Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Josue Misael Ayala Rodriguez
Feb 6, 2021
Josue Misael Ayala Rodriguez, 66, of Chesterfield passed away on Saturday, February 6, 2021. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2021 at the Chester Chapel of J.T. Morriss and Son Funeral Homes and Crematory, 3050 W. Hundred Road, Chester, VA 23831. Interment will be private. The family will receive friends two hours prior...
George Allen Elko
Feb 5, 2021
George Allen Elko, 61, of S. Chesterfield passed away on Friday, February 5, 2021. Born February 7, 1959, he was the son of the late Ruth Louise Gregory and John William Elko, Jr., and was also preceded in death by his brothers, John W. Elko III and Gregory L. Elko. A lifetime member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Petersburg,...
Natividad Cordero-Cruz
Feb 5, 2021
Natividad Cordero-Cruz, 84, of Hopewell passed away on Friday, February 5, 2021. Born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, he was the son of the late Zacaria and Matilde Cordero-Cruz, and was also preceded in death by his wife of 37 years, Sara Biggs Cordero-Cruz. He was a member of Trinity United Methodist in Petersburg, VA. After over 17 years of dedicated...
Jean Lillian Holmstrand
Feb 4, 2021
Jean Lillian Holmstrand, 85, of Disputanta, VA went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Born in Richmond, VA she was preceded in death by her father, Gilbert H. Wyborney; and her mother, Evelyn Kvasnicka Janosko and her husband, John. Jean was the first school nurse in Prince George County Public Schools and went on...
Lawrence Carlton Starke
Feb 4, 2021
Lawrence Carlton Starke, 85, of Ocala, FL passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2021. He was the son of the late Joseph and Alma Starke; and was also preceded in death by his brother, Leonard Starke; and his son, James Starke. Mr. Starke was a member of Grace Baptist Church from 1972 until 2013. He is survived by his wife...
Doris Ruth Bigham
Feb 4, 2021
Doris Ruth Bigham, 94, of Petersburg passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Born in Neisse, Germany on September 24, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Annemarie Ittner, and was also preceded in death by her husband, Hall W. Bigham. She was a German war bride, having married the love of her life in July of...
Richard Lancelot Leslie
Feb 4, 2021
Richard Lancelot Leslie was born on November 3, 1938 to Estella E. Hinds and Clarence M Leslie in Belize City, Belize (formerly British Honduras). Richard went to rest February 4, 2021. He was the fifth of nine children. He had four brothers (William, Kent, Boris, and Ernest) and four sisters (Barbara, Emily, Gilda and Margaret). Richard was educated in Belize...
Alice Marie Moss Foreman
Feb 4, 2021
FOREMAN, Alice Moss, 92, passed on peacefully in the early hours of February 4, 2021. She was a daughter, a sister, a cousin, a niece, an aunt, a mother, a grandmother, and a great grandmother in her time. Alice was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years John Foreman; her parents Joseph and Lula Jane Moss; her siblings...
Kenneth Bishop
Feb 4, 2021
Kenneth Alton Bishop, 91, of Petersburg passed away on Thursday, February 4, 2021. Born July 27, 1929, he was raised by his late mother, Gladys Stell Bishop, and was also preceded in death by his sister, Christine. He was adored by his family and cherished his time spent with them, especially his beloved great-grandchildren. He is survived by his loving...
Lois Baisey Waddill
Feb 3, 2021
Lois Baisey Waddill, 87, of Chester died February 3, 2021. For the past 7 years, she resided at Tyler’s Retreat in Chester. She was born on November 5, 1933 in Victoria, Virginia to the late Eva and Bill Baisey. Lois was proceeded in death by her husband and true lifetime partner John Watlington Waddill. Lois was a loving and devoted...
Linda Gayle Whitaker
Feb 3, 2021
Linda Gayle Addleman Whitaker received her wings on Wednesday, February 3rd. She leaves behind her husband, Christopher L Whitaker, 2 sons, William Andrew and Timothy Robert Harney, 2 Grand children, Rosalie Michelle Eick-Harney and Andrew Douglas Harney along with 3 sisters and many cousins, nieces and nephews. She was preceeded in death by her brother, George Wayne, her father, James...
Eugene Lake Ball
Feb 2, 2021
Eugene Lake Ball was a quiet man. He died peacefully in his home in Hopewell, VA, at the age of 60--most likely in the evening of February 1, 2021. It would have meant something to him to have passed on 2.1.21. He would have liked the symmetry in that number. He was a UFO enthusiast and a believer in the...
Eldon D. Risher Jr.
Feb 2, 2021
Eldon D. Risher, Jr. of Colonial Heights died Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021 at Chippenham Hospital in Richmond. He was 90. He was a retired businessman who owned and operated silo companies in Augusta, Georgia, Monteagle, Tennessee and Petersburg, Virginia. He was president of Southeastern Silo Company in Augusta and served as president and board member of the National Silo Association....
Shirley South Hysell
Feb 1, 2021
Shirley South Hysell, 69, of North Chesterfield, VA passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest South Sr. and Edith Osborne; and her sister, Judith Jefferies. She is survived by her husband of 37 years, Rodger Lee Hysell; her sons, Steven Henry (Carol),Craig Hysell, and Scott Hysell; grandchildren, Randall Henry, Lindy Hysell,...
Andrew S. Cordova
Feb 1, 2021
SGM (RET) Andrew S. Cordova, 74, of Chester, passed away on Monday, February 1st, 2021. Born in Albuquerque, NM, he was the son of the late Theodore and Irene Cordova. He was also preceded in death by 2 sisters. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Helen J. Cordova; children, Andrew (Angela), Denise, Anthony (Jonye), Robert, and Toni...
Randolph "Randy" Luther Tench
Feb 1, 2021
Randolph “Randy” Luther Tench, Jr., 65, of Dinwiddie County, passed away on Monday, February 1, 2021. Born in Petersburg, VA he was the son of the late Randolph Luther and Jessie Evelyn Merten Tench; and was also preceded in death by his sister, Jean Evelyn Tench Proctor. Randy worked for Mundet for 23 years and B&H distributing for 25 years...
Virginia Flory Walker
Jan 31, 2021
Virginia Erlene (Flory) Walker, 57 of Richmond VA, went to be with the lord on Sunday, January 31, 2021. She was preceded in death by her mother Velma Louise (McAdams) Flory and brother, Russell Flory. She is survived by five days, by her husband Kalvin M. Walker (February 5, 2021); her father, Charles Russell Flory; daughter Robyn Johnson-Sale (Eric) and...
Gerald Nathan Prosise
Jan 31, 2021
Gerald “Gerry” Nathan Prosise was born August 29, 1948 in East ST Louis, Illinois to Chester and Eileen Elizabeth (Royer) Prosise. Gerry served his country honorably and fought bravely in the Vietnam War with the U.S. Army under Company B, 4th Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, in the 25th Infantry Division. Upon being honorably discharged, Gerry worked several jobs in his...
Larry Craig Tucker
Jan 31, 2021
Larry Craig Tucker, a son of the late Floyd Archer and Rachel Collier Tucker, passed away on January 31 after a period of declining health. He was also predeceased by a brother, David Floyd Tucker. Larry was born in Petersburg on April 6, 1944. He was married to Elizabeth Wright (Betty Ann) Tucker, and they had two children, David J....
