Maxine Wood Newsome
Jul 25, 2014
Maxine Wood Newsome, 74, died Friday, July 25, 2014 at her daughter's home following a battle with cancer. Born in Phoebus, she was a lifelong Hampton resident and a member of Buckroe Baptist Church where she served as a deacon and loved to sing in the choir. She retired from Old Point National Bank in 1995 after 26 years of...
Albert A. Materia
Jul 24, 2014
Albert A. Materia, Jr, 71, passed away Thursday, July 24, 2014. Born in El Campo, TX, he has been a resident of Hampton for 40+ years. He served in the US Army during the Vietnam War and worked at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, retiring in 2006, after 32 years of service. Al was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn...
Darlene Louise Waddle
Jul 23, 2014
Darlene Louise Waddle passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 23rd after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born to David and Mary Ann Waddle on July 27, 1952 in Sitka, Alaska, and grew up on Army bases in Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Eritrea, and Virginia. She graduated from Peninsula Catholic High School and completed a Bachelor of Arts at...
Edward Elmo Walker, Sr.
Jul 20, 2014
Edward E. "Elmo" Walker, Sr, 96, died Sunday, July 20, 2014. Born in Zions Crossroads, VA he had been a Peninsula resident for many years where he was a member of Pine Chapel Baptist Church. Mr. Walker had served in the US Navy and retired from the C&O Railroad after many years. Mr. Walker was preceded in death by his...
Betty Lou Rose Blagg
Jul 20, 2014
Betty Lou Rose Blagg died on July 20 in Fishersville, VA. Born on March 16, 1927 in Morgantown, WV she was the youngest child of Walter and Ethel Rose. Her parents and siblings Lillian, Fred, and John preceded her in death. She was married to Robert Lewis Blagg for 67 years until his passing in 2013. That year she moved...
Harold Dewey Rowland
Jul 19, 2014
Harold D. Rowland, 80, died Friday, July 19, 2014. Born in Pinetown, NC he moved to Hampton as a child before joining the USAF. Following 7 years in the military, he moved around the country before returning to Hampton 14 years ago. Harold was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest D. and Emma Jane Rowland; sisters, Helen Culler and...
George Michalos
Jul 17, 2014
George Michalos, 75, died Thursday, July 17, 2014. A native of New York, he had been a Peninsula resident for the last 65 years where he retired from Langley AAFES in 1995 after 38 years of service. A true outdoorsman, George loved metal detecting, deer hunting, fishing, bike riding and rv-ing; and enjoyed making ceramics and wood crafting. He never...
Olive Paige Jeter
Jul 14, 2014
Olive P. "Sissy" Jeter 83, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 14 2014. She is survived by her daughter Elizabeth Ealey, one grand-daughter, and three great-grandchildren. No services are planned at this time. Memorial donations in her name, may be made to: Alzheimer's Association, Southeastern Virginia Chapter, 6350 Center Dr. Ste. 102 Norfolk, VA 23502.
Sandra Freda Ann Beimler Paton
Jul 10, 2014
Sandra Freda Ann Beimler Paton, 77, peacefully passed away to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 10, 2014. Born on October 5, 1937, she was a native of Hampton, and lived in Newport News, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lucile M. Beimler and Milton E. Beimler; her step-parents, Mildred Beimler and William Cartwright; and her...
Katherine Ann Fleming
Jul 10, 2014
Katherine Ann Fleming, 65, passed away Thursday, July 10, 2014. A lifelong resident of Hampton, she worked for the Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles in the Hampton Location. Katherine is survived by her daughters, Katherine E. Edwards and husband Johnny of Carrollton, and Madeline M. Potter in Newport News; and grandchildren, Miranda L. Vines and Michael E. Stanton. A graveside...
Charles Preston Tolley
Jul 9, 2014
Charles Preston "Bill" Tolley Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), 81, of The Chamberlin Ft. Monroe, VA died July 9, 2014, at Sentara Hospital, Hampton, VA, after a long illness. The second of nine children of the late Charles Lloyd Tolley and Elizabeth Barger Tolley, Bill was born on February 9, 1933, at Natural Bridge Station in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Bill graduated...
Clifton H. Robbins
Jul 7, 2014
Clifton H. Robbins, 92, passed away peacefully July 7, 2014 at home surrounded by family. Born on September 3, 1921 in the Appalachian Mountains, Lee County, VA, in Keokee, he was the oldest of nine children born to John Clint and Maggie Robbins. He attended high school in Keokee, VA. Clifton worked in the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which was...
Frederick Dale Keigley
Jul 6, 2014
Frederick D. Keigley, 81, departed this world on July 6, 2014. Born August 20, 1932, he was the son of Dale and Thelma Keigley of Ashmore, Illinois and had been a Hampton resident since 1967. Preceded in death by his wife, Jeanine M. Keigley; he leaves the following relatives, his mother, Thelma Keigley of Charleston, IL; two sisters, Mrs. Truman...
Herbert Miller
Jul 6, 2014
Herbert Miller, 84, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, July 6, 2014. Mr. Miller is survived by his children Celia Cooper (Douglas) of Virginia, Rosa McGill (Larry), Lawrence "Chucky" Scott, and their mother Rosena Tisdale, all of South Carolina. He is also survived by his sister Thelma of Florida, fifteen grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, in-laws, and...
Frances Vivian Ware
Jul 5, 2014
Frances Vivian Ware, 84, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014. Born in Coolville, OH, she had been a resident of Hampton since 1974. She retired, after 15 years, from Tenneco (Newport News Shipbuilding) in 1993 as an electrician. Frances was preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Trevy Kimble; three brothers and 3 sisters. Surviving are her husband Edward...
Maxine K. Overton
Jul 5, 2014
Maxine Kerley Overton, 86, passed away Saturday, July 5, 2014. Born in Taylorsville, NC, she has been a resident of Hampton since 1945. She was a former member of Restoration Church Phoebus Baptist, where she kept the nursery on Sundays for 17 years. She loved being with the Children. Maxine was preceded in death by her former husband Roy F....
Donald Hagan Grogan
Jul 4, 2014
Donald Hagan Grogan, 77, died, Friday, July 4, 2014. Born in Williamson, WV he had been a resident of Hampton for the past 50 years. After serving in the Marine Corps, he graduated from the Apprentice School. Donald worked as a pipe fitter and was a member of the Local Union 540. He was a member of the Army Navy...
Corinne Moore Charles
Jul 4, 2014
Corinne "Rene" Moore Charles, 95, died Friday, July 4, 2014 at The Laurel of University Park, in Richmond, VA where she had been a resident there for the past 2 years. She was a native of Poquoson, VA. Corinne was preceded in death by her parents, Robert J. Moore and Maggie Hunt Moore; husband, Mack W. Charles; two brothers, Delmas...
Marion Schultz
Jul 2, 2014
Marion C. Schultz, 81, became one of God's angels on July 2, 2014. Born on July 30, 1932, in Door County, WI, to Freeman and Caroline Anschutz, she was a graduate of Sevastopol High School and graduated from Lutheran Deaconess School of Nursing in Chicago, IL. She married Robert Schultz, a pilot in the United States Air Force, and traveled...
Marie T. Nixon
Jul 2, 2014
Marie T. Nixon, 91, died Tuesday, July 2, 2014. She was a lifelong resident of Hampton, and a graduate of the Hampton High School class of 1941. Marie worked at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard during World War II, and then worked at Hampton High School for 23 years, retiring as a Main Office secretary. After she retired Marie assisted with the...
