Recent Obituaries
Claudia Hall
Oct 13, 2015
Claudia Frances Marchant Hall, widow of Addison Hall, died October 13, 2015, leaving behind a legacy of devotion to her Lord, family, friends and community. She was predeceased by her parents William Frances Marchant and Claudia Scrimger Marchant, two brothers, William Marchant and Leland Marchant, and a grandson, Jason Soucek. She is survived by her children Claudia H. Soucek, Aubrey...
Eugene Callis
Oct 10, 2015
Eugene M. Callis, 81, of Gwynn's Island, Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at Riverside-Walter Reed Hospital with his family by his side. Eugene loved hunting, fishing, gardening and most importantly his family. We will always miss his great sense of humor and his jokes. He is survived by his loving wife of 58 years, Peggy Diggs Callis;...
Alice Dunston
Oct 9, 2015
Alice Harrow Dunston of Deltaville, wife of John W. Dunston, died Friday, October 9, 2015. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wallace W. and Etta Harrow; three sisters and a brother. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held 2:30pm, Monday, October 12, 2015 at Zoar Baptist Church, Deltaville. Interment private. The family...
Page Melton
Oct 9, 2015
Page Nelson Melton, 75, of Deltaville, formerly of Chesterfield County, passed away suddenly on Friday, October 9, 2015. He was an employee of Philip Morris for 28 years, retiring in 1998. About a year later, he began performing a job he loved, working as an income tax preparer for H & R Block and later for Bank of America. Upon...
Edith Collier
Oct 9, 2015
Edith Greggs Collier, 85, widow of Earl T. Collier of Saluda, went to be with the Lord on Friday, October 9, 2015. She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her daughter, Brenda C. Brown and is survived by her daughter, Sandra K Collier of Chester; her grandson, Robert Joseph Brown, Jr....
Mary Miller
Oct 6, 2015
Mary Ellen Rieck Miller, 91, of Irvington, formerly of Urbanna, went to be with the Lord on October 6, 2015. She was preceded in death by her husband, Alvin H. Miller Sr., and son, Paul Robertson Miller. She is survived by a son, Alvin H. Miller Jr.; two daughters-in-law, Alix Miller and Linda Miller; four grandchildren, Erin Miller, Matthias Miller,...
George Walker
Oct 5, 2015
George Burbank Walker, 67, of Mathews, VA, passed away on Monday, October 5, 2015. Memorial Services will be announced at a later date. Arrangements by Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews.
Edna Shackelford
Oct 3, 2015
Edna Catherine Deagle Shackelford, 99, of Deltaville departed her earthly life on Saturday evening, October 3rd, 2015 with her family at her bedside. She was born in Deltaville at the end of Lover’s Lane on Jackson’s Creek on August 26, 1916 to the late Edward Wesley Deagle of Deltaville, VA, and Maggie Cora Lee Ewell of Gloucester, VA. As a...
David Valadez
Sep 29, 2015
David Lopez Valadez, born in Fresnio, Zacatecas, Mexico on November 9, 1939, went to be with his Lord and Savior Tuesday September 29, 2015. Having spent the majority of his life in the cities of Carlsbad and Oceanside, he considered California his home, but joined his family and the community in Urbanna in May 2014. He is survived by his...
Martha Soles
Sep 28, 2015
Martha Jean Soles, 83, of Kilmers Point passed away Monday, September 28, 2015. She was survived by her loving husband, Edward S. “Hezzie” Soles; her children, Thomas G. “Tommy” Powell, Barbara E. Pinekenstein, Larry “Wayne” Powell, Edward G. “Garry” Soles, and Stanley D. “Stan” Dameron; grandchildren, Barry W. Powell, Clinton Maul, Andrew W. “Andy” Powell, Stacey P. Akers, Candice M....
James Beaver
Sep 27, 2015
James “Jimmie” Garland Beaver, 77, of Hardyville, VA, passed away peacefully September 27, 2015, at Rappahannock General Hospital. He was born on February 4, 1938, in Stephen City, Virginia, to the late Bertha S. and Benjamin H. Beaver. He was part of National Guard in Winchester and served for the Army Reserve in Christiansburg while attending Virginia Tech (VPI). He...
Willard Smith
Sep 26, 2015
Willard R. Smith, age 91, of Gloucester passed away in his home on Saturday, September 26, 2015 surrounded by his family. He was a U.S. Army veteran of W.W. II where he received the bronze star. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, Gloucester and a retired school teacher, football coach and principal of the public school system...
Hannah Waring
Sep 22, 2015
Hannah M. Waring, age 80, with her loving family at home, stepped into the presence of Jesus on Tuesday, September 22, 2015.She was born in Delaware, Ontario, Canada on February 4, 1935. She met her late husband, Sgt. 1st class, William J. Waring, while he was on leave from the U.S. Army. After traveling the world, they settled in Mathews...
Boyd Loving
Sep 21, 2015
Boyd Davis Loving, age 81, of Urbanna died Monday, September 21, 2015 at his home. He was a member of Remlik Wesleyan Church and a Navy veteran of the Korean War. Boyd was manager of the former Park Place Supermarket in Urbanna, a longtime member of The Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department where he served many years as chief and was...
Jay Hopper
Sep 21, 2015
Jay Bobby Hopper died on Monday, September 21, 2015 at his home in Mathews. No services are planned at this time.
Emily Winder
Sep 19, 2015
Emily Virginia Winder, age 99, of Hudgins, Virginia passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Culpepper Baptist Retirement Community in Culpepper, Virginia. She was a member of Mathews Baptist Church and Oriental Chapter No. 30, OES. She is preceded in death by her husband, Leslie Hilton Winder. She is survived by her daughter, Jean Drennan and her husband...
Donald Kensler
Sep 17, 2015
Rev. Donald J Kensler stepped into the presence of Jesus September 17, 2015. Donald was a loving husband, devoted father, grandfather and great-grandfather who will be greatly missed. He was born August 4, 1916 in Van Wert, Ohio.Mr. Kensler was an Engineer on the New York Central Railroad during the 1940's. He resigned in 1950, moving his family to Greensboro,...
Hugh Soles
Sep 13, 2015
Hugh S. Soles, 77, of Saluda, died Sunday, September 13, 2015. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, Gloucester and the former owner and operator of Hugh S. Soles Excavating, Inc., where he cleared land, built roads and ponds and also maintained four different county landfills at various times during his career. Hugh enjoyed deer and rabbit hunting...
John Dracos
Sep 11, 2015
John A. Dracos, Sr., 81, of Topping, VA, previously of Richmond, died on Friday, September, 11, 2015. He was born March 26, 1934 in Richmond, VA, son of the late Paul and Mary Bacas Dracos. In addition to his parents John was preceded in death by his two sisters, Angie Stathakis and Cassie Dracos, both of Charlotte, NC. Surviving is...
Lowry Hudgins
Sep 6, 2015
Lowry K. Hudgins, a lifelong commercial fisherman, was born November 22, 1937, and departed on Sunday, September 6, 2015, to be with his Heavenly Father. He graduated from Mathews High School in 1955 and began his fishing career in Lewis, Delaware the next day. In 1957, he married his childhood sweetheart, Glenna Crewe. That lifelong marriage produced four children, Melanie/Dale...
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