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Mary Wakefield Buxton
Nov 7, 2025
Mary Wakefield Buxton of Urbanna, VA writer, author and retired educator, passed away on November 7, 2025 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was born in Vermilion, Ohio of parents George Patterson and Mary Baldridge Wakefield in 1941 just several months before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. She graduated from Vermilion High School in 1959 and attended Randolph Macon Woman’s College eventually...
Albert Lee Collison
Nov 5, 2025
Albert Lee Collison passed away on November 5, 2025, in Hartfield, Virginia. He was born November 11, 1938, in Baltimore, Maryland to the late George Collison and Leonard Clark Scott of Hartfield, Virginia. He was a graduate of Baltimore Polytechnic Institute (Poly).
Mr. Collison is survived by his sons, Lee and Keith Collison; grandchildren, Michael, Mackenzie, Nikki and John Collison; sisters,...
Gary Emery Burton
Nov 4, 2025
It is with profound sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of Gary Emery Burton, aged 65, on November 4, 2025, in Middlesex County, VA. Gary departed this life, leaving behind a legacy of love, kindness, and unwavering support that touched the hearts of all who knew him.
Born on June 27, 1960, in Wakefield VA, to Garland Cole Burton Jr....
Paulette Morgan Insley
Nov 3, 2025
Paulette Morgan Insley, 77, of Poquoson, VA passed away amidst the love of her family and friends on Monday, November 3, 2025. She was born in Meade County, KY on August 31, 1948, to Paul and Rose Morgan. She was preceded in death by her parents, a daughter, Melanie Laurin Ashberry, and a sister, Sue M. Mitchem.
Paulette graduated from Rappahannock...
Wilma Jane Goeke
Nov 2, 2025
Mrs. Wilma Jane Goeke (Goedecke), age 94, passed away peacefully on November 2, 2025, in Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia.
Born on February 4, 1931, in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, Wilma lived a long and fulfilling life centered around family and the home she loved. Raised on dairy farms all over the northern United States she met the love of her life, Theodore D....
Pamela Stetson Hankison
Nov 2, 2025
Pamela Stetson Hankison, age 75, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter and friend, was called home to rest eternally with our heavily Father November 2, 2025. She was surrounded by her loving family as she departed while receiving outstanding support and attention by the healthcare staff in the Comprehensive Liver Care Unit at VCU Medical Center in Richmond.
Born October 6,...
Thomas Glaum
Oct 24, 2025
Thomas Wade Glaum “Tommy” 61 years of age resided in King William, Virginia. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 1964, to George J. Glaum Sr. and Phyllis Adams Glaum. Tommy passed on October 25, 2025, in Henrico, Virginia. He is survived by his nieces and nephews: Stephanie Ann James, Christopher Glaum, Brittany Glaum, Matthew James, and Michael James,...
L.F. Bryant, Jr.
Oct 24, 2025
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 29th, 2025 at 11:30 a.m. at Faulkner Funeral Home, Marks-Bristow Chapel, Tappahannock.
George Cecil Sturgill
Oct 23, 2025
Captain George Cecil Sturgill Jr., of Urbanna, passed away peacefully on October 23, 2025, just shy of his 98th birthday. George was born on November 8th, 1927, in Welch, West Virginia to parents, George Cecil Sturgill and Nannie Willis Sturgill (Barksdale). He was the oldest of 2 siblings with one sister, Nancy.
George attended EC Glass High School in Lynchburg, Virginia....
Roland Wade Callis
Oct 19, 2025
LCDR Roland Wade Callis USCG (retired) set sail for far more peaceful waters early Sunday morning, October 19, 2025 at the ripe age of 85. He was born in Onemo, Virginia to George Haywood and Inez Diggs Callis on July 19, 1940. He met the love of his life in high school and he and Marlene Hodges were married in...
Fleta Marie Woodson Hunley
Oct 11, 2025
Fleta Marie Woodson Hunley, a Mathews County resident for almost seventy years, passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the age of 92.
Born on November 25, 1932 in Gloucester, she was the daughter of the late James Ramsey Woodson and Lucy Minor Woodson. She was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years, Walter Scott Hunley; her parents;...
Stanley Keith Griffith
Oct 11, 2025
It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of Stanley Keith Griffith, at the age of 74, who passed away on October 11, 2025.
Born on September 27, 1951, in Beckley, West Virginia, Stanley was the second of five children born to Samuel and Lena Griffith. In the early 1970s, Stanley moved to Richmond, Virginia, where he met and...
Aubrey Eugene Davis
Oct 7, 2025
In Loving Memory of Aubrey Eugene Davis Sr.
5/4/40 - 10/7/25
It is with deep love and sorrow that we announce the passing of Aubrey Eugene Davis Sr. A devoted husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, who was received by angels on October 7th, 2025.
Born to Aubrey and Maggie Davis, Eugene was a man of unwavering faith and quiet strength. A devoted Christian,...
Oscar Fitts
Oct 1, 2025
Oscar Fitts passed away on October 1, 2025 at the age of 82. One of 19 children, he was preceded in death by his parents, John C L and Mildred Walker Fitts. His son, David Fitts. Nine brothers; Arthur, James, Bernard, William, Raymond, Bobby, Joseph, John, and Seldon Fitts. Three sisters; Gladys, Bernice, and Shirley.
He is survived by his wife...
Sherry Bristow Salmon
Oct 1, 2025
Sherry Lynn Bristow Salmon was born on July 26, 1949, and went to heaven on October 1, 2025, at the age of 76. She was married to Danny Lee Salmon for 58 of those years. Together they raised 4 children; Danny Salmon (Karen), Wendy Shores (Lance), Shelby Salmon, and Jeffrey Salmon.
She spent her years as a homemaker doing what she...
Wyatt Beazley Durrette, Jr.
Sep 30, 2025
Wyatt B. Durrette, Jr. died at home on September 30, 2025. He was preceded in death by his parents, Wyatt Beazley Durrette and Beulah Showker Durrette; his sister, Faye Durrette Parson; and former wife, Cheryn Coller Durrette. Wyatt is survived by his beloved wife of 32 years, Dr. Monica Durrette; children, Debbie Williams (Tom); Dawn Fuller (Vance); Dea Hamilton (Jon);...
Mildred Mary Townsend
Sep 29, 2025
Our loving mother, Mildred Mary Weishaupt Townsend, died peacefully at her home in Saluda, Virginia on September 29, 2025. She was 98.5 years old. She was the eldest of six children born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Mildred Mary Klein and Bernhardt Jacob Weishaupt.
She married Richard Volney Townsend on July 1, 1945, and moved to Auburn, New York. Mildred loved children...
Lewis "Stuart" Daniel, Jr.
Sep 29, 2025
Lewis "Stuart" Daniel, 79, of Hartfield, passed away on Monday, September 29, 2025. Stuart was known for his love of the outdoors. He was an avid hunter who enjoyed camping and traveling to new places. He never met a piece of junk he couldn't turn into something handy. If it couldn't be fixed the normal way, Stuart had his own...
Catherine Stewart McCarthy
Sep 27, 2025
McCarthy, Catherine Stewart, 93, of Tappahannock, VA, died September 27, 2025 surrounded by her devoted family.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 62 years, Eugene Byrl McCarthy, Jr., her parents, Catherine Elizabeth Stewart and William Cameron Stewart, and brother, William Cameron Stewart, Jr.
She is survived by her three children, Catherine M. Sgroi and husband, Joseph A. Sgroi,...
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