Joey Pernell Powell
Nov 2, 2012
Chesapeake - Joey Pernell Powell passed into eternal rest on Friday, November 2, 2012 at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. He was born June 17, 1963 in Brooklyn, New York to the late Frank M. and Eunice T. Powell. Joey was a 1980 graduate of Indian River High School, Virginia Tech and Alabama A&M. He was a member of New Mount...
William Douglas Perry
Nov 1, 2012
Norfolk -William D. Perry (Bubba) 79, of the 1700 block of Greenleaf Drive went home to be with the Lord November 1, 2012. He was born in Norfolk to the late Vernie P. Weldon and was a longtime member of St. Thomas AME Zion Church, Norfolk. He is predeceased by his brother, Kenneth Perry. Survivors include three sisters, Ernestine Leatherberry,...
Brenda Brooks Shaw
Oct 29, 2012
Brenda Brooks Shaw departed this life on Monday, October 29, 2012 at her residence in Portsmouth after a courageous fight against Breast Cancer. Born on October 26, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Mary Brooks and Jake Brumsey. She grew up in the historic Crestwood section of Norfolk County and retired from Raytheon in April 2008. Brenda was...
Rev. Earlene D. Brown
Oct 23, 2012
Chesapeake – Rev. Earlene D. Brown, 78, of the 400 block of Acorn Grove Lane was called home to be with the Lord on October 23, 2012. She was an Assistant Minister at St. Thomas A.M.E. Zion Church. She is survived by her daughter, Maxine Conway and Gardina Blair of Chesapeake; one son, Robert E. Brown, two sisters, one brother,...
Weslie Griffin
Oct 21, 2012
Chesapeake - Weslie " Sugarlump" Griffin, 62, departed this life October 21, 2012. Born in Chesapeake, he was employed as a Head Custodian with the Chesapeake Public Schools for 34 years. He was a member of New Galilee Baptist Church, where he served on the Male Usher Board and sang in the Senior Choir. He is survived by his wife...
Dorothy Lee Rouse
Oct 17, 2012
Dorothy Lee Rouse departed this life on Wednesday October 17, 2012 at the Shorefront Jewish Nursing Facility in Brooklyn, N.Y. She was born December 15, 1928 in Rockingham, North Carolina, the third child of four born to the late Ida and Jeffery Thomas. Dorothy was a longtime member of First Baptist Church Campostella, where she enjoyed serving communion, cooking for...
Doris Louise Hunter
Oct 13, 2012
Chesapeake - Doris Louise Hunter, 80, of the 900 block of Archery Drive was called home to be with the Lord on October 13, 2012. Born in Norfolk, she was employed with the Chesapeake School System for 12 years until she retired in 1993. She was a faithful member of First Baptist Church Money Point, where she served in the...
Evelyn H. Rivers
Oct 6, 2012
Chesapeake - Evelyn H. Rivers, 68, of the 1000 block of Latham Street departed this life October 6, 2012. Born in Southampton County, she was an employee of the Tidewater Council Boy Scouts of America for 30 years until she retired in 2010. She was a faithful member and Deacon of Millneck Baptist Church. She is survived by her son,...
Mary Lelia Holloway-Holley
Oct 3, 2012
Mary Lelia Holloway-Holley, 75, of the 2500 block of Narrow St was called home to be with the Lord October 3, 2012. Born in Virginia Beach, she was an employee of the City of Chesapeake until her retirement. She was a faithful member of Disciples of Jesus Church, Chesapeake. She was preceded in death by her parents, David and Mary...
Dudley Stevenson Ashby
Oct 1, 2012
Dudley "Douglas" Ashby, 59, departed this life October 1, 2012. He worked for the City of Chesapeake, and he was a former member of New Light Baptist Church. He is survived by his daughter, Trenise L. Spence, father, Jessie Ashby Sr., grandchildren, Angela Lewis and Michael M. Hamilton, four sisters, four brothers, a special friend, Tracey Graham, and a host...
Frank Lawrence Oliver, Jr.
Sep 23, 2012
Virginia beach - Frank L. Oliver, 64 passed away Sept. 23,2012. A native of Norfolk, Frank was a graduate of Booker T Washington High and Norfolk State College. Frank was predeceased by his parents Frank and Martha Oliver and a brother, Roger Oliver. He was an Electrical Engineer at Unidyne Corporation for over 25 years. He is survived by his...
William Atas Staley
Sep 20, 2012
Chesapeake - William Atlas Staley of the 400 block of Clemson Avenue departed this life on September 20, 2012. Born in Hillsboro, North Carolina, he was a Brickmason until his retirement. He is preceded in death by his parents, Will and Lola Staley. Survivors include his wife, Annie Baldwin Staley, and stepdaughter, Dr. Dorothy M. Burnett of Chesapeake, and a...
Casteen Marie Clemons
Sep 7, 2012
Norfolk - Castine Marie Clemons, 90, affectionately called "CC" departed this life on September 7, 2012. Born in Winsor, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Mable Smallwood. She was employed as a nanny for 45 years until her retirement. She was a longtime member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church, where she served faithfully on the female usher...
Della R. Bradford
Sep 1, 2012
Chesapeake - Della Reddick Bradford, 96, of 688 Kingsborough Square entered into eternal rest on Saturday, September 1, 2012. She was born in Norfolk County and was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She retired from the Naval Base Supply Center. She is survived by her son, Samuel Jerome Bradford of Colorado; adopted daughter, Connie E. Brown of Chesapeake; a...
Zenobia Harris Boger
Aug 29, 2012
Zenobia Harris Boger, beloved mother, went home to be with The Lord on Wednesday, August 29, 2012 after a long illness. She went peacefully in her home in Norfolk. Born in Kinston, North Carolina to the late William and Betty Moore Harris on May 24, 1925, she was one of seven siblings who were orphaned as children following the early...
Matron C. Scott
Aug 24, 2012
Chesapeake – Matron C. Scott, 64, of the 2800 block of Candlewood Cir., a retired educator from the Chesapeake School System, transitioned August 24, 2012 at a local hospital. She was born to the late Harrison and Matron Ivey-Beckett in Bells Mill, Norfolk County now Chesapeake. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, Chesapeake. Survivors left to cherish...
Doris Aunita Boone Tonkins
Aug 17, 2012
Chesapeake - Doris Aunita Boone Tonkins (Dot), 66, of the 1900 block of Robert Hall Blvd was called home to be with the Lord on August 17, 2012. Dot was born to the late Henry Boone and Angelena Scott Boone in Norfolk County. She was a member of First Baptist Church West Munden, where she was a choir member and...
Doris Gilliam Ridley
Aug 12, 2012
Chesapeake - Doris G. Ridley joined her heavenly father on Friday, August 18, 2012. She was born on August 22, 1953 in Norfolk, VA., to the late Willie Gilliam and Emma Jane Gilliam. Doris retired from CHKD Hospital as a Lab Technician. She was a member of Queen Street Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Theodore...
Patricia Moore Cooper
Aug 4, 2012
Patricia Moore Cooper, 67, of the 1000 block of Tivoli Crescent departed this life August 4, 2012. Born in Portsmouth, she was employed with the Virginia Beach School System until her retirement. She was a former member of Fourth Baptist Church. She is survived by her children, Willie "P.J." Cooper, Jr. and Leonard Cooper of Ypsilanti, MI, Terence Cooper, Teresa...
Mildred Ann Phillips
Aug 4, 2012
On Saturday, August 4, 2012, Mildred Ann Phillips departed this life and entered eternal rest. She was born on January 30, 1935 in Smithfield, Virginia to the late John and Fannie Dixon. She grew up with eight siblings, Bernice Dixon, Lillie Welch, Penny Dixon, Essie Riddick, Louise Sykes, Vernon Dixon, and Howard Jarvis, Jr. who have predeceased her ; and...
