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Elizabeth Haufler

Elizabeth Haufler

Oct 24, 2023

Elizabeth E. Haufler (Beth), age 66, of both Richmond and Mathews, VA, sadly passed away Tuesday, October 24th, 2023 after a short struggle with cancer.She is survived by her father, Edwin Haufler (Ed); siblings, Charles D. Lang (David), Robert E. Haufler (Bob) and his wife Maggie, Timothy R. Haufler (Tim), Julie A. Willaford and her husband, Paul; many nieces, nephews,...

Norman Jenkins

Norman Jenkins

Oct 21, 2023

Norman Thomas Jenkins, affectionately known as Tommy or Tom, passed away peacefully surrounded by family members at his home in Susan, Va., on Saturday, October 21, 2023, at the age of 79. He was born on 08-14-1944. He was a 1962 graduate of Wilson High School, graduate of the Beltline Railroad Apprenticeship in 1969, associate’s degree in nursing from Tidewater...

George Burroughs

George Burroughs

Oct 20, 2023

George Lee (Dickie) Burroughs III, born January 24, 1956, went to be with his Lord on October 20, 2023. Dickie was a 1974 graduate of Mathews High School. In 1979, he graduated from the Newport News Shipbuilding Apprentice School as an outside machinist. In 1984, he went to work for Amoco at the oil refinery in Yorktown. He retired as...

Audrey Mason

Audrey Mason

Oct 15, 2023

Audrey Mae White “Mae Mae” Mason, 84, of North, Virginia passed away at her home on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Audrey graduated from Mathews High School with the class of 1957. She was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Mathews after being a lifetime member of Macedonia Baptist Church in Foster, Virginia. Audrey was a charter member of West...

Kenneth Paris

Kenneth Paris

Oct 13, 2023

Kenneth G. Paris, 92, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army (Retired), died peacefully at home in Tappahannock, Virginia on Friday, October 13, 2023. He was born on July 5, 1931 to Alice (Gilseth) and Fred Paris of Mohall, North Dakota whose families had homesteaded the prairie there in the early 1900s.Ken graduated from Mohall High School in a class of ten students...

Liliyanna Kotzeva

Liliyanna Kotzeva

Oct 12, 2023

Descendant of a noble Polish family, Lilyanna was born in Warsaw, Poland in 1933. Just before the second World War, her family moved to Sofia, Bulgaria, where she spent most of her life as an exemplary business partner, passionate wife, devoted mother, and caregiving daughter to her own parents.Born and raised with the values of strong Roman Catholic tradition, Liliyanna...

Robert Hudgins Jr.

Robert Hudgins Jr.

Oct 12, 2023

Robert Harris Hudgins, Jr., 85, of Tappahannock, passed away on October 12, 2023. He was a strong Washington Redskins and Jeff Gordon fan. He also enjoyed his time as a karate instructor, fishing, piloting airplanes, riding his trike, and all things motorcycles. Robert was a passionate supporter of Tunnels to Towers.He is preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Laverne...

Jo Jones

Jo Jones

Oct 11, 2023

Jo Ann Jones of Cardinal, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. Jo Ann was born in Columbia, SC on October 15, 1941, into a catholic orphanage. She was later adopted by a Kentucky family. While still very young she and her new parents moved to Clearwater, Fl. She graduated there and later came to Virginia where she met...

John Lankford

John Lankford

Oct 9, 2023

John Gilbert Lankford, 91, of Howertons, passed away peacefully at home on October 9, 2023.He is survived by his loving wife of 66 years, Phyllis; a son, Kevin (Stephanie); two daughters, Karen Thomas (Jim) and Kristi Cunningham (Eric); two grandsons, Justin and Jason; two brothers, Thomas (Vera) and Deane (Arlene) and one sister, Joyce Davis (Calvin).John was a United States...

Charlton Warwick

Charlton Warwick

Oct 9, 2023

On Monday morning, October 9, 2023, Tab Warwick went to join his Heavenly band and all suffering was gone. “Absent from the body, present with the Lord” 2 Corinthians 5:8.A native of Charlottesville, Virginia, he had been a resident of Mathews County since 1974. He graduated from Mathews High School in 1981 and attended Christopher Newport University. He was known...

Walter "Butch" Olphin

Walter "Butch" Olphin

Oct 8, 2023

Olphin, Walter “Butch” Linwood III, 72, of Tappahannock, peacefully passed away at his home, October 5, 2023.He is survived by his wife, Debbie Olphin; his father, Walter L. Olphin, Jr; his sisters, family, and friends.Butch enjoyed the journey and quickly found a new interest when a destination was achieved. He was a Past Master of Metropolitan Lodge #11, Richmond, VA,...

Jonnie Adams

Jonnie Adams

Oct 5, 2023

On October 5, 2023 Jonnie Adams of Cardinal, Virginia met her Lord and Savior face-to-face. Born Jonnine Boileau Marshall on December 15, 1942 she grew up in Hampton, Virginia and graduated from Hampton High School with the class of 1961. She married the love of her life, Thomas Adams of Poland (a nationalized US citizen) on July 1, 1961.Tom and...

William Mullen

William Mullen

Sep 29, 2023

Obituary to appear soon.

Willard Thomas

Willard Thomas

Sep 27, 2023

Willard Dempsey Thomas, 81, of Gloucester, Virginia passed away on September 27, 2023 at Riverside Lifelong Health and Rehab, Mathews, Virginia. He was an employee at Best Value Supermarket in Mathews.He is survived by his sons, Willard Dempsey “Tommy” Thomas, Jr., Gene Thomas (Theresa), Homer Thomas (Wanda) and Bobby Thomas (Michele).A memorial service will be held on Monday, October 23,...

Marilyn Morgan

Marilyn Morgan

Sep 25, 2023

Marilyn "Ducky" Morgan, of Hallieford, Va passed away on September 25, 2023 at the age of 92. She was born on March 13, 1931 to Upsher, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth "Mamie" Rainier. She was a long time member of Mathews Chapel United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School for 17 years.She was preceded in death by her parents and...

Alice Caldwell

Alice Caldwell

Sep 21, 2023

Alice Marion Wielich Caldwell passed away on Thursday, September 21, 2023, in Yarmouth, Maine surrounded by her loving family. She lived a remarkably full life for nearly 101 years and will be forever remembered by her family and friends for her exceptional kindness and boundless energy.Alice was born on October 17, 1922, to Marion Morrison and Ludwig Wielich. She grew...

Edwin Ruark

Edwin Ruark

Sep 21, 2023

DELTAVILLE – Dr. Edwin Warren Ruark, Ph.D., passed away on September 21, 2023 at his home surrounded by the love of family after a hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 82.Edwin was born April 11, 1941 in Deltaville, Virginia. He attended Middlesex County Public Schools and went on to receive his Bachelor of Science degree from...

Mildred Atherton

Mildred Atherton

Sep 16, 2023

Mildred Marie “Millie” Atherton, 79, passed away on Saturday, September 16, 2023. She was born on October 10, 1943 in Cobbs Creek, Virginia.Millie was a caregiver and loved gardening, fishing, lighthouses and going to the beach in Nags Head, NC.Millie was predeceased by her parents, Grover and Alma Armistead; husband, George Calvin Atherton, Jr. and two brothers, James Armistead and...

Mary Winder

Mary Winder

Sep 15, 2023

We are sad to announce the passing of Mary Jean Winder on Friday, September 15, 2023. She was surrounded by her immediate family at home in Tappahannock, VA. Mary was 82.She is survived by her loving husband, O’Neal Winder; her daughter, Tonya (Jeff) Christie-Stout; her brother, Curtis Daw; her sister, Debbie (Steve) McVey, and Annie (Jeff) Reamy, and numerous nieces...

Henter Blevins

Henter Blevins

Sep 14, 2023

Henter Lee "Doc" Blevins, D.D.S., 83, of Hardyville, Virginia passed away on September 14, 2023.Lee Blevins was born in Woodstock, VA to the late Lucas Henter Blevins, D.D.S., and Jean Heneveld Blevins.He attended the Randolph-Macon Academy in Front Royal, VA for four years before graduating from Washington-Lee High School in Arlington, VA. He graduated from the University of Richmond and...

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