U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
MAKIELSKI
Robert Patton Makielski, 68, died October 21, 2001 at his home in Richmond. He attended the University of Virginia School of Architecture and graduated with honors from the College of Arts and Sciences. He practiced architecture in Delaware and Charlottesville, and was with the State Bureau of Capitol Outlay Management until his retirement in 1995. He is survived by his wife, Paula Gibbs Makielski; stepson, Clay Sexton; daughter, Jane Kinnier; son, Robert W.P. Makielski; and three grandchildren. A memorial service will be held in Charlottesville on Tuesday, October 30 at 10 a.m. at the Church of Our Savior, 1165 East Rio Rd. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice at the Bon Secours Healthcare Foundation, Richmond, Va.
MILLER
Virginia Ann Miller, 70, of Chesterfield, died on Monday, October 22, 2001 in John Randolph Medical Center, Hopewell. She was born in Halifax County and was the daughter of the late Claude Thomas and Mary Susan Hudgins Webster. Mrs. Miller retired from the Sterile Concept Co. and was a member of Bermuda Baptist Church in Chester. She is survived by her husband, John R. Miller; a daughter and son-in-law, Susan C. and Steve Compton of Richmond; three grandchildren, Dana Sheffield, Kelly Compton and Brian Compton; one great-grandchild, Kristiana Sheffield. Also survived by one brother, Thomas E. Webster of Raleigh, N.C. A funeral service will be held Friday, October 26, 2001 at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Home, 2033 Boulevard, Colonial Heights, with the Rev. Ernest Ozmore officiating. Burial to follow in Dale Memorial Park. The family will be receiving friends Thursday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
MOHLE
Amanda Calvert Mohle, born September 20, 1965, died October 20, 2001 in Dallas, Texas. She is survived by her parents, Tony and Ginger Pelling of Richmond; her father, Ted Mohle Jr.; a brother, Ted Mohle III; two nephews, Teddy and Anderson; and a niece, Olivia of Houston, Texas. Amanda lived most of her life in Houston, but some of her happiest years were as a student at Luther Memorial School. A funeral will be held Monday, October 29, 2001 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Ginter Park, 321-9548, where Amanda served as an acolyte. Those wishing to share memories about Amanda can write to her mother at 70 W. Square Dr., Richmond, Va. 23233.
NELSON
Angela Lyles Nelson, age 38, of Keysville, died Monday, October 22, 2001. Surviving are her husband, Joseph L. Nelson; two daughters, Stephanie Marie Nelson and Mikaela Nelson; parents, Gene and Lizz Lyles; grandfather, A.E. Lyles; one sister, Sherry L. Marker, all of Keysville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Browning Funeral Home, with interment in the Mt. Harmony Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday.
NIXON
Mrs. Ethel Kientz Nixon, age 86, of the Masonic Home of Virginia and formerly of Sandston, died on Monday, October 22, 2001. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harry G. Nixon and her son, Albert Martin Nixon. She is survived by her daughter, Marsha Nixon Townsend of Orange, Va.; a granddaughter, Melanie Brooke Zachman of Alexandria, Va.; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Nixon was a lifelong member of the Sandston Baptist church. Remains rest at the Laburnum Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 2110 East Laburnum Ave., where the family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Sunset Memorial Park, Chester, Va.
OUTLAW
Cleveland H. Outlaw, age 74, of Lynhaven Ave., departed this life on Friday, October 19, 2001. Survived by his wife, Evangelist Ruth W. Outlaw. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Friday at K.L. Jordan Funeral Services, 5008 Nine Mile Rd. Interment at Forest Lawn Cemetery. K L JORDAN
POWELL
Mary Harrison Powell, 90, a native of Petersburg, died Tuesday, October 23, 2001. She was the daughter of the late George West and Delia Bryan Harrison and the widow of Hugh Philip
Powell Jr. She is survived by a daughter, Polly
Powell
Williams of Petersburg; a son, Hugh Philip
Powell III of Port St. Lucie, Fla.; three grandchildren, Maj. Richard R.
Williams III, USMC, Maj. John
Powell Williams, USMC and Carlyle Harrison
Powell of Richmond; and a sister, Mrs. Philip B. Glaize of Winchester. Graveside funeral services will be held on Friday, October 26, 2001 at 11 a.m. in Blandford Cemetery with the Rev. David M. Teschner and Rev. Dr. Boston M. Lackey Jr. officiating. The family will receive friends at the home. Contributions may be made to the Boys Home, 113 Boys Home Drive, Covington, Va. 24426. Mrs. Powell's family is being served by the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home.
SCHROLL
Charles Howard Schroll, 49, of Richmond died unexpectedly on October 21, 2001. He was born in Highland Park, Michigan and had lived in Richmond since 1979, working for the Henrico County Department of Recreation and Parks, serving as Parks Planning Supervisor for most of that time. He held a Bachelor of Science degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University and was a member of the American Society of Landscape Architects, for which he served as a board member and for a year as President, of the VA Chapter. He was on the Board of the Ginter Park Residents' Association, acted as a District Representative and served on the Street Tree Committee. He taught continuing education classes in landscape design at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens. He was a Board member and served a year as President of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), an organization that helps abused children. He was also a life-long supporter of Barksdale Theatre. He is survived by his wife of 24 years, Mary Louise Schroll; his mother-in-law, Betty Weisbrod; his sisters, Janice Skinner, Cathy Zuker, and Eileen MacDonald; his brothers, Ted Schroll and Paul Schroll; seven nieces and three nephews; and by countless friends all of whom will miss him greatly. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday, October 26, at the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center in Henrico Country. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made in Charles' name to the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center or to Barksdale Theatre.
SWINDELL
Mrs. Dorothy Peed Swindell, age 76, a former resident of Hampton, Va. who was presently residing at 404 Hamilton Drive, Goldsboro, N.C., died at Life Care Hospital, Rocky Mount, N.C. on Saturday, October 20, 2001. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, October 26, 2001 at New St. John AME Church on 1307 S. Slocumb St., Goldsboro, N.C. Mrs. Swindell is survived by one daughter, Anne M. Swindell of Petersburg, Va.; one son, Clifford R. Swindell of Durham, N.C. Hampton Funeral Chapel, Inc., 423 S. James St., Goldsboro, N.C. in charge of services.
THOMAS
Departed this life October 23, 2001, Mrs. Thelma J. Thomas of Richmond. Remains rest at Walter J. Manning Funeral Home, 700 N. 25th Street. Funeral notice later.
Washington
Departed this life October 23, 2001, Ms. Ophelia M. Washington of Richmond. The staff of the W.S. Watkins & Son Funeral Home is serving her family.
WATKINS
Mary Jo Watkins, 73, of Chesterfield, passed away October 23, 2001. She is survived by her husband, Robert Lee Watkins; sons, Richard Lee Watkins and his wife, Linda, Melvin Douglas Watkins and his wife, Virginia; daughter, Melissa Watkins Morris and her husband, Charles D. III; six grandchildren, Richard, Crystal, Eric and Charlene Watkins and Jessica and Chuckie Morris. Her remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull Street Rd., where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Friday in Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens, Roanoke, Va.
WILKINS
Felix E. Wilkins of 2406 Concord Ave. departed this life in McGuire Veterans Hospital, Tuesday, October 23, 2001. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts. Funeral notice later.
Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier taught at seminary for 24 years
Oct 28, 2002
Dr. Elizabeth Rice Achtemeier's reliance on Bible-based preaching was not unique, but the passionate delivery of her convictions made her sermons memorable.
"When Betty preached, it was never routine," said longtime colleague Dr. James L. Mays, professor emeritus at Union Theological Seminary.
"She preached as though everyone's life depended on it. There was a kind of combativeness that sometimes turned people off but was well-loved by others."
Mrs. Achtemeier, a Bible scholar, author and retired Union Theological Seminary professor, died Friday. She was 76.
An adjunct professor of Bible and homiletics at the seminary for 24 years, she wrote 25 books on various religious issues, most often preaching. Her works include "Preaching from the Old Testament," "Preaching from the Minor Prophets" and "Preaching about Family Relationships."
She was also the author of "The Old Testament Roots of Our Faith," written with her husband, Dr. Paul J. Achtemeier. Her most popular work, "The Committed Marriage," dealt with marriage from a Christian perspective.
At the time of her death, Mrs. Achtemeier was a member of the Presbyterian Church (USA)'s task force on peace, unity and purity in the church.
An Oklahoma native and a graduate of Stanford University, she completed theological work at Union Theological Seminary in New York. In 1959, she earned a doctorate in Old Testament studies from Columbia University.
Her work as a preacher took her across the United States and Canada, and she often appeared as a guest preacher in some the nation's foremost pulpits, including those at Harvard, Princeton and Yale universities and
Smith and Wellesley colleges.
In addition, she held posts as a visiting professor of homiletics at Gettysburg Lutheran and Pittsburgh seminaries as well as Duke Divinity School.
From 1959 to 1973, she taught Old Testament theology at Lancaster Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pa.
Often at odds with feminism and outspoken on moral issues in the church and society, Mrs. Achtemeier, in her writings and teachings, implored fellow Christians to look to Biblical authority.
"In order to live an authentic Christian life these days, and in every age it has been true, there is a discipline that one has to undergo," she said in a 1993 television interview on the program, "30 Good Minutes." "Jesus said the words, 'Take my yoke upon you and learn of me.' To live a Christian life is to wear a yoke, to be guided by a Master. The Christian life is not just autonomous freedom."
She was especially interested in the issue of abortion. A former board member of Presbyterians Pro-Life, she was the co-author of "Not My Own: Abortion and the Marks of the Church."
Mays called her "the Biblical theologian for the pro-life movement in the church."
Dr. Louis B. Weeks, president of what is now Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education, said Mrs. Achtemeier was known for the profound insights she drew from the Bible.
"She always made more of the fact that she preached from the Bible than she did of being a pioneer for women in the ministry," he said.
"In some respects, she was seeking equality for men and women in the ministry, but she didn't follow the feminist direction. She didn't follow anyone's direction, only that of the Bible."
Mrs. Achtemeier retired in 1997.
Her most recent work, published in 1999, is her autobiography, "Not Til I Have Done: A Personal Testimony."
In addition to her husband, survivors include a son, Paul Mark Achtemeier, of Dubuque, Iowa; a daughter, Marie A. Finch, of Norfolk; a brother, Robert Rice, of Blue Bell, Pa., and five grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church.
ALLEN
Wade Bealer Allen, 81, died October 1, 2000. He was the husband of Christine Lloyd Allen. Also survived by two sons, Gerald D. Allen of Emporia, and Michael L. Allen of Richmond; two grandchildren, Anne R. Allen and Michael S. Allen of Richmond. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, 2 p.m. in the Echols Funeral Home, with interment in Greensville Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday (tonight) 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. The family suggests that memorial donations be made to the Greensville Rescue Squad.
BANKS
Departed this life October 1, 2000, Mr. Herbert S. Banks of 2115 Seldon St. Remains rest at Walter J. Manning Funeral Home, 700 N. 25th St. Funeral notice later.
BOYKIN
Mrs. Helen Brittle Boykin, age 77, a resident of Goodrich Fork Road, Wakefield, died Sunday, October 1, 2000 at her home after a brief illness. Born in Surry County on September 28, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Jasper Brittle and Dolly Ann Goodrich Brittle. She was a member of Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, the Naomi Bible Class, and served as pianist of the church for many years. She had formerly worked as a secretary for attorney James W. Renney and the Honorable Judge E. Carlton Holladay of Wakefield. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Charles C. Boykin Sr.; five daughters, Jean B. Holdsworth and her husband, Walter of Wakefield, Glenice B. Coombs and her husband, Pete of Richmond, Gayle B. Lanier and her husband, Marvin of Wakefield, Joanne B. Turner and her husband, John of Amherst, and Cheryl B. West and her husband, Charles of Wakefield; a son, Charles C. Boykin Jr. and his wife, Pam of Wakefield; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by an infant brother, John Benjamin Brittle. Graveside funeral services will be held in Rocky Hock United Methodist Church Cemetery on Tuesday, October 3, at 2 p.m. by the Rev. Don Chapman and the Rev. Tommie Reynolds. The family will be at the residence. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Surry/Sussex Unit, P.O. Box 2547, Virginia Beach, Va. 23450-2547 or to Rocky Hock United Methodist Church, c/o J.C. Whitmore Jr., 2847 White Marsh Rd., Wakefield, Va. 23888. Purviance Funeral Home, Wakefield, is handling arrangements.
BRADLEY
Edna S. Bradley of Richmond, widow of Edwin B. Bradley, died Friday, September 29, 2000. A family graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, October 4. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels or the American Red Cross.
BRINN
Allen Brinn, 59, of Richmond, died Saturday, September 30, 2000. He was preceded in death by his son, Allen Ray Brinn. He is survived by his wife, Judith Brinn; two sons, Scott Brinn and wife, Jodie, and Michael Brinn; sister, Peggy Burlew; brother, Nathan Stowe; five grandchildren, Katherine Anne Brinn, Crytal Lee Brinn, Timothy Allen Brinn, Steven Michael Brinn and Adam Patrick Brinn. Mr. Brinn was owner and operator of Petland Stores in Chesterfield for 18 years. His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home’s Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull St. Rd., where the family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and where a funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday. Interment Dale Memorial Park. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes. Foundation.
CABANISS
Florence Smelley Cabaniss, 78, of Hanover, passed away September 29, 2000. Hered her in death. Survivors include her children, Robert Woodrow Cabaniss Jr. of Richmond, Richard Jennings Cabaniss of Lexington, and William Van Cabaniss of Richmond; her grandchildren, Robert Woodrow Cabaniss III, Lisa Ahern Cabaniss, James Blackard Cabaniss, William Van Cabaniss Jr., Lee Milam Cabaniss, John Marshall Cabaniss, William Henry Cabaniss, Courtney May Cabaniss, and Seth Woodrow Cabaniss; her great-grandchild, Ellen Katherine Cabaniss; and her siblings, William Hartwell Smelley, Mary Harris Trexler, John Norman Harris and Loretta Harris Wyatt. She was a member of Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church at Hanover Courthouse, where she served on the vestry. She also held memerships in the Womans Club and The Country Club of Virginia. A funeral service will take place 10:30 a.m. Monday at Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church at Hanover Courthouse. Interment at the family Cemetery, "Williamsville," Studley. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to "Florence Cabaniss Teachers’ Fund," Virginia Historical Society.
