PLPROGINDEXPAGES A05 I 061 114 22:40 I BALLOUCATH MAGENTA BLACK Thursday, June 12, 2014 OBITUARIES The Progress-Index, Petersburg, Va. A5 i Clay Clementine Brooks-Prior, Meadowlark Sally, all of Chesterfield, Va. Services for Mrs. Effie Goode will be held 3 p.m. Saturday, June 14, 2014, at the Chapel of J.M.
Wilkerson Funeral Establishment 102 South Petersburg, Pastor Virginia Graham, eulogist. Interment to follow at Dinwiddie Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at 2815 Amhuerst Ridge Loope, South Chesterfield, Va. Family members and friends are invited to pay final tribute to Mrs. Goode and watch the funeral services live online at www.
jmwilkersonsincel874.com. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the staff of J.M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment 102 South Petersburg, 804-732-8911, www.jmwilkersonsincel874. com. MARIAN H.
JONES Driver pleads not guilty in Morgan crash NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) A truck driver pleaded not guilty Wednesday in the fatal New Jersey Turnpike crash that also injured comedian Tracy Morgan as investigators look into what role his long commute to work played in the accident. Wal-Mart driver Kevin Roper lived in Georgia, but his job was based in Delaware, NTSB spokeswoman Kelly Nantel said. A criminal complaint alleges that the 35-year-old Roper, of Jonesboro, Georgia, hadn't slept for more than 24 hours before the accident when he allegedly swerved to avoid slowed traffic on the turnpike and plowed into Morgan's limo on Saturday morning. Wal-Mart has not explained what Roper's driving route was.
The company has said it believes he was in compliance with federal safety regulations. Roper pleaded not guilty to assault and death by auto charg-es and his bail was kept at $50,000. Roper and his attorney David Glassman, refused to answer reporters' questions after the hearing about whether Roper was the author of tweets from a Twitter account bearing his name and featuring his picture and calling reports of his not having slept for 24 hours before the accident "complete BS!" A conviction on a death by auto charge carries a five-to-10-year prison sentence. Each assault by auto charge is punishable by up to 18 months in prison. MAJOR J.
WINFIELD Service for Mr. Major J. Jacky" Winfield will be held 1 p.m. Saturday June 14, 2014, at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 418 Halifax Petersburg, the Rev. Dr.
Robert A. Diggs pastor, eulogist. Interment to follow at Dinwiddie Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
the day of the service at the church. Family members and friends are invited to pay final tribute to Mr. Winfield at www.jmwilkerson-sincel874.com. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the staff of J.M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment 102 South Petersburg, 804-732-8911, www.jmwilkersonsincel874.
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SEXTON Joy Ann Sexton, 57, of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, June 10, 2014. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Ray and Marce-line Marie Daniels. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Wanda Lee Daniels. Joy was an avid reader, enjoyed working with arts and crafts, loved country music, and adored all animals. She will be greatly missed by her family and friends.
She is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Roy Sexton; two daughters, Michele Vassar, and Josie Howard and her husband, James; four grandchildren, Kaitlyn Collier, Alec Howard, Micheal Read and Sean Read; five siblings, Gracie Edwards, Racine Abrams, Henry Daniels, Christal Bates and her husband, Sam, Charlene Scott; numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews; two special friends, Cheryl Charles and Debbie Dail; and special cat, Speckles. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, 2014, at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. A funeral service will be conducted at 10 a.m.
Saturday, June 14, 2014, at the funeral home. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be donated to your local SPCA. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss. com.
Funerals ELISHA G. HALL Service for the Rev Dr. Eli-sha G. Hall will be held 4 p.m. Saturday, June 14, 2014, at Tabernacle Baptist Church, 418 Halifax Petersburg, the Rev.
Dr. Robert A. Diggs pastor, eulogist. Interment will be held 4 p.m. Sunday, June 15, 2014, at the Miller Family Cemetery, Gretna, Va.
The family will receive friends at 3341 Lancelot Road, Petersburg, and may be contacted by calling 804-733-8067. Family members and friends are invited to pay final tribute to the Rev. Dr. Hall at www.jmwilkerson-sincel874.com. In lieu of floral arrangements, contributions may be made to the Tabernacle Baptist Church, Attn: Building Fund, 418 Halifax Petersburg, in memory of the Rev.
Dr. Elisha G. Hall. Funeral arrangements entrusted to the staff of J.M. Wilkerson Funeral Establishment 102 South Petersburg, 804-732-8911, www.jmwilkersonsincel874.
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Many buyers won't leave a give the best time to call. EFFIE D.F. GOODE Mrs. Effie Delois Flowers Goode (Lois), a longtime community member of Blandford in Petersburg, entered into our Father's house on Monday, June 9, 2014. Mrs.
Goode was born April 15, 1934, to her now deceased mother, Corean Threatt; father, Silas Flowers and stepfather, the Rev. Guy Threatt. Mrs. Goode, known to family and friends affectionately as Lois, was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Goode, and sister, Anne Elizabeth Mason.
She was born in Sussex County and raised in Stony Creek, Va. She traveled and lived in Yonkers, N.Y., where she worked as a postal clerk. She later moved back to Virginia. She was a member of Solomon Temple RZUA Church for many years, where she served as church clerk, president of Usher Board and various other positions. She later became a faithful and dedicated member of God's Mission of Faith Church in Ettrick, under the leadership of Pastor Virginia Graham.
She was a mother of the church, and a member of the Ladies and Gents Senior Choir. Mrs. Goode graduated from Sussex High School as salutatorian of her senior class. She later attended John Tyler Community College and received her associate degree in education. She was a self-taught tailor who owned and operated Effie Sew Good Shop in Blandford.
She was the PTA president of Blandford Elementary School for a number of years. She was also a dedicated Girl Scouts leader in the community She was a teacher in the Petersburg and Hopewell school systems, where she loved and mentored many young minds. Mrs. Goode was a foster mother for many years, where she cared for over 100 children; among them would be Tony Dabney Effie Goode leaves a large close personal and extended family to cherish her everlasting memories and legacy of love. Mrs.
Effie is survived by three daughters, Dr. Joyce R. Chambliss, Mia Farrow Goode (Michael Pope) and Michele Hewlett (George Robinson); one son, Ronald A. Chambliss (Winnie); one stepson, David Walton (Gre-tel); and her beloved daughters, Brenda Cobb and Erse-celle Mathis (Douglas); sister, Lillie L. Brown; stepsister, Ruth Barber; and devoted cousin, Kate Mason; one brother, Silas Flowers Jr.
The legacy of her love will carry on through her grandchildren and their families, Ramsay C. Tapp, Kenan J. Goode Sr. (Terricka), Darius JGoode Sr. (NaVasha), Brandon J.
Jones, Christopher J. Chambliss, Quiera J.D. Jones, Maalik J. Robinson, GeOmega J.D, Robinson, Tomeka and Rosemary Cobb, Ronnikka Miles; great-grandchildren, Lanaisia Walker, Darius J. Goode Miyana J.
R. Goode, Elijah Lett, Quiayla J.D. Jones, Quimari J. Jones, Khairi J. Goode, Kymani J.
Goode, Kenan J. Goode Tyzayana Miles, Daquan Miles; five sisters-in-law, Claudia Jennings, Marion Vaughan (Wallace), Ernestine Goode, Mary Goode and Shirley Goode; brother-in-law, Curtis Goode; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends. The family wants to give special thanks and recognition to Charles Jackson for his loving care and attention for Mrs. Effie Goode. Five embraced daughters, Jacqueline Parker (Atlanta), Jacqueline Pegram, Sumon Marian Hester Jones (Roney), age 90, loving wife, mother, aunt and sister, died at the Vista Park Memory Care Center, Petersburg, on June 9, 2014.
Born Aug. 25, 1923, in Dinwiddie, she attended Virginia State College and worked as an LPN at Central State before settling in Maryland, where she went on to have a fulfilling career as a statistician at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Marian was an active and devoted leader in her beloved St. Monica's Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., where she served on the steering committee and as treasurer for many years. Marian will be remembered for her calm and patient grace, her classy style, her unwavering support of family her marinated whole filet of beef every Christmas, and her love of desserts and Werther's Originals.
She was preceded in death by husbands, Floyd andNehemiah, sisters, Frances, Isadora, Evelyn; and brother, Oliver Jr. Survivors include her son, Donnell; sisters, Esterine, Catherine (Ollie), Princess (Vandy), Joyce (James), Edna (Charlie); brother, Floyd (Elaine); sister-in-law, Daisy; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives. A celebration of life will be held at 1 p.m. June 14, 2014, at Little Zion Baptist Church, 24603 Little Zion Road, Carson, with the Rev. D.
Tyrone Brandon Sr. officiating. Public viewing will be from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, 2014, from the Petersburg Chapel of the Joseph M.
Johnson Son Funeral Home. Burial will be held at a later date at Arlington Cemetery. The family will assemble at the Roney home place on Flatfoot Road, Dinwiddie, at noon the day of the service. Funeral arrangement are entrusted to Joseph M. Johnson Son Funeral Home, 530 S.
Sycamore Petersburg, 804-863-4411. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the National Capital Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, 1800 St. NW, Suite 750 South, Washington, DC 20036 (www.nationalms-societyorgChaptersDCW). Mass. man pleads guilty to child abuse in Va.
HARRISONBURG (AP) A Massachusetts man will spend a year in prison in Virginia after pleading guilty to child abuse. Khalif Lateef Sheffield of Lynn, Massachusetts, was accused of forcing his 11-year-old daughter and a 4-year-old girl to ride in the back of a U-Haul truck. Media outlets report that the 42-year-old Sheffield entered his plea Tuesday in Rockingham County Circuit Court. He also pleaded guilty to drug possession. Judge Bruce Albertson sentenced Sheffield to 10 years in prison and then suspended all but one year.
Police found the girls locked inside the truck at an Interstate 81 rest stop in Rockingham County last October. The 4-year-old's mother, 36-year-old Kathleen M. Duenas of Huntsville, Alabama, pleaded guilty in May to child abuse. She received a 10-year sentence with all but four months suspended. J.
M. WlLKEIliO.N i -1 j- WILLIAM A. ROOP William A. "Billy" Roop, 69, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday June 9, 2014, at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center after an extended illness. He was the son of the late Archie C.
and Louise J. Roop. Bill retired from PPG Industries, and was also employed for many years with Martin's Toyota and Oldsmobile in Colonial Heights as a sales representative. He is survived by his Beth; sister, Deloris R. Cara-veo and husband, Art, of Bakersfield, stepsons, Forest Kemp and wife, Faith, and Mathew Kemp and wife, Leslie; four stepgrandchil-dren, Zachary Mackenzie, Lexy Kemp Fisher, and Madison Kemp.
The family would like to thank the medical team at Chippenham Medical Center, as well as the Colonial Heights Health Care Center for their loving care. A funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, June 13, 2014, in the Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory 2033 Boulevard, with the Rev. Rose Ellen Young and the Rev.
James Blankenship officiating. Interment will follow in Southlawn Memorial Park, Prince George, Va. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, June 12, 2014, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Colonial HeightsPetersburg SPCA, RO.
Box 1174, Petersburg, VA 23804. Condolences may be registered at A I I 1 1 JAMES A. WHITE James Andrew White, 58, of Chester, passed away on June 10, 2014. Born in Kentucky, he was the son of the late Elizabeth Dyer White. Mr.
White is survived by his loving wife, Kim White; three children, Scott White and wife, Abigail, LeAnn Jerome and husband, Trevor, and Jacob White; one granddaughter, Alice Frazer White; father and stepmother, Lee and Barbara White; mother and father-in-law, Caroline and William Ferguson; and two brothers-in-law, Bill Ferguson and wife, Helen, and Richard Ferguson and wife, Karen. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, June 13, 2014, at the Chester Chapel of J.T Mor-riss and Son Funeral Home. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to your local SPCA.
Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss. com. Hard to read ads don't work well. Abbreviations lead to slower Sales. 1:1 ki BY LARRY O'DELL ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND Virginia lawmakers learned Wednesday that they will have a bigger-than-expect-ed budget gap to close as they rush to end a protracted stalemate that had threatened to partially shut down the government.
Lagging revenues and revised projections have increased the shortfall from $1.35 billion to a range of $1.5 billion to $1.6 billion, House Appropriations Committee director Robert Vaughn told the panel. Del. Chris Jones, R-Suf-folk and chairman of the committee, said House and Senate budget negotiators generally agree on how to plug the gap and will have a proposed two-year budget ready for the General Assembly to consider when it reconvenes Thursday evening. Legislative staffers were ironing out the details of the agreement, which Vaughn said will trim previously proposed new spending by about $900 million. After the budget is enacted, lawmakers will be able to tap into the state's rainy-day fund which will grow to about $940 million after the next required deposit to further close the gap.
Jones said the list of spending cuts will be long. "There's going to be a lot for everyone to not like tomorrow night," he said. The austerity moves include eliminating pay raises, not accelerating rates and cutting stormwater grants. The General Assembly ended its regular session in March without passing a budget. Gov.
Terry McAuliffe and his fellow Democrats insisted that the budget expand Medicaid to cover more than 400,000 additional low-income Virginians. Republicans who control the House of Delegates refused, arguing that the federal government could not be trusted to fund its share of the initiative in the long run. The logjam broke Monday when Democratic Sen. Phil Puckett resigned, at least temporarily giving Republicans a one-seat edge in the Senate. Vaughn said that if legislators approve the budget as expected Thursday evening, it can be on McAu-liffe's desk by the middle of next week.
McAuliffe will have seven days to propose any amendments for legislators to consider just ahead of the June 30 end of the fiscal year. "The clock is not our friend at this point," Vaughn said. QUEEN ELIZABETH LACY June 12, 1928 August 4,2013 1 Pi On your first Birthday of losing you. We didn't know that morning, the pain the day would bring. When a golden heart stopped beating; and we couldn't do a thing.
No words can heal the heartache, or stop a silent tear, or take away the memories of the one we loved so dear. Your resting place we visit. The flowers we place with care, but nothing compares to the pain we feel, when we turn and leave you there. All our love today and everyday I he Children In Laws Grandchildren Great Grandchildren.
