Richard “Swampbear” Brittle Brinkley, Sr. 68, of Suffolk, Virginia went home to be with the lord Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.  He was beloved by all who knew him.   He was born in Nansemond County, VA and graduated from Forest Glen High School, Class of 71′. He went on to work for Union Camp which later […]

SUFFOLK- Dennis Neil ‘Denny’ Smith, 69, died February 11, 2021. A native of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, he was preceded in death by his parents, Maurice and Margaret Speight Smith; and brother, David Smith. Denny was the retired Director of Operations at the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. He was a member of the Doric Masonic Lodge […]

Distributed at the 2020 Ruritan National Convention

Suffolk – Charles McDonald (Mac) Abernathy, 88, passed away on May 21, 2016. He was a native of Brunswick County, VA and the son of the late Robert Emmett and Virginia Stallings Abernathy. He was predeceased by his first wife Frances Howell Abernathy, and a brother Eugene H. Abernathy, step son Jimmy Boyette and grandson-in-law […]

Suffolk – Donald Elwood Carter, 82, died on September 22, 2014 in Suffolk, Va., where he had resided all his life. He is survived by his wife, Edna Earle Carter, and three children: his son, Donald “Donnie” E. Carter, Jr. of Portsmouth; and his daughters, Susan “Beth” E. Carter Brown and her husband, Todd Brown […]