Effie Mae Wilder
Dec 6, 2013
Effie Mae Wilder, 96, died Friday, December 6, 2013. Born Eastern Shore, Virginia but had been a Phoebus resident for 75+ years and had worked as a supervisor for Maida Development. Mrs. Wilder was a member of Restoration Church-Phoebus Baptist. She loved singing and Scrabble, crocheting angels and baby sets, knitting sweaters and making Christmas candy. Mrs. Wilder is...
Francis Joseph Roach
Dec 5, 2013
Francis "Frank" J. Roach, 88 of Hampton passed away December 5, 2013 at the Hampton VA Medical Center. Frank was born on November 18, 1925, in Wilmington, Delaware to Leo and Catherine Roach. He has resided here since his family moved to Phoebus in 1928. He served in the US Army during World War II and received a Bronze...
Lloyd N. Washer
Dec 5, 2013
Lloyd Nichols Washer, 73, died Thursday, December 5, 2013. Born in Hackensack, NJ, he had been a Hampton resident since 1985. Lloyd was a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and served 26 years in the US Army including three tours to Vietnam, retiring in 1988. He went on to work for Hughes- Raytheon as an analyst.
Lloyd...
Helen Fay Bradley
Dec 2, 2013
Helen Fay Bradley, 87, passed away Monday, December 2, 2013. Born in New York City, she had been a Hampton resident since 1940. She worked as a Grants Administrator for Pentran Bus Company, retiring after 18 years and then an Administrative Assistant for Sarah Bonwell Hudgins Foundation for 8 years. She was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church...
Baxter Edward Simmons Sr.
Dec 1, 2013
Baxter Edward Simmons, Sr. passed away at home on Sunday, December 1, 2013. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Lucille Simmons, his brother, Ralph E. Simmons, Jr., and his sister, Betty Gray. He is survived by his wife, Ruth Hill Simmons and his son, Baxter Edward Simmons, Jr.
A graduate of Randolph Macon...
"James" Richard Burney
Dec 1, 2013
"James" Richard Burney, 73, passed away on December 1, 2013 following a brief illness. He is survived by his wife, Marilyn and two sons: Jim of Hampton and Jeff of Fairfax.
Honoring Richard's request, there will be no services. If you wish, memorials may be made to PETA, 501 Front St., Norfolk, VA 23510, or the pet...
Joseph P. Lehman Jr.
Nov 28, 2013
Joseph P. Lehman Jr., fortified with the sacraments of Mother Church, died on Thanksgiving day, November 28, 2013 surrounded by his family. Joe was born on February 25, 1930 in Alton, Illinois, the youngest of 5 children of Joseph and Christine Lehman. He entered the Air Force in 1949 and moved to Hampton as an accounting clerk at Langley...
Judith Ann Pennington
Nov 26, 2013
Judith Ann "Gee" Pennington, 73, passed away on November 26, 2013 surrounded by her loved ones. She was born January 20, 1940 in Peoria, IL.
Left to cherish her memory are her husband of 55 years, Bernard Dean Pennington; her loving daughter, Bernadine Roggenstein and husband Tommy; grandchild, Brandy M. Roggenstein; a great-grandson, Zackary Dean Roggenstein who...
Rebecca Laity
Nov 26, 2013
Rebecca Knight Laity, 76, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013. Born in Roxboro, NC she had been a Hampton resident since 1970. Becky retired from the Hampton City Schools after 26 years as a teacher and then continued on as a mentor at Cary Elementary School. She was a very devoted member of Buckroe Baptist Church where she served as...
Ronald Lee Pardue
Nov 25, 2013
Ronald Lee Pardue, 71, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013. Born in West Virginia, he has been a lifelong resident of Hampton. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, then worked for NASA retiring in 2004. He was also a member of the American Legion and Elks Lodge.
Ronald is survived by his son,...
Robert Stuart Brizendine
Nov 25, 2013
Robert Stuart Brizendine, 74, died Monday, November 25, 2013. A native of Roanoke, he had been a Hampton resident since 2006. He served in the US Coast Guard as an instructor, retiring in 1978 after 23 years of service. He then went to work as Supervisor of Maintenance, first at Eastern State Hospital and then for the Virginia Institute...
Jimmy Clay Jaynes
Nov 23, 2013
Jimmy Clay "Opa" Jaynes, 77, died Saturday, November 23, 2013. A native of Overton, TN, he served in the US Army, retiring in 1974 after 20 years of service. He also had 19 years in the nuclear field with Fluor Daniel as a carpenter and scaffold foreman at the Surry Nuclear Power Plant, retiring again in 2000.
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Jack Carter Jr.
Nov 22, 2013
Jack Carter, Jr., 67, died Friday, November 22, 2013. A native and lifelong Hampton resident, he worked for the Hampton Fire Department until he decided that it was taking time away from the business he loved, making signs. He owned and operated Carter Signs for more than 35 years. During the Vietnam Conflict he served in the US Army...
Terry G. Boyer
Nov 19, 2013
Terry G. Boyer, 71, died Tuesday, November 19, 2013. A native of New Salem, OH, he had been a Peninsula resident since 1983. He retired from the US Air Force in 1986 after 26 years of service and then went to work for ET Lawson and Son as Ice Plant Manager.
He attended the Langley Air Force...
Janie Doris Gabany
Nov 18, 2013
Janie Doris Gabany of Hampton Virginia, passed away on November 18, 2013 after a brief illness. Gratefully she remained with us long enough to say our goodbyes. Born in Flora, Mississippi on March 22, 1932 she was the daughter of Benjamin and Pearlee Phillips. After graduating from high school in Mississippi she enlisted in the U.S. Army. Shortly thereafter...
Dannie Lee Schrum Sr.
Nov 17, 2013
Dannie Lee Schrum Sr., 71, passed away unexpectedly Sunday, November 17, 2013. A lifelong resident of the Peninsula, Dannie was a 1961 graduate of Hampton High School. He spent his entire career helping build the family business, Craft Machine Works, as well as Crane Research and Craft Bearing. He enjoyed the water and reading books about the Chesapeake Bay....
Rosanna Sue Hollingsworth
Nov 16, 2013
Rosanna Sue "Susie" Hollingsworth, 83, died Saturday, November 16, 2013. Born in Poquoson, she was a 1946 graduate of Poquoson High School. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church, the Hampton Women's Club, the Hampton Yacht Club, and the local Garden Club. She had a very generous and nurturing spirit and a strong faith in the Lord....
Shirley Rief Bryson
Nov 15, 2013
Shirley Rief Bryson, 78, died Friday, November 15, 2013. Born in Madison, Nebraska in 1935, she had been a Hampton resident since 1985 and was a member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church. Shirley and Ray spent more than 20 years traveling the world with the US Air Force. They raised their family in Taiwan, South America, and...
Henry Allen Brownley
Nov 14, 2013
Henry Allen Brownley, 90, went to be with the Lord on November 14, 2013.
Henry, known as Allen to most, was born March 2, 1923. Raised in Bohannon, Virginia, he was one of the first graduates of Mathews High School in 1940. He met and married Eleanor Christine Johnson of Fox Hill and was a longtime resident...
Clarence Ray Mccormick
Nov 14, 2013
Clarence (Mac) Ray McCormick, 80, of Yorktown, Virginia passed away peacefully after a long illness on November 14, 2013. He was born on December 9, 1932 in East Saint Louis, Illinois and was a Virginia resident since 1964. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years Mary (Mickey) Catherine McCormick; a daughter, Sharon K. Naramore and husband...
