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Randolph Simmons
Oct 23, 2021
Randolph (“Randy”) Lee Simmons, age 71, Deltaville, Virginia, passed away on Saturday, October 23rd, 2021 after a brief battle with cancer.Randy, aka “Dog” or “Papa Dog” to friends & family, was a beloved member of his community in Deltaville, Virginia where he lived on Jackson Creek on the Piankatank River.Randy graduated from Douglas Freeman High School in Richmond, Virginia in...
Edward Taylor
Oct 20, 2021
Edward Franklin Taylor, Sr, 64, of Dunnsville passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. He was a well-known member of the community, as well as a funny and kind-hearted man. Eddie was a carpet salesman for Lowes in Tappahannock and liked to help others. Eddie was preceded in death by his sister Beverly Brummitt and a brother Robert Taylor.Eddie is...
Sheryl Hugate
Oct 20, 2021
Sheryl Kay Hugate, 71, of Hudgins, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. She was formerly a resident of Williamsburg before moving to Mathews County. Sheryl was a Cable technician employed by Cox Communications for 18 years.She is survived by her husband, Ronald R. Hugate; three sons, Ronald R. Hugate, Jr., Christopher W. Hugate, and Terry Allen Hugate; a...
Rosalyn Hudgins
Oct 19, 2021
Rosalyn Belle Burroughs Hudgins, 91, passed away on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 after a long illness. She lived in Norfolk, Virginia for 73 years, moving there as a young bride, and was married to Aubrey Lee Hudgins for the rest of her life. She was a beautiful, generous, and compassionate woman who graced the lives of all who knew her.She...
Jason West
Oct 18, 2021
Jason Bland West, beloved son of John and Betty West, passed away at VCU on Monday, October 18th, 2021 at the age of 46. Jason was brought into the world on December 11, 1974, at Riverside Hospital in Newport News. A life-long resident of Mathews County, Jason was a proud graduate of Mathews High School and attended Rappahannock Community College....
Earl Adcock
Oct 18, 2021
Earl Adcock passed away on Monday, October 18, 2021 at the age of 66, at his home in Mathews, VA. A lifelong Tidewater resident, Earl spent his career designing machines, from submarines to robots, but his true passion was spending time with his family, friends, and in his community. Earl loved experiencing nature, traveling across the country and world, but...
Carolyn Cootes
Oct 14, 2021
Carolyn C. Cootes, 75 of Port Haywood, passed away at her home on Thursday, October 14, 2021.Carolyn was born on September 18, 1946, in Charlottesville, VA. She was the daughter of Edward Lee and Kathleen Clarke Cootes who preceded her in death.At a young age, Carolyn’s family moved to Strasburg, VA and she graduated from Strasburg High School. She continued...
William Deagle
Oct 13, 2021
William Langley Deagle, Sr., 88, of Port Haywood, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 13, 2021. Langley graduated from Mathews High School and worked for the Naval Weapons Station as a graphic artist. Many john boats, fishing boats and yachts have had their names illustrated by his hand. He is the artist of many original works of art both commissioned...
Roland Wilson
Oct 9, 2021
Roland Todd Wilson, 59, of Mathews, Virginia passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, October 9, 2021. Todd was born on December 3, 1961. He graduated from Mathews High School. He retired from the James City County Fire Department as a District Chief. He was later employed by Yorktown Oil Refinery Fire Department where he held positions of Captain, Battalion Chief, and...
Ethel Diggs
Oct 8, 2021
Ethel Atkinson ‘Sydney’ Diggs, age 104, of Diggs, died Friday, October 8, 2021, at her son’s residence in Topping, VA. She was born in Long Island, NY, and was a retired educator and counselor. Mrs. Diggs earned a liberal arts degree from Hamline University in 1940 and a master’s degree in counseling from The College of William and Mary in...
Jill Pearson
Oct 6, 2021
Jill Ann Pearson, 65, of Gloucester, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Jill was born in New Jersey and has lived in Gloucester County for 30 years. She was a member of the Church of St. Therese and the American Legion. Jill previously worked at Ware Produce in Gloucester.She is survived by her husband, Roger Pearson; two sisters,...
Diane Sullivan
Oct 6, 2021
Diane Rousseau Sullivan, 75, of Tappahannock passed away peacefully on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, surrounded by her family. She is survived by her loving husband Ed Sullivan; children Stephanie Rowe and Jeremy Sullivan; sons-in-law, Norman Rowe and Ryan Scales; four beautiful granddaughters, Winter, Bella, Lucy, and Zoe Rowe; brother David Rousseau and his wife Maureen. Diane was preceded in death...
Andrea Garrett
Oct 5, 2021
Andrea “Andy” Miot Garrett, 78, of Bowlers Wharf, VA died peacefully on October 5, 2021. Born June 8, 1943 in Rosemont, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Davis Miot and the late Edwina Fitler Miot of Columbia, SC. She was a graduate of Brenau College in Gainesville, GA.Andy will be most remembered for her love of children,...
Barry Lee Sumner
Oct 5, 2021
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, October 5th, 2021, Barry Lee Sumner, 62, went to be with the Lord. Barry was born to Willis and Wilmadel Sumner August 11, 1959, in Richmond. Moving to Tappahannock in 1973, he graduated from Essex High School where he excelled in Varsity football, baseball, basketball, and tennis, playing each sport alongside his twin...
Ray Ellis
Oct 5, 2021
We celebrate the life of Ray Winston Ellis, 85 years old of Champlain, Virginia who passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Tuesday, October 5, 2021..He was a Husband and Father everyone should strive to be. He lived a life based on his Christianity as a decades long Deacon and Sunday School Teacher at Upper Essex Baptist Church. He...
Shirley Schools
Oct 4, 2021
Shirley Mae Schools, 83, of Caret, Virginia passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021.She is preceded in death by her husband, Gus Melvin Schools, Jr., and her son, Melvin Wayne Schools.She is survived by her daughter, Nancy Mae Jacobus (David); sons, Michael Lynn Schools (Tammy) and Dennis Ray Schools, siblings, Earl Lee, Betty Noel, and Peggy Shaw; and grandchildren, Donnie,...
Gwendolyn Callis
Oct 3, 2021
Gwendolyn Ward Callis went home to be with the Lord peacefully on October 3rd, 2021. Gwen was born on September 7, 1929, in Hampton, Virginia and graduated from Hampton High School.She was preceded in death by her parents, James B. Forrest and Mary L. Forrest; her husbands, Rev. Duane H. Ward and Robert H. (Bo) Callis; her sisters Julia Francis...
Gail Armstrong
Oct 2, 2021
Gail S. Armstrong, age 81, formerly of Norfolk and Mathews, Virginia passed away on Saturday, October 2, 2021. She was born on August 28, 1940 in Lackawanna, New York. She retired from Honeywell Security after 30 years of service, and then, she served as a home health aide. She was a member of the P. Buckley Moss Society and had...
Frances Harrow Ward
Oct 2, 2021
Frances Harrow Ward, born August 5, 1927 passed away after a long illness on October 2, 2021. She was born and raised on Stingray Point in Deltaville, Virginia to Edward W. Harrow “Eddie” and Lucy Dudley Harrow.She was preceded in death by her loving parents, two sisters, Ruth Harrow Stone (USN) and Tess H. Byrd, three brothers, J. Edmond Harrow,...
Cathy Russell
Sep 29, 2021
Cathy Cauthorne Russell, 73, of Waterview passed away on September 29, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents Herbert and Catherine Gardner Cauthorne, and step-mother, Agnes Cauthorne Nunnally, her brothers, Phillip Pearson and Ronnie Schell, and her close friend Patricia Ellis.Cathy is survived by her husband of 52 years, Ronnie Russell, daughter, Shannon and Grandson, Wyatt James; sisters’...
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