Melba Lee Hess
Feb 15, 2017
Melba Lee Hess, 76, passed away peacefully at home February 15, 2017. A native of Jamestown, TN she had been a longtime resident of Hampton. Melba served in the Army and then worked as a Civil Service employee retiring as a GS-12, Contract Specialist. In her free time she loved to spend time with her...
Brian Phillips
Feb 14, 2017
HAMPTON - Brian H, Phillips, 60, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Brian was born in Newport News on September 29, 1956. He graduated from Bethel High School in 1974. He was predeceased by his father Herbert L. Phillips. He is survived by his mother Betty S. Burnes, his stepfather David R. Burnes; brothers, Kevin and Steven Phillips, Michael Burnes; nephews...
Jill F. Wornom
Feb 13, 2017
Jill F. Wornom, 66, died Monday, February 13, 2017. Born in Washington, DC, Jill worked at New Horizons Regional Education Center where she retired as a secretary and teacher's assistant.
Jill is survived by her loving daughter, Angela Wornom; brothers, Gary Dragotta, Jan Dragotta and wife Marcy;Â and grand-dogs...
Robert Benjamin Harrison, Iii
Feb 13, 2017
Robert "Shorty" Benjamin Harrison III, passed away peacefully on February 13, 2017. Bob was born December 4, 1923 in Hampton and graduated from Hampton High School. He was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church in Hampton where he taught Sunday School for over 15 years; leaving a lasting impression on those he taught. Bob...
Anita Jean Rosier
Feb 12, 2017
Anita Jean Rosier, 71, died Sunday, February 12, 2017. Survivors include her husband, Dennis Rosier; three brothers, Charles, Bruce and Brian Wilson; two dogs, Taffy and Tia; and her cat, Tiki.
Violena Constancia Sulzberger
Feb 12, 2017
Violena Constancia Sulzberger "Vi" was born April 3, 1936 in Colon, Panama. On February 12, 2017 she became an angel and went to be with the Lord so that she could continue to watch over and love her family from heaven. Before her transformation into an angel, she married Lewis...
Marjorie Boykin Edgerton
Feb 11, 2017
Marjorie Boykin Edgerton, 90, widow of Ralph D. Edgerton, Sr., passed away on February 11, 2017 from Alzheimers. Born in Johnston County, NC, she was a resident of Newport News since 1944, where she retired as an LPN from The Chesapeake. She was also an active member of Parkview Baptist Church in Newport News since...
Florence Elizabeth Moss Ruehe
Feb 10, 2017
Florence Elizabeth Moss Ruehe, 88, died February 10, 2017. Born in Paris, IL, she had been a Hampton resident since 1963. She graduated from University of Illinois in 1950 and then married Richard W. Ruehe, who preceded her in death in 2013. Mrs. Ruehe volunteered throughout her life, served with the Clean City...
Robert Erwin Carson
Feb 10, 2017
Robert Carson passed away peacefully on Friday, February 10th. A long-time resident of Long Island, New York, Bob and his wife Kay, followed their daughter's military family to Abilene, Texas and then finally to Hampton Roads and there planted their roots. Born of the Great Depression and matured in the realities of WWII, Bob infused...
Carl R. Tyree
Feb 8, 2017
Carl R. Tyree, 69, died February 8, 2017 surrounded by his family. Carl was a longtime resident of the Peninsula and had worked for a number of years as a long haul truck driver.
Carl was preceded in death by his father Carl T. Tyree and his sister Marsha...
Dianne Marie Cockrell
Feb 8, 2017
Dianne Marie Cockrell, 70, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017. Born in Norton, VA, she has been a resident of Hampton since 1962. She was a member of LaCrosse Memorial Presbyterian Church, where she also taught Sunday School.
Surviving are her daughter Alethea C. Rhodes and her partner Lauren...
Emma Myers Sechrist
Feb 8, 2017
Emma Myers Sechrist, 93, died Wednesday, February 8, 2017. A native of Winston-Salem, NC, she had been a Hampton resident since 1944. She was a former member of First Presbyterian Church and attended their women's circle and more recently a member of Fordham Baptist Church.
Preceded in death by...
Elizabeth "Boosie" Gardner Higgins Davis
Feb 5, 2017
Elizabeth "Boosie" Gardner Higgins Davis, 85, died Sunday, February 5, 2017. Born in Toano, she was a lifelong Peninsula resident where she had worked for Drucker and Faulk, Harrison and Lear and Swing Electrical. She loved playing Bingo and enjoyed crafts, especially sewing and macramé. Preceded in death by her husband, Dennitte M. Davis, her parents, Clay Estelle and John...
Erika Marie Wilson
Feb 5, 2017
Erika Marie Wilson of Hampton, VA passed away February 5, 2017. Born March 28, 1995 in Newport News, VA, she was a lifelong resident of Hampton.
Erika was a fun child to be around and kept the whole family in laughter all the time. She attended Phillips Elementary School,...
Jean Joyce Ennis
Feb 4, 2017
Jean Joyce Ennis, age 85, passed away on Saturday, February 4, 2017. Jean is survived by her husband, James Ennis; daughter, Joyce Anne Lanzendorf and husband, Michael; sons, Thomas C. Haskins, Jr., Charles R. Haskins and wife, Yolanda, Walter M. Haskins, and David M. Ennis; sister-in-law, Mary Sheppard; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at...
Clarence Evans, Jr.
Feb 3, 2017
Clarence Evans Jr was born August 27th, 1935 to the late Clarence and Minnie Evans in Gordon, Georgia.
He was educated in the New York City School District and graduated from Franklin K. Lane High School.
He entered the Air Force in May 1954 and served 4 years. There...
Joseph N. Burch
Feb 3, 2017
Joseph N. Burch 74 the son of Juanita and Les Onley brother of Mique Luckett and Patricia Kinder. Joe graduated from Oscar Smith highschool in 1960. Joe met his wife to be Sheila Harper in the first grade. Joe and Sheila married in 1962, Joe was working at international steel. Joe left international steel and began working at Newport News...
John Dixon
Feb 2, 2017
John Lorenzo Dixon, 65, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. He was a native of Washington, DC and retired from a career in the US Army. He had been a resident of the Hampton Veterans Affairs Medical Center Spinal Cord Injury Living Center for many years....
Kenneth Mcdonald, Jr.
Jan 31, 2017
Kenneth McDonald Jr., a Hampton native passed away January 31, 2017, after a long illness.  He was born in Elizabeth City County, Virginia, to Kenneth McDonald and Helen Morris McDonald on February 5, 1935, in Dixie Hospital. He graduated...
Dennia Louise Smith
Jan 31, 2017
Deannia Louise Smith, born on February 21, 1953 in Gray, Texas, passed away at age 63 on Monday, January 31, 2017. Preceded in death by her parents, Bobby and Jessie Knight and survived by her Catholic and Faith Community Deannia loved reading romance novels, playing bingo, and eating M&M's.
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