Obituaries
Carol Smith Saunders
Aug 4, 2017
Carol Smith Saunders, 72 of Smithfield, passed away peacefully at home with her family by her side. Carol was born in Newport News, VA, the daughter of Captain Charles Thomas Smith and Marguerite Weaver Smith. Carol retired from Newport News Shipbuilding Credit Union. In retirement she enjoyed spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren, who were the love...
Allen Ray O'Berry
Jul 27, 2017
Newport News: Allen Ray O’Berry of Newport News passed away on July 27th 2017 at Riverside Regional Medical Center. Allen was a member of Central Hill Baptist Church in Windsor Virginia. Allen spent his life behind the wheel as a Self Employed truck driver. He is survived by his wife Debbie and two daughters Carol Anne O’Berry (Neil) and Sandra O'Berry Frost...
Robert Donald Waxham
Jul 26, 2017
Robert (Bob) “Pop Pop” Donald Waxham of Smithfield, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2017, at the age of 90. Bob was born to parents Raymond and Lillian Waxham on April 8, 1927 in Silver Creek, N.Y. He grew up on a dairy farm in upstate New York as one of 5 children. Bob enlisted in the Army at...
Robert Fulton Faison, III
Jul 11, 2017
On July 11, 2017, Robert Fulton Faison, III, 61, went home to be with the Lord while surrounded by his family. Fulton was born to the late Robert Fulton Faison, Jr and Bettie Bell Berryman Faison of Dendron. Raised on Chestnut Farm in Surry, a deep love for agriculture was instilled in him by preceding generations. And the highlight of...
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,...
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
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
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
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
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...
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...
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...
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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