Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Henry Diggelmann
May 4, 2020
Henry Ernest Diggelmann, 94, formerly of Wappingers Falls, NY, and most recently of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on May 4, 2020. He was the son of the late Henry Ernest Diggelmann and Sarah M. Hasbrouck Diggelmann. On August 15, 1953 he married the former Margaret R. Decker at Christ Episcopal Church in Marlboro. Mrs. Diggelmann passed away on January...
Jean Spivey
May 2, 2020
Jean Adelaide Baxter Spivey, 88, of Petersburg, Virginia passed away on May 2, 2020 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born August 8, 1931 at home on Fillmore Street in Petersburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Verna Margaret Williams Baxter and Morrice Linwood Baxter. She was the granddaughter of Charles B. and Anniebelle Williams of Matoaca and John...
Gerald M. Miller, Sr.
May 2, 2020
Rev. Dr. Gerald Mowery Miller, Sr. was sent to the loving arms of his Lord on May 2, 2020 at 2:22 pm after passing at his home at the age of 82. He was greeted with the words “Well done, thou good and faithful servant…. Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” (Matthew 25:21) Gerald was born to the...
Brandon James Vealey
May 1, 2020
On Friday, May 1, 2020, Brandon James Vealey of Richmond, Virginia, passed away at the age of 36. Brandon was born on January 27, 1984 to Charles and Kim Vealey. On June 12, 2015 he married the love of his life, Michael Alan DePhillip. Brandon was preceded in death by his father, Charles; his paternal grandfather, Sherman Vealey; his maternal...
Thelma Louise Denmark
May 1, 2020
Thelma L. Denmark, 72, of McKenney, VA died on Friday, May 1, 2020. Raised in Unionville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Laverne and George Ogle. After high school, she moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked in civil service for the Department of the Navy, and met her future husband, Allen. They settled in Richmond, Virginia, where...
Grace Whorley Wilson
May 1, 2020
Grace Elizabeth Whorley Wilson, 77 of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on Friday, May 1, 2020. She was born on October 29, 1942 at her families’ home on McKenzie Street in Petersburg and was raised in the Battersea neighborhood. Mrs. Wilson was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Estelle Whorley; and was also preceded in death by three...
Hazel Livesay
Apr 30, 2020
Hazel V. Livesay, 94, of Dinwiddie County passed away on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Born January 9, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Beatrice B. and Edward C. Cassada, and was also preceded in death by her first husband, William R. Verser; second husband, Bernard A. Livesay; and beloved daughter, Patricia Verser Turley (Steve), who passed four years...
Robert Lee Mcclain
Apr 28, 2020
Robert Lee McClain, 82, entered eternal rest Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at his residence. Born August 15, 1937 in Hickory, North Carolina, he was the son of the late Sidney Avery and Mary Jesse McClain, and was also preceded in death by his wife of fifty years, Callie Sue McClain; two brothers, John Thomas McClain, Boyce Avery McClain, and his...
Dudley 'Gene' Eugene Atkinson
Apr 26, 2020
Dudley Eugene Atkinson, 86, succumbed to cancer at his home at Ridgeway in Dinwiddie County on April 26, 2020. He was born June 5, 1933 in Petersburg, son of the late Wallace Eugene and Pauline Hawkins Atkinson. He is survived by his wife of 45 years Dr. Anne J. Atkinson and son Austin Brian Atkinson and his wife Betty Sweet...
James Joseph Porach
Apr 23, 2020
James “Jim” Joseph Porach, 80, of Colonial Heights, Virginia passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2020. Born in Binghamton, New York, he was the son of the late Joseph James and Alice Kessler Porach. In his youth, Jim attended Milton Hershey School for Boys in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He earned academic admission to The College of William and Mary with a...
Janet Royer Caldwell
Apr 23, 2020
Janet R. Caldwell (Royer), 74, loving wife, mother, grandmother and adored friend entered the kingdom of Heaven April 21, 2020. She was born September 6, 1945 in Dubois, PA to Eugene D. and Zelda P. Royer, and was raised along with her sisters Joanne and Jill and the late Jack Royer in DuBois. She was married to Gary S. Caldwell...
Lindall Edward Downey
Apr 22, 2020
Lindall E. Downey, 67, of Prince George, VA passed away on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. He was born on November 2, 1952 in Petersburg, VA and was the son of the late Bertha Peters and Zebulon Downey; and was also preceded in death by his step-father, Lawrence Peters; and a brother, Bert Downey, Sr. Mr. Downey loved spending time with...
William Richard Heitzenrater
Apr 22, 2020
William Richard Heitzenrater, 67, of Ford, Virginia joined God's Army on Wednesday, April 22, 2020. Born January 11, 1953, he was the son of Barbara Tulowitzky and the late William Oscar Heitzenrater, and was also preceded in death by his sister, Susan Arlene Heitzenrater. Rick retired from Florida Rock, now known as Vulcan Materials, as a Quality Assurance Manager after...
Elton Wadsworth Stell
Apr 20, 2020
Elton Wadsworth Stell, 88, of DeWitt passed away on Monday, April 20, 2020 at his residence. Born April 12, 1932, he was the son of the late Leonard Wadsworth and Minnie Eunice Stell, and was also preceded in death by his son, Troy Lee Stell; granddaughter, Ashlie Nicole Stell; brother, Leonard Claiborne Stell; and sister, Juanita Jeanette Allen. He was...
Tracy Lee Taliaferro
Apr 18, 2020
Tracy Lee Taliaferro, 57, of Prince George, VA, passed away on April 18, 2020. Born in Anderson, SC, he grew up in Prince George County from the age of 7. Tracy was the son of Barbara Cordell Taliaferro and the late Tommie Lee Taliaferro. He is survived by his wife, Debra Mallory, his sister, Lynn Taliaferro Moore (Michael), his niece,...
Elizabeth Lee Taylor
Apr 17, 2020
Elizabeth “Lee” Taylor of Chester passed away unexpectedly of natural causes at her home on Friday, April 17, 2020. She was born to the late Russell and Winnie Thaxton on August 29, 1945, in Charleston, West Virginia. Lee graduated from George Washington High School in 1963. Lee was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, good friend to all and she...
Laura Sheree Cox Davis
Apr 17, 2020
Laura Sheree Cox Davis was born February 14th, 1973 in Prince George County, Virginia and left this beautiful earth April 17th, 2020. She was a wonderful and inspiring wife, mother, sister, daughter, friend, and teacher who was devoted to her husband of twenty two years, Chris, and their two beautiful daughters Emma Kate (16) and Anna Gail (11). Laura was...
