Obituaries for February 18, 2012

By: Times-Dispatch Staff | Times-Dispatch
Published: February 18, 2012

METRO

Blankenship, Mr. Tim, of Mechanicsville, husband of Eunice Blankenship.

Boggs, Mrs. Ethel B., 89, of Richmond, a retired employee of Export Leaf Tobacco Co., widow of John T. Boggs.

Cohn, Mrs. Jane Shaffer, 91, of Richmond, widow of Alfred J. Cohn.

Coppedge, Mr. Thomas, 83, of Richmond.

Cox, Mrs. Catherine Branscome, 86, of Henrico, formerly of Roanoke and Richmond, a retired reading teacher in the Henrico County school system, widow of Quinton Saunders Cox.

Jones, Mrs. Alyce Zenobia Mitchell, 80, of Richmond, a retired teacher in the Richmond school system, wife of Charles Monk Jones.

Lewis, Mr. Charles J., 81, of Richmond, a retired employee of Simon Contracting Co. Inc., widower of Margaret Lewis.

Lines, Mr. James Lee, 52, of Richmond, a construction worker.

Myers, Mr. Frank Cornelius Jr., 93, of Henrico, a World War II Army veteran, a retired vice president and general manager for DuBose Buick, widower of Katherine Paul Myers.

Nicholas, Mr. Cyrus Barnholt Jr., 66, of Richmond, a real estate agent with Napier Realtors known for relocating families to Richmond.

Robertson, Mrs. Norma Alice, 85, of Sandston, widow of Velpo F. Robertson Sr.

Rowe, Mr. Michael Lee, 57, of Richmond, a factory machine operator, husband of Elizabeth G. Rowe.

Whitlow, Ms. Marie Joyce, 80, of Richmond.

Wilkinson, Mr. William, 90, of Henrico, a World War II Marine Corps veteran, a retired employee of Reynolds Metals Co., husband of Dorothy Wilkinson.

VIRGINIA

AMELIA – Clements, Mr. William Sonny Sr., 78, a retired employee of Blakemore Construction Co., husband of Gladys Ruffin Clements.

BOYDTON – Love, Mrs. Annie Mae, 83, a homemaker, widow of Siddell Love Sr.

BOYKINS – Fuller, Mrs. Ednola Britton, 94, a former assistant mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, wife of Earl W. Fuller Sr.

BRACEY – Ellis, Mrs. Shelia Wood, 70, a retired gift shop owner, widow of Clyde Gilbert Ellis.

CHATHAM – Sugg, Mrs. Catherine Thompson Slay, 94, formerly of Graham, N.C., and Richmond, a former circulation librarian at Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, widow of James Matthew Slay and Harold Gray Sugg.

CHESAPEAKE – Coleman-Gordon, Mrs. Mary E., formerly of Charles City, widow of Morris R. Gordon.

CLARKSVILLE – Newman, Mrs. Ida Ludewig, 87, a retired New Jersey Bell telephone operator, widow of Edwin John Newman.

DILLWYN – Shumaker, Mrs. Essie S., 102, a homemaker, widow of Norman Shumaker.

DINWIDDIE – Powell, Mr. William Alfred, 62, retired owner of Powell's Body Shop Inc. in Petersburg, husband of Doshie King Powell.

KILMARNOCK – Kent, Mr. David Horace, 80, a retired mail clerk, widower of Joy Wright Kent.

KING WILLIAM – Lee, Mr. Elmore M., 80, a retired sawmill worker.

NEW CANTON – Milbrath, Mr. Lloyd L., 76, widower of Gladys H. Milbrath.

NEWPORT NEWS – Hess, Mr. Robert V., 94, formerly of Vienna, Austria, and Hampton, an Air Force veteran, an internationally known expert in laser technology and atmospheric sensing who retired from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, husband of Jane Strange Hess.

WILLIAMSBURG – Corey, Mr. Nicholas K., 40, an emergency medical technician.

ELSEWHERE

Buchanan, Mrs. Cynthia Shelton, 50, of Advance, N.C., formerly of Richmond, wife of William "Buck" Buchanan III.