Recent Obituaries
George Harmon Croxton
Oct 31, 2024
We bid farewell to George Harmon Croxton, a brother, a true ‘beacon of light ‘in our family, who departed from this world on Thursday, October 31, 2024, just twenty days after his 70th birthday, leaving behind a legacy of warmth and kindness. George walked through this life with a gentle strength, touching the lives of everyone he encountered with an...
Denise McCabe
Oct 31, 2024
Denise McCabe (Dee as she is known to everyone) of Wake, Virginia went home to be with her savior on October 31, 2024 after a valiant battle with small cell lung cancer. Dee was born in Richmond, Virginia on May 16, 1958 to the late John Colbert and Jean Anne Talley. She is survived by her loving and devoted husband...
Betty Knott
Oct 31, 2024
Betty Jean Knott was a loving and wonderful mother, wife, grandmother, sister and friend. She was called home on October 31, 2024 after a brief illness at the age of 91.
She was born to Lessie and Claude Parish in 1933 in Emporia, VA. Betty had three beloved sisters, Gaynelle Grizzard, Louise Parish, and Janet Cranford. She is survived by her...
Catherine Brooks Morgan
Oct 29, 2024
Catherine Brooks Morgan, 97, of Onemo, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, October 29, 2024, at Riverside-Walter Reed Hospital. She was born to Winfield and Jessie Brooks on November 25, 1926. Catherine retired as a teller from Bank of America after many years of service. She loved spending time with her family and friends and visiting her neighbors. She was a...
Edward "ED" Jackson Fleming
Oct 28, 2024
Edward Jackson “Ed” Fleming, 81, of Dutton, Virginia passed away on Monday, October 28, 2024. He was retired from Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock with several years of dedicated service. Ed was an avid fisherman.
He was predeceased by his wife, Eva Fleming and his daughter, Susan.
He is survived by two sons, Paul Gibson and Michael Gibson (Rita); five grandchildren...
Nancy B. Hudgins
Oct 28, 2024
Nancy Lorraine Blake Hudgins left us peacefully on October 28, 2024 after a valiant battle with cancer surrounded by her family.
Born in Bena, Virginia to the late Lorraine and Isaac Blake, Nancy attended Gloucester High School playing basketball throughout the years. After graduation, Nancy began working for Dr. Marvin West, DDS in Williamsburg. While working full time, she attended a...
Carl E. Tate
Oct 24, 2024
Carl E. Tate, age 85 of Deltaville, VA, formally of Mechanicsville, VA, passed away peacefully on Thursday, October 24, 2024.
He is predeceased by his parents, Eddie and Ethel Tate, and daughter Sherry Sharpe.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Betty Tate: son, Randy Tate and wife Dale Tate: one sister, Edith Wilson and her son Sandy Wilson; 5...
Daniel Carlton
Oct 24, 2024
Stephen Daniel Carlton, 88, of Hartfield, Virginia, passed away on Thursday, October 24, 2024.
Daniel retired from Chesapeake Corporation in West Point, Virginia. He was a member of Hermitage Baptist Church, Church View.
Daniel was preceded in death by his daughter-in-law, Connie Thrift Carlton; a grandson, Cody; granddaughter, Christy; and two brothers, Raymond and Jeff. He was also preceded in death by...
Virginia Slaughter
Oct 22, 2024
Virginia "Burnsie" Slaughter's remarkable 98-year life came to a natural end on October 22, 2024, surrounded by family at Essex House near her home of over fifty years in Gwynnfield, near Tappahannock. Burnsie's zest for a life of fun and friends was matched by her commitment to family, business, and community. Her memory is a blessing to countless friends and...
Patricia Leigh Herbert
Oct 22, 2024
Patricia Leigh Herbert (nee Butterworth), 85, of Bohannon, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, October 22, 2024. She was active in many cultural activities and her church. Patricia was a brave, honest, and kind lady who loved groups and her church. She loved bluegrass music, pottery, quilting, movies, puzzles, pets, gardening, owls, and frogs.
Patricia was survived by her husband, Page Herbert;...
Jeffrey Stout
Oct 22, 2024
On October 22nd, 2024, Jeff went to rest with the angels. He was surrounded by his family as he left this world. Jeff leaves behind his beloved wife Tonya Christie; his dear father-in-law, John Winder; his daughter, Heather Tucker (John); three grandchildren, Justin, Stormi, and Starri, one great-grandson, Asher; his brothers, Rick Stout (Alfreda), Fred Stout (Cindy); sister, Beverly Romero (Alfred);...
Katherine Christine Goulait
Oct 21, 2024
On Monday October 21 Katherine Christine Goulait (Malik) fell asleep at home. Kathy now rests without pain. She was a lady that you would most likely remember if you ever met her. She was born in Rockville Center, NY in 1946. She lived primarily in Waterbury, CN.
After high school, she came to the DC area until she was a “come...
Henry Malcome Jett Jr.
Oct 20, 2024
Henry Malcome Jett, Jr., 70, of Lancaster, passed away peacefully on October 20, 2024. He is survived by his wife, Connie Kimmel Jett; his daughter, Dr. Scarlett Jett; and his sisters, Bessie Sawdy, Rebecca George, Betty Crandall, and Linda Ketner and their families. He was preceded in death by his father, Henry Malcome Jett, Sr.; his mother, Margaret Haynie Jett;...
James E. "Tommy" Davis, Jr.
Oct 19, 2024
James E. “Tommy” Davis, Jr., 71, of Tappahannock, Virginia, passed away on Saturday October 19th, 2024. He was preceded in death by his parents, James E. Davis, Sr, and Audrey Elliott Davis; and his brother, Damon Davis. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Peggy Davis; his daughter, Amanda Brooke Pickering (David); son, James E. “Bubba” Davis, III; sister,...
John Joseph Herring, Sr.
Oct 19, 2024
It is with great sadness that the family of John Joseph Herring Sr. announce his passing on October 19, 2024. John, age 83, resident of Tappahannock, Virginia will be sadly missed by his wife of sixty-three years, Helen, his five sons, eldest John Jr. and his wife Tina, and their three children Elise, Brice, and Brock, son Bruce and his...
William Joseph Frigge
Oct 17, 2024
Captain William J. Frigge, U.S. Navy (Ret.) crossed over the bar on Thursday, October 17, 2024.
He was born on 23 January 1942 in Vincennes, IN, and was educated in the Catholic school system there. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy from 1961 to 1965 and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1965. He also attended the U.S. Naval Post Graduate...
Raymel Main Stein
Oct 13, 2024
Raymel Main Stein of Hartfield, a Godly mother, Granny and Gigi, left this world peacefully on Sunday Oct 13, 2024, and is now in the loving eternal presence of God where she has been reunited with Raymond, her cherished husband and dearest friend of 62 years.
Born in Roanoke she treasured the mountains, but later she relocated to Hampton, Va where...
Genevieve B. Jones
Oct 13, 2024
Genevieve B. Jones departed this life and transitioned to her heavenly home on October 13, 2024. She was the only child born on February 25, 1933, to her adoring parents, Dellie and Delma Wilson. Ginny, as she was known, took great pleasure in her home and was a lifelong homemaker. She was known for her love of music, Elvis, family,...
Catherine Moon Brizendine
Oct 10, 2024
Catherine Moon Brizendine, of Howerton, VA., passed away on October 10, 2024 with her family by her side. Mrs. Brizendine was preceded in death by her parents, George William Moon, Sr., and Cora Delray Anthony Moon; brother, George William Moon, Jr., and grandson, Lucas Aaron Brizendine.
She is survived by her husband of 67 years, Franklin Shearwood Brizendine, Sr; son, Franklin...
James Andrew Robinson, Jr.
Oct 10, 2024
James A. Robinson Jr. (Jim), age 74, of Mobjack in Mathews County, succumbed to his battle with Parkinson’s disease on October 10, 2024 in the care of the hospice team at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital.
Jim will forever be remembered as an extraordinarily brilliant and kind person. At a young age, it was determined that Jim was exceptionally intelligent and yet...