May 1, 2016

Marjorie Louise Harmon, 90, died Sunday, May 1, 2016. A native of Galveston, TX, she had been a Hampton resident since 1952. Preceded in death by her husband, Penny Harmon; two daughters, Fayne Heath and Pamela Young, and a grandson, James Eichelberger, Jr.; survivors include her daughter, Karon Eichelberger (James); her son, Reed McKnight (Brigid); eight grandchildren; twenty four great-grandchildren;...

Apr 30, 2016

Donna Lewis Taylor peacefully joined her Father in heaven on Saturday, April 30, 2016. Donna was born on July 24, 1937, and was a lifelong resident of Hampton. She graduated from Hampton High School in 1955 and from Pan-American Business College in 1957. She married the love of her life, Burrell C. Taylor, in 1958....

Apr 29, 2016

Jason was born on April 29, 2016 and passed away on Friday, April 29, 2016.

Apr 29, 2016

Lillian Ann Goodyear Routten, 83, died Friday, April 29, 2016. Born in Elizabeth City County, she was a longtime Fox Hill resident where she was a member of Fox Hill Central United Methodist Church. She was a life member of the Fox Hill Volunteer Fire Dept. Ladies' Auxiliary, was an avid garage saler and antique collector and she loved gardening...

Apr 29, 2016

Helen G. Vitale, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister and aunt, passed away peacefully in her sleep at age 94, on Friday morning, April 29, 2016, at Our Lady of Peace Nursing Center in Charlottesville, VA. Helen was born in Marion, Virginia, to Hershal and Emma Grubb in 1921, the eldest of two daughters. She grew up on a small farm...

Apr 27, 2016

Known to all as Bob, he was the second of four children born to the late Charles and Vera Sigler. He was a life-long resident of Hampton and lived the last thirty years on the Mill Creek property where he grew up. On Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at age 71 he died at his home where so many cherished memories...

Apr 25, 2016

Robert Edgar Jones, Sr., 84, passed away on April 25, 2016. Born in Granite City, IL, Bob was the son of Jennings and Agnes Jones and grew up in Columbia, TN. He played football in high school and at Tennessee Tech. He joined the Navy as a Naval Aviator Cadet and went on to fly commercially as a Captain for...

Apr 24, 2016

Guilda Therese Smith Laventure, 62, passed away Saturday, April 24,2016. Born in Port-au-Prince Haiti she came to the US for a new start with her family at the age of 3 years old.

She has been a resident of the Peninsula since 1993. Surviving are her daughters Francine Smith...

Apr 24, 2016

Betty V. Ammons Collins, 89, died Sunday, April 24, 2016. The daughter of the late W.A. Ammons and Lillian Stacy Ammons, she was born and raised in Hampton where she worked for the civil service at Fort Monroe for a number of years, but her greatest joy was being a homemaker with an immaculate home. Betty was a longtime member...

Apr 24, 2016

David Arthur Constable, 78, died Sunday, April 24, 2016. Born in New York he had lived in Myrtle Beach before moving to Hampton in 2011. Mr. Constable had retired from IBM as manager of facility maintenance after 37 years service and had been a member of the Fairview Volunteer Fire Department since 1952.

Mr. Constable is survived...

Apr 23, 2016

Nina Christina Brown, born in Hampton, Virginia, July 19, 1972, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, April 23, 2016, at Maryview Hospital, Portsmouth. Nina graduated from Phoebus High School and attended Potomac Job Corp. She was baptized and worshiped at First Baptist Church Denbigh, Newport News.

Nina is preceded in death by her...

Apr 23, 2016

Jean "Martha" Johnston passed away April 23rd 2016. Born in Greensboro, N.C. March 19, 1941, she was a Hampton resident for over fifty years. She was a graduate of Newport News High School. Active in her community, she was a hospice volunteer, a Women of the Moose lodge member and Woodmen of the World member. Her admiration for our elder...

Apr 22, 2016

Margaret Eugenia Hiser Hughes,  "Peggy" as many affectingly called her, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, April 22, 2016 at the age of 82.  "Peggy" was born March 30, 1934 in Baltimore, Maryland to Howard Eugene Hiser and Margaret Rose Plitnik Hiser Tall, both deceased, before moving to the Newport News area as a teenager, graduating from Warwick High School...

Apr 22, 2016

Rev. Joseph Garrett, 81, died Friday, April 22, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of the Peninsula, Rev. Garrett retired after serving 28 years as Pastor of St. Luke Baptist Church in Plum Point, VA. He had also served in the Army stationed in Vietnam.

Rev. Garrett is survived by his wife, Flora Garrett; children, Michael Garrett,...

Apr 21, 2016

John E. Sim died peacefully at home on April 21, 2016 with his wife of 64 years, Martha, at his side. He was 89 years old. John was born in Dalian, China on August 17, 1926. He was educated at Strathallen School in Perth Scotland prior to moving with his family to California in 1940, crossing the Atlantic with his...

Apr 21, 2016

Paul W. Folse, 95, a native of Phoebus died Thursday, April 21, 2016.  In World War II, Mr. Folse served as a Captain in the U. S. Air Force.  He retired as Senior Vice President of Avec Electronics Corporation in 1987.  He was Past Faithful Navigator of the John F. Kennedy Assembly, Fourth deree, Knights of Columbus, Newport News, and...

Apr 19, 2016

Hampton- Tue Thi Bui, age 84, passed away on Tuesday, April 19, 2016. She was born in Vietnam to Bui Pho Chi and Nguyen Thi Tan.

Tue is survived by her children, Le ThuHa, Bui Duc Thanh, Bui Huu Duc, Bui Phuong Thao, Bui Thao Hien, Bui Trong Phuc. Her siblings: Bui Thi...

Apr 17, 2016

Gladys Gray Swann Lockard, 87, was born in Rainswood in Northumberland VA on December 1, 1928. A resident of Hampton for the last 56 years, Gladys was married to Dale S. Lockard for 58 years before he passed away in 2006.  After 31 years of service with the telephone company, she retired in 1988 and stayed a lifelong member...

Apr 15, 2016

Clance Erving Wilson, 57, passed away Friday, April 15, 2016. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he has been a resident of the Peninsula for 21 years.

Clance served in the U. S. Army for 15 years. He was also a self-employed Auto Mechanic.

Surviving...

Apr 14, 2016

Karen M. Kruse Allen April 17, 1958 - April 14, 2016

Karen M. Kruse Allen, 57, devoted mother, wife, teacher, and friend, passed away on April 14, 2016 at the VCU Massey Cancer Center in Richmond, Virginia.

Karen was born in Williamsport, PA, on April 17, 1958 to Nancy Brown and moved to...