Recent Obituaries
Kathryn Daniel
Aug 5, 2015
Kathryn Ware Daniel, age 78 of Jamaica went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Kitty Page fought a long hard battle with cancer for six years but her faith never waivered. She was the widow of her soul mate Roland P. Daniel and was a life member of Glebe Landing Baptist Church, Laneview. Kitty Page...
Joyce Downs
Aug 5, 2015
Joyce Ann Downs, age 72, of Hartfield passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2015. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witness, Gloucester. She was predeceased by her sisters, Erlene Ballard, Nancy Lowey and Linda Lilley Survived by her husband, Daniel A. Downs; sons, Christopher Downs (Carrie) of Centerville, Md., Douglas Downs (Lennea) of Laurel, Md. and Andrew...
Ella Brown
Aug 4, 2015
Ella Forrest Brown, 74, of Cobbs Creek, Va. died on August 4, 2015. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 6, 2015 from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews, Va. Funeral service will be held on Friday, August 7, 2015 at 2:00 pm at Mathews Baptist Church, Hudgins, Va.
Eugene Hudgins
Aug 3, 2015
Eugene Coles Hudgins, 88, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 3, 2015 at Hospice House in Williamsburg, Virginia. He worked for the Newport News Shipbuilding from 1960 to 1989. Eugene played music with the Norman Phelps Music for 6 years on the radio daily and television once weekly. He also played with a local band the "Swinging Strings" for 40...
Michael Atkins
Aug 2, 2015
Michael Brian Atkins, age 41, of Onemo, Va. died unexpectedly at home on August 3, 2015. He was born on October 2, 1973. Brian was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps. He is survived by his wife, Gina Armistead Atkins, a daughter, Lauren Atkins, a sister, Lisa Martin, his mother, Beverly Cochran and his father, Oliver Atkins. He is...
Eileen Stilwagen
Aug 1, 2015
Eileen Margaret Stilwagen (nee Faughnan) passed away after many courageous battles with cancer on August 1, 2015. She is now reunited with her husband, Rick and her parents, Jerry and Evelyn Faughnan. She leaves to carry on the legacy she and Rick began in 1969, her son, Rick and his wife, Carmen, of Holbrook, NY, and their 3 children, Mathew,...
Anthony DeLaurentis
Jul 30, 2015
Anthony F "Tony" DeLaurentis, Jr. age 54, of Mathews, Va. died on Thursday, July 30, 2015. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and once he was honorably discharged, he became a general contractor. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church.Tony is survived by his wife of 26 years, Sharon Minter DeLaurentis; two daughters, Ashley F. Bain (...
Darlene Cornwell
Jul 30, 2015
Darlene Michelle Schaefer Cornwell, 56 of Mathews, Virginia passed away peacefully Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 11:11 pm. Darlene was born September 11, 1958 in California and was the daughter of Hubert James Schaefer and June Jackson Schaefer. She was a graduate of Bayside High School. She became a wife and mother of two sons and a daughter. After raising...
Darlene Cornwell
Jul 30, 2015
Darlene Michelle Schaefer Cornwell, 56 of Mathews, Virginia passed away peacefully Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 11:11 pm. Darlene was born September 11, 1958 in California and was the daughter of Hubert James Schaefer and June Jackson Schaefer. She was a graduate of Bayside High School. She became a wife and mother of two sons and a daughter. After raising...
Norman Mickelborough
Jul 25, 2015
Norman S. Mickelborough, age 48, of Gloucester, VA, a native of Bohannon in Mathews, VA, departed this life on Saturday, July 25, 2015 in Riverside-Walter Reed Hospital. Norman briefly served as a member of the Mathews Volunteer Fire Dept., Bohannon Station # 2. He was a member of Emanuel United Methodist Church. He is survived by his parents, Garnett Lee...
Ann Gabbert
Jul 22, 2015
Ann Moody Gabbert, 84, died Wednesday, July 22, 2015 after a short illness. She had been a resident of Riverside Convalescent Center in Saluda, Va. since January, 2014 She was preceded in death by her husband, Neil Francis Gabbert, her parents, George H. and Blannie C Moody, and 2 brothers, T. Clark Moody (Shirley) and James N. Moody. She is...
Betty Pinchefsky
Jul 19, 2015
Betty Ann Cohen Pinchefsky, 82, of Locust Hill, passed away Sunday, July 19th, 2015 in Locust Hill, Virginia. She was born March 13, 1933 in Richmond, Virginia, to Jesse and Esther Cohen. She is survived by her husband Herbert Pinchefsky, whom she married on June 15, 1952. Also surviving are her sister Lois (Richard) Bloom; her two daughters, Marci Rochkind...
Francis Behal
Jul 18, 2015
FRANCIS JOSEPH BEHALFRANCIS JOSEPH BEHAL OF 592 LOVERS LANE IN MATHEWS, WAS CALLED HOME BY THE LORD ON JULY 18, 2015, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY.HE WAS BORN OCTOBER 10, 1931 IN YOAKUM COUNTY, TEXAS TO ROBERT WILLIAM BEHAL AND ANITA HOFFMAN BEHAL. FRANCIS ATTENDED PUBLIC SCHOOL IN SMITHVILLE, TEXAS. HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE FROM ST. EDWARDS...
Dossie Harmon
Jul 17, 2015
Dossie M. Harmon of Cobbs Creek, passed away peacefully Friday morning, July 17, after a brief illness. She was 92.Dossie was a native of Greeneville, Tennessee and had made her home in Mathews, Virginia for over 50 years. She was the daughter of the late Claudia and Bill Fanning of Greeneville, Tenn; the widow of J.T. Harmon, and the mother...
Manley Lindsey
Jul 16, 2015
Manley Walker Lindsey, 82, of Foster, Va. died on July 16, 2015 at home. He was a veteran of the Korean War. He was predeceased by his wife, Jean Lindsey.He is survived by his son, Kirk Walker Lindsey (Teresa); two daughters, Tanya Renee Jones (David) and Dawn Marie Taylor (Ralph); grandchildren, Guido Joseph Raso III, David Michael Flanzbaum and Zion...
Lena Hughes
Jul 12, 2015
Lena Virginia Hughes, 86, of Onemo, Virginia passed away on July 12, 2015. Mrs. Hughes was a member of Mathews Baptist Church and active in many ministries of the church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Irving E. Hughes, Sr. and her son, Charles E. Hughes; a sister, Janette Hudgins and a brother, Floyd E. Hudgins, Jr. She...
Margaret Dentler
Jul 12, 2015
Mrs. Margaret Dentler, 80, of Gloucester, died on Sunday, July 12, 2015 surrounded by many family members. She was born in Beckley, West Virginia, one of six children of Orville and Edith A. (Mays) Phillips on March 26, 1935. She is survived by her children Rhonda Kodad (Darell) of Bellevue, Nebraska; Nancy LaLand (Geoffrey) of Mathews; Ronald Dentler of Gloucester;...
Chris Plakas
Jul 12, 2015
Chris J. Plakas , 85, died on Sunday, July 12, 2015 in Mathews, Virginia. Chris owned and operated Walden's Marina in Deltaville for nearly thirty years. Born on the island of Ikaria, Greece, Chris served in the Greek Air Force before continuing his graduate education in Athens, Lisbon and at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore. In the 1960s, while working on...
Mattie Smith
Jul 12, 2015
Mattie Robinson Smith, 90, of Water View died Sunday, July 12, 2015. She was the widow of Carter Smith. A retired beautician, she was an avid bowler, loved dancing, and going to baseball games. Mattie was also instrumental in getting the Upper Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department in Water View established and was a charter member of the women’s auxiliary. She...
Corina Patrick
Jul 7, 2015
Corina Louise (Mammy) Patrick, 89, left this world for better land on July 7, 2015. She was born in Anson County, North Carolina to Mamie and George Jordan. She married William Franklin Patrick and they had four children; Amie Ansama (Jerry) of York County; William Franklin Patrick Jr. (Judy) of Gloucester; Carla Callis (David) of Mathews and George Patrick. She...
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