James F. Arpe Jr., 50, of Glen Allen, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer Saturday, June 26, 2010. He was preceded in death by his father, James Sr.; his mother, Tina; and brother, Robin. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Donna; his three children, Chris, Kyle and Tori; his sister, Darlene; as well as many family and friends. The family received friends Monday, June 28, 2010 at Bliley’s - Staples Mill, 8510 Staples Mill Rd., where a funeral service was held Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Entombment to follow at Greenwood Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Massey Cancer Center, P.O. Box 980214, Richmond, Va. 23298-0214.

James Theodore Bailey, 82, of Ashland, passed away Wednesday, June 23, 2010. He was the son of the late Cuthbert Erin and Margaretta Emily Smith Bailey. He was a member of the Local 10 Plumbers and Pipefitters. He is survived by his wife, Agnes Bailey; three sons, James Timothy Bailey, Mark Stephen Bailey and David Kevin Bailey; four grandchildren, Jill Creasey, Kristen Bailey, Joshua Bailey and Autumn Bailey; two great-grandchildren, Emerson and Reagan Creasey; two sisters, Ann Carter and Emily Smith; numerous nieces, nephews and other loving family members and friends. Funeral services were held Saturday, June 26, 2010, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Dinwiddie County. The family received friends Friday, June 27, 2010 at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Graveside services were held in St. John’s Catholic Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Ann’s Catholic Church, 105 S. Snead Street, Ashland, Va. 23005. Condolences may be registered at http://www.jtmorriss.com.

Herman P. Calhoun, 71, of Mechanicsville, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 26, 2010. Surviving are two daughters, two sons, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. Visitation was held Monday, June 28, 2010 at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home. Private graveside services.

Robbie Sue Black Forbes, 93, of Wilson, N.C., died Monday, June 14, 2010. Funeral was held Wednesday, June 16, 2010 at First Christian Church, Wilson, followed by visitation in the church parlor. Mrs. Forbes, widow of Vance Thomas Forbes Sr., of Wilson, was born in Hopewell, Va. She was a member of her church where she served on the Altar Guild and as a Circle Leader. Surviving is her daughter, Sue Black Forbes Watson and her husband, Dr. Ritchie D. Watson, of Ashland; son, Vance Thomas Forbes Jr. and his wife, Wortley Herring Forbes, of Wilson; granddaughters and their husbands, Susan Bland Watson Hatchett (Dr. Richard) of Bethesda, Md., Jane Forbes Watson Fields (Joey) of Greensboro, N.C., Wortley Lawrence Forbes Whitehead (Graham) of Wilson, Lauren Thomas Forbes Good (Stacy) of Wilson; great-grandchildren, Jane Larkin Hatchett, Lawther Graham Whitehead IV, Thomas Duncan Hatchett, Barbara Forbes Good, William Vance Whitehead, Scott Thomas Good, Emma Forbes Fields and Susan Watson Fields; sister, Mary Anne Black Poston of Penney Farms, Fla.; brother, Robert Williams Black Jr. of Nags Head. Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church, P.O. Box 2702, Wilson, N.C. 27894. Wilson Memorial Service, 237-7171 http://www.wilsonmemorialservice.com.

Edward Lewis Loftin Sr., “Ed”, “Pop Pop”, 64, of Mechanicsville, passed on Saturday, June 26, 2010. He was the son of the late Lewis Carlyle and Mildred Hawk Loftin and was preceded in death by a daughter, Terri Wood. He is survived by his loving wife of 38 years, Anne Loftin. He was a devoted father to his son, Eddie Loftin Jr., and daughter, Melissa Loftin. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Dustin Barden, Ashley Loftin, Emily Wood, and Casey Barden; a devoted cousin, Betty Layne; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. The family received friends on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at the Mechanicsville Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 8014 Lee-Davis Road, where funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 at 11 a.m. Graveside services will follow in Signal Hill Memorial Park. Flowers are welcome or contributions may be made in his name to Mooseheart or the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Matthew Hugh Lloyd Jr., 84, of Glen Allen, died Monday, June 21, 2010. Born on Nov. 30, 1925, he was a resident of the Longdale area of Henrico County his entire life, and was preceded in death by his parents, M. Hugh Lloyd Sr. and Mary Carter Lloyd. Hugh is survived by his wife of 60 years, Elizabeth “Betty” Grubbs Lloyd; his children, Matthew Hugh Lloyd III, Janice Lloyd Banks and her husband, Charley, and Nancy Carol Lloyd; his grandchildren, Douglas Matthew Banks and Amanda Carol Banks; two brothers, John Edward Lloyd and his wife, Jean, and William Andrew Lloyd Sr. and his wife, Anne; sister-in-law, Ann F. Joyce; brother-in-law, John W. Grubbs and his wife, Jean; nieces and nephews, John, Susan, Mary Anne, Bill, Tim, John and Jo Lynn; and many cousins and extended family. He was a lifelong member of Greenwood United Methodist Church. He was a WWII Navy veteran, Past Master of Glen Allen Lodge No. 131, AF&AM, Richmond Scottish Rite Bodies, KCCH, the Scottish Rite Guard and the ACCA Temple Shrine Legion of Honor. His family received friends Wednesday, June 23, 2010 at the Central Chapel of Bennett Funeral Home, 3215 Cutshaw Avenue. A memorial service was held Thursday, June 24, 2010 at Greenwood United Methodist Church. Graveside services followed in Mount Vernon Memorial Park. Contributions may be made in his memory to Greenwood United Methodist Church, 10040 Greenwood Rd., Glen Allen, Va. 23060, ACCA Shriners Transportation Fund, P.O. Box 9217, Richmond, Va. 23227, or a charity of your choice.

Elizabeth Isbell Moser, “Betty”, 89, died on June 25, 2010 at Covenant Woods Retirement Community in Mechanicsville, where she had lived for several years. She was a former longtime resident of Warrenton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace W. Moser, in 1969 and then began working at the family business, Moser Funeral Home, Inc., retiring as president of the corporation in 1986. She is survived by two daughters, Cynthia Moser of Gum Spring, Va. and Betsy Morrison and husband, John, of Clinton, Iowa; grandson, Will Morrison of San Francisco, Calif.; granddaughters, Susan Clements of Martinsburg, W.Va., and Emily Morrison of Raleigh, N.C.; sister, Margaret Mathews and husband, Willie, of Richmond, Va. The family received friends Monday, June 28, 2010 at Moser Funeral Home, 233 Broadview Ave., Warrenton, Va., where funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 29, 2010. Graveside services were held in Warrenton Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Shady Grove United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 817, Mechanicsville, Va. 23111, or to Warrenton United Methodist Church, 341 Church Street, Warrenton, Va. 20186. Online condolences may be made at http://www.moserfuneralhome.com.

Marie I. Nolan, 91, of Mechanicsville formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y. passed away Sunday, June 20, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold J. Nolan and son Kevin P. Nolan. Surviving are her sons Harold J. Nolan Jr. and wife Janet and Stephen D. Nolan and wife Catherine, 11 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Services will be held at a later time in New Jersey.

Anne E. Perkins, 88, of Mechanicsville, widow of 62 years to Henry N. Perkins, was called home by her Lord, June 23, 2010. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, aunt and friend. She is survived by her two daughters, Nancy P. Blake and her husband Robert and Janice L. Anderson and her husband, Gil; two sisters, Dorothy E. Waldorp and Talley E. Bowles; two grandchildren, Carole B. Wagner and Michael L. Long; four great-grandchildren, Blake, Brandon, Daniel and Henry; sister-in-law, Mary P. Eddleton; also many nieces, nephews, cousins and her many church friends. She was preceded in death by her two brothers, Beauford and Preston Eddleton; and her granddaughter, Shelly Long. She was a devoted member of Trinity Christian Church and retired from the Virginia Department of Transportation after 31 years of service. The family received friends, Sunday, June 27, 2010 at the Parham Chapel, Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N. Parham Rd. and where services were held Monday, June 28, 2010. Graveside services followed at the Church of our Savior Cemetery in Montpelier, Va. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made to Trinity Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Building Fund for The Montpelier Center, P.O. Box 82, Montpelier, Va. 23192. Condolences may be made woodyfuneralhomeparham.com.

Herbert H. West, 78 of Ashland, passed away on Saturday, June 26, 2010. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Betty P. West; one son, Dennis W. West (Kim); two stepsons, William and Robert Alvis; three grandchildren, Tasha Hudson, Michael and Brandon Davidson; also five great-grandchildren. Mr. West retired as a mechanic from the City of Richmond with over 25 years of service. The family received friends on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 in the Nelsen Funeral Home-Reid Chapel, 412 South Washington Hwy., Ashland, Va., where funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2010 with burial in Woodland Cemetery.

Elsie Woodburn, age 105, passed away peacefully on June 7, 2010 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center in Leonardtown, Md. Elsie was predeceased by her husband, Wilmer Woodburn, and two of their children: Alice White (Marvin) and William E. Woodburn of Clements, Md. She is survived by four children: Francis B. Woodburn (Mary Lynn) of Studley; Emily Ann Christie (Donald) of Lincoln, Del.; Mary Jane Wood (Garland) of Mechanicsville, Md.: and Rita Abell (Harry) of California, Md.: as well as 31 grandchildren; and numerous great and great-great grandchildren (most of whom all live today in historic St. Mary’s County and Calvert Counties in Maryland.) How many people ever live to see the fifth generation from their marriage? She was a tiny, hard working, honest to the center of her very being, small tobacco farmer’s wife. Elsie and Wilmer purchased their very own 90 acre farm, “Small Hope” at the courthouse steps in 1934 and labored hard to pay the mortgage off in just ten years. To accomplish this feat, while also raising six children, Elsie also raised and sold turkeys throughout the neighborhood. Together, she and Wilmer slaughtered their own pigs and beef to feed their own family very well. She always enjoyed growing a large vegetable garden from which she canned jars and jars of good tasting food. Her children remember her sewing machine always humming as she created frocks form feed sacks and quilts for each family of Woodburns. She really knew how to make something out of nothing, I believe. She was truly a marvel; a wonderful thing was, she had such a wonderful philosophy of life that stood her well in good times and bad. She once advised me to “spit in my hand and grab a fresh hold”. Often she warned us that if we had stayed home and minded our own business we would have not entered into such rough times. She was right. To Elsie most of the world was “out yonder”. She had created a wonderful oasis on her farm from which she and Wilmer did not often have to venture forth. The fish man and other salesmen came to her door to sell their wares. Wilmer and Elsie had only to drive occasionally to town to purchase ice (before refrigerators were invented), to the feed store, and sometimes out to buy a few purchases at the grocers or to a small local clothing establishment. Seldom did she have need for a doctor as her Vick’s salve worked wonders for everything, (even for a sick chicken). The doctor came to her home to deliver the first five of her children. She gave Geritol to their old old dog and he got up and walked a mile. It seemed as if she always had a box of young chickens in her kitchen warmed by a wood stove or she was ordering some new ones. She loved her chickens and guinea hens. Once we gave her a few Aracauna types of chicken and she proudly won blue ribbons at the county fair with their green and blue eggs. On another occasion we gave her a pair of peacocks and for years she enjoyed raising those beautiful birds. At night they would nest in her tall trees and scream like banshees. Their screams did not bother her. Elsie was a wonderful cook; her specialty was a marvelous stuffed Maryland ham to die for. I worked with her once and got to write down what she did to make this specialty. She used real cups and spoons to measure (she had no need of store bought things if she could improvise). Only special people were allowed a small glass of her specially brewed dandelion wine (it had a real kick to it). She kept the recipe secret (on the back of a picture on the wall) for years. At the holidays she brewed root beer that made one’s mouth tingle. In the later years of her long life, she had to go and live in the St. Mary’s Nursing Center. Here, her unique persona captivated the staff and residents alike. The staff was wonderful to Granny at that caring facility in Maryland. Our family will always owe them a debt of gratitude for seeing that our Mama, our Granny, had the best life possible under those confined circumstances for almost eight long years. In her later years Granny Woodburn’s goodness shone through her wrinkled 105 year old face until her quiet death of old age. All of her family, and we are also certain that all who knew her, will keep a special place for Mama’s memory in their hearts. At her funeral, grown men came up to say Granny had given them quarters for little jobs when they were young and lived across from her farm. She also gave food to many we were told. We, her family, are so very blessed to have enjoyed her generous and wise presence for so very long. She surely set us all an example of an industrious, honest life, selflessly lived caring for family and others. We know she is now in the presence of God. The family received friends on June 10, 2010 in the Mattingly-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, Md. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on Friday, June 11, 2010 at St. Aloysius Catholic Church with Fr. John Dakes officiating. Graveside services were held in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were some of Elsie’s many grandsons: Buddy White, Joe White, Bill Wood, Donny Abell, Patrick Woodburn and David Woodburn (of Richmond).