Buena Wright Reese
Jun 13, 2022
Buena Wright Reese, 88, passed away on Jun 13, 2022. Born on August 02, 1933 to Rufus and Ethel Wright, she was a lifelong resident of the Peninsula. After graduating from Huntington High School in Newport News in 1951 and Hampton Institute in 1955 with her BS and MS, she began her career as a Newport News public school...
Kimberly Jude Ann Palumbo
Jun 1, 2022
Hampton
Our beloved daughter, sister and aunt Kimberly Jude Ann Palumbo, 59, passed away on June 1, 2022. Born at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC, she has been a resident of Hampton since 2002. Though she suffered progressive and debilitating ailments, Kim was a fighter and an independent woman. Earlier in her adult life she was a...
Donald Taylor Bullard
May 30, 2022
Donald Taylor (Bubba) Bullard
May 19, 1954 – May 30, 2022
People of wit, character and southern charm are not all that common and we recently lost a shining example. Donald Taylor Bullard, affectionately known as Bubba since early childhood, left this world on May 30, 2022, after a sudden illness....
Kenneth Thornton
May 26, 2022
Kenneth Thornton, 70, a proud veteran of the United States Marine Corp, passed away on May 26, 2022. A lifelong resident of Newport News, he was proceeded in death by his parents, Warren B. Thornton and Artice G. Wilson. Kenneth graduated from Carver High School and following his military service, he completed 2 years of college at Thomas Nelson...
Juan Alberto Cuadrado-Nieves
May 12, 2022
HAMPTON-
Juan Alberto Cuadrado-Nieves, age 89, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. He was a Hampton resident since 2006. He proudly served in the US Army Infantry during the Korean War. He later went on to become Head of Security for the world-renowned Leona Helmsley Building in the New York...
Arthur Mciver Jr.
May 12, 2022
After an extended illness, Arthur McIver, Jr passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2022 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Born in New York City, NY on August 29, 1946 to Arthur McIver, Sr. and Lillian Stevenson McIver, both of whom preceded him in death. He has been a resident of Yorktown since 1994.
After...
Charles Jarvis Jenkins
Apr 22, 2022
Charles Jarvis Jenkins passed away at the age of 82 on Friday, April 22, 2022 at Sentara CarePlex Hospital, Hampton, VA.
Charles is survived by his sister Brenda Kay Jenkins, his children Crystal Richardson, Tonya West (Jimmy), and Charles Anthony Jenkins; his grandchildren Christopher West (Stacey), Nicolle Jones (Mike), India Harris, Jamie West, and Brooke Richardson; his...
Kathy Brady Roberts
Apr 15, 2022
Kathy Brady Roberts passed away peacefully on Friday April 15 th with her daughter Jo Beth Roberts by her side.
Kathy was born in Virginia and moved to Hampton the last year and a half of her life to be closer to her daughter and granddaughters who lovingly called her Gigi. Ava and Zoe were the light...
Thomas Arthur Wunder, Jr
Apr 14, 2022
SMITHFIELD, VA
THOMAS ARTHUR WUNDER, JR passed away on Thursday, April 14, 2022. Born in Charleston, SC at Naval Hospital he has been a resident of Smithfield since 1996. He graduated from Goose Creek High School in 1989 and was a 3rd Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, Council 17325 in Smithfield. Thomas is survived by his...
Paul Everett Holsinger
Apr 10, 2022
Paul Everett Holsinger, 100, died peacefully in his home on April 10, 2022. Paul was born on February 18 th , 1922 in Timberville, Virginia. He enlisted in the army in 1940 and served in Panama prior to the start of World War II where he served valiantly in the Pacific Theater during the New Guinea and Bismark-Archipelago...
Clarence A. "Boo Boo" Perry, Jr.
Apr 8, 2022
Clarence A "Boo Boo" Perry, Jr., 80, of Hampton, VA passed away on April 8, 2022. Clarence, a Norfolk native, was a Booker T. Washington High School Graduate and attended Virginia State University. He was employed at BASF in Williamsburg for a number of years before moving on with employment at Pentran and Pepsico. In his retirement years, Clarence...
Anne Tarr
Apr 3, 2022
Anne Tarr, 56 passed away on April 3, 2022. A dedicated mother, and lifelong lover of Mozart, Lynrd Skynrd, and Jack Daniels. She was a paragon of strong women, and a beacon for the right way to act. Her favorite place to be was in her garden growing her herbs and roses. She is survived by her children, Robert...
Pedro Rodriguez Ortiz
Mar 26, 2022
Pedro Rodriguez Ortiz, age 75, passed away on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Born to Felix Ortiz and Catalina Rodriguez in Puerto Rico, he was a Hampton resident for 10 years.
In the US Army, Pedro served as an Air Defense Artillery NCO in Baumholder, Germany. After leaving the Army he worked at Xerox Corp, Rochester NY as...
Wanda Feon Mitchell
Mar 21, 2022
Newport News
Wanda Feon Mitchell, 61, passed away on March 21, 2022. She is survived by her children, Ricky Mitchell / Joanjessica Barnes- Mitchell (Daughter in law), Eboney Mitchell, Faith Mitchell, Desteny Hill, Isaiah Hill and Donfred Wiggins; siblings, James (B.C.) Mitchell, Terri Mitchell, Dennis Mitchell, Tracy Mitchell; grandchildren, Zayyir Johnson, Miracle Logan, Nigeria Mitchell, Diamond Mitchell,...
Tiffany Lace Lassiter
Mar 16, 2022
Tiffany Lace Lassiter, 39, passed away March 16, succumbing to complications of COVID. She was born in Newport News and raised in Hampton, graduating from Kecoughtan High School. Tiffany worked 10 years at NNSB where she met her husband, Tony. She then stepped away from work to focus on raising her children. Her kids, music, working in her yard, and...
Martay Lamar Arrington
Mar 15, 2022
Martay Lamar Arrington, 34, passed away on March 15, 2022. A lifelong resident of Hampton, he graduated in 2005 from Hampton High, Hampton, VA. He was employed with Spiegel/Signautre Style Inc., Sears holding Company and Huntington Ingalls - Newport News Shipbuilding.
Martay is survived by his parents, Yvonne Johnson Arrington and Bernard Robert Arrington, Sr.; brother, Bernard...
Richard Prinn Murray
Mar 14, 2022
Richard Prinn Murray (U.S. Navy, Ret.), 81, passed away on March 14, 2022. Born in Bennington, VT, he has lived in Hampton for over 45 years.
Richard retired from the US Navy in 1983 after 26 years, which included service during the Vietnam War. He continued working with the Navy as a deployment engineer at SAIC. He...
Salvatore Edward Garguilo
Mar 13, 2022
Salvatore Edward Garguilo was born in Brooklyn, New York on March 10, 1924, the son of Alfonso and Josephine Garguilo, both Italian immigrants. He was the oldest of their three children, Concetta and Alfonso, Junior. Salvatore attended elementary and high school in Brooklyn and shortly after graduating, he was drafted into the military to serve in WWII reaching the...
Jeannie Michael
Mar 8, 2022
Jeannie Michael, born Sept. 11, 1952, daughter of Neva A. and John Paul Michael of Waynesboro Virginia, died Tuesday, March 8 th in Hampton, VA. One of three "Michael girls"(Dianna, Sallie), Jeannie lived and learned in locations from the East to West coast. Returning to the state of her birth, she reconnected with family in coastal Virginia and lived...
Sue Wills Norman
Mar 6, 2022
Susan Wills Norman, 71, died Sunday, March 6, 2022. Born in Pennsylvania, she had been a resident of the Hampton Roads area for the last 61 years. Sue was a member of the Fox Hill Central United Methodist Church and lived in Fox Hill for many years before moving to Carrollton. She retired from the Newport News Shipyard in 2016...