec 3, 2004
Joseph Lee “Joe” Bass, 57,of Richmond, went to be with the Lord on Friday, December 3, 2004 after a battle with cancer. He is survived by his loving wife, Brenda Kinton Bass; son, Michael E. Bass; daughter Ashley M. Bass and her special friend, Travis C. Smith; granddaughter, Shannon Lee Bass; and his beloved Jasper; his mother Barbara W. Bass;...
Thomas Collie
Dec 3, 2004
Thomas Louis Collie, of Richmond, went to be with the Lord Friday, December 3, 2004. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War 11. He retired from Reynolds Metals. He is survived by his wife, Virginia M. Collie; two sons Kyle T. Collie and wife Karen, and Donnie W. Collie; brother William M. Collie and several nieces and nephews....
Milton Wilson
Dec 2, 2004
Milton Bryant Wilson age 72 of Colonial Heights died Thursday, December 2, 2004. He was the widower of Annie L. Wilson, was retired from the Maintenance Dept. at Southside Virginia Training Center and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by a daughter, Sally Wilson of Hopewell; six step-daughters, Linda Cook of Colonial Heights, Brenda...
Thomas Nicholson
Dec 2, 2004
Thomas Iredell Nicholson, 67, of Hopewell died Thursday, December 2, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina and had been a life long resident of the Hopewell area. Mr. Nicholson was a member of American Legion post #146, a member of Loyal Order of the Moose #1472, a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, and a...
John Morrison
Dec 2, 2004
John Harmon Morrison II, 35, of Chester died Thursday, December 2, 2004. He was a professional photographer and was the owner of Portraits Courtesy Of. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Wendy and William C. Dates; father, John H. Morrison; sister, Jaimie Bennett; maternal grandmother, Nelda Johnson; and five aunts and one uncle, Joan Starr, Doris Luck, Nancy...
Robert Whealton
Dec 1, 2004
Robert Tayloe Whealton, 67, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, December 1, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Washington, North Carolina and had been a resident of this area since 1963. Mr. Whealton was a member of DuPont Lodge #289 AF & AM, a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church and a retired Lab Technician from Allied Signal...
Martha Vaughan
Dec 1, 2004
Martha Ellen Vaughan, 39, of Raleigh, N.C., and formerly of Petersburg passed away Wednesday December 1, 2004 at Fayetteville, N.C. following a automobile accident. She was the daughter of the late, Betty Copeland Vaughan of Petersburg and the late, Richard L. “Dick”Vaughan .Ms. Vaughan was a graduate of Meredith College where she recived her B.A. and he Masters of Buisness...
David, Winfield
Dec 1, 2004
David D. Winfield, Jr., 84 of Punta Gorda, Florida died November 25, 2004, after a brief illness. He was born February 16, 1920 in Petersburg, Virginia, and retired to Florida 18 years ago. He served in WWII in the U.S. Army Air Force Training Command in Miami and Kingman, Arizona and the 5th Air Force in the Phillipines, where he...
Altamae Elrod
Nov 30, 2004
Altamae O’Neill Elrod, 86, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Wilson, North Carolina and had been a resident of this area since 1926. Mrs. Elrod was a member of the First Baptist Church, a member of the Grace T.E.L. Bible School Class, assisted with meals on wheels and was a...
Altamae Elrod
Nov 30, 2004
Altamae O’Neill Elrod, 86, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, November 30, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Wilson, North Carolina and had been a resident of this area since 1926. Mrs. Elrod was a member of the First Baptist Church, a member of the Grace T.E.L. Bible School Class, assisted with meals on wheels and was a...
James Mann
Nov 30, 2004
James “Jamie” R. Mann died Tuesday November 30, 2004. He was the son of the late William Bernard and Ruth Naomi Mann and was predeceased by a sister, Frances Kidd Reeves. Jamie was a general contractor and draftsman and the owner of Eastwood Construction Company. He was a member of the Petersburg Civitan Club, Saints and Sinners, and A Trustee...
