Recent Obituaries
Mary Rohart Williams
Sep 26, 2024
Mary Rohart Williams, 94, of Deltaville, VA, formerly of Chester, VA, passed away on September 26, 2024. She was born on July 30, 1930, in Winchester, VA, to Emerson and Hazel Rohart. Mary graduated from G.A.R. Memorial High School in Wilkes-Barre, PA, in 1948, and from Bridgewater College in 1952. She retired after 23 years of teaching at CE Curtis...
John Francis Speechley, Jr.
Sep 24, 2024
John Francis Speechley, Jr., 78, of Gwynn’s Island, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at his residence. He was born in New York in 1946 to the late John and Hazel Speechley.
He is survived by his life partner, Carol Peycke; a daughter, Tina Tremble of New York; a son, John F. Speechley III of New York; and his...
Dimitrios Basilios Soulios
Sep 23, 2024
Service Arrangements
Visitation will be held Monday, September 30, 2024 from 1:00 p.m.to 2:00 p.m.at Faulkner Funeral Homes, Foster-Faulkner Chapel, Mathews with a Celebration of Life service to immediately follow at 2:00 p.m. Burial will follow at Gwynn's Island Cemetery, Gwynn, Virginia.
Gerald Lee Ware
Sep 23, 2024
Mr. Gerald Lee Ware, 87, of Jamaica, passed away on September 23, 2024. Mr. Ware was born October 5, 1936, the son of the late Samuel and Rydie Ware. Mr. Ware proudly served his community as the owner and operator of Ware’s Servicenter, LC. for more than 65 years. Gerald loved going to classic car shows, gardening and working long...
Donna Rae Thrift
Sep 18, 2024
Donna Rae Thrift, 67 has gone home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at home in Tappahannock, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents Edison and Bertha Thrift of Village, and brother Thomas Thrift, Mechanicsville. She is survived by her loving companion Ricky Hutchinson of 18 years; Ki Hutchinson who was like a brother to her;...
Aaron Huey Chesser
Sep 12, 2024
Aaron Chesser, 85, of Port Haywood, VA passed away Thursday evening, September 12, 2024, after an extended illness
Born in Folkston, GA, his parents were Joseph Thomas "Tom" Chesser and Iva Lee Chesser. He is preceded in death by his wife, Karen E. Chesser; 2 brothers, Wade Chesser and Bill Chesser; and 2 sisters, Winifred Gay and Girdie Thompson.
Aaron retired as...
Elsie Loving Davis
Sep 11, 2024
Elsie Loving Davis, 92, of Tappahannock, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. She was the widow of Charles Albert Davis and a member of Beale Memorial Baptist Church. Elsie was a retired waitress for Lowery’s Restaurant, Tappahannock for sixty-two years. Survived by her daughter, Patricia D. Scates of Dunnsville; sister, Beulah Bailey of Georgia. Also surviving are two grandchildren,...
Stanley Sutor
Sep 10, 2024
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Stanley Sutor on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, after a brief illness. Born in Poland on November 5, 1942, he arrived through Ellis Island, NY at the age of 16. Following a career in masonry for the Township of West Orange, NJ, he retired in Middlesex County, Virginia. Stan is...
Frances Cornelius Williams
Sep 9, 2024
Frances Cornelius “Frannie” Williams, 95, of Mathews, Virginia passed away on Monday, September 9, 2024. Frances was born in Pennsylvania on March 25, 1929, to the late James McCallister and Marjorie Esther McCallister. She loved to hear her sisters, Tomasina and Victoria sing, and she enjoyed spending time with Mrs. Bea. Mrs. Bea, while working at RCC, provided Frances loving,...
Margaret Johnson Crittenden
Sep 5, 2024
Margaret Johnson Crittenden, 99, of Dunnsville, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, September 5, 2024. She was a lifelong Lutheran, and a charter member of and active in multiple churches. She was a Fairfax County P.D. School Crossing Guard, Girl Scout Troop Leader, Youth Camp Director, and H & R Block Executive Tax Service Preparer, among other interests and activities that she...
James Anthony Pavik, Sr.
Sep 5, 2024
This is the testimony of a man who has lived a full life. Born in Faribault, MN on June 19th, 1956 to Janice Elaine (Huskamp) and Malvin Anthony Pavik (Bonita Bay, FL). Brother to Alan Charles (McKinney, TX), Paul Thomas (Naples, FL), Debra Porter (Mike) (Fredericksburg, VA), Joan Geckle (Steve) (Parkton, MD), Linda Kuligowski (Ted)(Ellicott City, MD), Douglas Todd (Kriss)...
Frederick "Ricky" Wayne Burch
Sep 4, 2024
FREDERICK WAYNE BURCH, “Ricky”, 69, of Middlesex County, Waterview, Virginia, and treasured son of the late Jack Covington Burch, and Susie Elma (Polly) Covington Burch, of Essex County, Virginia, transitioned peacefully from this life on September 4th, 2024, in Tappahannock, VA.
Born on March 8th 1955, in Richmond, Virginia, Ricky was known for his soft spoken, reserved demeanor, and his profound...
Ruby Hibble Shackelford
Aug 31, 2024
Ruby Christine Hibble Shackelford passed into the loving arms of her heavenly father on August 31, 2024. Ruby was born in Christ Church, Virginia on January 28, 1929, to Maxwell Cary Hibble and Mary Magdalene Hibble. She had one sister, Mary Maxine Hibble Williams. The family moved to Urbanna, Virginia in 1942. Ruby met her husband, James Willie Shackelford at...
Selma Mitchem Tremer
Aug 29, 2024
Selma Mitchem Tremer, age 89, passed away peacefully Thursday, August 29, 2024, at “Heron Cove at Sanders” in Gloucester, Virginia. She was born February 4, 1935, to Hazel Oliver Mitchem and Charles Lee Mitchem. Selma attended the Church of Saint Therese, Gloucester, Virginia.
Selma Jean was a member of the 1953 graduating class of Mathews High School, Mathews, Virginia. Upon completing...
Deirdre Gilkison McElroy
Aug 29, 2024
Deirdre Ann Gilkison McElroy was born in Chelsea, London, England on September 24, 1935, the daughter of Lieutenant Stewart Vernon Gilkison of the Irish Guards and Mary Kent Gilbert of New York State. She died Thursday, August 29, 2024, at her home. In 1936, her family relocated to Africa. She first lived on a farm in Clocolan, Orange Free State,...
Michelle Lynn Morgan
Aug 17, 2024
Michelle Lynn Morgan, 58, of Mathews, Va., passed peacefully into the better, eternal side of life, on Saturday, August 17, 2024, after a courageous three-year battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Lt. Col. John Robert Morgan, Sr. She was born on December 30, 1965, in Richmond, Va. while her father served in the U.S. Marine Corps...
Leroy Millard "LM" Carlton Jr
Aug 14, 2024
Leroy Millard “LM” Carlton, Jr., age 92, of Urbanna passed away on August 14, 2024, after a short illness.
LM was preceded in death by his wife Marta, his mother Oleathia Heath Carlton, his father Leroy Millard Carlton Sr. and a brother, Albert Heath “Colonel” Carlton.
He is survived by many cousins. LM was a graduate of Christchurch School and attended the...
Patricia Mary Sillery
Aug 14, 2024
On August 14, 2024, Patricia Girouard Sillery, of Saluda, aged 70, left us to be with the Lord. She was born to Robert Louis and Irene R. Girouard on October 26, 1953, In Newport News, VA. She was preceded in passing by her grandparents, parents, her brother, Leon Girouard and niece, Deanna Girouard.
She is survived by her loving husband, Lee...
Sandra Hovey
Aug 14, 2024
Sandra L. Hovey from the Urbanna area passed away at the age of 86 on August 14, 2024 after a lengthy time of disability. Sandra (known to her husband of 45 years, as “Sandra Rose”); is survived by her husband Stanford Hovey, her daughter Aubrina Schryer, and her son Eric Schryer and his wife, Susan. She is also survived by...
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