Irving Glenwood Davis
Sep 18, 2013
Irving G. Davis, 86, passed away September 18, 2013. He was born in Essex County, VA the son of the late Lillian and Preston Davis. He was predeceased by 4 brothers and 1 sister. Irving was a U.S. Navy veteran having served during WWII and the Korean War. He was a member of Hillcrest Baptist Church where he served as...
June Elsie Asher
Sep 16, 2013
June Elsie Asher, 81, passed away September 16, 2013. She was born in Manhatten, NY the daughter of the late Arthur and Marie Steil. She was a member of Wilroy Baptist Church. June is survived by her husband of 46 years, James S. Asher; daughters and sons-in-law, Joann Patrick, Cathryn and James Hardrick, and Lyndia and Joe Bruce; sons and...
Otis Thomas Eanes,Jr.
Sep 14, 2013
Otis Thomas Eanes, Jr., 72, of Windsor, VA passed away on September 14, 2013. A native of Fredericksburg, VA and widower of Phyllis White Eanes and son of late Otis Thomas Eanes, Sr. and Jessie Montgomery Eanes. He retired from Quality Engineering at Naval Aviation Depot and also from safety services patrol at VDOT. Otis was a 50 year member...
Barbara J. Ross
Sep 6, 2013
Barbara J. Biehl Ross, 83, formerly of Falls Church, VA passed away September 6, 2013 at Lake Prince Woods. She is predeceased in death by her husband of 44 years, Donald E. Ross, Sr.; parents, Gordon C. Biehl, Sr. and Mildred Lyman Biehl; and sisters, Dolores Spring and Ardyth Austin. Left to cherish her memory are her children, Cheryl and...
Roy Rogers Jernigan
Aug 28, 2013
Roy Rogers Jernigan, 71, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on August 28, 2013. He was born in Nansemond County the son of the late William Herbert Jernigan and Olif Odell Harrell Gay. He was predeceased by his sister, Mamie Arrowood. He retired as a foreman from Ferguson Manufacturing Company. He was a member of the Suffolk...
William Holmes Small, Sr.
Aug 25, 2013
William Holmes Small, 95, died on August 25, 2013, surrounded by his devoted wife and children. Holmes was born in Suffolk, Va. August 2, 1918, the son of the late Robert Letcher Small and Sybelle Holt Byrd Small. A lifelong resident of Suffolk, he was a Graduate of Suffolk High School where he was on the football team and the...
Owen Esters Lewis
Aug 19, 2013
Owen Esters Lewis, 84, passed away on August 19, 2013. He was born in Victoria, VA the son of the late Ellis Lewis and Mildred H. Lewis. He was predeceased by his wife Dorothy Ann Perkins Lewis. He retired as an insurance salesman. Owen is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Donna L. and Jay Cline; sons and daughters-in-law, Larry...
James Michael Worrell
Aug 17, 2013
James Michael Worrell, 56, of Suffolk, VA passed away on August 17, 2013. A native of Nansemond County, VA he is the son of Shirley "Red" M. Worrell and the late Mildred Courtney Worrell. He was a Supervisior at VDOT and had a great love for fishing. In addition to his father he is survived by his daughter, Courtney L....
Janice Q. Hess
Aug 14, 2013
Janice Q. Hess was called home by her Lord and Savior on August 14th, 2013 after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. She was born in Galax, Virginia on October 15th, 1950 and grew up in Roanoke, Virginia. Janice was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother who made a wonderful home for her family as they moved many...
Myrtle Lee Munden
Aug 9, 2013
Myrtle Lee Watford Munden, 73, passed away August 9, 2013. She was born in Florence, SC the daughter of the late Josephine G. and Noah Watford, Sr. She was predeceased by her husband, Aulton Lee Munden. Myrtle is survived by her sons and daughter-in-law, Terry L. Spry, Sr. and wife, Davina, Richard Munden, and James Munden; 8 grandchildren; 6 great...
Colin "Corky" Dean Collins
Aug 3, 2013
Colin "Corky" Dean Collins, 58, of Suffolk, VA passed away on August 3, 2013. A native of Palm Beach, FL he was the son of the late Harvey Collins and Blanche Parker Collins Cox. He was also predeceased by his infant son, Christopher Blake Collins. He is survived his son, Travis Allen Collins; his sister Cindy Stutz; and his brothers,...
Donna Lee Runyon
Aug 2, 2013
Donna Lee Runyon,58 of Suffolk passed away on August 2, 2013. She was a native of Portsmouth, Virginia and the daughter of the late Phillip Preston Sawyer and Trillis Peel Hull. She retired from Holmes Brothers Enterprises where she was a bookkeeper for 30 years. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Ray Runyon, Sr.; daughters and son-in-law Karen Ann...
John David Nurney, Sr.
Jul 31, 2013
John David Nurney, Sr., 92, passed away July 31, 2013. He was born in Isle of Wight County, VA the son of the late Jack Nurney and Virginia Gray Nurney. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during WWII. John worked as farmer his entire life. He was a member of Central Hill Baptist Church and the Young Adult...
David Franklin Harrup
Jul 28, 2013
David Franklin Harrup, 58, passed away July 28, 2013. He was born in North Carolina the son of Ruth E. Wood and the late David G. Harrup. David was a U.S. Marine veteran having served during Vietnam. He worked as a electrician for Newport News Shipyard. David is survived by his wife of 20 years, Ursel E. Harrup; mother and...
Lowell Gene Perry
Jul 26, 2013
Lowell Gene Perry, 76, of Suffolk, VA passed away July 26, 2013. He was born in Bertie County, NC to the late Allie W. and Marvin Perry. He is also predeceased by his brother, Troy Perry. Gene retired from the Suffolk Health Department. He was a member of Bethany Baptist Church, Knights of Pythias, and the Woodmen of the World....
Deborah Ann Ellis
Jul 20, 2013
Deborah Ann Ellis, 55, passed away July 20, 2013. She was born in Suffolk, VA the daughter of Peggy Ann Ellis Wilson and the late Ernest Lee Trebathan. She attended Bethel Assembly of God and was a member of the VFW Ladies Auxillary of Franklin, VA. Deborah is survived by her husband of 37 years, James Michael Ellis; mother, Peggy...
Gail Elizabeth Milstead Stewart
Jul 17, 2013
Gail Stewart passed away in her sleep after a long battle with early onset dementia. Gail is survived by her husband, Richard; a cousin Linda May, and an uncle, Ashby Milstead. Gail was born on June 10, 1945 to O'Dell Milstead and Sadie Clements Milstead in Farmville, VA. Her family lived in Lynchburg for a time before settling permanently in...
Thelma Elaine Turner Copeland
Jul 15, 2013
Thelma Elaine Turner Copeland, 91, passed away July 15, 2013. She was born in Nansemond County, VA the daughter of the late James Alonza Turner and Nancy Baker Turner. She was predeceased by her brother, Ray Randolph Turner, Sr. Thelma retired from Brewer Jewelry Company. She was a member of Suffolk Christian Church and the West Memorial Bible Class. Thelma...
Kenneth Smith Gayle
Jul 14, 2013
Kenneth Elizabeth Smith Gayle, 88, passed away July 14, 2013. She was born in Roanoke, VA the daughter of the late Kenneth Floyd Smith and Annie Elizabeth Howell Smith. She was predeceased by her husband, James Elwood Gayle, Jr. She was a member of Oakland Christian Church. She devoted her whole life to caring for her husband and five children....
Marion Edwards Burden
Jul 8, 2013
Marion Edwards Burden, 63, of Suffolk passed away on July 8, 2013. A native of Isle of Wight County, VA she was predeceased by her parents, Thomas Edwards and Mary Dickerson Edwards and siblings, Violet Stafford, William H. Edwards and Cecil Edwards. She worked in the Admitting Office of Sentara Obici as a Registration Clerk and attended Western Branch Baptist...
