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Jean Holland Pavlina
Jul 17, 2021
Jean Holland Pavlina went to her heavenly home on July 17, 2021 surrounded by family. Jean was a long time employee of the Highway Dept. in Suffolk, worked for the Norfolk Port Authority, and had other various clerical jobs. She loved to have fun and dance, especially when she was young, single, and living in VA Beach. She had...
Susan Mantz Nilsson
Jul 16, 2021
Susan Mantz Nilsson, 78, of Suffolk, VA passed away peacefully on July 16, 2021. Born Sally Susan Mantz (but never call her Sally!) on December 31, 1942, in Pensacola, Florida, to Samuel and Lucille Mantz. Susan led a life that touched so many as a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, and friend. Before receiving her Bachelor of Science degree in both...
Maggie Swetits Maldonado
Jul 16, 2021
Margaret "Maggie" Swetits Maldonado, age 51, died surrounded by her family on Friday, July 16, 2021 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer.
Maggie was born December 12, 1969 in Hellertown, PA but moved to Virginia with her family in 1971. She grew up in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, spent her married life...
Reginald Carter, Jr.
Jul 15, 2021
Reginald Carter, Jr., age 81, of Carrollton, VA, passed quietly on July 15, 2021 at Riverside Healthy Living Center in Smithfield, VA. Born August 31, 1939 in Bluefield, VA. Reginald was the son of Reginald Carter, Sr. and Beatrice (Froe) Carter. He attended Tazewell High School, while also working at Carter Printing and Sign Co. He then went on...
Doris Naomi Cruden
Jul 14, 2021
Doris Naomi Satterfield Cruden, 86, passed away July 14, 2021. She was born in Durham, NC the daughter of the late John Tennie Satterfield and Effie Catherine Carrol Satterfield. She was predeceased by her husband, James Joseph Cruden; sons, Patrick and John Cruden; and 5 brothers. She formerly worked in food service at McDonald's. She was a member of...
Maxine Brayton Finley
Jul 13, 2021
Maxine B. Finley, a North Carolina resident, formerly of Northern New York, Â passed away suddenly, on July 13, 2021 after a brief illness. Â She was 91 years young.
Maxine was born in Loretta Wisconsin to the late, Grant Brayton and the late Pauline Brayton. Â Her mother passed when she was 18 years old and she helped raise...
Dan Stanley Clements, Sr.
Jul 9, 2021
Dan Stanley Clements, Sr., of Suffolk, Virginia passed away on July 9, 2021 after many years of heart disease. He was predeceased by his parents, Sallie Burns Clements and Nat Clements; brothers, David and William "Billy" Clements; daughter-in-law, Mary Gebnar Clements and father and mother-in-law, Robert and Virginia Crumpler. Dan is survived by his wife of 40 years, Cindy...
James Elton "Farmer" Ashley, Sr.
Jul 9, 2021
James Elton "Farmer" Ashley, Sr., 91, of Windsor, Virginia passed away on July 9, 2021.
He was born in Chowan County, North Carolina, the son of the late Myrtle Williams  and John Francis Ashley. James farmed for 80 years and worked as a pump operator for the City of Norfolk Public Utilities. He...
Bessie Louie Woods
Jul 7, 2021
Bessie Louie Woods, 94, passed away on July 7, 2021. She was born in Patrick Co., VA the daughter of the late Nannie Verda Lawson Bouldin and Ernest Cecil Bouldin.   She is predeceased by her husband, Bobby Lee Woods; son, Bobby Wayne Woods; grandson, Thomas Ray Woods, Jr.; two brothers and one sister.
Bessie is survived by...
Lorelei "Doodle" Elizabeth Geoghegan
Jul 7, 2021
Lorelei "Doodle" Elizabeth Geoghegan, 5, of Suffolk, Virginia traded in her warrior princess cape and hair bow for the most beautiful angel wings on July 7, 2021.
Lorelei faced battles every single day with hope in her heart, love in her eyes and perfect, epic hair. She accomplished more in her short five years than most could...
Patsy Ann Hackler King
Jul 7, 2021
Patsy Ann Hackler King, 80, passed away on July 7, 2021. Patsy was born in Speedwell, VA the daughter of the late Annie Olinger Hackler and James Howard Hackler. She was the retired Co-Owner of East Coast Homes of VA. Patsy was a member of Bethlehem Christian Church, a King's Circle Member and an usher. She was also an...
Carolyn Babb Moore White
Jul 5, 2021
Carolyn Babb Moore White, 67, passed away July 6, 2021. She was born in Nansemond Co., VA the daughter of the late Josephine Ray Babb and Frank Babb, Sr. Carolyn was predeceased by her daughter, Susan D. Moore, and brothers, Tommy E. Babb and Charles S. Babb. She was a member of Providence United Methodist Church and also Women...
Dorothy J. Mountsier
Jun 30, 2021
Dorothy J Mountsier, 92, passed away peacefully on June 30, 2021. She was born to the late Barton and Ruby Johnson and was also predeceased by her husband John (Jack) Stevenson and son John Barton. 'Dot' worked more than twenty years as an administrative assistant to the Director of Nursing at a county hospital in Verona, New Jersey. Throughout...
Kathy Dehart Cole
Jun 29, 2021
Kathy DeHart Cole left this world suddenly on June 29, 2021 at age 67. She was born in Warner Robins, Georgia on February 10, 1954 to William Leon (deceased) and Margie Ethelda DeHart. She is survived by her husband Barry and their three children: Charlie (Melissa), Christy and Nick (Dyann), as well as by her siblings Melinda Powell (Steve),...
Darren Elijah Patty
Jun 24, 2021
Darren Elijah Patty, 57, passed away June 24, 2021. He was born in St. Mary County, MD the son of the late Will Turner Patty and Ocey Mae McClenney Patty. He was predeceased by 4 brothers and 1 sister. Darren worked as a self-employed painter and was a member of New Life Church.
Darren is survived by...
Marshall Henry Lynn, Jr.
Jun 22, 2021
Marshall Henry Lynn, Jr. "Little Buddy", passed away on June 22, 2021 at his residence at the age of 71 , just one day prior to his birthday.
He is predeceased by his parents, Marshall Henry Lynn, Sr. and Helen Charlotte Harris Lynn, and brother David Lee Lynn. Left to cherish his memory are his brothers, Richard...
Dora White Aston
Jun 21, 2021
Dora White Aston, 86, of Suffolk, Virginia departed this life on Monday, June 21, 2021, at Autumn Care of Suffolk. She was a native of Tyner (Chowan County), North Carolina, and the daughter of the late Arsie Millard White and Patti Ward White. She was predeceased by her husband of nearly 53 year, Nathaniel Aston, her sister Evelyn Blythe...
Mariah Kelsey Sayre
Jun 21, 2021
Mariah Kelsey Sayre, 27, of Currituck County, NC, passed away unexpectedly Monday, June 21, 2021. Mariah is survived by her parents Lisa Sayre of Currituck County, NC and Kenneth (Julie) Sayre of Suffolk, VA. She had one sister Aaliyah Sayre of Suffolk, VA and two step sisters Melinda Hickman of Adairsville, GA and Emalee Hickman of VA Beach, VA....
Ronald Bain Young
Jun 18, 2021
Ronald "Ronnie" "Ron" Bain Young, 68, passed away on June 18, 2021. He was born in Kosciusko, MS the son of Doris Harkins Young and the late Roy Bain Young. Ronnie retired as a self-employed Certified Surgical Assistant. He was a member of the National Surgical Assistants Association. Ronnie is predeceased by grandmothers, Granny Young and Granny Harkins.
...William Nathaniel "Nathan" Dawson
Jun 18, 2021
William Nathaniel "Nathan" Dawson, 38, passed away unexpectedly in Hampton, VA in the afternoon of June 18, 2021.
Born Deaf in Portsmouth, VA, Nathan was accustomed to the beauty in life that he could see, yet unknowing to the sounds and noises happening around him. Despite the lack of hearing, he was a very gentle and loving person...Subscribe
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