Obituaries

Aaron Franklin Holmes

Aaron Franklin Holmes

Jun 12, 2007

Aaron Franklin Holmes, son of the late Aaron E. and Emily T. Holmes, was born April 11, 1934 and departed this life on June 12, 2007 at his residence. Frank was educated in the King and Queen Public Schools system and spent his adult life working the Department of Corrections. His affiliations: Member of First Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Former...

William H. Bumbrey

William H. Bumbrey

Apr 21, 2007

Deacon William (Bill) Henry Bumbrey, entered into eternal rest at 3:30pm at Mary Washington Hospital on Saturday, April 21, 2007 surrounded by his family. He was born on October 5, 1926 to the late Galvia and Mary Bumbrey. Deacon Bumbrey accepted Christ as his personal Savior at an early age and became a member of the Antioch Baptish Church. After...

Zadie Golatt

Zadie Golatt

Apr 15, 2007

Zadie Golatt, daughter of the late Robert and Priscilla Golatt, was born August 28, 1911 in Anderson, South Carolina. She attended public schools in South Carolina. After the birth of her only child, the late Edith Johnson, she relocated to Washington, D.C., where she found employment with the Federal Government as a Custodial Attendant at the U.S. Capital. After many...

Linda C. Smith

Linda C. Smith

Mar 10, 2007

Mrs. Linda Carol Smith, was born March 9, 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland. She was the fourth child of Honora Kinsella. She completed secondary school at Saint Pius in Glasgow, Scotland in 1976. Linda married Marco Smith on April 15, 1989 in Dunoon, Scotland. Linda was a very sweet and innocent woman. She was independent and self assured. Her goals were...

Laura Dobbins

Laura Dobbins

Mar 10, 2007

Laura Dobbins was born on July 7, 1941 to the late Nannie Byrd Smith in King George, Va. She entered into a peaceful rest and went to be with her maker on March 10, 2007. Sister Dobbins graduated from Ralph Bunch High School. She joined the Antioch Baptist Church and moved her membership to Shiloh Baptist Church, Port Royal, Va.,...

Lawrence Odell Parr

Lawrence Odell Parr

Mar 4, 2007

Odell was born January 3, 1930 to the late Theodore Johnson, Sr. and Irene Bush. He became a member of the Little Ark Baptist Church at an early age and was very dedicated to serving God and the Usher Board for 57 years. Odell attended church every Sunday. Odell served several organizations: The King George Masonic Lodge 314 for over...

Deacon George W. Stuart

Deacon George W. Stuart

Jan 17, 2007

Deacon George W. Stuart, born to the late James and Ida Stuart, on September 29, 1912, departed this life on January 17, 2007. He accepted Christ and became a member of St. Stephens Baptist Church, where he served God and his church, as a Trustee and Deacon faithfullly until his health failed. George was preceded in death by four brothers,...

Lawrence E. Jackson

Lawrence E. Jackson

Jan 17, 2007

Lawrence Eugene Jackson, loving father, son, brother, nephew, and devoted friend, departed this life suddenly on Tuesday, January 17, 2007 at the Mary Washington Hospital, Fredericksburg, Va. Lawrence was born in Washington, D.C. on September 2, 1968 to James Jackson, Jr. and the late Betty Boyd Jackson. He attended public schools in the Washington area and graduated from Roosevelt High...

Naomi Ruth Young Hale

Naomi Ruth Young Hale

Jan 15, 2007

''Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believeth thou this?'' John 11:25 Naomi Ruth Young Hale, daughter of the late Cosmo and Martha Young, was born on January 12, 1928 in Return, Virginia....

Ethel Bundy Jarvis

Ethel Bundy Jarvis

Jan 2, 2007

Ethel B. Jarvis, the second daughter of the late Clinton and Priscilla Bundy, was born on September 25, 1931. Early, at the dawning of a new day on January 2, 2007, God sent His Angels to summon our dear mother, sister and aunt to come home for her eternal rest. As a young girl, Ethel professed Jesus Christ as her...

Virginia S. Wingfield

Virginia S. Wingfield

Dec 23, 2006

At her residence, the Lord called Virginia Samuel Wingfield suddenly into eternal rest on Saturday, December 23, 2006, from labor to reward. She was born on November 15, 1943 to Peter Samuel and the late Catherine Samuel in Ruther Glen, Va. Virginia's pride and joy was her husband, Ralph, daughter, Vonda and grandson, Desmon. Virginia was a devoted, caring and...

Robert A. Taylor

Robert A. Taylor

Dec 22, 2006

On December 22, 2006, our loving son and brother, Robert ''Bobby'' Alvin Taylor, was called to rest. He is the son of Earnest and Velma Taylor, Farnham (Richmond County), Virginia. He is the first of six siblings. Bobby received his education in the Richmond County Public Schools and graduated in June 1970 from Rappahannock High School, Warsaw, Virginia. He attended...

Dorothy Elaine Beverly

Dorothy Elaine Beverly

Dec 16, 2006

On Saturday, December 16, 2006 at 12:15pm, our beloved wife and mother entered peacefully into eternal rest at Community Hospice of Washington D.C., surrounded by her family. Dorothy Elaine Wright was born on October 9, 1938 in Milford, Virginia. She was the youngest child of the late Clarence and Dollie Wright. At an early age, she accepted Christ and was...

Mark Erik Bacon

Mark Erik Bacon

Aug 16, 2006

On Wednesday, August 16, 2006, Mark Bacon passed from this life. Mark had many roles in his life; husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, son-in-law, brother-in-law, USPS employee, US Army Officer, and a good friend to many. In each of these roles, Mark put forth his ultimate and carried out his responsibilities as a man on a full mission of success....

Joyce Mae Morris

Joyce Mae Morris

Aug 14, 2006

ObituaryJoyce Hayes was born July 12, 1946 in Westmoreland County, Virginia to the late Daniel and Lessie Hayes. On Monday, August 14, 2006, at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Maryland, she departed this life and went home to be with the Lord. She was one of seven children. Three siblings preceded her in death.Joyce was educated in the Westmoreland...

Emrid C. Baylor, Sr.

Emrid C. Baylor, Sr.

Jul 28, 2006

Emrid Cornelious Baylor, Sr., son of the late Herman and Bertie Baylor, was born January 7, 1926 in Caroline County Virginia. He departed this life into a peaceful rest on July 28, 2006 at Mary Washington Hospital, after a brief illness. At an early age, Emrid joined the Shiloh Baptist Church in Port Royal, Va after accepting the Lord as...

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Jul 17, 2006

Thomas E. Jackson son of the late Calvin M. and Cora B. Jackson was born November 30, 1956 in Westmoreland County Virginia. He entered eternal rest on Monday, July 17, 2006 in Rappahannock, Va.Thomas received his education in Westmoreland County Public Schools. He accepted Christ at an early age and united with the Grant Hill Baptist Church, Leedstown, Va. ''Tom...

Chester L. Booker

Chester L. Booker

Jun 8, 2006

Obituary On Thursday morning June 8, 2006, our dear love one, Chester Linwood Booker, departed this life after a brief illness. Chester was born on November 24, 1910 in Newton, Virginia to the late Robert & Julia Burton Booker. He went to live with his daughter in Clinton, Maryland in 2001. He accepted Christ and joined First Mt. Olive Baptist...

Margaret Elizabeth   ''Sue'' Johnson

Margaret Elizabeth ''Sue'' Johnson

Dec 17, 2005

Margaret Elizabeth Jordan Johnson affectionately known as ''Sue'' was born in King George, Virginia to the late Roy and Mary Jordan on August 23, 1929. She was called from labor to reward on Saturday, December 17, 2005. Sue accepted Jesus Christ as her own personal savior and was baptized in the Potomac River under the pastoralship of Reverend Carter and...

Eva Elizabeth Harvey

Eva Elizabeth Harvey

Nov 22, 2005

Deaconess Eva Elizabeth Harvey, affectionately known as ''Mema'', went quietly home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 3:35 p.m. She was born on February 14, 1929 to the late Campbell Lee and Eva Holmes Hill in Newtown, Virginia. She attended and graduated from the King and Queen Training School. She accepted Christ Jesus as her...