Harry Joe Hendrix
Jun 20, 2011
Harry Joe Hendrix, passed away on Monday, June 20, 2011 with his family by his side. Born May 24,1931 in Laurel County, Kentucky to the late DeCorsie and Myrtle Yaden Hendrix. Joe graduated from Bush High school, followed by a thirty year career in the U. S. Navy. After retiring from the Navy, he continued his education, graduating from St....
Thomas Degarcia Rath
Jun 18, 2011
Thomas DeGarcia Rath, 68, of Suffolk, VA passed away June 18, 2011. He was born in Philadelphia, PA the son of the late Mary D. and Ross M. Rath. He retired as a foreman for PECO Philadelphia Electric Company. He was a member of the Lansdowne Masonic Lodge #711 in Lansdowne, PA. He was also a member and past president...
Elnora Holland Barnes
Jun 14, 2011
Elnora Holland Barnes, 63, of Suffolk, VA passed away on June 14, 2011. A native of Suffolk, VA she was the daughter of Morris Clarke Holland and the late Florence Parker Holland. She was also predeceased by her brother, Morris Randolph Holland. Elnora worked in the business office of Southampton Memorial Hospital for 16 years. She was well loved by...
Leslie Leroy Williams, Jr.
Jun 6, 2011
Leslie Leroy Williams, Jr., 67 of Windsor, VA passed away June 6, 2011. He was born in Pitt County, NC the son of Lillian Mae Byrd and the late Leslie L. Williams, Sr. He was a 1962 graduate of Whaleyville High School where he was a star athlete and lettered in football and baseball. He went on to serve as...
Sergeant Jason Thomas Chavis
Jun 5, 2011
Sergeant Jason Thomas Chavis, 25, passed away June 5, 2011. He was born in Suffolk, VA the son of Lisa Harcum Branchaud and the late David Ray Chavis. He was a graduate of Lakeland High School Class of 2004. He was currently serving active duty in the United States Army having served in Iraq. Jason was a member of Suffolk...
Arthur Clayton Bradley
Jun 5, 2011
Arthur Clayton Bradley, 88 passed away on June 5, 2011, surrounded by family members in his home that he had built over sixty years ago with his own hands. Born in Suffolk, VA on April 6, 1923 t o the late William Benjamin and Ella Florence Knight Bradley, Mr. Bradley survived the Great Depression years becoming a self taught carpenter,...
Bradley Shawn Whitfield
Jun 3, 2011
Bradley Shawn Whitfield infant son of Elizabeth LeeAnn McCullough and Christopher Shawn Whitfield born on June 16, 2010 passed away on June 3, 2011. Including his parents he is survived by his brothers, Nicholas and Douglas McCullough; maternal grandparents, Robbie and Donald Franklin; paternal grandmother, Edna Shull. A Celebration of Life Service will be held Wednesday, June 8, 2011 at...
Barbara Wrae Lane Bunch
Jun 2, 2011
Barbara Wrae Lane Bunch, 73, of Suffolk, VA passed away June 2, 2011. She was born in Hertford, NC the daughter of the late Ethel Trueblood Lane and Benjamin Franklin Lane. She was predeceased by her sisters, Bessie Lane Meads, Maggie Lane Perry, and Madie Lane Chappell. She formerly worked as a switchboard operator at Obici Hospital and was a...
Brandford Stanley, Jr.
May 31, 2011
Brandford Stanley, Jr. , 81, of Smithfield, VA passed away May 31, 2011. He was born in Isle of Wight County the son of the late Joseph Stringfield Stanley Nurney and Brandford Stanley, Sr. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Brandford retired from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He was a member of Smithfield Baptist Church and the Baracca Class. He...
Claudia Rhyne Troyer
May 28, 2011
Claudia Rhyne Troyer, 92, of Chesapeake, VA passed away May 28, 2011. She is the daughter of the late Leroy and Bessie Corbett. She is predeceased by her husband John Troyer. She was a member of Brentwood Baptist Church. Claudia is survived by her daughter and son-in-law; Frances and Gary Parlett of Virginia Beach, son; Jim Rhyne of Suffolk, 4...
Russell James Crawford
May 28, 2011
Russell James Crawford, 42, of Suffolk, VA went to be with the Lord May 28, 2011. He was born in Sidney, NY the son of James F. and Marjorie C. Crawford. Russell was the beloved husband of Rebecca Ann Crawford. He worked as an agricultural supervisor at the Virginia Tech Tidewater Ag Research and Extension Center. Russell was a member...
Lucy Woodle Klass
May 27, 2011
Lucy Woodle Klass, 80, of Suffolk, VA passed away on May 27, 2011. A native of Denton, NC she was the daughter of the late Clayton and Nealy Smith Woodle. She was also predeceased by her husband, Billy Robert Klass. She drove the Bookmobile for the Suffolk Library and was a water color artist as well as an avid antique...
Bobbie Gale Laubach
May 23, 2011
Bobbie Gale Laubach, 66, died Monday, May 23, at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk. She was a native of Smithfield, but lived in Northbrook, IL, for 15 years before returning to VA in 1985. She was preceded in death by her husband, LCDR John P. Laubach, US Navy, and her parents, Joseph B. and Mary K. Gale. She is survived...
Nellie Hedgebeth Byrd
May 20, 2011
Nellie H. Byrd, 95, widow of Leonard H. "Doc" Byrd, went to be with her loving Father on May 20, 2011. A native of Nansemond ,Co., Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Fenton H. & Clio Hedgebeth. She was a charter member of Hillcrest Baptist Church, former Sunday school teacher, member of the Ruth Bible Class, and the...
Paris George Zambas
May 18, 2011
Paris George Zambas of Virginia Beach, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. He was born in Newport News, Virginia on October 31, 1954 to George and Evangeline Zambas, and was a 1972 graduate of Kecoughtan High School. He started out in the restaurant business working beside his father at the Jackson Restaurant on...
Ruth Marie Johnson Vann
May 16, 2011
Ruth Marie Johnson Vann, 70, passed away May 16, 2011. She was born in Nansemond County the daughter of the late Naomia Smith Johnson and Howard Grady Johnson. She was predeceased by her husband, Willie Clyde Vann, Sr. and was a member of Cypress Chapel Christian Church. Ruth is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Robert C. Talton,...
Harold Wesley Parrish, Jr.
May 15, 2011
Harold Wesley Parrish, Jr., 49, of Suffolk, VA, passed away May 15, 2011. He was born in Norfolk, VA, the son of Harold Wesley Parrish, Sr. and the late Ruby Lane Ipock. He was also predeceased by his step-mother Betty Lou Lane Parrish. He worked as an electrician for J.J. Byrd. Including his father, Harold is survived by his five...
D. Morris Porter
May 14, 2011
Daniel Morris Porter, 74, of Suffolk, VA passed away at home, Saturday, May 14, 2011. Born in Newton Grove, NC, Morris was the son of the late Monzo Daniel and Rachel Raynor Porter, and was the loving husband of Sylvia Keen Porter, his wife of 51 years. Morris was a member of Bethlehem Christian Church and The Joyce Anne Harrell...
Jason Christopher Hernandez
May 13, 2011
Jason Christopher Hernandez, 33, of Chesapeake, VA passed away May 13, 2011. He was born in Chicago, IL the son of Carol Abromaitis Hernandez and the late Julio Frank Hernandez. He was a United States Navy veteran. He recently worked as an electrician. Including his mother, Jason is survived by his wife, Michelle Martin Hernandez; daughter, Alicia Nicole Hernandez; sisters,...
