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Stephen M. Dixon

Stephen M. Dixon

Aug 23, 2018

Stephen M. Dixon, 44, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2018.  Born in Athens, OH, he has been a resident of Hampton since 1975 where he graduated from Bethel High School.

Stephen was preceded in death by his father Richard W. Dixon.  He is survived by his mother, Estelle E. Dixon; sister, Kathleen Dixon and her husband...

Loretta Hartley

Loretta Hartley

Aug 21, 2018

Loretta left this world to be with the Lord at 53 years old on August 21, 2018. She loved country music and animals and enjoyed talking to her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, mother, and uncle. Survivors include her sister Barbara Ware and brother, Robert Herron Jr., two aunts and one...

Ronald George Gonser

Ronald George Gonser

Aug 19, 2018

Ronald (Ron) George Gonser, 82, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2018, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Ron died from complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. He was preceded in death by his grandson, Anthony Michael Krever. Ron is survived by Bettie Bracey Gonser, his beloved wife of 59 years, and their five beloved daughters, Sue Gonser-Xander (Steve),...

Lacey Sanford Hudgins

Lacey Sanford Hudgins

Aug 19, 2018

Lacey Sanford Hudgins passed away Sunday evening, August 19, 2018 after a lengthy illness. Born April 10, 1940 to the late Dr. T. Ryland and Janet Hutchison Sanford, she grew up in old Warwick County, having attended Warwick High School and Mary Baldwin College where she graduated in 1962. She is survived by her husband...

Ivan Coates Mclean

Ivan Coates Mclean

Aug 19, 2018

Newport News, Va. – Ivan Coates McLean (Mac), Retired Coast Guard Commander, 99, previously of Westover Road passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2018 in a nursing home and assisted living center, the Newport, on Warrick Avenue.  A native of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, he had been a resident of Hampton Roads most of his life. Mac was preceded in...

Benjamin L. Traynham

Benjamin L. Traynham

Aug 19, 2018

Benjamin L. Traynham passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 19, 2018. Ben was a lifetime community member in Hampton. He took great pride in the city that molded him as an individual. He worked for the City of Hampton retiring as a senior appraiser  after 35 years. Ben was preceded in death by his father, Wade L. and mother, Irene...

Natasha Lillian Williams

Natasha Lillian Williams

Aug 18, 2018

Natasha "Tasha" Lillian Williams—beloved daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend—passed away on Saturday, August 18. She was 44 years old.

She is survived by her father, Thomas Williams; stepfather Abdou Shiro; siblings Theon and Sean Williams, Sherell Williams-Shiro, Kenya Nicole, and sister-in-law Regina Ryan-Williams; aunt Barbara Kerner and uncle...

John Tyler Gatewood

John Tyler Gatewood

Aug 18, 2018

John Tyler Gatewood, 74, passed away Saturday, August 18, 2018.  A lifelong resident of the Peninsula, He retired from Tidewater Block in 2017 after 17 years.  He was a member of the Bremond Masonic Lodge # 241 AF & AM.

John was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 55 years, Wanda T. Gatewood.  He is...

Nicholas Eugene Edwards

Nicholas Eugene Edwards

Aug 18, 2018

Nicholas Eugene Edwards, 76, died Tuesday, August 28, 2018. Born in Newport News and after serving in the Vietnam War, Mr. Edwards worked 31 years for the Department of Defense, Defense Distribution Depot in Pennsylvania and then Tennessee until retiring and moving to Cottonwood, AZ. Mr. Edwards is survived by an extended family in Virginia and Maryland. A graveside service...

Irene Elizabeth Gray

Irene Elizabeth Gray

Aug 18, 2018

Irene Elizabeth (Nettles) Gray, 81, passed away peacefully  into her eternal home in the early morning of August 18, 2018. Born on September 4, 1936, in Newport News, Va., she had been a Hampton resident for more than 50 years.   Irene was a homemaker and loved doing things for her family.  She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great...

Martha Merck Ailor

Martha Merck Ailor

Aug 17, 2018

Martha Merck Ailor died Friday, August 17, 2018, age 99 years and 1 day. Born in 1919 in La Grange, Georgia, to Mamie and Carlton Merck, she grew up in Birmingham, Alabama, one of seven children. In 1946, she married Army Lt. Col. Samuel John Ailor of Knoxville, Tennessee. Sam and Martha came to Hampton,...

Richard M. Bennett

Richard M. Bennett

Aug 16, 2018

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Richard M. Bennett, 63, passed away Thursday, August 16, 2018.  Born in Pittsburgh PA, he has been a resident of Newport News for 37 years. He was a Senior Designer at Newport News Shipbuilding for 33 years.  He served in the U.S. Navy for four years.  He was a member of Our Lady of Mount...

Catherine Faye Kearney

Catherine Faye Kearney

Aug 14, 2018

Catherine Faye Kearney, 75, widow of Henry H. Kearney, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018.  Born and raised in Poquoson, Surviving are her son, William Kearney; sisters Brenda Billingsley and Linda Powell; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

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David L. Perkins

David L. Perkins

Aug 14, 2018

David L. Perkins, 82, died Tuesday, August 14, 2018 at the Hampton VA Medical Center Hospice. He moved his family to Hampton 36 years ago from Rhode Island. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, hunting, telling jokes, and talking about his Christian faith.

David is survived by his wife of 56...

Rodney Pittman

Rodney Pittman

Aug 11, 2018

Rodney Pittman, 59, died Saturday, August 11, 2018. Rodney was a native of North Carolina and had been a resident of the Peninsula since 1975. He worked for Papa John's Pizza for 18 years. Rodney loved fishing, NASCAR, the Miami Dolphins, WWE, and spending time with his family.

He...

Robert Miller

Robert Miller

Aug 10, 2018

Robert Miller passed away on August 10, 2018 surrounded by family after battling a long illness. He was born in Hampton, Virginia in 1966. He graduated from Hampton High School, Old Dominion University and L'Academie de Cuisine in Maryland. Upon graduation from culinary school, he was employed at Old Angler's Inn in Potomac, Maryland. He...

Michael Adams

Michael Adams

Aug 8, 2018

Michael Adams, 66, was called into the arms of his savior Wednesday, August 8, 2018.  Born in Kona, KY, he was a resident of Virginia.  He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War, and was a truck driver.

Michael, known as Mike is survived by his loving wife Katherine of 46 years, his daughters, Aimee...

Robert Schacht

Robert Schacht

Aug 8, 2018

Robert W. "Bob" Schacht, 79, died Wednesday, 8 Aug 2018. He was born 4 July, 1939 in Pittsburgh PA, and was a graduate of Penn Hills High School prior to enlisting in the US Navy and honorably serving aboard multiple warships, to include Carrier's Hornet, Enterprise, and on the USS Wasp during the 1958 Lebanon...

Wayne Douglas Green

Wayne Douglas Green

Aug 7, 2018

Wayne Douglas Green, 76, entered into eternal rest with his Savior and Lord on August 7, 2018. He was born to Ollie Herman Green and Florence Elizabeth Sydnor Green on April 1, 1942, in their home in Mecklenburg County (Chase City) Va. Two years later he moved with his family to Hampton.

He attended Armstrong...

Tuen-Mei Chan Yeung

Tuen-Mei Chan Yeung

Aug 6, 2018

Tuen-Mei Chan Yeung, 73, passed away Monday, August 6, 2018.  Born in China, Tuen-Mei later moved to Hong Kong, where she taught elementary school for 30 years. In 1991, she moved to America, and has since been a resident of Newport News. Tuen-Mei is survived by her husband, Ming Yeung; son, Raymond Yeung; daughter, Angela Yeung and her husband Yi;...

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