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Edward Vrablitz

Edward Vrablitz

Mar 22, 2014

Mr. Edward R. Vrablitz passed away on Saturday, March 22, 2014 at his home in Port Haywood, Virginia. Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews, Virginia is in charge of the arrangements

Glen Davis

Glen Davis

Mar 9, 2014

Glen Davis was born on January 1, 1946 and passed away on March 9, 2014.A memorial service for Glen, 68, of Williamsburg, will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday in New Point Friends Church.He was a former employee of Moughons in Mathews.Survivors include two children; 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances.The family...

George Cochran

George Cochran

Mar 8, 2014

Captain George D. Cochran, age 69, formerly of Richmond, and currently of Stingray Point and Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2014, after a battle with liver cancer. He is survived by his very special First Mate, Brenda Benson; two children, Dawn Gonzalez and her husband Ruben, and Tim Cochran; two grandchildren, Christian and Jason...

Ronnie Carter

Ronnie Carter

Mar 8, 2014

Grimstead, VirginiaRonnie W. Carter, age 57, passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014. He was a retiredlong distance truck driver.He is preceded in death by his son, Ronald Carter; brother, Larry Reynolds and his father, John Carter. He is survived by his wife, Wanda S. Carter; daughters, Tiffani Carter-Cooper (Justin) of Georgia; Heather Rutledge (Terry) of Lancaster, Virginia; sons, Josh Carter...

Garland Robins

Garland Robins

Mar 7, 2014

Garland W. Robins, age 93, died Friday, March 7, 2014, at his home in Deltaville. He was predeceased by his wife Margaret Moffitt Robins and his parents John W. and Emma Lee Healy Robins. Garland started his wholesale business in 1950; he sold the business in 1984, and he retired in 1999. He was a founding member of the Lower...

William Brooks

William Brooks

Mar 5, 2014

William F. “Bubba” Brooks, Jr., age 52, of Locust Hill died unexpectedly on Wednesday, March 5, 2014. He was an avid carpenter and commercial fisherman. He also loved recreational fishing with his friends and playing horseshoes. He was predeceased by his father, William F. Brooks, Sr. and brother Jimmy Brooks. He is survived by his children; Lauren Lovejoy (Henry), Ryan...

Ann Matvey

Ann Matvey

Mar 3, 2014

Ann Matvey was born on March 25, 1913 and passed away on March 3, 2014. Ann was a resident of North, Virginia. Services will be announced at a later date.

Edna Duel

Edna Duel

Feb 24, 2014

Edna Duel, 89, of Deltaville and Saluda passed away peacefully Monday, February 24, 2014 after a brief, courageous battle with cancer. Edna was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and nurse, who loved all people and animals. During WWII, Edna served as a Navy Wave and was stationed in Washington D.C. She moved to Deltaville from Chicago, Illinois in 1972 and...

Roberta Major

Roberta Major

Feb 21, 2014

Roberta Palmore Major, born June 11, 1938, died peacefully at home in Stormont on February 21, 2014. She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Thomas M, Major. She is survived by her son, Tommy (Carol); daughter, Terri (Wallace); grandchildren, Katlin, Kelly, Trey, and Abigail; siblings Thomas Palmore, Janet Carson, Frances Hodson, Bobby Palmore, and Donald Palmore....

Audrey Burrell

Audrey Burrell

Feb 21, 2014

Burrell, Audrey Crittenden, age 83, passed away peacefully February 21, 2014 at Cedarfield Health Care Center, Richmond, Virginia. The daughter of the late Virginia Crittenden White and Alva Denzil Crittenden, she was born in Deltaville, VA and lived in Dahlgren, VA from the age of 12. Throughout her life, Audrey met the challenge of cerebral palsy with grace and courage,...

Jean Pritchard

Jean Pritchard

Feb 19, 2014

Jean Beverly Gossage Pritchard, age 82, of Hartfield, VA., died Feb. 19, 2014 at her home on Wilton Point. Mrs. Pritchard was born in Bogalusa, LA on October 8, 1932 and was preceded in death by her parents, Oliver Gossage and Lilly Steckling Gossage, as well as her brothers, Tex Gossage and Charles R. Gossage, Sr.She is survived by her...

William Shackelford

William Shackelford

Feb 12, 2014

MSgt. William W. “Bill” Shackelford, U.S. Air Force (ret.), age 82, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014 in San Antonio, Texas. He was born September 14, 1931 in Middlesex County, Virginia to Warren and Ruth Shackelford. After graduating from Granby High School, Norfolk, Virginia as one of the top in his class Bill enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where...

Bonnie Penney

Bonnie Penney

Feb 12, 2014

Bonnie Roberts Penney died at her home in Deltaville on February 12, 2014 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was predeceased by her parents, Irvin and Myrtle Roberts. She is survived by her husband of 29 years Seth, stepmother Shirley Roberts, brother Ken Roberts and Pat, sister Dale Baber, stepsister Lisa Wright and Donald, lifelong friend Kristi Lane and...

Marjorie Cox

Marjorie Cox

Feb 10, 2014

Marjorie Mercer Cox, 90, of Deltaville, passed away on Monday, February 10, 2014 after a long illness.She is survived by her daughter, Diane Cox Basheer (B. William) of McLean; granddaughter, Kelly Basheer Garrett (Arthur) of Chevy Chase, Md.; great-grandchildren, Sellers, Parker and Cooper; and stepdaughter, Shirley Cox-Schroeder (Robert) of Ellsworth, Kansas.  She was born on July 14, 1923 in Syringa...

Nellie Jones

Nellie Jones

Feb 8, 2014

Nellie Quate Jones, of Remlik, died at the age of 85 on Saturday, February 8, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was born on December 25, 1928, to the late Charles Russell Quate and Mary Francis Quate. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Floyd Waverly Jones; her sisters, Margaret Riddell and...

Edwin Letchworth

Edwin Letchworth

Feb 7, 2014

Edwin Elias “Eddy” Letchworth passed away peacefully at his home in Hardyville, VA. Friday, February 7, 2014. He was born March 24, 1942 in Snow Hill, NC. but grew up in Virginia Beach, where he started out as a carpenter. Later he moved to Richmond, where as a Contractor, he went on to build homes as well as several restaurants....

James Junkins

James Junkins

Feb 7, 2014

Hampton, VirginiaJames Leroy "Bebop" Junkins, 90, died, February 8, 2014. He was a native of Birmingham, Ala. and had lived in Virginia since 1961. Jim lived in Newport News from 1961-1984 at which time he moved to Mobjack (Rainbow's End) in Mathews County, where his heart remained. He was known for his Halloween parties and love for the community. Jim...

Dabney Miller

Dabney Miller

Feb 5, 2014

Dabney Nevelle Miller, 81, passed away unexpectedly at his home February 5, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Alta May Woodworth Miller; his children, Warren (Jackie) Miller of Winchester and Lynn (Alex) Miller Serrano of Springfield, VA, and George (Jennifer) Miller of Charles Town, WV; grandchildren, Stephen, Jeffrey, Marta, Dylan, and Jared; and nieces, Cindy and...

Shirley Hudgins

Shirley Hudgins

Feb 3, 2014

Roanoke, VirginiaBeloved wife, mother and grandmother, Shirley Anne Hudgins, age 68, of Roanoke, Va., died on February 3, 2014 after a long, courageous battle with cancer at her home surrounded by her family.Shirley was born in Norfolk, Va on June 6, 1945, the daughter of the late Robert Benjamin Franklin Hudgins and Jean Skyles Hudgins. In addition to her parents,...

Marianne Boyer

Marianne Boyer

Jan 30, 2014

Gwynn's Island, VirginiaMarianne Ballard Boyer, age 80 passed away on Thursday, January 30, 2014. She was born in San Antonio, TX, on January 17, 1934. She grew up at Fort Hood, TX, and attended Baylor University in Waco. While working at Killeen Base, she met and married William J. Boyer. After moving to Richmond, VA, when Bill was discharged from...