SMITHFIELD Friends and relatives don't describe Pearl Luter Clontz as a quiet woman. More, she was private. She experienced joy in life but kept it in her circle. She had passions but seldom displayed them. She had the means to travel just about anywhere, the opportunity to get up and go. She seldom strayed from Smithfield.

NORFOLK The Rev. Theodore A. Bashford, who dedicated himself to helping homeless people as leader of the Union Mission Ministries for 52 years, died of heart failure Saturday. Bashford, 89, guided the charity despite a history of heart attacks and health problems over the past 40 years.

By Brown Carpenter Correspondent VIRGINIA BEACH

VIRGINIA BEACH There is no denying that Edwin B. Lindsley Jr. was wealthy. His fortune was once estimated at $5 million. It was how the land speculator, who died Thursday at 84, made his money that earned him a dubious footnote in the city's history.

Clarice Elizabeth Allmand Cook Gardner Gayle - GoGo to her great-grandchildren - died Sunday at the age of 99 in Dana Point, Calif.

Paul Newman was a man of many titles – Academy Award-wining actor, philanthropist, race car driver, political activist, devoted family man – and a singular charm.

Four and a half years after she received a single-lung transplant, LifeNet Health's point woman for preaching the gospel of organ donation has died. Jeanett Walker, 61, died Wednesday from complications from surgery not related to her transplant. Before her transplant, she had been bedridden for two years.

By Brown Carpenter Correspondent VIRGINIA BEACH For 25 years, Leon Haynes bossed the kitchen staff at the Norfolk City Jail, where he fixed meals for inmates who sometimes used the time away from their cells to vent their frustrations with their fists.

By Brown Carpenter Correspondent VIRGINIA BEACH Charlie Kiley was present during just about every step in the creation and development of this suburban resort city, where he spent almost 30 years in Public Works, 10 as the department's first boss.

By Brown Carpenter PORTSMOUTH The Corprews, operators of a funeral home since 1918, have long been prominent and are "one of Portsmouth's finest" families, said Deloris Overton Short, the municipal voter registrar.