April 25, 2018
Susan Gail Atwood
Susan Gail Atwood
Yorktown, VA
Susan Gail Thomas Atwood. A Hero's fight is finally won. Today a Daughter, Sister, Wife, Mother, Grand Mother, and first Best Friend at last has what she has wanted for so long. Susan Gail Thomas Atwood was born on April 11, 1957 at Quonset Point, Rhode Island and on...
William Jaylin Brown
William Jaylin Brown
Hampton, VA
William Jaylin Brown, 20, passed away on April 19, 2018. A celebration of William's life will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday April 27, 2018 at the Chapel Mausoleum located inside Parklawn Memorial Park 2551 N. Armistead Ave Hampton, VA 23666. Friends are encouraged to visit...
Dorothy Ann Byars
Dorothy Ann Byars
Yorktown, VA
Dorothy Ann Byars passed away on April 21, 2018 at the age of 73. She was a native of both Yorktown and Hampton and had been a small business owner for 30 years. Dorothy was preceded in death by her daughter, Pamela A. Scheck and her parents, James and Dorothy Trainham. She is...
Frank H. "Sonny" Cowling
Frank H. "Sonny" Cowling
Newport News, VA
Frank Houston Cowling, better known as Sonny to associates, team mates and friends, made his final tackle through the Pearly Gates on Monday, April 23, 2018. The fifth child and the fourth son of Samuel Willis Cowling, Sr. and Louise Koontz Cowling, Sonny was born in Newport...
Dwight C. Curtis
Dwight C. Curtis
Hampton, VA
Dwight Carr Curtis was born March 15, 1945 in Newport News, VA to the late Bernice and Kapana Curtis. He is predeceased by his Wife, Mary “Ladybug� Hollomon Curtis, his brothers Marshall-Kathe Curtis and Burnie C. Curtis, Jr., and a son, Ontwon D. Curtis. Dwight graduated...
Thord Kenneth Einarsen
Thord Kenneth Einarsen
Williamsburg, VA
Thord Kenneth Einarsen, 73, died at home on Sunday, April 22, 2018. He was born in Teaneck, N.J. on February 3, 1945 to Thord Walter and Rita Einarsen, and married Karen Branner on June 18, 1972. Thord grew up in Harrisonburg, VA. He was a graduate of Eastern Mennonite...
Kenneth Dalton Ellis
Kenneth Dalton Ellis
Hayes, VA
Kenneth Dalton Ellis, 25, died unexpectedly April 20, 2018. Dalton was a welder by trade, loved music and guitar playing, dirt bikes, being on the water and the New England Patriots. He loved his son and enjoyed time spent playing with him. He was big on family, had a heart of...
Maggie Estelle Firth "Essie" Firman
Maggie Estelle Firth "Essie" Firman
Poquoson, VA
Maggie Estelle "Essie"� Firth Firman, 88, a native and lifelong resident of Poquoson, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at home with her family by her side. She was a homemaker and devoted her life to raising her family. Essie was preceded in death by her husband, Freddie...
Austin "Coolhand" Gandy Sr.
Austin "Coolhand" Gandy Sr.
Newport News, VA
Austin Gandy, Sr., born on March 27, 1926, in Greene County, Mississippi. “Coolhand�, as he was so affectionally known, went home to be with our Lord and Savior on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. He proudly served in the United States Army and was a WWII Veteran. He retired as...
Charles Goodman
Charles Goodman
Newport News, VA
Rev. Charles Goodman, MSGT USAF, Ret., widower of the late Mrs. Laura Goodman and former Pastor of New Elam Baptist Church, New Kent County, VA. transitioned on Monday, April 23, 2018 at The Newport Nursing Home. Newport News, VA. A Graveside services will be held Thursday,...
Lena L. Goodman
Lena L. Goodman
Newport News, VA
Lena L. Goodman, passed away Saturday, April 21, 2018. Born August 21, 1928 in the Berkley Section of Norfolk, to the late Isadore and Nettie Laibstain, she was a 1946 graduate of Maury High School. During WWII, Lena helped entertain the troops by singing in the USO. She then...
Doris M. Herrmann
Doris M. Herrmann
Hampton, VA
Doris M. Herrmann, 90, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 21, 2018 in Hampton, VA. Doris was born in Pensacola, FL on May 18, 1927 to Walter Gay McLeod and Irene Palmas McLeod. She graduated Pensacola High School, Florida State University and Temple University School of...
Minnie B. Holland
Minnie B. Holland
Williamsburg, VA
Minnie B. Holland, 95, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018. A celebration of life will be held at 1:00 pm on Friday April 27th at Bethel Restoration Center with Pastor John N. Gray officiating. Interment will follow at Williamsburg Memorial Park. Viewing will take place on...
Carolyn L. Moore
Carolyn L. Moore
Carlisle, PA
Carolyn L. Moore, 72, of Carlisle passed away on Saturday, April 21, 2018 at her home with family by her side. She was born on July 8, 1945 in Hampton, VA and was the daughter of the late William A. and Beulah E. (Banks) Lattimore. Carolyn graduated in 1963 from Phenix High...
Gracie F. Pierce
Gracie F. Pierce
Waverly, VA
Gracie F. Pierce, of Waverly VA, entered eternal rest April 20, 2018, at her residence. Viewing will be Thursday, April 26th, 12:00 Noon to 5:00 pm and Friday 10:00am -5:00 pm at Peace Funeral Home. Funeral Service will be Saturday, April, 28th at Jerusalem Baptist Church,...
Carlton Pittman
Carlton Pittman
Newport News, VA
Carlton Pittman, originally of Scotland Neck, North Carolina and most recently of Newport News, Virginia passed away on April 22, 2018. He was an Army veteran who served honorably from 1955 â€" 1958. Pittman was a former Correctional Officer for thirty years at the Bronx...
Priscilla Shriver
Priscilla Shriver
Hampton, VA
Mrs. Priscilla Ann (Ambrose) Shriver, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, born on May 9, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to the late Josephine Ambrose and the late James Ambrose, went home to be with the Lord at age 80 on April 23, 2018 in Hampton, Virginia. She graduated from...
Grace Wiggins Slade
Grace Wiggins Slade
Newport News, VA
Grace Wiggins Slade, 91, passed away on April 20, 2018 at her home in the Chesapeake Retirement Community in Newport News. Grace Dell Wiggins was born in Craven County, NC on December 30, 1926 to Dallas Wiggins and Ruby Cannon Wiggins. She was a resident of Newport News for...
Ruby Jean Tumlin
Ruby Jean Tumlin
Hampton, VA
Ruby Jean Tumlin entered into eternal rest on Friday, April 20, 2018 at Northampton Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center after a short illness. Ruby was born in Cameron, NC on February 6, 1938, but grew up in Newport News, VA. She attended Huntington High School in Newport...
Leroy Wade
Leroy Wade
Poquoson, VA
Leroy "Lindy" Wade, 90, a Poquoson resident most of his life, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at home surrounded by his loving family. He retired from Langley AFB in the Carpentry Shop, and worked with several home builders in Poquoson for many years. Lindy...
Gloria Anderton Wallace
Gloria Anderton Wallace
Hayes, NC
Gloria Wallace, née Anderton, died peacefully in Sealevel, North Carolina on April 20, 2018 at the age of 82. She is survived by daughter Gail Gillis of Swansboro, NC, son Bill Wallace of San Francisco, CA, grandchildren Eric Reynolds and Jennifer Modliszewski of Boston, MA,...
April 24, 2018
William Hellmann
William Hellmann
Toano, Va
William Hellmann passed away peacefully at Patriots Colony in Williamsburg, Va. Sunday April 22, 2018. Born Sept. 9, 1928 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Michael Valentine Hellmann and Lillian Dressel Hellmann, Bill moved to Newport News, VA in 1971 to work for Smithfield Packing...
Billy A. Huff
Billy A. Huff
Hampton, VA
Billy A. Huff, passed away on Friday, April 20, 2018. Born in Jefferson County, Georgia, Billy had been a resident of Hampton since 1960. He was a veteran of the Army, specializing in ventilation systems and went on to be the owner and operator of Virginia Ventilation Systems....
Victor E. Kaczmarski
Victor E. Kaczmarski
West Point, VA
Victor Kaczmarski, 94, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 after a long illness. He was born October 17, 1923 in Swedesburg, PA and moved to West Point with his family at the age of six. After graduating from West Point High school, Vic inspected airplanes for Glen L. Martin...
