U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
HAYES
Janet Riegel Hayes, age 57, of Lawrenceville, Va., died February 9, 2002. She is survived by her husband, Bobby Hayes; children, Robert W. Hayes Sr. and wife, Melanie of Dolphin, and Timmy Hayes and wife, Julie of Roanoke Rapids; grandchildren, Brook White and husband, Gene of Alberta, Bert Hayes of Dolphin, and Emilee Hayes of Roanoke Rapids; parents, Donald and Edna Riegel of Edgerton; and a sister, Carol Baird of Edgerton. Graveside funeral services will be conducted 2 p.m. Tuesday at Crestview Memorial Park, South Hill. The family will receive friends Monday, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the
Williams Funeral Home, Lawrenceville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Alberta Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box 262, Alberta, Va. 23821 or Relay for Life, 400 N. Main St., Lawrenceville, Va. 23868.
JEFFERSON
Ida P. Jefferson, 87, of Richmond, Va., departed this life Saturday, February 9, 2002. Remains rest at the Robert Mealy Funeral Home, Goochland. Funeral notice later.
JENKINS
James Franklin (Jim) Jenkins, 88, of Richmond, born June 6, 1913 in Rice, Va., passed away February 10, 2002 after a wonderful life. He was the retired owner of Jenkins Towing & Repair, Inc. which he founded in 1942. He was a member of the Scottish Rite and one of the founders of the Mini Patrol, as well as a 32nd degree Mason. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Lillie
Powell Jenkins; five children, Dorothy (Dot) Jenkins Shpil, Melvin Eugene Jenkins Sr. and his wife, Mary, Peggy Jenkins Morrow, Jane (Cheeta) Jenkins Salmon, Rebecca (Cookie) Jenkins Austin and her husband, David; 13 grandchildren, George E. Jr. and Barry K. Shpil, Kimberly S. Porter, Jessica S. Gough, Cherie M. and D. Michael Austin Jr., Amy Cottrell, Mitzi Marlowe, Kenneth, Eugene Jr. and Julie Faye Jenkins, Misty Nicol and Dusty Shane Morrow; 18 great-grandchildren; and two half sisters, Lois Coates and Virgina Strange. His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull Street Rd., where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, and where a funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday. Interment Maury Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hawthorne Hospice, 1461 Johnston-Willis Dr., Richmond, Va. 23235 or Bensley Rescue Squad.
NIX
Mrs. Amelia Brauer Nix, age 88, of Richmond, died Saturday, February 9, 2002. She is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Norman Manley and Betty P. Nix; a foster son, Carlton Pridgen of Richmond; seven grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren. Remains rest at the Laburnum Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 2110 E. Laburnum Ave., where the family will receive friends Sunday, 2 to 8 p.m. and Monday, 6 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Tabernacle Baptist Church, 1925 Grove Ave. Interment Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Special Offering.
PACK
Thomas Lee Pack Jr. of Mechanicsville, joyfully entered the Kingdom of Heaven on Saturday, February 9, 2002. He is survived by his wife, Bonnie K, Pack; two sons, Christian and Caleb; daughter, Emilee; his mother, Carol Pack Benton; two brothers, Bobby Pack and Kenny Benton; one sister, Betsie Benton. Thomas was preceded in death by his fathers, Thomas L. Pack Sr. and Raymond Benton; and brother, Robbie Benton. His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Central Chapel, 3801 Augusta Ave., where the family will receive friends Monday, 6 to 8 p.m. and Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m., and where services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment Washington Memorial Park. To God be the Glory.
ROBERTS
Dorothy Elaine Roberts, 83, of Crewe, died Sunday, February 10, 2002. By her request, there will be no visitation prior to a brief graveside service, which will be held in the Crewe Cemetery at 2 p.m. Tuesday on February 12, 2002. After the graveside service, friends are invited to visit together at her home at 105 Cabell St. Ms. Roberts obtained her bachelor's degree in English from the University of Richmond. After graduation, she worked at a series of resorts and country clubs., describing the 1940's as a "decade of play" for her. In 1948, she began her 36 year career as office manager in the Duke University English Department, often typing book manuscripts for the Department's authors, including "Two Reminiscences of Thomas Carlyle", which the author and her friend, John Clubbe, dedicated to her. She also typed numerous book manuscripts for the well-known novelist Reynolds Price, who gave her a charm bracelet to which he added a book-shaped locket inscribed with the title of each book when she completed typing it. Years before, when Price was an unknown undergraduate at Duke, Ms. Roberts loaned him the money he needed to be able to pursue studying in England as a Rhodes scholar. She had accepted her position at Duke with the understanding she would not work during summers, to allow her to pursue her lifelong love of travel, including such trips as the time she was one of the few women booked aboard a freighter sailing from Trinidad to Suriname, where she joined a safari. She is survived by her longterm friend, Wirt Haley Corrie; his son and daughter-in-law, Dan and Ellen Corrie of Atlanta; her in-laws, William E. and Kathryn Wills of Windsor; her cousins, Francis Olsen and Edna Perdue, both of Crewe; and numerous other cousins and friends. She was predeceased in 1984 by her sister, Virginia Lee Porter of the Isle of Wight.
ROWE
Naomi Ward Rowe, 74, of Henrico, passed away peacefully Sunday, February 10, 2002. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Luther B. Rowe Jr.; two daughters, Beverly R. Agee and Vickie R. Yates and her husband, Elwood; three grandchildren, Douglas Simpson, Ashley Glazebrook and Denise Simpson; one sister, Frances W. Hicks; several nieces and nephews; and a host of friends. Her remains rest at the Nelsen Funeral Home, 4650 S. Laburnum Ave., where the family will receive friends Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 6 to 8:30 p.m., and where funeral services will be conducted 1 p.m. Wednesday. Interment Washington Memorial Park. Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer's of Greater Richmond and/or Hospice of Bon Secour.
SALE
Nettie Pease Sale, 82, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 9, 2002. She is survived by her beloved husband, Robert W. Sale; daughter and son-in-law, Lucy S. and Dr. Martin Horenstein; son and daughter-in-law, Raymond Wallace and Janice Sale; granddaughter, Sharon I. Horenstein; sisters, Lois Oliver, Frances Davis, Virginia Marny; brothers, Charles and Elvin Pease Jr. The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Morrissett Funeral Home, 6500 Iron Bridge Rd. (Rt. 10). Her funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Southside Church of the Nazarene. Interment will be at Dale Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that contributions be made to the Southside Church of the Nazarene, 6851 Courthouse Rd., Chesterfield, Va. 23832.
SHAW
Mr. James R. (Jimmy) Shaw of Richmond, formerly of 3015 Veronda Ave., died Saturday, February 9, 2002. The staff of the W.S. Watkins & Son Funeral Home is serving his family.
SIEGFRIED
Robert Coleman Siegfried, 82, of Richmond died February 8, 2002. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Lois Miller Siegfried; three sons, Robert Coleman Siegfried II and his wife, Susan, William Bledsoe Siegfried and Harrie Pierce Siegfried; a daughter, Randy Siegfried Oglesby and her husband, Michael; three grandchildren, Melanie and Pamela Oglesby and Angela Siegfried. Mr. Siegfried served in the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a 1938 graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and was employed by Publishers Envelope Co. for 34 years. He had a lifelong involvement with the Boy Scouts of America, serving as Assistant Scoutmaster and Scoutmaster of Troop 728. He was a member of the Order of the Arrow and was presented the Silver Beaver Award in 1991. Mr. Siegfried was a tireless family researcher and member of the Pace Society and the Virginia Genealogical Society. He was a member of the Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion Post #125 and formerly the Tuckahoe Lions Club and was Past Commander of the North South Skirmish Association. His family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 Parham Road, where services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Interment Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Memorial gifts may be made to the Robert E. Lee Council, Boy Scouts of America, 4015 Fitzhugh Ave., Richmond, Va. 23230.
SMITH
Carrie M.
Smith of 2314 Spencer Rd., entered eternal rest February 9, 2002. Professional services entrusted to the: A D PRICE FUNERAL HOME
SMITHERS
Mrs. Beatrice Smithers of Richmond, passed away Sunday, February 10, 2002. The staff of the W.S. Watkins & Son Funeral Home is serving her family.
WARREN
Margaret Allen Warren of Richmond, passed away February 9, 2002. She is survived by her husband of 54 years, Charles W. Warren; one daughter, Donna W. McCabe and her husband, Gordon W. McCabe; her mother, Mrs. Carrie E. Allen of Roxboro, N.C.; three sisters, Elizabeth Allen, Ruth Brooks, both of Roxboro, N.C., and Mamie Lex of Richmond; one brother, Thomas L. Allen of San Antonio, Texas. Her remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull Street Rd., where the family will receive friends Monday, February 11, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Tuesday, February 12, from 2 to 4 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., and where funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday. Interment Dale Memorial Park.
WILLIS
Departed this life February 5, 2002, Mr. L.V. Willis of 2400 Peter Paul Blvd. He is survived by one son, Larry V. Willis Sr.; one daughter, Barbara Jean Hill; four grandsons, Warren, Larry Jr., Marcus, and Philip Willis; five great-grandchildren; one brother, Gainum Willis; a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins; one daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Willis; four sisters-in-law, among them one devoted, Eula Joyner; one brother-in-law, other relatives and friends. Graveside services will be held Tuesday, 11 a.m., Oakwood Cemetery. Pastor Stanley Bennett officiating. Walter J. Manning Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Dr. John R. Saunders
Jan 24, 2001
For more than 20 years as administrator at Westbrook Psychiatric Hospital, Dr. John R. Saunders prided himself in running a tight ship, but never at the expense of his patients or staff.
"He was very much of a master of getting things in good shape," said Dr. Saunders' son, John R. "Jack" Saunders Jr. of Richmond. "He appreciated order, but he appreciated the people around him and the work they did."
Despite holding the top administrative post at the hospital, Dr. Saunders always maintained a patient case load equal to any of his subordinates. He arrived each day at 6 a.m. to begin his rounds.
Dr. Saunders, 96, of Richmond, who retired in the mid-1980s as director at Westbrook after a career spanning nearly 60 years in medicine, died Monday.
The hospital closed last year. Dr. Saunders came to Westbrook in 1945 as a staff physician.
A native of Lewiston, N.C., Dr. Saunders entered Wake Forest College at age 16 to study medicine.
During the depression, he was a general practitioner in his hometown. He joined the staff at State Hospital in North Carolina in 1937, eventually rising to superintendent of the facility.
After Pearl Harbor, Dr. Saunders attempted to resign from the hospital to join the Navy, but North Carolina's governor persuaded him to stay.
Though he was sought after as an administrator, Dr. Saunders' first love was his patients. "My dad was one who loved to take up a challenge," said Barbara
Brown of Wake Forest, N.C. "He just loved to see people get better."
Dr. Saunders was a member of the American Psychiatric Association and was president of the state chapter, formerly the Neuropsychiatric Society of Virginia. He was also a past president of the National Association of Private Psychiatric Hospitals.
In addition to his daughter and son, Dr. Saunders is survived by another daughter, Janice Hemric of North Canton, Ohio, and a sister, Janice Jilcott of Lewiston, N.C. He was the widower of Vera Coxwell Saunders, to whom he was married for 59 years.
A funeral will be conducted at the Central Chapel of the Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Ave., on Wednesday at 11 a.m. Burial will be at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Jon Longaker dies
Jul 27, 2002
At the beginning of his teaching career at Randolph-Macon College, Jon Dasu Longaker was the sole fine arts faculty member.
He started as an adjunct instructor in the fall of 1952, teaching one art history class. Before the academic year was up, the school's president, Dr. J. Earl Moreland, hired him to start a fine arts program.
"I was asked to teach one course in art history, one in studio art and when Dr. Moreland heard that I liked classical music, one in music appreciation," he wrote in a history of the school's theater program. He also became a drama instructor and director of the Randolph-Macon Players.
"He did everything except direct the glee club," said his wife, Lyde.
Shortly after he joined the faculty, Mr. Longaker began stringing as an art and theater critic for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. His byline appeared for about three decades.
In the last 4½ years, Mr. Longaker fought ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. He died Friday in his Ashland home at age 82.
Before his 1990 retirement from the college, he helped build a department that now offers degree programs that include music, drama, studio arts and arts management.
Mrs. Longaker said her husband was continually expanding the college's art history offerings to include courses on such topics as native American and Chinese art. He was keenly interested in the art of Mexico and led many student and community groups on art exploration trips to Mexico as well as Europe.
He wrote a monthly column on art for "Commonwealth" magazine and was the author of the textbook, "Art, Style and History," published in 1970.
As a critic, he was sometimes criticized for reviews that often pushed the positive, as he wrote in his 1962 "Art in Richmond" column, "My answer to this is that I want to encourage, not stifle art in Richmond; that by explaining what I like about a picture or statue I also infer what I do not like."
In 1999, the college honored him with the Noe/Kilgore Retired Faculty Award, which recognizes exemplary teaching. At its 2002 commencement, R-MC awarded the first Jon D. Longaker Student Art History Award, an endowed prize that will be given annually.
"Jon shared generously his love, his knowledge of art and his good humor with many people, young and old," said Michael Carter, executive director of development at the college and a former student. "He bestowed much happiness and wisdom upon those he has left behind."
Born in Switzerland, Mr. Longaker spent his early childhood in Italy and Germany and came to the United States with his mother and stepfather at age 9.
He graduated from high school in Salem and earned a degree at the University of Pennsylvania before serving as a communications officer in the Navy during World War II.
In 1952, after four years of graduate study at Columbia University, he came to Richmond as a research assistant at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
In addition to his wife, survivors include a daughter, Eliza Longaker, of Ashland; three sons, Mark Longaker, of Ashland, Jonathan Longaker, of Zurich, Switzerland, and Ramsey Longaker, of Pittsburgh; and two grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday at St. James the Less Episcopal Church in Ashland.
BRASWELL
Lena R. Braswell departed this life January 23, 2001 at Health South Hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of William H. Braswell. She leaves to mourn two sons, Henry L. and Otis L. Braswell; three daughters, Shirley Worrell, Brenda Braswell and Lurlene Patricia Jackson; 12 grandchildren, among them one devoted, Crystal Hughes and husband, Ronald Hughes; 13 great-grandchildren, two brothers-in-law, three sisters-in-law; one son-in-law, Ralph E. Jackson; a host of other relatives and friends, among them one devoted friend and coworker, Mary Sibblett. Remains rest at Walter J. Manning Funeral Home, 700 N. 25th St., where the family will receive friends Friday 7 to 8 p.m. Remains will lie in state Saturday 12 noon at St. Paul Baptist Church, 26th and Marshall Sts., where funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Rev. Lance Watson, pastor. Rev. Sharon Broaddus officiating. Burial Maury Cemetery.
BROOKS
Whirley Lee (Monkey) Brooks Jr. of 610 Starview Lane, departed this life Wednesday, January 24, 2001. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts. Funeral notice later.
