Ralph M. Knaub
Mar 5, 2015
Ralph Marlyn Knaub, 74, passed away on March 5, 2015 at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents Ralph Millard Knaub and Sarah Ruth Knaub. He is survived by his wife Betty June Payne Knaub and his sons Eric, Matthew and his wife Sarah, and Mark and his wife Jennifer; brothers...
Charles Keel Adams
Mar 5, 2015
Charles K. Adams, 84, died Thursday, March 5, 2015. Born in Newport News, he was a lifelong Peninsula resident and member of First Presbyterian Church. He served in the US Army and then joined the Virginia Army National Guard, retiring with the rank of LTC in 1975 after 26 years of service. He was the owner and operator of Tice's...
Wilson H. Hatter, Sr.
Mar 1, 2015
Wilson H. "Tinny" Hatter Sr., born and raised in Phoebus, passed away at his home on March 1, 2015. Born on August 14, 1948, he lived to be 66 years old and worked on the water as a waterman and also as a mechanic. "Tinny" is survived by his wife, Deborah Hatter; sons, Wilson Hatter Jr. and his wife Suzanna,...
Robert George Hamel
Mar 1, 2015
Robert G. Hamel, 76, died Sunday, March 1, 2015. A native of Gardner, MA, he had been a Hampton resident since 2008. A Navy veteran, he retired from Templeton Developmental Center in 1999 after 25 years of service. He then went to work at Walmart in Gardner retiring again in 2008. He was a dedicated member of Victory Baptist Church,...
Shirley Ann Bennett
Feb 26, 2015
Shirley Ann McDermon Bennett, 78, passed away on Feb 26, 2015 after a long illness with her family by her side. Shirley was the daughter of the late Joseph William McDermon and the late Nan Louise Faulkner. She was also the step-daughter of the late Jack Faulkner. A lifelong resident of Hampton, Shirley attended Hampton High School. She served as...
Josie W. Dunton
Feb 24, 2015
Josie Dunton, 98, passed away on February 24, 2015. She was born in Rescue, Virginia and had been a longtime resident of Hampton. Josie had worked for years at Benthall's Market in Phoebus. She was a member of Restoration Church, Phoebus Baptist and loved teaching Sunday School. Preceded in death by her husband; Francis, daughters, Dale and Bobbi, and her...
Beatrice Content Fequiere
Feb 24, 2015
Beatrice C. Fequiere passed away on Tuesday February 24, 2015 at the age of 85. She was born on August 24, 1929 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Marcel Content and Locianie Frederique Choute. Beatrice leaves behind four children: Danielle-Beatrice DeBonis (Richard), Dominique Valentin, Pierre-Marie Glatt, and Paul-Henry Fequiere. Her loving granddaughters Natalie Blackmon and Adele Fequiere will miss her kind, gentle...
Thomas Herbert Champion
Feb 24, 2015
Thomas Herbert Chamption, 84, died peacefully surrounded by his children on February 24, 2015 in Hampton, VA. Born in Queens County, New York City, New York, he was the son of Irving and Estella Champion. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1951. After a twenty year career of dedicated service to his country as a C-130 aircraft...
David Hoover
Feb 22, 2015
David Hoover, 67, passed away Sunday, February 22, 2015. Born in Saltville, VA, he had been a resident of the peninsula for 38 years, where he retired as a Crane Operator at Newport News Shipbuilding, in 2005 after 37 years. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church. David was preceded in death by his parents, brother and great niece....
Jewell G. Clay
Feb 19, 2015
Jewell Grove Clay, 84, widow of Andrew J. Clay, Jr., passed away Thursday, February 19, 2015. Born in Chatham, VA she had been a resident of Hampton for over 60 years. Surviving are her daughters, Sandra Heystek and Sonya L. Clay, both of Hampton, grandchildren, Wendy Turner, Jenny Sutherland, Tonya Barrett and Tommy Gardner; and four great-grandchildren. The family will...
Audrey J. Rogowski
Feb 19, 2015
Audrey J. Rogowski, 75, died Thursday, February 19, 2015. A native of Batavia, NY, she had been a Peninsula resident since 1970 where she retired from Sovran Bank as a Human Resource Manager. She loved to work in her yard, weekend retreats with friends, was an avid reader, and participated in water aerobics at the YMCA. Before her illness, she...
Rev. H. Warren Landis
Feb 18, 2015
Chaplain (Ret.) H. Warren Landis at age 91, passed away on Wed. February 18th at the Chesapeake Retirement Community in Newport News, Virginia where he had been a resident for ten years. He was predeceased by his parents, Elsie G. Landes and Henry D. Landes, two sisters, Goldie Landes and Marie Young, three brothers; Ray, Carl and Leslie Landes of...
Pamela Zimeras
Feb 18, 2015
Pamela Zimeras,56, peacefully passed away on February 18, 2015. Pamela was a kind, loving woman who cared deeply about her family and friends. Her sense of humor made her one of a kind. She will be greatly missed. Join family and friends for a memorial service Saturday, March 7, 2015 at 10:00 am at R.Hayden Smith Funeral Home located in...
Benjamin Norman Chandler
Feb 15, 2015
HAMPTON - Benjamin Norman Chandler, 82, passed away Sunday, February 15, 2015. Born in Hampton, he was raised in Richcreek, VA, but returned back to Hampton just before joining the US. Air Force during the Korean War. He worked as a route salesman for Pepsi Co. until his retirement in 1989. He was a member of the Hampton Moose Lodge...
Mitchell Shannon
Feb 13, 2015
Mitchell H. Shannon, 56, died Friday, February 13, 2015. A native and lifelong Newport News resident, he was a member of First Friends Church. He loved music and singing, his favorite group being Lynard Skynard and he never missed a chance to see them in concert when they came to town. He was an avid reader and a huge Redskins...
Jane Kosin Harden
Feb 13, 2015
Jane "Janey" Harden Kosin died unexpectedly in Sentara Careplex on February 13, 2015 in Hampton, VA at the age of 40. She leaves to cherish in her loving memory; Husband Davion Harden and her ten year old son Jared Harden; Parents, Norman and Kim Kosin; Brothers Kenneth Kosin; James (Soon Duk) Kosin; Sisters Elisa Fields and Carla Smith, Mother-in-law Agnes...
Ella Mae Johnson Kline
Feb 11, 2015
Ella Mae Johnson Kline, 93, passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 11, 2015. Ella was the youngest of eight children born to Benjamin Magruder Johnson and Mary Louise Johnson. After her mother's early death, she was raised by her Aunt Mary and Uncle Johnny Johnson. . A native and life-long resident of Fox Hill, she was a graduate...
Floyd L. Andleton
Feb 10, 2015
Floyd L. Andleton, 83, died February 10, 2015. A native of North Carolina, Floyd had been a longtime resident of Hampton. He was a member of the Hampton High School Class of 1950. After High School, Floyd worked his way up to hold multiple manager positions in different grocery stores in the area. Floyd is survived by his sons, Richard...
Frank Edward Hearne
Feb 8, 2015
Frank Edward Hearne, 90 of Hampton, died on February 8, 2015. Frank was born in Caldwell, Texas, son of the late Lonnie and Emma Hearne. He was preceded in death by siblings Ruby Plemper, Hubert Hearne, and Lonnie Hearne, Jr. and his long-time companion Emil Kashouty. He is survived by his brother Jack Hearne and wife Shirley and brother-in-law Edgar...
Stephen Michael Bone, Sr.
Feb 6, 2015
Stephen Michael Bone, Sr., 65, a native of Raleigh, NC, passed away on Friday, February 6, 2015 in his home surrounded by his loved ones. A member of Fox Hill Road Baptist Church, he worked at the shipyard for 38 years and enjoyed sports, fishing and hunting, but most of all he loved his family, his church and his pets....
