U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
KRAMER
Donald W. Kramer, 67, of Kinsdale, died on Monday, December 10, 2001. He was a retired plumber for Washington National Airport. Survivors are his wife, Clara Kramer; two sons, Donald Kramer of Fredericksburg and James Kramer of Huntington, Md.; a daughter, Brenda K. Pearson of Lucama, N.C.; four brothers, Joe Kramer of Lanham, Md., Chuck Kramer of Hyattsville, Md., Bobby and Raymond Kramer of Calabash, N.C.; two sisters, Doris Taylor of Millville, Del and Margaret "Sissy" Kramer of Upper Marlboro, Md.; six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, December 13, 2001 at the Welch Funeral Home, Montross. The family will receive friends two hours prior to services. Memorial contributions may be made to the Westmoreland County Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 37, Mount Holly, Va. 22524.
LEWIS
Sophie J. Lewis, 96, of Hanover County, entered into eternal rest on December 10, 2001. She was predeceased by her husband, Mitchell Lewis. She is survived by her children, Deacon Edward Lee (Josephine) Lewis, Linwood Lewis, Martha Wilson, Earl Lewis and Julia (Willie) Dendy; two sisters, Ellen May Lewis and Ruby Preston; and a host of other relatives and friends. Her remains rest at the Henry W. Dabney Funeral Home, 518 N. Washington Hwy., Ashland. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, December 14, 2001 from
Brown Grove Baptist Church, Ashland, Va. Rev. Fernando E. Temple, officiating. Interment
Jones Family Cemetery. McCarthy, Director. Guestbook online at www.legacy.com
LITTLE
Lola Presley Little, 88, of Richmond, went to be with the Lord on December 9, 2001. Mrs. Little was former director of Child Evangelism Fellowship of Richmond and a member of Gospel Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughters, Margie L. Rigby of Smiths Station, Ala., Charlsie L. Long of Richmond and Lorraine L. Sculthorp of York, Pa.; son, Earl M. Little of Richmond; sisters, Betty Murphy of Mt. Holly, N.C. and Helen Bland of Gastonia, N.C.; brothers, Curtis and Houston Presley of Belmont, N.C., Wade Presley of Hope, Ark. and Brady Presley of Easley, S.C.; 12 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren, five great-great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Morrissett Funeral Home, 6500 Iron Bridge Rd. (Rt. 10). Her funeral service will be held 10 a.m. Thursday at the Gospel Baptist Church, 1300 Turner Rd. Interment in Dale Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to Child Evangelism Fellowship, Greater Richmond Chapter, 1612-A Milo Rd., Richmond, Va. 23225-7416.
MILLER
On Saturday, December 8, 2001, Mrs. Agnes V. "Cee" Miller responded when the angel of silence whispered her name as a soul winged its flight home. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, a brother, grandson and two great-grandsons. She leaves to celebrate her life one daughter, Bessie (Ralph); six sons, Pleasant Jr. (Freida), Lindsey (Fredonia), Raymond (Zarella), David (Louise), Frankie (Georgia) and Franklin; 23 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren, one sister-in-law, one brother-in-law and a host of other relatives and friends, among them a very special friend, Mrs. Gurtha Robinson. Remains rest at the Mimms Funeral Home, 19th and Hull Sts., where the family will receive friends Wednesday (today) from 7 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 13, 10 a.m., Rev. R. Alexander Chavis officiating. Interment in Maury Cemetery. Relatives and friends attending funeral services assemble at the funeral home Thursday, 9:30 a.m.
MILLER
Ervin Miller, 83, of Midlothian, died December 10, 2001. Survivors include his wife of 53 years, Rose Miller; two daughters, Diane McKinney and her husband, John, and Kristine Hillin; six grandchildren, John Barone and his wife, Linda, Gina Swiger and her husband, Robert, Frank Barone and his wife, Tracey, Kelly Schaffer and her husband, Jonathan, Kimberly Hillin and Heather Hillin; one sister, Millie Osborne and her children; and five great-grandchildren, Taylor and Clay Swiger, Matthew Barone and Madison and Daniel Schaffer. His remains rest at the Bliley Funeral Home's Chippenham Chapel, 6900 Hull Street Rd., where the family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (today). Funeral services private.
MITCHELL
Charles W. "Bubba" Mitchell, 82, of Richmond, passed away Tuesday, December 11, 2001 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Mitchell was the husband of Edna Jane Mitchell, and was a devoted husband and father. He is survived by his daughter, Sherry Beadles and her husband, David; his son, Terry Mitchell and his wife, Cheryl; three grandchildren, Lisa Thomas, Brett and Scottye Mitchell; two great-granddaughters, Elizabeth and Catherine Thomas; brothers, John J. and Carlton Mitchell; and sisters, Virginia Throckmorton and Anna Carter. Mr. Mitchell was a WWII Navy veteran and retired in 1981 after a 30 year career as a member of the Plumbers and Steamfitters Union Local No. 10. This year Mr. Mitchell reached the 50 year membership milestone in Local No. 10. The family will receive friends Wednesday, December 12, 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday, December 13, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Nelsen Funeral Home, 4650 S. Laburnum Ave. A graveside service and interment will follow at 11 a.m. Thursday at Washington Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to the Henrico Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 911, Sandston, Va. 23150.
MOORE
Graveside services for Earnest Moore will be held on Thursday 11 a.m. Oakwood Cemetery. He is survived by his loving family. Remans may be viewed at Chiles one hour prior to service.
MORTON
Departed this life December 8, 2001, Mrs. Alice C. Morton of 1904 Winder Street. She was preceded in death by her husband, Albert D. Morton Sr. She is survived by a daughter, Nancy M. Cosby; son, Albert D. Morton Jr.; three grandchildren, Felicia Cosby, Jermaine Lightfoot and Charmaine Charity; two great-grandchildren; one sister, Easter Thomas; one brother, James Coleman; a host of nieces, nephews and cousins; one daughter-in-law, Marilyn Morton; one son-in-law, Wallace Cosby; two sisters-in-law, Lola Ford and Lucille Morton; one brother-in-law, Edward Thomas; other relatives and friends. Remains rest at Joseph Jenkins Jr. Funeral Home, 2011 Grayland Avenue. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church, 1900 Rosewood Avenue, where remains will lie in state one hour prior to funeral time. Rev. Ronnie Fleming (pastor) officiating. Interment Roselawn Memory Gardens. Family, friends and organizations assemble at the church 12:45 p.m. Thursday.
MYERS
Departed this life December 10, 2001, Joseph E. "Joe" Myers of Richmond. The staff of the W.S. Watkins & Son Funeral Home is serving his family.
NORMAN
Louise Pettit Norman died Sunday, December 9, 2001. She was born November 28, 1908 in Big Stone Gap, Va., the daughter of Kate Ayers Pettit and Leonard Overton Pettit. She was the widow of James Wood Norman Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Louise Hoffman and her husband, Laing; two granddaughters, Katherine Doman and her husband, Mark and Louise O'Connor and her husband, Rory; three great-grandchildren, Annie, Maggie and John Michael O'Connor. There will be a private service in Palmyra, Va. at the Pettit family cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.
PEDERSEN
Mrs. Alma Packett Pedersen, 97, a native of Richmond County, passed away December 10, 2001 at the Warsaw Healthcare Center. The second of 12 children of Andrew and Margaret Hinson Packett, she was born August 23, 1904 at Totuskey Bridge where her father was a black
Smith and her mother ran a boarding house. In 1910, she moved with her family to a farm outside Warsaw and she graduated from Warsaw High School in 1922. She attended the College of William and Mary, which had just opened its doors to female students, for two years, earning a teaching certificate. After teaching in Virginia public schools for several terms she moved to Richmond where she was employed at Thalhimer's Department Store. Following retirement from Thalhimer's she returned to Warsaw in 1968 and resided at her home on Richmond Road until moving to the Warsaw Healthcare Center in 1995. She was the last surviving charter member of Warsaw Baptist Church, the last surviving member of her high school class, a member of the Chantilly Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Menokin Homemakers Club and a former member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She is survived by a sister, Mildred Lewis of Richmond; two of her husband's nieces, Birthe Nielsen of Canada and Kirsten Mortensen of Denmark; and 10 beloved nieces and nephews plus numerous grand nieces and nephews, and great-grand nieces and nephews. Her husband Karl B. Pedersen, a native of Denmark, died in 1962. Funeral services will be held at Warsaw Baptist Church on Thursday, December 13, at 2 p.m. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Welch-Marks Funeral Home, 10300 Richmond Rd., Warsaw from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday evening. Memorial contributions may be made to Warsaw Baptist Church, P.O. Box 576, Warsaw, Va. 22572.
PULLEY
David T. "Cha-Cha" Pulley Sr., 85, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, December 11, 2001. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ada Pulley and is survived by a daughter, Diane Pulley O'Connell; grandchildren, Debbie Moseley, David Wayne Pulley, Ronald Thomas Pulley, Jay O'Connell III, Aprill McDonald and Lisa Lynn Pulley; great-grandchildren, Keith, Christopher, John, Rachel, Ceara, Dilynn, Dakoyta and Nydia; brother, Warren Pulley; and sisters, Gracie and Lula. Mr. Pulley retired from Reynolds Metals after 32 years of service and was a veteran of WWII. He was in the Battle of Normandy (D-Day), a member of the 14th Armored Division and a U.S. Army tech sergeant. He was a reconnaissance crewman who received many decorations and awards, including the Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Service Medal, European/African/Middle Eastern Service Medal. He was also awarded five Bronze Stars. Mr. Pulley was from a family of 14 and was a devoted hunter and sportsman. He was a member of Buford Rd. Baptist Church since 1972. 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 p.m. Thursday and where funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday. Interment follows in Maury Cemetery.
RHOADES
Matylda Virginia Ondrovich Rhoades, age 87, widow of Cecil Marion Rhoades, went home to be with our Lord December 10, 2001. Our beloved mother was preceded in death by her daughter, JoAnne Rhoades Magee. She is survived by three daughters, Cecil Marion R. Pierce, Shirley R. Jenkins and husband, Kenneth and Janice R. Zimmerman and husband, Euguene; one son, Robert F. Rhoades Sr. and wife, Myrtle; sister, Natalie O. Steele and husband, Paul Steele Sr; sisters-in-law, Allene Rhoades, Nedra Fuller, Nancy Payne and Iva Ondrovich; grandchildren, Pamela P. Robillard, Patricia P. Swinson, Donna P. Smith, Clifton P. Pierce III. Craig A. Pierce, B. Keith Jenkins, Robert F. Rhoades Jr., Dawn R. Tiemann, M. Todd Magee, Eugene, Edward and Marysue Zimmerman; great-grandchildren, Rachel L. Horn, Sarah L. Renwick, Alesha Drake, Jacquelyn S. Young, Jeannine Steele, Krystina Steele, Nikki and Jennifer Smith, Christopher Pierce, Ashley Jenkins, Ariana Tiemann, Chesney Rhoades, Robert and Rachel Zimmerman; and great-great-grandchildren; Jacob Horn, Varence and Valerie Young; nieces and nephews, Sandra O. Lewis, Linda O. Wegscheider, Karen Hamrick, Patricia Kolebas, Sandra, K. Mason, George Kolebas Jr., Michael Kolebas, Merrill Tate Jr., Cheri T. Hudson, Richard Tate, Susan S. Williford, Paul Steele Jr. and Bruce Steele; and her beloved companion cat, Charlie. The family will not be receiving flowers. A memorial service will be held Sunday, December 16, 12:30 p.m. at Poplar Springs Baptist Church. The family will receive friends afterward. Burial to be private. Matylda was a life-long member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church, where she played piano for the church and choir for many years. She loved children, pets and especially music, and taught all of her children, most of her grandchildren and some great grandchildren how to play the piano, as well as occasional outside students. She valued education and in lieu of flowers, would be happy if you made contributions to the Education Scholarship Fund, Poplar Springs Baptist Church, 5236 Charles City Road, Richmond, VA 23231 or The Richmond S.P.C.A.
ROLLINS
Departed this life December 10, 2001, John W. Rollins of Doswell, Va. Remains rest at the Henry W. Dabney Funeral Home, 518 N. Washington Hwy., Ashland. McCarthy, Director.
SALTZ
Margaret McNeer Saltz, age 68, of Richmond, native of Wakenva, Va. and graduate of Emory & Henry College, passed peacefully on Friday, December 7, 2001. She is survived by a daughter, Lizabeth
Green and her husband, Richard Green; two sons, David Saltz and his wife, Theresa Baldwin and Rhea Saltz Jr.; and six grandchildren, Adrienne, Matthew, Kathryn, Michael, Ryan and Payton. Margaret celebrated life very simply, taking joy in raising her children and nurturing her grandchildren. Life's challenges were welcomed silently and always with an open heart. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Camp Comfort, 12276 Stancroft Rd., Rockville, Va. 23146.
SATTERFIELD
Mr. Osborne Robert Satterfield of 200 Monroe Street, South Boston, Va., died December 10, 2001 at Halifax Regional Hospital. He was born in Halifax County, Va. on December 1, 1916 and was 85 years old. He was the son of Mr. Edward Osborne Satterfield and Mrs. Hallie Tuck Satterfield and was married to Edith Loftis Satterfield. He was a member of the Ash Avenue Baptist Church where he was a deacon and former trustee, a member of Faulkner Memorial Masonic Lodge No. 91, a member of AARP, and Town and Country Senior Citizens. Mr. Osborne Robert Satterfield is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith L. Satterfield of South Boston; one son and daughter-in-law, Mr. Robert O. and Susan Hapgood Satterfield of Afton; three grandchildren, Shannon S. Kanner of Atlanta, Ga., Tuck Satterfield of Durham, N.C., Laine Satterfield of New York City, N.Y.; one great-grandchild, Elyse Kanner of Atlanta, Ga.; three sisters, Angie
Williams of Asheville, N.C., Estelle Wilkerson of Clarkesville, Emily Redd of Lawrenceville; three brothers, Bruce Satterfield of Halifax, Edward Satterfield of Halifax, James Satterfield of Mechanicsville. Services for Mr. Osborne Robert Satterfield will be held Thursday, December 13 at 2 p.m. at Ash Avenue Baptist Church with the Rev. John Eure conducting the service. Burial will take place in the Oak Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends at
Powell Funeral Home Wednesday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and other times at his home, 200 Monroe Street, South Boston. For memorials, please consider the Ash Avenue Baptist Church. Arrangements are by
Powell Funeral Home, South Boston, Va. 24592.
