Robert Belcher

Robert Alvin â??Bookieâ? Belcher, 81, of Petersburg passed away on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at MCV Hospital in Richmond. He was the son of the late Robert Wesley Belcher and Bessie Lavenstein Belcher. He was a member of the Cavalier Athletic Club, Warwick Hunt Club, the Dixie Bowman Archery Club, Dinwiddie Diamonds, Golden Olympians, and was a Hall of Fame USSA Umpire. He retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company after 39 years of service. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Margaret Harvanek Belcher; daughter, Patti Belcher Williams and her fiancé, Thomas Edwards; son Robert Wesley Belcher and his wife, Julie Adams Belcher; grandchildren, Andrew Griffith Williams and his wife, Agnes, Mark Wesley Belcher, and Adam Joseph Belcher; great grandchildren, Drew Williams and James Williams; sisters, Rita Fowler, and Donna Belcher; brothers, Larry Belcher and Monty Belcher and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and friends. The family will receive friends at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 from 6 to 8 pm. A funeral service will be held at 10 am on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at the funeral home. Entombment will follow at Southlawn Memorial Park in the Mausoleum. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Dinwiddie Rescue Squad or the Dinwiddie Diamonds. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .