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Carolyn Joyce Mull
Mar 21, 2016
Carolyn Joyce Mull, 65, died Monday, March 21, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of Hampton, Carolyn retired from Food Lion after 10 years in the meat department. She was a member of Hampton Roads Baptist Church and was attending First Friends Church when she was able. Carolyn is survived by her husband, Ricky Mull; sons, Cory McVay, D.J. McVay...
Cornell Cotton
Mar 21, 2016
Cornell Cotton, 66, died Monday, March 21, 2016. A native of New Miami, OH, he had been a Virginia resident for the last 20 years where he had a very entrepreneurial spirit. He was preceded in death by his parents, Avery L. Cotton Nord and Elijah Cotton, Sr. and his brothers, Elijah Cotton, Jr. and Gregory Cotton. Survivors include his...
Mamie Sweeney Smith
Mar 20, 2016
Mamie Sweeney Smith, 89, died Sunday, March 20, 2016. A native of Beckley, WV, our coalminer's daughter was one of seventeen children. She graduated from Pax High School where she played basketball and was on a championship team. Her love of Big Band music and dancing led to her convince her high school to buy a juke box for their...
Wanda Lane Jones
Mar 20, 2016
Wanda Lane Jones departed this earthly world peacefully in her home on the evening of Palm Sunday, March 20, 2016, after a lengthy illness, surrounded by loving family members. Without a doubt she now resides in Heaven in eternal peace.
Wanda was the daughter of Frances Lane and the late Hubert Lane. Besides...
Elbert M. Denny, Jr.
Mar 20, 2016
NEWPORT NEWS - Elbert M. Denny, Jr., 81, of Newport News, VA passed away on March 20, 2016. A longtime resident of the Tidewater, he was the owner of Denny's Refrigeration Repair Service in Gloucester, VA. Later he retired as the HVAC foreman for Newport News Public Schools. Elbert was proud to have served in the US Navy on the...
Helen Ruth Abicht
Mar 19, 2016
Helen Ruth Abicht died on March 19, 2016 at the age of 102. Born in Marietta, Ohio to James and Mabel Smith, Helen moved to the Newport News community of Hilton Village in 1945. She married Beryl Abicht after the war and the couple had two children. Helen was pre-deceased by her husband and is survived by a sister, Mary...
Eileen P. Allen
Mar 18, 2016
Eileen Patricia Allen, 83, widow of Richard Allen, passed away Friday, March 18, 2016. Born in Torbay, Newfoundland, Canada, she has been a resident of Hampton since 1992, where she was a Real Estate agent. As a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church Eileen was very involved with the church community and the various ministries. She was also a member...
Bobby L. Berry, Sr.
Mar 16, 2016
Bobby L. Berry Sr., 77, died Wednesday, March 16, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of Hampton he was the son of Edwin F. and Elizabeth Huggett Berry. Bobby is survived by his children, Bobby L. Berry Jr. and Sherry Lewis; four sisters; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Arrangements by R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home.
Doris P. Williams
Mar 16, 2016
Doris Piland Williams, 82, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016. She was born at Portsmouth Naval Hospital and was a lifelong resident of Hampton. Doris graduated in 1951 from Hampton High School and then from Christopher Newport College in 1984 with a BA in Music. She loved playing the organ and piano. She was a private piano teacher for many...
Larry Peter Ederer
Mar 16, 2016
Larry Peter Ederer (Maj., USAF Ret.), 77, passed away Wednesday, March 16, 2016. Born in Omaha, NE, and raised in New Orleans, he had been a Hampton resident for 41 years.
Larry retired from the US Air Force in 1980 after 20 years of service to his country, which included service during the...
Jean Stacy Buldain
Mar 10, 2016
Jean Stacy Buldain 89, former resident of Hampton, Virginia died Thursday, March 10, 2016 after a long illness at Glenbrook Retirement Home in Carlsbad, California. Jean was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and was a graduate of Grinnel College. She was a systems analyst at Langley Air Fore Base and was married to Colonel (Ret.) Louis Phillip Buldain, who predeceased her...
Patsy Ellen Keever
Mar 9, 2016
Patsy Ellen Keever, 77, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016. A native of Bluefield, WV, she had been a Hampton resident since 1956. A very giving woman, she loved taking care of her family and would do anything for them. Preceded in death by her husband, Abner Ray Keever; survivors include her daughters, Patricia Goodhart, Donna Langille, and Sharon Fladger; two...
Stanley Bernard Epstein
Mar 8, 2016
HAMPTON - Stanley Bernard Epstein or "Stan" as his friends called him, of Hampton, Virginia passed away surrounded by his family on March 8, 2016, after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. Stan was born on March 21, 1947 in Portsmouth, Virginia to the late Lankford and Bertha Epstein. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Julieta Hipolito...
Marlene Watts Breland
Mar 8, 2016
Marlene Roberts Watts Breland when to meet her Savior on March 8, 2016.  Marlene was born on August 23, 1926, in Anthras, Tennessee to Daniel Roberts and Susie Beavers/Baker Roberts. Her maternal grandparents were George W. Beavers and Maggie Christian of Whitley County, Kentucky and paternal grandparents were Felix J. Roberts and Martha Gibson of Manchester, Clay County, Kentucky....
James Samuel Smith
Mar 7, 2016
After 92 years James Samuel Smith Sr. has entered into the true Golden Years. Born June 6th 1923 in the mountains of Va., "Sam" lived the real American dream. From the Boys Home, where he spent his youth, to Serving proudly in the U S Army during WWII. After the war he married the woman of his dreams, Martha...
Bobby Dewaynne Gandee
Mar 7, 2016
- Bobby Dewayne Gandee, 60, died Monday, March 7, 2016. A native and lifelong resident of Hampton, Bobby graduated from Bethel High School in 1974 and worked as a bricklayer. Bobby was preceded in death by his father, George Dwight Gandee, and is survived by his wife, Elaine Gandee; children, Jeremy Colin Gandee and Kelta...
James M. Clark
Mar 7, 2016
James Maurice Clark, 93 of Hampton, Virginia (formerly of Dover, DE and Boston, MA), passed away peacefully on March 7, 2016. He was born in Medford, Massachusetts on December 1, 1922 to the late John Edward Clark and Mary Loughlin Clark. His five siblings---Mary Connors, Julia Ramsdell, John Clark, Lawrence Clark and Hugh Clark -- also preceded him in death....
Reed Scott Walton
Mar 6, 2016
Reed Scott Walton, 84 passed away peacefully March 6, 2016 after a lengthy illness. Reed was born Oct. 15, 1931 in Newport News, Va. A respected business man who practiced his skills as an informed numismatist in Hampton, Va. For more than 40 years was well known and admired for dealing fairly and successfully in the realm of numismatics. His...
Robert William Harris
Mar 3, 2016
Robert William Harris, 94, died Thursday, March 3, 2016. A native of Gladstone, MI, he was one of six children born to Norman Joseph and Frances Mae Weller Harris. In 1942, Mr. Harris joined the Coast Guard and served until 1945. After his discharge, he joined the US Army and served until 1965, retiring at Ft. Monroe, VA. In 2015,...
Patricia Jean Bartlett
Mar 3, 2016
NEWPORT NEWS - Patricia Jean Bartlett of Newport News, VA entered peacefully into eternal rest on March 3, 2016 surrounded by her family and loved ones. She was born on January 11, 1935 in Foster, RI. She moved to Buffalo, NY when she was nineteen years old, and in 1979 she moved to Newport News, VA where she was employed...

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