Betty Anne Knight Bryant
Jan 2, 2010
Betty Anne Knight Bryant, 71, of Suffolk, VA passed away January 2, 2010. She was born in Nansemond County, VA the daughter of the late Margaret Anne Stedman Taylor Knight and Willie Carey Knight. Betty retired after 20 years as a nursing supervisor for Obici Hospital. She also worked as a bookkeeper for Knight's Farm Supply. Betty was a member...
Staley Hurley Mcclenny
Jan 1, 2010
Staley Hurley McClenny, 70, of Suffolk, VA passed away January 1, 2010. He was born in Southampton County, VA the son of the late Frank Hurley McClenny and Mary Fowler McClenny. He was predeceased by his son, David Lee McClenny. Staley retired as a welder from the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Shop 26. He was a member of Bethel Assembly of...
Charles Branch Phelps
Dec 31, 2009
Charles Branch Phelps, 86, of Surry, VA passed away December 31, 2009. He was born in Chesterfield County the son of the late Zeb Bryant and Mary Francis Firth Phelps. He was raised in Richmond and New Kent County. In 1954 he moved to Surry County and opened P & E Motors with his brother-in-law, Dick Edwards. Charles worked in...
Janie Byrd Aston
Dec 31, 2009
Janie Byrd Aston, aged 90, was called to her heavenly home on December 31, 2009,to be reunited with her beloved husband of 59 years, Beverly, and her only son, Ron. She was born in Suffolk, VA, the daughter of the late J. Pressley Byrd and Janie Whitehead Byrd. Her mother lived for only 2 days after her birth, a victim...
Barbara Wilkins Brandon
Dec 24, 2009
Barbara Wilkins Brandon, 57, of Suffolk, VA passed away on December 24, 2009. A native of Suffolk, she was the daughter of the late, Thomas Earle Wilkins. She was also predeceased by her brother, Charles E. Wilkins and her sister, Frances W. Saunders. Barbara was a member of First Baptist Church. She is survived by; son and daughter-in-law, Johnny A....
Essie Paramore Purdy
Dec 20, 2009
Essie Paramore Purdy, 99, of Suffolk, passed away on December 20, 2009. A native of Washington, NC she was the daughter of the late Alonga Hodges and Annie Harrell Hodges and was also predeceased by her husbands William A. Paramore, Sr. and James Purdy and six sisters and one brother. She was a homemaker. She is survived by her daughters,...
Mary Elizabeth Draper Small
Dec 19, 2009
Mary Elizabeth Draper Small, 66, of Suffolk, VA went to be with the Lord on December 19, 2009. She was born in Hampton, VA the daughter of the late Luther Garland Draper, Sr. and Retha Elizabeth Lassiter Draper. She was predeceased by a sister and a brother. Mary worked as a nurse for Louise Obici Memorial Hospital. Mary is survived...
Harold Edward Quillin
Dec 17, 2009
Harold Edward Quillin, 63, passed away December 17, 2009. He was born in Norfolk, VA the son of the late Charles and Edith Quillin. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran having served in Vietnam. He retired from the Virginian Pilot. Harold is survived by his daughter, Christina Cohenovr of Mobile, AL; sister, Margie Roberta Pickett of Hampton, VA; brothers,...
Herbert Bruce Lane
Dec 14, 2009
Herbert Bruce Lane, 61, was born in Nansemond County, Suffolk, VA to the late Oscar G. Lane and Sallie D. Lane. He passed away on December 14, 2009 and was predeceased by his brother, Robert L. Lane and sister, Mary B. Russell. He was a U.S. Army veteran having served during Vietnam. Herbert was a fork lift driver for Maersk...
Margaret Eva Mccave Weiler
Dec 14, 2009
Margaret Eva McCave Weiler, 64, of Windsor, VA passed away December 14, 2009. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts. She was predeceased by her husband, John Albert Weiler, Sr. II. Margaret is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Margaret and James Campbell of Windsor, VA; son and daughter-in-law, John Albert Weiler, III and Anna Weiler of Elizabeth City, NC; grandchildren,...
Susie Morris Mcclenny
Dec 12, 2009
Susie Morris McClenny, 86, of Suffolk, VA, passed away on December 12, 2009. A native of Suffolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late William and Grace D. Morris. Susie was a widow of Wallace Mills McClenny. Susie was a retired child care provider for the Virginia Baptist Children's Home and also former co-owner of McClenny Truck Stop. She...
Melissa "Lisa" Carol Rogers-Wyatt
Dec 11, 2009
Melissa Carol Rogers-Wyatt "Lisa" Rogers, a resident of Suffolk, passed away December 11, 2009 at Obici Hospital. She was born July 24, 1970 in Elmwood Park, Illinois. Lisa is the daughter of Carolyn S. (Rogers) Leveille of Hudson, FL, (formerly a Virginia Beach resident), and the late William Ray Rogers, step daughter of Peter Leveille, sister Marsha Rogers, step sister...
Margaret Faye Thomas Babb
Dec 8, 2009
Margaret Faye Thomas Babb, 70, of Suffolk, VA passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on December 8, 2009 after her courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Suffolk, the daughter of the late Bessie Matilda Harrell Thomas and James Jackson Thomas. She was predeceased by her sisters and brother, Mary Megginson, Juanita Thomas, and Howard Dempsey Thomas. Margaret...
Elva T. Gilliam
Dec 8, 2009
Elva Turner Gilliam died Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia after a brief illness. Born November 27, 1921, she was a lifelong resident of Isle of Wight County. She was the widow of Quincy Bassett Gilliam, Sr. and was predeceased by a son Quincy Bassett Gilliam, Jr.; granddaughter, Kimberly Yeoman Mullis, and great grandson, Eric Langhrey....
Leon Dale Mcfall
Dec 7, 2009
Leon McFall, 58, of Suffolk, Virginia, died Monday afternoon. He was the owner of CSI, LLC, and surveyor. He attended Greenbrier East High School, WVU at Morgantown, taught at Bluefield State, and was a meteorologist in the Army. Leon was an outdoorsman and devoted family man. He is survived by his wife Tina McFall and step son Emmett Jessee; brother...
Doris Wiggins Hurley Williams
Dec 1, 2009
Doris Wiggins Hurley Williams, 75, of Suffolk, VA passed away December 1, 2009. She was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina the daughter of the late Lois Avery and Johnnie Horace Wiggins. She was predeceased by two husbands, George Hurley, Jr. and John Edwin Williams; and a brother, Buck McCoy Wiggins. Doris was a member of Suffolk Christian Church, the West...
Margaret Mann Umphlett
Dec 1, 2009
Margaret Mann Umphlett, age 82, of Suffolk passed away on December 1, 2009. A native of Nansemond County, VA she was the daughter of the late G. C. Mann and Maggie Abernathy Mann. She was also predeceased by her husband Clyde Jefferson Umphlett, her sister Becky and two brothers, Charles and Bill. She was an educator and counselor in Chapel...
Frances "Faye" Marie Kelly Goddin
Nov 30, 2009
Frances "Faye" Marie Kelly Goddin, 88, passed away on November 30, 2009. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry Lee Goddin, Jr. and son, H. Lee Goddin, III. Survivors include her children and their spouses, Judith and Charles Robinette, Sharron and Frank Jancalek, Gregory and Lynn Goddin; 11 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and 2 great great grandchildren; siblings, Sue Parr,...
James "J. L." Lemuel Griggs
Nov 29, 2009
James "J.L." Lemuel Griggs, Sr., age 70, died November 29, 2009 at home with his family by his side. He was born in Isle of Wight the son of the late Thad Griggs and Elizabeth Griggs Jones. He was a retired Building Contractor. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Bobbie Holland Griggs; daughters and sons-in-law, Lisa G....
Spiller Vincent Anderson
Nov 27, 2009
Spiller Vincent Anderson, 59, of Suffolk, VA passed away on November 27, 2009. He was a native of Newport News, VA the son of the late James Curtis Anderson and Frances Phillips Anderson. He is predeceased by his sister Judith and brother Jimmy. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church and the Adult 5 Sunday school class. He was...
