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Brenda Mae Pfahl
May 21, 2025
Brenda Mae Pfahl of Fulton, New York, passed away peacefully on Wednesday May 21,2025, at 11:11 pm, just shy of her 78th birthday.
She was preceded in death by Mary L. Beeman Cory, Maurice E. Beeman, and Alan Beeman.
Brenda leaves behind a beautiful legacy in all of her surviving loved ones: Dave Parks, Otto...
Katherine Rickman Adams
May 19, 2025
Katherine Rickman Adams, 73 years young and a faithful servant of the Lord was reunited with loved ones unexpectedly May 19, 2025. Raised a Hampton girl, she graduated from Bethel High School in 1970, the first graduating class in the new high school. She met the love of her life, Michael at church in 1971, lived in Tennessee for...
Pauline Mary Smith
May 15, 2025
Pauline Mary Smith, 80, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2025. Pauline was born in Newport News, the daughter of Hermit Moore and Sheilah Moore.
She is survived by her husband Lanceford Smith; children, Timothy Rogar (Flisa) Nevada, Anthony Rogar (Kimberly) Newport News; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren; sister, Nancy Riesbeck; nieces, Annita Fowler (Jack), and Bonnie Dietz...
Vivian Maurine Mayberry
May 13, 2025
Vivian Maurine Mayberry, 94, passed away on May 13, 2025. Â She was born on October 6, 1930, to Oscar and Emelia Hanson in Dickinson County, Kansas, and was the youngest of five siblings. Â She graduated from Roxbury High School and attended Kansas State Teachers College, now Emporia State University. Â Vivian taught at Cooper Elementary, Newton, Kansas, and Page Manor...
William "Bill" Lile Derby
May 12, 2025
William Lile Derby, 93, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2025. Â Born in Virginia, he was the son of the late William Carson and Mildred Lee Derby. Bill proudly served his country in the United States Coast Guard. Â He went on to graduate from the NASA Apprenticeship Program and had a long and distinguished career with NASA, retiring as...
Deborah Sellers Ryan
May 10, 2025
Deborah Sellers Ryan, passed away peacefully at her home on May 10, 2025, after a long courageous fight against cancer. She was born in 1956 on Long Island, NY, to Raymond and Jane Norwig, and after high school she moved with her family to Virginia Beach, VA.
She is survived by her husband Thomas Ryan, her beloved...
Carrie V. Cavin
May 7, 2025
Carrie V. Cavin, 58, died Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Born in Martinsville, VA, she lived most of her life in Fox Hill. Carrie began working at Chick-Fil-A while in High School. Through the years, she was a puppeteer with Rainbow Puppets, a teacher's aide at Gloria Dei, Office Manager for the Navy/Marine Core Relief Center, and ended her career...
Joyce R. Lang
May 7, 2025
Joyce Richardson Lang, 82, died Wednesday, May 7, 2025. Â Born in Spring Hope, NC, and raised in Portsmouth, VA, she had been a resident of Hampton since 1969. Â Joyce worked at Best Products for more than 26 years as a diamond specialist. Her bright smile and love of jewelry helped her sell many engagement rings over the years. Everyone...
Calvin Brown Williams, Jr.
May 7, 2025
Calvin Brown Williams, Jr, 83, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 7, 2025. A native of Fox Hill, Cal was born to Calvin and Margaret Williams on February 26, 1942. He spent his entire life in Hampton, where he graduated from Hampton High School in 1960. He went on to have a long career at Newport News Shipbuilding and...
Robert "Bob" Eugene Lay
May 6, 2025
Robert E. (Bob) Lay, passed from this earthly existence into eternity May 6, 2025. He was born on June 5, 1938, at Langley Air Force Base. A 1956 graduate from Hampton High School, he attended Wichita University, returning to Hampton in 1960. Additional schooling included pre-standard, standard, and graduate certification from the American Institute of Banking. His graduate work...
Deborah Lynn Burgess
May 6, 2025
Deborah Lynn Burgess, 64, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, with her beloved husband by her side. Â Born in Hampton to parents Newton and Betty Bulger, she remained a lifelong resident. Â Deborah graduated from Hampton High School, Class of 1978; and retired from Pomoco Auto Group. Â She enjoyed arts and crafts, loved to cook and was good at...
Robert Lawson Moseley
May 4, 2025
Col (Ret) Robert Lawson Moseley "Bob" passed away on Sunday, May 4th at his home with his beloved sons and wife at his side.  Bob was a devoted husband, father, grandfather and Christian – a true officer and a gentleman who believed in doing the right thing.  Bob was born April 1, 1933, in Savannah, Georgia, but as a...
Richard Lee Schlichenmayer
May 2, 2025
Richard Lee Schlichenmayer known lovingly as "Slick", passed away May 2, 2025. Born in North Dakota to Samuel and Katherine Schlichenmayer, he had been a longtime Hampton resident. At 18 he joined the Airforce where he served four years. Richard retired from Langley Cabs after 30 plus years where he worked as a service technician and meter technician.
...Maynard Campbell Sandford
Apr 30, 2025
Maynard Campbell Sandford, 88, passed away on Wednesday, April 30, 2025. He was born on June 9, 1936, in Hopewell, Virginia. He spent most of his early years in the Virginia Baptist Children's Home in Salem, Virginia where he enjoyed many years working on the farm and playing sports with the other children. He returned home to Petersburg, Virginia...
William C. Tice, Jr.
Apr 28, 2025
William C. Tice, Jr., known by his friends and family as Bill, passed away on April 28, 2025 at the age of 80. Bill was born in Hampton, Virginia to his father William C. Tice, Sr. and his mother Mary Ward Tice. He was a proud member of Hampton High School's class of 1962, where he met many of...
Sammie Lee Miller-Duhe
Apr 28, 2025
Sammie Lee Miller-Duhe, died Monday, April 28, 2025. A native of Hampton, Sammie worked for over 40 years in New Orleans as a real estate agent before returning to Hampton in 2015. She was a member of Pro Life Ministries of OSA; was  a missionary for over 10 years around the world and volunteered feeding the homeless.
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Mary Virginia (Peake) Strup
Apr 27, 2025
Mary Virginia (Peake) Strup died on April 27, 2025 following a stroke, just ten days shy of her 98th birthday. Mary was the daughter of Virginia Crone Peake and John J. Peake, Jr., the wife of Joseph S. Strup, and the sister of John J. Peake, III, and William C. Peake, all of whom predeceased her. She lived most...
Marlene Harden Mann
Apr 27, 2025
Marlene Harden Mann, 92, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 27, 2025. Born in Newport News, Virginia, she was the daughter of Archie and Helen Harden.
On October 22, 1966, Marlene married Eugene E. Mann, Sr., and together they shared 58 wonderful years of marriage, building a life rooted in love, laughter, and devotion. Marlene was an...
Erica Evelyn Mackellar
Apr 27, 2025
Erica Evelyn MacKellar, age 44, passed away on April 27th, 2025. She is preceded in death by her mother, Diane Marie Loher, father, Charles Joseph Loher Jr. and daughter, Emily Diane MacKellar.
Erica was born April 2nd, 1981, in Chicago, Illinois and moved to Virginia and spent her childhood years growing up in the Hampton Roads area....
Gwendolyn Carroll Wilson
Apr 24, 2025
Gwendolyn (Gwen), a longtime resident of Hampton, VA, passed away on April 24, 2025, at the age of 74.
She was the first of seven children born to Clifford Andrew Carroll, Jr., and Nora Bell Keeney Carroll of Leslie, West Virginia on August 10, 1950.
Gwen graduated from Kecoughtan High School in 1968 and lived...

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