U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
SHACKELFORD
Vergie C. Shackelford passed away October 9, 2001. She was preceded in death by her husband, C. Brooks Shackelford; and daughter, Patricia C. Ferrel. She is survived by her sister, Leona C. Ollinger; grandson, Brooks C. Slate; three great-grandchildren, Charles G., Joseph B. and Sara H. Slate; and a granddaughter-by-marriage, Nancy T. Slate. She was a lifetime member of the Bethany Christian Church. A graveside service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
SPAIN
Phyllis Wetzel Spain, 82, died Friday, October 5, 2001. Mrs. Spain was born in St. Paul, Minn. on April 3, 1919. She moved to Washington, D.C. in 1942 and was employed by the FBI, Veterans Administration and the Department of Agriculture. She retired after 37 years of civil service. Along with her late husband, Everette W. Spain, she moved to Ft. Myers, Fla. where she was an active volunteer for the American Lung Association for 20 years. Mrs. Spain was a member of Ft. Myers Congregational United Church of Christ. She moved to Newport News four years ago. She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Levingston of California; a brother, Robert Wetzel of Florida; and local survivors including a brother-in-law, Ivan Spain; nephews, Edward, Robert and Jerry Spain; and niece, Susan Beers. Graveside services will be held at Mizpah Cemetery in Church Road, Va. on Sunday, October 14, 2001 at 2 p.m. Peninsula Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
ST-ONGE
Donna J. Ferguson Pasko St-Onge passed on October 6, 2001. She was born on November 25, 1935. She is survived by a large and loving family and will be especially missed by her daughters, Lisa, Lori and Kelley; her beloved grandsons, Robert L. Parrish III and Brian C. Eubank; and her brothers, Edward and Carlos and their families. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, October 13, 2001 at Cornerstone Assembly of God Church, 10551 Chalkley Rd., Chesterfield. Pastor Fred Spivey will conduct the service. Remembrances are welcome at 11312 Regalia Dr., Chesterfield, Va., 23832 where the family will receive friends following the service.
WADE
Mary Lamont Wade, 70, of Richmond, died Tuesday, October 9, 2001. She is survived by her husband, Winfrey T. Wade; son, Lamont F. Wade and his wife, Terrill; daughter, Suzanne E. Wade and her husband, Ryan D. Paris; five grandchildren, Alison, Lindsay and Kristen Wade, Lucas and Garrett Paris; a brother, retired Col. Maximilian Lamont, USAF of Tullahoma, Tenn. Mrs. Wade graduated from Mary Baldwin College in 1952 and served as President of the Mary Baldwin College Alumnae Association. She served on the Governor's Commission on the Needs of Women and Minorities, was President of the Richmond Council of Women's Organizations, and served on the Council for Learning Disabilities. She volunteered with Meals On Wheels for 30 years and served 20 years on the Henrico County Planning Commission representing the Three Chopt District, and was a member of the Henrico County Republican Committee. She received the 1999 Planning Leadership Award from the Virginia Chapter of American Planning Association. She was a communicant of All Saints Episcopal Church. The family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Rd. A memorial service will be conducted 11 a.m. Friday at All Saints Episcopal Church, 8787 River Rd. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or your favorite charity.
WEAVER
Paul Weaver, 87, died at his home Monday, October 8, 2001. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Virginia Linkous Weaver; his daughter, Ann L. Flaim of Pennsylvania; his son, L. Randolph Linkous; his son and wife, Brian P. and Judith M. Weaver; six grandchildren, Melissa A. Flaim of Washington, D.C., Melinda G. Flaim of Pennsylvania, Paula L. Altman and husband, Sander, Goldier R. Weaver, B. Paul Weaver Jr. and wife, Melissa, and Marshall A. Weaver of Richmond; four great-grandchildren, Victoria, Taylor, Tre and Louis. He was a member of Asbury Methodist Church, Tuckahoe Lodge No.347, the Scottish Rite, and the ACCA Temple Chanters. As a Captain in the Army Medical Corp in WWII in Korea, he received the Purple Heart, a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and numerous service medals. His family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Rd., where services will be conducted at 11 a.m., Friday, October 12, 2001, with interment and Masonic services at Greenwood Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made to Bon Secours Hospice, 5875 Bremo Rd., Richmond, Va. 23286-3058 or Asbury Methodist Church.
WETZLER
Raymond C. Wetzler of Richmond died Wednesday, October 10, 2001. He is survived by his wife, Joyce R. Wetzler; one daughter, Sylinda W. Halenda and her husband, Bobby; one son, Steven R. Wetzler; five grandchildren; and two brothers, Ralph Wetzler and Randy Wetzler. Mr Wetzler served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He retired after 43 years with the RF&P Railroad, and was a member of Chamberlayne Baptist Church. Remains rest at the West Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 11020 W. Broad Street Rd., where the family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, and where services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, October 12. Interment in Independence Christian Church Cemetery, Ashland. Memorial contributions may be made to the Chamberlayne Baptist Church Memorial Fund.
WHEELER
Joyce
Williams Wheeler, 65, of Warsaw, died October 9, 2001. She was the widow of Charles Carlyle Wheeler. Surviving are a daughter, Corrina W. Waters and husband, Toby of Tappahannock; son, Greg Wheeler and wife, Tina of Mechanicsville; granddaughters, Ashley and Lauren Waters; sister, Zelda W. Newsome of Warsaw; brothers, Reynolds C.
Williams Jr. of Richmond, Wayne
Williams of Warsaw and Lannie
Williams of Farnham. Funeral services 2 p.m. Friday at Warsaw United Methodist Church, Warsaw. Interment in the church cemetery. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Jones-Ash Funeral Home, Rainswood. Memorials may be made to Richmond County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 55, Warsaw, Va.
WHITING
Mrs. Edna S. Whiting of Newport News, Va., departed this life Monday, October 8, 2001. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts., where funeral services will be held Friday, October 12, 3 p.m. Rev. Ronald C. Taylor officiating. Relatives and friends attending funeral services assemble at the funeral home Friday, 2:30 p.m.
WILLIAMS
Julia "Judy" Wilmoth Williams, 73, of Vogt Ave., Chester, died Wednesday, October 10, 2001 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Chesterfield County and was a retired record keeper for Allied Chemical Corp. Mrs.
Williams was preceded in death by her parents, Richard A. and Bessie Foland Wilmoth; and her husband, John Russell
Williams Sr. Surviving are one son, John Russell
Williams Jr. and wife, Sigrid of Midlothian; two daughters, Karon W. Runyon and husband, Danny of Enon and Beverly W. Brandli and husband, Michael of Bonifay, Fla.; six grandchildren, five great-grandchildren; brother, Carroll L. Wilmoth of Kinsale, Va.; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Chesterfield Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held Friday, October 12, 2001 at 1 p.m. in the funeral chapel with the Rev. Marshall O. Bonds, pastor of Calvary Baptist Church, Colonial Heights, officiating. Interment will be in the Sunset Memorial Park, Chester.
John Charles Kenny, lawyer, is dead at 79
Jan 16, 2002
John Charles Kenny, a senior partner in the law firm of Christian & Barton, died Tuesday at his Richmond home. He was 79.
"He was such a fine lawyer. I practiced with him for almost 50 years, and he will be missed by all of us at the firm and by those in the community," said firm chairman R. Harvey Chappell Jr. "He had done a great deal of pro bono work and was very generous with his time."
Mr. Kenny, who specialized in real estate and business law, helped establish a Richmond Bar Association program in which local lawyers volunteer their time to clients needing representation on housing and domestic issues. That program earned the local bar association the ABA's Harrison Tweed Award. The Richmond association in turn awarded him the Pro Bono Publico Award.
He was also honored for pro bono work done throughout his career with the Lewis F.
Powell Jr. Pro Bono Award of the Virginia State Bar and Virginia State Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico Award.
"He was a very kind person and had a great passion for the law," said his wife, Anne Whitfield Kenny. "He saw the legal profession as a way he could help others."
A former member of the board of directors of the American Judicature Society, Mr. Kenny was also a director and member of the Executive Committee of the Central Virginia Legal Aid Society.
The New York native was a graduate of Xavier Preparatory Academy and served in the Navy, participating in the invasion of Normandy before completing his bachelor's degree at Fordham University.
In 1948, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and took a job in the legal department of Lawyers Title Insurance Corp. Seven years later, he joined Christian & Barton and was named a partner in about 1960.
Mr. Kenny was not only generous with his time as a lawyer, but as a civic leader and church member.
A director of the ecumenical Sacred Heart Center since 1999, he was a former chairman of the Board of Trustees of St. Joseph's Villa and also had headed the Catholic Diocese of Richmond's Finance Council. In 1994, he was given the Humanitarian Award from the Virginia Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, where he was a board member and past president.
A former board member of the Richmond Chapter of the American Red Cross, Mr. Kenny was also a supporter of Little Sisters of the Poor and the Hospital Hospitality House at MCV.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two daughters, Anne Kenny Urban of New York City and Kathryn Kenny Codd of Cambridge, Mass.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
Dr. John D. Hamner Jr. dies at 90
Apr 29, 2001
Losing most of his hearing at age 28 might have prevented Dr. John Daniel Hamner Jr. from becoming a surgeon, but it couldn't keep him from a career in medicine.
He also never let it keep him from dancing.
Dr. Hamner was training to become a surgeon at the Medical College of Virginia in the late 1930s when an influenza-related ear infection left him with no hearing in his left ear and partial hearing in the right.
He decided to leave MCV and pursue his master of public health degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, graduating in 1940.
Dr. Hamner, who went on to serve for more than three decades as a regional health director in various parts of central Virginia, died Thursday of heart and lung failure. He was 90 and had lived in Ashland for more than 60 years.
Born at Church Road in Dinwiddie County, he graduated from the University of Richmond and earned his medical degree at the Medical College of Virginia in 1935.
From 1940 until 1958, Dr. Hamner was health director for Henrico, Southampton, Hanover, Caroline and King William counties. For the next 10 years, he was regional director for the Virginia Department of Health's Division of Local Health Services. In 1968, Dr. Hamner served as health director for Fluvanna, Goochland and Louisa counties. From 1972 until he retired in 1977, he was health director for Charles City, Goochland, New Kent and Hanover counties.
Dr. Hamner's daughter, Michelle H. Hamner of Ashland, said her father's hearing continued to deteriorate as he aged, but he could always hear the rhythm of the music.
He and his wife, Evelyn Shepherd Hamner, who died in 1998, loved to dance and made a hobby of offering ballroom dancing lessons to family and friends.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 Henry St., in Ashland, where Dr. Hamner was a member. Burial will follow in Woodland Cemetery in Ashland.
ADAMS
William R. Adams (Bill), 77, of Chester, formerly of Tazewell County, died Sunday, May 26, 2002. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Margaret C. Adams; two sons, William C. Adams, and Larry C. Adams and his wife, Deborah; three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Mr. Adams retired from Allied Chemical after 25 years service. A graveside service will be conducted 11 a.m. Wednesday at Bermuda Memorial Park. Memorial donations may be made to Hospice of Central Virginia and/or American Heart Association. Gould Chapel handling arrangements. NELSEN FUNERAL HOME
ANDERSON
Robert Lee Anderson Sr. "Tookum", 75, a retired postal clerk for the U.S. Postal Service died Saturday, May 25, 2002 in Richmond, Virginia. Preceded in death by his mother, Dora, and his wife, Doris Anderson, he is survived by his daughters, Sandra Fox (Charlie), Robena Pope (Stuart), and Linda Taylor (Geroy); his son, Robert Anderson Jr. (Katherine); his sister, Thelma Watkins; his aunt, Nancy Bromley; 11 grandchildren, Michelle P. Crockett, Timothy S. Fox, Tanya S. Provencher, Christopher J. Anderson, Stephanie L. Pope, Jason A. Anderson, Kelsey L.A. Pope, Tiffany S. Fox, Traci S. Fox, Kristie A. Pope, and Stuart O. Pope Jr.; five great-grandchildren, Timmy S. Fox, Kelsey J. Provencher, Jessica T.R. Fox, Kasey G. Crockett, and Haley M. Provencher; brother-in-law, Lyndon P. Garland (Olivia); stepsister-in-law, Carolyn W. Thompson; nephew, Willie S. Watkins III; niece, Valorie P. Watkins; and a host of cousins, other relatives and devoted friends. His remains rest at the W.S. Watkins & Son Funeral Home, 2700 North Ave., where the family will receive friends on Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at 12 p.m. at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. James E. Leary officiating. Interment Riverview Cemetery.
BAGLEY
Bernetta E. Bagley of Richmond entered eternal rest May 25, 2002. Professional services entrusted to the: A D PRICE FUNERAL HOME
CATO
Martha Vincent Cato, 91, died May 27, 2002. She is survived by a son, William R. Cato II; a sister, Margaret V. Watts; two grandsons, one great-grandson. A graveside service will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. in the Emporia Cemetery. The family suggests memorials be given to Main Street United Methodist Church or the Greensville Rescue Squad. Echols Funeral Home handling arrangements.
CROOKER
Mildred H. Crooker, 82, of Richmond, Va., widow of Ernest S. Crooker, died May 27, 2002. She was retired from the Commonwealth of Virginia and she was a graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School. She is survived by two daughters, Betty Hoefer of Richmond and Donna Cary of Burlington, N.C.; son, Alan H. Crooker of Richmond; six grandsons, two granddaughters, two great-grandsons and one great-granddaughter. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Rd. Funeral services and interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 4600 Cox Rd. Glen Allen, Va. 23060.
DOSS
Cleo P. Doss of Mechanicsville, died May 26, 2002. She leaves behind her husband, Dewey Doss; her sons, Robert of Suffolk; Michael of Mechanicsville; Paul and his wife, Cathy of Mechanicsville; her daughters, Patricia Mollen and her husband, Cliff of Richmond, and Betty Bowen of Mechanicsville. She also leaves behind many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Staples Mill Chapel, 8510 Staples Mill Rd., where the family will receive friends Tuesday, 6 to 8 p.m., and where funeral services will be held Wednesday, 2 p.m. Interment Dale Memorial Park.
ELAM
Departed this life to be with the Lord May 24, 2002, Mrs. Sophia Alice Fain Elam, formerly of 2300 block Rosewood Ave. She was the wife of the late James Thomas Elam Jr., daughter of the late Eva Bell Fain, sister of the late Marie Pocahontas Morton. She leaves behind four daughters, Yvonne M. Pollard, Frances E. Bell, Alice E. Black, and Eva E. Charity; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, two nephews, cousins; four sons-in-law, George Pollard, Joseph Bell, George Black Jr., and Deuteronomy Charity Jr.; other relatives and friends. Remains rest at Joseph Jenkins Jr. Funeral Home, 2011 Grayland Ave. Graveside services Wednesday, May 28, 2002, 12 noon, Richmond National Cemetery, Dr. Yvonne Bibbs officiating. Family and friends assemble at the funeral home 11 a.m. Wednesday.
EMERSON
Edward Mark “Hollywood” Emerson of Deltaville, formerly of Richmond, died Monday, May 20, 2002. He is survived by his mother, Dot Kingrey, of Mechanicsville; father, Edward Emerson, of Richmond; a half brother; two half sisters; grandmother, Dorothy Brooks, of Richmond; and his former wife, JoAnn Emerson. A memorial service will be held 4 p.m. Thursday, May 30, at New Highland Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Building Fund at New Highland Baptist Church, 9200 New Ashcake Rd., Mechanicsville, Va. 23116.
FITZGERALD
Mrs. Gladys B. Fitzgerald, formerly of Richmond, departed this life in Midland, Mich. May 27, 2002. Upon arrival, remains will rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts. Funeral notice later.
