Gerald "Jerry" Hope Parker
Dec 25, 2011
Gerald Hope "Jerry" Parker, 64, passed away peacefully in his home December 25, 2011. He was born in Tarboro, NC and was predeceased by his parents, Edgar and Verlina Parker and brothers, Randy and Ronnie Parker. Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 41 years, Shirley Jernigan Parker; son and daughter-in-law, Ross and Aly Parker; granddaughters, Kyla and...
Jaison Randall Kulnis
Dec 23, 2011
Jaison Randall Kulnis, 27, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 23, 2011. He was a native of Pittsburgh, PA. He is survived by his wife, Maria Komis; parents, Deborah L. and Randall W. Kulnis, DMD, MSD of Suffolk; sisters, Ashley L. Kulnis of Virginia Beach and Kadena A. Kulnis of Suffolk; maternal and paternal grandparents, Mary McKinley, Richard Hodgson, Bill...
Felix Thornton Jennings
Dec 22, 2011
Felix Thornton Jennings, 82, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 22, 2011. He was born in Natalie, VA the son of the late James William Jennings and Mary Wade Jennings. He retired as a Foreman for Bridge and Building from Norfolk Western Railroad. He was a member of Suffolk Church of Christ. Felix is survived by his wife of 23...
James Lee "Jimbo" Warren
Dec 18, 2011
James Lee "Jimbo" Warren, 62, of Orbit, VA, a well respected utility contractor in the Tidewater area for over 40 years, died peacefully at home on Sunday morning, December 18, 2011. He was born on February 4, 1949 in Richmond, VA and grew up in Hampton, attending Hampton High. "Jimbo" spent many years around the Chuckatuck community acting as a...
Dorothy Vann Rawls
Dec 17, 2011
Dorothy Vann Rawls, 79, of Suffolk, VA, passed away December 17, 2011. She was born in Gates, NC the daughter of the late Edith Bundy Vann and Will Vann. She is also predeceased by her husband Clyde W. Rawls. Dorothy was a member of Cypress Chapel Christian Church and the Eleanor Russell Sunday School Class. Dorothy is survived by her...
William Edward Matthews
Dec 15, 2011
William Edward Matthews, 85, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 15, 2011. He was born in Driver, VA the son of the late Susie Costen Matthews and Willie G. Matthews, Sr. He was predeceased by his wife, Shirley; 3 brothers and 2 sisters. He was a 20 year United States Navy veteran having served during WWII and the Korean War....
Charlotte Hutter Gale
Dec 13, 2011
Charlotte Stannard Hutter Gale, 84, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 13, at her home in Smithfield surrounded by her family. She was born February 24, 1927, in Campbell County, now Lynchburg, Virginia, the third daughter of Harold Heyward Hutter and Mayme Traylor Hutter. Charlotte, known as "Hutter" since college to many of her friends, came to Smithfield in 1948 to...
Stephen Albert Laine
Dec 13, 2011
Stephen Albert Laine, 50, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 13, 2011. He was born in Norfolk, VA the son of Anita Baker Laine and the late James Cobb Laine, Sr. He was a 1979 graduate of Nansemond Suffolk Academy and 1983 graduate of James Madison University. He worked in sales and was active in his children's lives coaching for...
Sarah Doris Watkins Warren
Dec 11, 2011
Sarah Doris Watkins Warren, 86, of Smithfield, Va passed away on December 11, 2011. A native of Wallace, NC she was the daughter of the late Obic Alexander Watkins and Beatrice Brown Watkins. She was also predeceased by her husband Charles Hughes Cavanaugh, a daughter, Pauletta Kay Serber and a grandson Charles C. Cavanaugh. She was a member of The...
William David Lonberger
Dec 10, 2011
William David Lonberger went to be with our Lord on December 10, 2011 in Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, Virginia surrounded by family. He has suffered from Parkinson 's Disease for over 25 years. He was born in Suffolk, Virginia on August 10, 1943, and was the son of the late William Washington Lonberger and Martha Butler Lonberger of Smithfield, Virginia....
Daniel Richard Eure, Jr.
Dec 10, 2011
Daniel Richard Eure, Jr., 77, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 10, 2011. He was born in Gates County, NC the son of the late Daniel Richard Eure, Sr. and Mary Lilly Eure. He was predeceased by his sisters, Catherine Langston, Nellie White, Helen Piland, and Aileen Barden; and brothers, Cleamon, Jamie, and Joseph Eure. He was a United States...
Joyce Lee Melton
Dec 8, 2011
Joyce Lee Melton, 62, of Corapeake, NC, passed away December 8, 2011, following a courageous and hard fought battle with cancer. A native of San Diego, CA, she was the daughter of Marilyn Grinnell and the late Earl Grinnell of San Diego. She was a graduate of Mesa College in San Diego and retired as an administrative assistant from the...
Leroy Boyette, Jr.
Dec 8, 2011
Our beloved father, Leroy "Lee" Boyette, Jr. passed away on December 8, 2011. He was born in Clinton, NC the son of the late Betty and Leroy Boyette, Sr. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Margaret Ann Boyette and his brother, Ralph Boyette. He was the owner and operator of RIMCO. Lee was a member of the...
Stephen Ensley Fuller
Dec 6, 2011
Stephen Ensley Fuller, 61, of Windsor, VA passed away December 6, 2011. He was born in Parrisburg, VA the son of Hazel "Effielou" Smith Fuller and the late Arthur Ensley Fuller. He was also predeceased by his brother, Daryl Fuller. Stephen retired after numerous years as a school teacher having taught at Smithfield High School and Windsor High School as...
Guy Alton Duke,Sr.
Dec 3, 2011
Guy Alton "Pookie" Duke, Sr. 76 passed away December 3, 2011 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He was a native of Nansemond Co., VA. He was the son of the late George A. and Evelyn Babb Duke and predeceased by sons Roger Chipman, Samuel R. Duke, Guy A. Duke, Jr. and brothers Chester Ray and Hilton Lee....
Joseph Webster Vann
Dec 2, 2011
Joseph "Bubba" Webster Vann, 31, passed away December 2, 2011. He was born in Suffolk, VA the son of Bessie Bradshaw Vann and the late Joe Payne Vann. He was well known at the Northeast Dragway in Hertford, NC. He is survived by his mother, Bessie B. Vann; sisters, Nancy V. Varner, Ann V. Tolbert, and Patricia Vann; "Daddy Uncle...
Patricia Alline Wilson
Nov 29, 2011
In this time of great sorrow, loss and pain we frequently find ourselves asking why such a wonderful and boundlessly loved woman, friend, wife and mother could be taken from us? It is simple...Today God walked among his gardens of this world and picked a most beautiful flower. May your soul blossom, flourish and grow in awe in the Kingdom...
William "Randy" Randolph Radford
Nov 29, 2011
William "Randy" Randolph Radford, 55, of Suffolk, Virginia passed away November 29, 2011. He was born in Greenville, SC the son of Inez Geraldine Radford and Ransom Randolph Radford. He worked as a transfer vehicle operator for the Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA). He was a member of the Southern Gospel Association and sang bass for The Galileans Gospel Quartet...
William Thomas Hitt
Nov 28, 2011
William Thomas Hitt, 71, of Suffolk, VA , passed away November 28, 2011. He was born in Camden, WV the son of the late Robert Burton Hitt and Dolly Blanche Montgomery Hitt. He retired from Norfolk Naval Shipyard as a welder. William is survived by his wife of 50 years, Judith George Hitt; brothers, Robert J. Hitt, John David Hitt,...
