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Ada Crocker Thompson

Ada Crocker Thompson

Jun 28, 2017

Ada Crocker Thompson, loving wife, mother & aunt, passed away at her home on June 28, 2017 at the age of 88. Ada was born to parents Charlie B. & Nettie Turner Crocker who predeceased her. She was also predeceased by her husband of 56 years Charles A. “Andy” Thompson, who passed away February 4, 2016, sisters Odelle C. Holleman,...

Carol Ann Edmead

Carol Ann Edmead

Jun 12, 2017

Service arrangements are pending.

Robert Lee Lane

Robert Lee Lane

Jun 8, 2017

Robert Lee Lane, 92, of Smithfield passed away on June 8, 2017 with his family by his side. Robert was the son of the late Fletcher Beedles Lane and Mary Ida Latimer Lane. He is survived by his daughters Susan L. Maltby and her husband David, and Barbara Lane Kopotic, four grandchildren, Wendy M. McClure, Christopher Maltby, Lauren Gangaware, and...

Jeffery Chad Ayer

Jeffery Chad Ayer

Jun 2, 2017

Jeffery Chad Ayer, 36, of Smithfield was God’s gift of love born, on September 17, 1980 went to God’s Loving arms on June 2, 2017. Jeffery was Baptist by faith. He was a fun loving, kind-hearted soul. He loved fishing, camping, kayaking, in-line speed skating, building things out of wood and drawing. He was a collector of handguns, swords and...

Mary S. McPartlan

Mary S. McPartlan

Jun 1, 2017

Mary S. McPartlan, 92, of Smithfield passed away on Thursday, June 1, 2017 in Sentara Careplex Hospital. Born in Dorchester, Mass, Mary was a homemaker and a past volunteer at the Smithfield Library. She was a strong supporter of Nature Conservancy Programs and public literacy programs. Previously she had taught ceramics classes and had a deep love and appreciation for...

Betty Baker Sharpley

Betty Baker Sharpley

May 31, 2017

Betty Baker Sharpley, of Smithfield passed away peacefully, with her loving husband of 55 years, Skip, by her side. Betty was the daughter of the late William Cecil Baker and Della Williams Baker of Pocomoke City, Maryland. She is survived by her husband Skip and one son Eldon D. “Kip” Sharpley, III. Betty was a dedicated member of the American...

John Cofer Dashiell

John Cofer Dashiell

May 31, 2017

     Colonel (Retired) John C. Dashiell, 90, died peacefully on May 31, 2017 in Smithfield, VA, following a brief battle with cancer. Family surrounded him at the time of his death.      Jack, who had deep roots in Isle of Wight County, was born at the Moonefield farmhouse on March 18, 1927, son of Harry G. Dashiell and Segar Jordan...

Louis Ammons Lindsey

Louis Ammons Lindsey

May 28, 2017

Louis A. “Monk” Lindsey, 80 of Windsor passed away on Sunday, May 28, 2017 at his residence. Born in Gadsden, Alabama, “Monk” relocated to Virginia in the early 1960’s. He was the son of the late Guy Lindsey and Lela Bolton Lindsey. Monk was preceded in death by his wife Beverly Hughes Lindsey. Monk was a heavy equipment operator, he...

Melvena Vail Hutchinson

Melvena Vail Hutchinson

May 28, 2017

Melvena Vail Hutchinson, 88, passed away Sunday May 28, 2017 in Riverside Healthy Living Community. The daughter of the late Lexus I. Vail and Gertrude Power Vail. Melvena was born in Houlton, Maine where she met her husband of 48 years, the late Asbra Raymond Hutchinson. Melvena was known by many for her long walks around her communities of Pagan...

Deborah Anne Blackwell

Deborah Anne Blackwell

May 2, 2017

Deborah Anne Blackwell, 57, of Carrollton, completed the ultimate goal on Tuesday May 2, 2017, ending this physical life, and now living freely and happily in her spirit with her Creator and Savior. The daughter of the late William “Willie” Smith Blackwell and Virginia Linkous Blackwell, she is survived by her Aunt Viola Norfleet, cousin Arlene N. Hogan(Walter) and their...

George Morris "Chip" Smith, Jr.

George Morris "Chip" Smith, Jr.

May 2, 2017

George Morris “Chip” Smith, Jr., 55, passed away on May 2, 2017 in Obici Hospital. Chip was a lifelong resident of Newport News and 1979 graduate of Warwick High School. He had been employed at Newport News Shipbuilding for 15 years until health problems forced him to disability.   Chip was an avid civil war buff and loved to follow civil...

Bruce Orman Cobb

Bruce Orman Cobb

May 1, 2017

Bruce Orman Cobb, 80 of Smithfield passed away peacefully on Monday May 1, 2017 in Riverside Hospital. Bruce had retired after many years in sales with Proctor and Gamble. After retirement he moved to Smithfield a community that he dearly loved. He enjoyed retirement and spent countless hours serving the community. Bruce was on the Isle of Wight County Board...

Dorothy May Logan

Dorothy May Logan

Apr 29, 2017

Dorothy May Wells Logan, age 96, died on April 29, 2017 in Raleigh, NC. Born in Isle of Wight County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Ellen Peden Wells. Dot was preceded in death by her husband of 69 years Ollie Logan (d.2012) and two brothers (Nollie and Ernest Wells) plus two sisters (Sarah Lonberger...

Robert Norman Jordan

Robert Norman Jordan

Apr 16, 2017

Robert N. Jordon, 79, received his angel wings surrounded by his loving family at home April 16, 2017. Preceded in death by his parents the late Ollie Norman and Easter Mae Goodwin Jordan his in-laws James and Mary Bundy, four sisters Beulah Goodwin, Lillian Rhodes, Ruth Longacre and Margaret “Lois” Jordan, and by three brothers Cary, Wilber and Hubert Jordan....

Sandra Jean Chambers

Sandra Jean Chambers

Apr 15, 2017

Sandra Jean Chambers, 79 of Carrollton passed away on Saturday April 15, 2017 at her residence. Sandra was the daughter of the late Martin Edwin Engstrom and Mabel Caroline Schlundt Engstrom. Sandra was preceded in death by her husband Orvel Chambers, a son Edward "Eddie" Kohfeldt and her brother John Engstrom. She is survived by her daughter Maria Gardner and her...

Branislav Frigelj

Branislav Frigelj

Apr 9, 2017

Officer Branislav (Misha) Frigelj 64 of Smithfield, VA died peacefully on Sunday, April 9 in his home surrounded by family after a courageous two and a half year battle with ALS. A man who crossed continents for his family’s safety at the onset of the war in the former Yugoslavia, Misha decided to settle in Isle of Wight County in...

James Joseph Siegel

James Joseph Siegel

Apr 7, 2017

Carrollton, Virginia: James Joseph Siegel Sr., 82, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was ushered into the presence of his Savior, at 05:30 A.M. on Friday, April 07, 2017. He was born on January 30, 1935 and was one of eight children born to Elizabeth and Howard Siegel. He faithfully served his country as a Gunner’s Mate aboard the USS Macon in the...

Thomas Ackie Gwaltney

Thomas Ackie Gwaltney

Apr 7, 2017

Thomas Ackie Gwaltney, 70, passed away April 7, 2017 in Sentara Norfolk General Hospital with his family by his side. Tommy was the son of the late Will M. Gwaltney Sr. and Dorothy G. Gwaltney. Tommy retired from Newport News Shipbuilding as an Apprentice Instructor after 43 years of service. He was a charter member of the Surry Volunteer Rescue...

Shirley Lewis Bonenberger

Shirley Lewis Bonenberger

Mar 25, 2017

  Shirley Mae Lewis Bonenberger passed away on March 25 at the age of 92. She is predeceased by her husband Norman G. (Bonny) Bonenberger, parents Owen C. Lewis and Irene C Lewis, sisters Lois C. Ayres, Irene E. Lewis, and brother Owen C. (Buddy) Lewis, Jr.She is survived by her children Norman Cary Bonenberger (Linda) of Portsmouth and Sandra...

Evalyan Lassiter Cannon

Evalyan Lassiter Cannon

Mar 24, 2017

Smithfield: Evalyan Lassiter Cannon, 80 passed away on Friday March 24, 2017 with her family by her side. Born in Newport News, Virginia she moved to Smithfield where she lived for nearly 40 years. She was preceded in death by her husband of 29 years William Woodward Cannon.She is survived by two daughters Carole E. Naibauer, Judith C. Bacalis, (Theodore),...

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