Richard Lee Percefull, Sr.
Dec 28, 2012
Richard Lee Percefull, Sr., 67, of Suffolk, VA, passed away December 28, 2012. He was born in Flushing, NY to the late Edith Steinway Percefull and Edwards Lee Percefull. He was a school teacher and retired from Green Run High School in 2004 and Nansemond Suffolk Academy in 2009. Richard is survived by his wife of 46 years, Betty Lewis...
Carl Cofield
Dec 27, 2012
Carl Cofield, 69, of Suffolk, VA. passed away on December 27, 2012. A native of Nansemond County, VA he was the son of the late James Abner Cofield and Mary Sue Rawles Cofield. He was also predeceased by his son, Steven Carl Cofield and brothers, James Royce Cofield, and David Cofield. Carl served his country in the U. S. Army...
Martha "Nanny" Savage Foster
Dec 27, 2012
Martha "Nanny" Savage Foster, 93, of Windsor, VA passed away December 27, 2012. She was born in Nansemond County the daughter of the late Lillian Pearl Ellis Savage and Lloyd "Doy" Aubrey Savage. She was predeceased by her husbands, Paul Jordan Garris, Sr. and Thomas C. Foster; 4 sisters; and 3 brothers. Martha retired after working for over 20 years...
Betty Johnson Alphin
Dec 26, 2012
Betty Johnson Alphin, 78, of Windsor, VA passed away on December 26, 2012. A native of Windsor, she was the daughter of the late Bruce Kitchen Johnson, Sr. and Mary Gwaltney Johnson. She was also predeceased by her husband of 42 years, G. Thomas Alphin, Sr. and a brother, Bruce K. Johnson, Jr. She was a member of Windsor Christian...
John Robert Crumpler
Dec 26, 2012
John Robert Crumpler, 85, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 26, 2012. He was born in Isle of Wight County, VA, to the late Charlie and Maude Odey Crumpler. He is also predeceased by three sisters, Berta C. Hooker, Josie C. Nelms, and Anne C. Edwards, and brother, Henry Crumpler. Robert served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII....
Robert Carroll George, Sr.
Dec 20, 2012
Robert Carroll George, Sr., 77, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 20, 2012. He was born in Boston, KY to the late Robert O. and Bertha P. George. Robert is also predeceased by his wife of 51 years, Blanche V. George. He was a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard and retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard Shop 38. Robert...
Margaret Lee Babb Privott Speight
Dec 19, 2012
Margaret Babb Speight, 89, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 in Sentara Obici Hospital. She was born in Nansemond County and was the daughter of the late Luther Lee Babb and Merlie Knight Babb. She was a resident of Lake Prince Woods, and she was a member of Cypress Chapel Congregational Christian Church. She was predeceased by her husbands, George William...
Patricia Jane Boyd
Dec 17, 2012
Patricia Jane Boyd, 60, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 17, 2012 in Acworth, GA, while visiting family. She was born October 9, 1952, in Huntington, WV, to the late Don A. Rice, Sr., and the late Margie Louise Wrotten Rice Lykins. She was the loving and dedicated mother and best friend of her daughter, Andrea D. Smiddy. Pat served...
William Thomas Watts, Iii
Dec 16, 2012
William "Willy" Thomas Watts, III, 51, of Smithfield, VA passed away in his home December 16, 2012. He was born in Norfolk, VA the son of Shirley Twiddy Watts and William "Bill" Thomas Watts, Jr. He was predeceased by his wife, Elizabeth McLain Watts. Willy was a member of Oakland Christian Church. He graduated from the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice...
James Matthew Edwards
Dec 14, 2012
James Matthew Edwards, 86, of Windsor, VA passed away on December 14, 2012. A native of Isle of Wight County, VA he was the son of the late Lucy Brown Edwards and Lafayette Jackson Edwards. He was also predeceased by his wife, Thelma Campbell Edwards and great grandson Willie Trent, Jr. James was a retired farmer and a part-time handyman...
Joseph "Jimmy" James Simpson, Jr.
Dec 13, 2012
Joseph "Jimmy" James Simpson, Jr., 69, passed away December 13, 2012. He was born in Nansemond County to the late Ira Mae Ashley Simpson and Joseph James Simpson. He was predeceased by his brother, Carlton Simpson. He worked as a Lieutenant for the Suffolk Fire Department and later went on to retire from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a Nuclear...
Clyde Edwin Carter
Dec 9, 2012
Clyde Edwin Carter, 89, passed away December 9, 2012. He was born in Norfolk, VA the son of the late Mable and Soloman Carter. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during WWII. He later went on to work and retire from the Naval Air Station as a Automobile Mechanic. His greatest joys in life were watching sports especially...
Harvey Edwin Russell
Dec 8, 2012
Harvey Edwin Russell, 69, of Suffolk, VA, passed away December 8, 2012. He is the son of the late Harvey Lee Russell and Ella Mae Holly Russell. Harvey was a veteran of the Virginia Army National Guard and a member of Providence United Methodist Church. Harvey is survived by his wife of 50 years, Jackie G. Russell; sisters, Sarah Copeland...
Richard Lee Edwards
Dec 4, 2012
Richard Lee Edwards, age 24, of Woodbridge, VA, passed away on Tuesday, December 4th as a result of severe head trauma that he incurred in an auto accident on Interstate 495 in Fairfax County, VA. Rickie Lee, as he was known to friends, was born March 16, 1988 in Suffolk, VA to parents, Edward Marshall Edwards and Liane Kronbauer Edwards....
James "Jimmy" Albert Carpenter, Sr.
Dec 3, 2012
James "Jimmy" Albert Carpenter, Sr., 63, of Suffolk, VA passed away on December 3, 2012. A native of Isle of Wight County, VA he was the son of the late Julius Caesar Carpenter and Lillian Duck Carpenter. Jimmy was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and a pipefitter/certified welder at Earl Industries. He is survived by his wife of 40...
Leon Ambrose Blount, Jr.
Nov 30, 2012
Leon Ambrose Blount, Jr., 86, of Smithfield, VA passed away November 30, 2012. He was born in Nash County, NC the son of the late Kate Rogers Blount Hopkins and Leon Ambrose Blount, Sr. He was also predeceased by his step father, Harry W. Hopkins; sisters, Louise Blount, Jean Merriel Blount, and Alice Hopkins Mosley; brother, Harry W. Hopkins, Jr.;...
Ellen Ronaldson Hurst
Nov 29, 2012
Ellen Ronaldson Hurst, 83, passed away November 29, 2012. She was born in Stratford, NJ the daughter of the late John and Lucy Ronaldson. She was predeceased by her husband, Shirley Owens Hurst. Ellen retired from the Virginia Beach School System in the Food Service Department. She was a member of Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church and was a part of...
Mitchell Pollard Hunter
Nov 26, 2012
Mitchell Pollard Hunter, 85, passed away November 26, 2012. He was born in Cofield, NC the son of the late Lillie Tomlin Hunter and Nelson Monroe Hunter. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Elizabeth Maxey Hunter; his son, Mitchell P. Hunter, Jr.; and his brother, Charles Hunter. He retired after 46 years as a postal carrier for...
Mary Edith Hamilton
Nov 24, 2012
Mary Edith Hamilton, 91, of Suffolk, VA passed away on November 24, 2012. She was a native of Nansemond Co., VA and the daughter of the late John Wade Hamilton, Sr. and Sylvia Smith Hamilton. She was predeceased by her sister, Elizabeth Spivey and brothers, J. W. Hamilton, Jr. and Joe T. Hamilton. She retired as office manager for Holland...
Herberteen Horton Riddick
Nov 24, 2012
Herberteen Horton Riddick, 84, passed away November 24, 2012. She was born in Gates County, NC the daughter of the late Nannie Star Umphlette Horton and Eddie Boyd Horton. She was predeceased by her husband of 46 years, Bennie Lee Riddick, Jr. and her siblings, Edward Horton, Shirley Horton, Helen Mitchell, and Robert Herman Horton. She retired from the Great...
