U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
GOODEN
Departed this life Thursday, February 6, 1997, Mr. Richard Gooden of Chesterfield. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts. Funeral notice later.
HANKS
Philip D. Hanks, age 46, owner of Road Runner Courier, died February 5, 1997. He is survived by a daughter, Stacey; his mother and stepfather, Phyllis and Charles Luck, Sr.; his father, J. W. Hanks, Sr.; a brother, J. W. (Billy) Hanks, Jr.; a sister, and brother-in-law, Janice and Greg Simmons; a stepsister, Phyllis Brown; a stepbrother, Charles H. Luck, Jr.; several nieces and a nephew. His remains rest at Bliley Funeral Home's Staples Mill Chapel, 8510 Staples Mill Rd. where funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday. Interment Westhampton Memorial Park.
HART
Myrtle "Pert" T. Hart, 93, of Morgantown, W.Va., formerly of Lakeside Area, Va., died, Wednesday, February 5, 1997, at Mon Pointe Continuing Care Center. She was born August 30, 1903, in Richmond, Va., daughter of the late John Watkins and Annie Virginia Ford Toombs. She was a homemaker and a member of the Hatcher Memorial Baptist Church in Richmond. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. James (Ann) Reeves, of Morgantown, W.Va.; two grandchildren, William A. Hamrick, of Canton, Ohio; Ms. Sharon Browning, of Las Vegas, Nev.; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Morris Welford Hart. Friends may call the Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home, Staples Mill Chapel, 8510 Stales Mill Road, Richmond, Va. from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday. Graveside services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Westhampton Memorial Park with Rev. Bill Young officiating.
HAWTHORNE
Departed this life in McGuire VA Hospital, Thursday, February 6, 1997, Mr. John W. Hawthorne of Richmond. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts. Funeral notice later.
HELFRICH
Robert B. Helfrich Sr., retired lighting manufacturers' representative and founder of the Helfrich Agency of Richmond, died February 5, 1997. Mr. Helfrich was born in Catonsville, Md. After receiving his BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia military Institute, he was employed by General Electric Co. During WW II, Mr. Helfrich served as Captain in the Corps of Engineers, European Theatre of Operations. After the war, he was affiliated with General Electric Supply Co. and was selected lighting specialist for the State of Virginia. He later was named Branch Manager for G.E. Supply Co. in Raleigh, N.C. In 1955, Mr. Helfrich established The Helfrich Agency in Virginia Beach. He moved the agency to Richmond in 1960 and served as President and CEO until his retirement in January, 1996. Mr. Helfrich was a member and past president of the Virginia Illuminating Engineering Society, and other professional engineering societies. He was a charter member of the Westwood Racquet Club and served with The Henrico Lions Club. Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Desmond Helfrich; two sons, Robert B. Helfrich Jr. of Virginia Beach, David W. Helfrich of Midlothian; one daughter, Nancy H. Pittman of Virginia Beach; two brothers, Thomas C. Helfrich of Vero Beach, Fla. and Samuel W. Helfrich; a sister, Mary Helfrich, all of St. Augustine, Fla.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at Welborne United Methodist Church, 920 Maybeury Drive at Patterson Ave., February 11, 1997 at 3 p.m. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to St. Mary's Hospital, Bon Secours Hospice Program, 5801 Bremo Rd., Richmond 23226, Tuckahoe Vol. Rescue Squad, 1101 Horsepen Rd., Richmond 23229, Richmond Area American Cancer Society or a charity of personal choice.
JACKSON
Mrs. Ethel N. Jackson, widow of James E. "Buck" Jackson, departed this life February 4, 1997. She is survived by her daughters, Joyce Carter, Brenda Jackson and Lorraine Hines; son, Arturo "Pepi" Jackson; five grandchildren; brother, Joseph Nicholson; sons-in-law, Nathan Carter and Milton Hines; two sisters-in- law; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. Her remains rest at the W.S. Watkins & Son Funeral Home, where funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Rev. Vera Ryan officiating. Interment Greenwood Memorial Gardens.
JOHNSON
Darryl Everett Johnson, 34 departed this life Wednesday, February 5, 1997. He leaves to cherish his memories, his loving mother, Mattie Fonville; his father, James E. Johnson; two brothers, Terry and James Jr.; his grandmother, Emily Johnson; one sister-in-law, Ronalda Johnson; ten aunts; five uncles; and a host of other relatives and friends. Remains rest at the Crawley Funeral Home, 3810 Meadowbridge Rd. where family will receive friends Friday 7 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday 1 p.m. at Mt. Zion Holy Church, 3401 Chapel Dr. Remains will lie in state at the church 10 a.m. until hour of funeral, Elder Donald Fonville Sr. eulogy. Interment Maury Cemetery. Family and friends kindly assemble at the church 12:30 p.m.
JOHNSON
Died February 6, 1997, Mr. Dewitt R. Johnson, Jr. of Richmond. Notice of funeral later. Arrangements by the Chiles Funeral Home, 2100 Fairmount Ave.
JOHNSON
Edward Dale Johnson, age 59, of Mechanicsville, died February 4, 1997. survived by two sons, Andrew E. Johnson and Kevin D. Johnson. Mr. Johnson was a member of the choir at Overbrook Presbyterian Church. Family will receive friends 2 to 4 and 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Laburnum Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 2110 E. Laburnum Ave., where services will be held 11 a.m. Friday. Interment Upper King and Queen Baptist Church Cemetery.
KUNKEL
Clarence E. Kunkel, 51 of Moseley, passed away February 6, 1997. He is survived by three children, Scott, Michael, and Kim Crane; three granddaughters, Lacee, McKenzie, and Morgan; 12 brothers and sisters; and a special friend, Frances Pavey. His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull St. Rd. Funeral services 2 p.m. Saturday Chesterfield Baptist Church. Interment church cemetery.
MADDRA
Mrs. Virginia Halloway Maddra, 79, widow of Allie Vester Maddra Jr., died Wednesday, February 5, 1997. She was a native of Petersburg, Va., and lifelong resident of this area and was the daughter of the late, Walter and Mary Hack Halloway. Mrs. Maddra was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post #136, Ettrick, Va. She was a retired plant nurse for Continental Forest Industries, Hopewell, Va. Mrs. Maddra is survived by three daughters, Jennie M. Fleshood of Nashville, Tenn., Annette M. Horner of Wynnewood, Pa., and Linda B. Maddra of Spring Grove, Va.; one son, Allie V. "Buck" Maddra III, of Midlothian, Va.; ten grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; a sister, Mary Vaughan of Oakridge, N.C.; a number of cousins and close friends. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, February 10, 1997 11 a.m. at the graveside in Southlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Prince George Co., with The Very Rev. John S. Horner, Rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Ardmore, Pa., and Dr. Dorothy McNeer O'Quinn, Pastor of Salem Sycamore United Methodist Church, Newville officiating. The family will receive friends at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Sunday afternoon from 3 to 5 p.m. On Monday the Procession will leave from the Adams Street entrance of the funeral home at 1030 a.m.
MALOY
Donald N. Maloy, died February 6, 1997. He was retired from Advest, Inc., a veteran of WW II, a member of the Optimist Club of Richmond, the Navy League American Legion Post #84, the 90 and Nine Breakfast Club, West Richmond Businessmen's Association, the Westwood Club, and the Hermitage Country Club. He is survived by his wife, Elise H. Maloy; stepchildren, Lynn Cave and her husband Rodney, Don Wilhite and his wife, Becky, and Patricia Horne; grandchildren, Melanie Wilhite, Erin and Ethan Cave. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 12 noon at the Bliley Funeral Home's Central Chapel, 3801 Augusta Ave., with private burial following. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Virginia Home for Boys, St. Gertrude's School, or your favorite charity.
MEADS
Died February 6, 1997, Clifton C. Meads, 66, owner of Straw & Feathers Country Decor. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Meads; son and daughter-in-law, Benny R. and Jill F. Meads; daughter and son- in-law, Susan M. and Robert P. Webb; grandchildren, Stephanie L. and Cameron S. Meads, and Kate M. Webb; sister and brother-in-law, Edith and Eldon Boom; stepchildren, Michael Henry Calhoun and Wanda Marie Benton; stepgrandchildren, Darin S. and Chad A. Bottiger. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Bliley Funeral Home's Staples Mill Chapel, 8510 Staples Mill Road. Funeral notice later. Memorial gifts may be made to the Clifton C. Meads Scholarship Fund, c/o Chamberlayne Heights United Methodist Church.
O'BRIEN
Lela Taylor O'Brien, 86 of Richmond, passed away Thursday, February 6, 1997. She was the widow of Donnell E. O'Brien and is survived by her daughter, Kathleen Ann O'Brien Moore and son-in-law, James Edgar Moore; three grandchildren, Brien Donnell Moore, Erin Kathleen Moore and Megan Elizabeth Moore; three great-grandchildren, Frances Neylan Moore, James Brien Moore and Jessica Erin Moore. Her remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull St. Rd. where a Christian Wake service will be held 7 p.m. Friday, and where family will receive friends 7 to 9 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at St. John's Catholic Church, Dinwiddie. Interment church cemetery.
OLSON
Betty (Ma) F. Olson of Chesterfield County, born January 24, 1936, died February 6, 1997. Born in Greenville, S.C. to the late A. W. and Lillie Fowler, she was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Kenneth Olson. She is survived by her daughter, Pamela O. Coleman, son-in-law, Bill Coleman, and their sons, John and Mike Coleman, all of Chesterfield; son, Charles T. (Tom) Olson, and his wife, Sallie Olson, and their children Anders and Ingrid Olson, all of Cape Elizabeth, Maine; sister, Edith Davenport, and two brothers, Jack Fowler, and Clayton Fowler, all of Greenville, S.C.; brother, Curtis Fowler of St. Cloud, Fla. She was a volunteer at Jacobs Rd. Elementary School, and was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church. Please make contributions to St. Augustine Building Fund or the American Cancer Society. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 9, at St. Augustine Catholic Church, 4400 Beulah Rd.
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Departed this life Sunday, February 2, 1997, Mrs. Susie C. Page of 5600 Charlevoix Ct. She is survived by her son, Joseph Warren; two grandchildren, Rochelle and Antoine Warren; two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elizabeth Graves, Annie Mae Staten and Helen McDuffie; one daughter-in-law, Pattie Warren; one brother-in-law; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins, other relatives and friends, among them a devoted friend, Mrs. Nannie Bland. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts., where funeral services will be held, Saturday, February 8, 2 p.m. Rev. Shirley Harris officiating. Interment in Maury Cemetery. Relatives and friends attending funeral services assemble at the funeral home Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
PERRY
Died February 6, 1997, Mr. Matthew Perry of Richmond. Notice of funeral later. Arrangements by the Chiles Funeral Home, 2100 Fairmount Ave.
POOLE
Mary Louise Poole, widow of Clyde L. Poole Sr. of Richmond, died February 6, 1997. She is survived by her son, Barry N. Poole and wife, Mary J.; daughter, Sheila P. Turner and husband, Mike; stepson, Clyde L. Poole Jr.; stepdaughter, Margaret P. McBee; sister, Ruth Litten; two grandchildren, Jennifer and Brandon Poole. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Rd. where services will be conducted 11 a.m. Monday. Interment Forest Lawn Cemetery.
PREDDY
Alvin L. Preddy Jr., age 65, of Richmond, died Wednesday, February 5, 1997. He is survived by his wife, Barbara G. Preddy; his son, Alvin L. (Len) Preddy III; three daughters, Debora P. Murray, Patricia P. Bazzle, and Michele M. Parkinson; his sister, Cornelia Tillotson, and two granddaughters, Allie B. Murray and Abbegail M. Preddy. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at the West Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 11020 W. Broad St. where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday by Dr. Don Runyon, Pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. Interment Westhampton Cemetery.
RAINEY
Mrs. Lorene Banks Rainey, 55, of 2210 N. 25th St., died Tuesday, February 4, 1997 after a long illness. She is survived by three daughters, Sherl Rainey, Iris Tyler, and Darlene Rainey; one son, Leroy Rainey; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Elizabeth Lewis, Eunice Banks and Joyce Trent; one brother, Ryland Christian; six nieces; two nephews; one aunt, Thelma Robinson; one son in-law; two devoted friends, Daniel Hubbard and Wanda McCutchen; other relatives and friends. Remains rest at Walter J. Manning Funeral Home, 700 N. 25th St. where a funeral service will be held Saturday, 2 p.m., Rev. Rosalind Bradley officiating. Burial Oakwood Cemetery.
REYNOLDS
Departed this life February 6, 1997 in a local hospital, Joe Reynolds, age 79 of Champlain, Va. He is survived by his wife, Minnie Johnson Reynolds; three daughters, Mary Jeter of Tappahannock, Virginia Reynolds Parker of Fredericksburg, and Minnie Lee Pollard of Caret; three sons, Joe Reynolds Jr. of Fredericksburg, James Reynolds of King George and Donald Reynolds of Champlain; two sisters, Mary Byrd of Lexington, Ky. and Emma Hill of Newtown, King & Queen Co. The body will lie in state Saturday, February 8, from 12 Noon until 7 p.m. at Washington Funeral Home, Tappahannock, where the family will receive friends 7 to 8 p.m. Funeral service will be held Sunday, February 9, 2 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church, Champlain, Rev. James Sherman officiating. Interment in the church cemetery.
ROMINES
Mr. Ira Catlett Romines, 71 of Emporia, died Thursday, February 6, 1997. He is survived by his wife, Betty L. Romines; daughter, Gladys Brittle of Ivor; sons, Olin G. Romines of Franklin, and Ira C. Romines Jr. of Capron; three stepdaughters, Patricia Jones, Carol Sue King, and Rhonda Wells, all of Emporia; two stepsons, Dale Wells of Jarratt, and Jimmie Parrotte of Newport News; five grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; one great-grandson. Mr. Romines was retired from Southampton Correctional Center. The family will receive friends 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Owen Funeral Home, 303 S. Halifax Rd., Jarratt, where the funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Saturday. Interment Greensville Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, family suggests memorial contributions be made to Greensville Volunteer Rescue Squad.
