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...
James Edward Vines
Apr 23, 2025
James Edward Vines, also affectionately known as "Big Jim" or "Da", 73, died Wednesday, April 23, 2025. Born in Newport News, he was a lifelong Peninsula resident and retired from the Amoco Oil Refinery as a Process Operator in 2010 after 27 years of service.
A great friend to all, Jim was very loved. He enjoyed hunting,...
Dayton Lamar Kirkland
Apr 19, 2025
Dayton Lamar Kirkland moved to heaven on April 19, 2025. He was born in Florida on January 1, 1932. After high school he served in the United States Air Force, where he was honored with the distinguished flying cross. Afterwards, he worked for Newport News Shipbuilding for 35 years.
He was preceded in death by his wife,...
Martha Ann Goodenough
Apr 18, 2025
Martha Ann Goodenough, 73 years old, of Hampton died April 18, 2025. She was a native and life-long resident of the Buckroe Beach area of Hampton, Virginia. Martha enjoyed and loved music, crocheting, and especially long walks around the neighborhood and at the beach. Anyone who encountered her knew her "Free Spirit".
Martha is survived by three...
Donald Lee Belbin
Apr 18, 2025
Donald Lee Belbin, affectionately known to many as "Bingo" or "Big Don," passed away on April 18, 2025, at the age of 72.
Donald was born in Newport News, VA to Robert and Barbara Belbin and grew up in Hampton, VA where he graduated from Kecoughtan High School. He retired from Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, where he...
Lucille Atkins Beasley
Apr 15, 2025
Lucille "Lou" Beasley, age 93, passed away peacefully on April 15, 2025, in Richmond, Virginia, with her daughters by her side. Lou lived a long and full life, marked by resilience, warmth, and a deep love for her family. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt, friend and neighbor.
Lou was...
Marion Moira Mudd
Apr 13, 2025
Marion (Moira) Morrison Fraser Mudd, born on December 3, 1936, to Murdo and Isabel Fraser in Scotland, passed away on April 13, 2025, in Mesa, Arizona.
Moira grew up in Scotland, a land she deeply loved and cherished. It was there she met the love of her life, Richard (Dick) Edelen Mudd III, an American "Yank." Talented...
Bette Jane Rhodes
Apr 12, 2025
It is with much sadness and joy that we announce the passing of our precious mother, Bette Jane Rhodes (Darr). She is now in the loving embrace of her Lord and Savior. Bette was born in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley to the late H.K. & Sue Darr. She was preceded in death by "her guy" John, her loving husband...
Jimmy Waynne Redmiles
Apr 12, 2025
Jimmy Waynne Redmiles, 62, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 12, 2025. Born in Santa Maria, California to parents Alfred and Sharon; he had been a Hampton resident for many years. Jimmy enjoyed hunting, fishing, and spending time with friends and family; especially his grandchildren. He was self- employed in construction, but always remained a big kid at heart....
Shirley T. Cromer
Apr 11, 2025
Shirley Temple Cromer, 88, died Friday, April 11, 2025. Born in Craig County, Virginia to Bernie and Rhodelice Huffman, she had been a Hampton resident since 1955. She was a very active member of Pine Chapel Baptist Church. Shirley loved her family very much.
Preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Bobby and Richard Huffman;...
Frank Preston Miller, Jr.
Apr 10, 2025
Frank Preston Miller, Jr. 33, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, April 10, 2025. Born in Melbourne, Florida to parents Frank P. Miller and Cora Ann Burton; he had been a Hampton resident since he was a little boy. Frank graduated from Phoebus High School, Class of 2011 and made his career in landscaping. He enjoyed fishing and hunting and...
John Carlton Estilow
Apr 8, 2025
John Carlton Estilow, 80, died Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Born in Swedesboro, NJ, he was the son of Willard Howard, Sr. and Eleanor Horner Estilow. He joined the US Marines and was very proud of his service to his country. John received many certifications in the construction industry. He was a master carpenter and retired as a construction foreman...
Earl P. "Buddy" Routten Jr.
Apr 5, 2025
Earl Page Routten, Jr., known to everyone as Buddy, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2025. He was 73 years old. He was born on July 31, 1951, in Hampton, VA to Earl P. Routten, Sr. and Grace McDaniel Routten. Buddy spent his career in the shipbuilding industry working in submarine design, first at Newport News Shipbuilding and later...
John Daniel Boothe
Apr 5, 2025
John Daniel Boothe was born to Daniel Jones Boothe and Alice Thompson Boothe in Danville, VA June 2, 1942. He died April 5, 2025, four days after the death of his wife of 62 years, Kathleen Marshall Boothe. John was a devoted husband to Kathleen who suffered from brittle bone disease for many years and his number one priority...
