Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Ronald E. Wilson
May 13, 2020
Ronald Edward “Pete” Wilson of Chester, VA, passed away on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. He was son of the late Mashel and Hilda Curtis Wilson. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Louise A. Wilson; and a daughter, Pamela Powers. He is survived by his two sons, Ronald E. Wilson Jr., and Steven L. Wilson; his sisters, Joyce...
James Ronald Gittman Sr.
May 12, 2020
James "Jim" R. Gittman, Sr., 85, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, May 12, 2020. Born in Petersburg, Virginia, he was the son of the late Howard Farley Gittman, Sr. and Ola Tem Goodrich Gittman. He was preceded in death by his brother, Howard Farley Gittman, Jr. Jim is survived by his wife of...
Homer Macarthur Cole
May 11, 2020
Homer MacArthur Cole (Mac), 76, of Chester, VA, died May 11, 2020. Raised in Riegelwood, NC, he was the son of the late Tollie Benson Cole and Jessie Mae Beasley. He studied at St. Andrews University and received his MSPH from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was the Director of Health & Safety for many years...
Marshall Jones
May 10, 2020
Marshall Jones went to be with his Lord on Monday, May 11, 2020. He died at home after a short illness. Born on November 14, 1919 he celebrated his 100th birthday on November 14, 2019. He is preceded in death by his wife of 61 years, Vetrie Moore Jones; his mother, Lee Onie Jones; father, George Arthur Jones; seven brothers...
Anne Peebles-Temple Thomas
May 10, 2020
Anne Peebles Temple Thomas, 91, of S. Prince George, Virginia passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2020. Born July 19, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Robert Edward and Lucille Strum Temple. She was a lifetime member of Gary’s United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School and was secretary of the Administrative Council. Anne retired in civil...
Thelma Call Bass
May 8, 2020
Thelma Call Bass, 87, of Stony Creek, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020. Born in Bluefield, WV, she was the daughter of the late Homer James Call and Faye Ella Lawrence Call. She was also preceded in death by her sisters, Joan Abernathy and Evelyn Barnes; and a brother, Homer Call, Jr. Mrs. Bass was employed with many Elementary...
Douglas "Rocky" Macarthur Millirons
May 8, 2020
Douglas “Rocky” MacArthur Millirons, 77, of DeWitt, passed away on Friday, May 8, 2020. Born in Wytheville, VA and raised in Rocky Gap, he was the son of the late Clarence Hicks Millirons and Waucella Coburn Gregory. He was also preceded in death by his beloved wife of 49 years, Harriet J. Millirons; a brother, Harry C. Millirons (Kun Ja...
Carl Augustine Miller
May 8, 2020
Carl Augustine Miller went to his heavenly home on Friday, May 8, 2020, the day after his 89th birthday. He was the son of Carl Augustus Miller and Gertrude Mary Beirne and he was devoted to his mother throughout her life. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 66 years, Dorothy Jean Vetter Miller, his brother, Maurice...
Dennis Wade Curtis Sr
May 7, 2020
Dennis Wade Curtis, age 81, born to Andrew T. and Thelma T. Curtis in Burrowsville, VA, on November 27, 1938, passed away peacefully to God’s loving arms at his home in Chester, VA, on May 7, 2020. He was a 1957 graduate of Hopewell High School and the Virginia Military Institute Class of 1961 in Electrical Engineering. After serving in...
Annie Duncan Fridley
May 6, 2020
Annie Duncan Fridley, 92, of Chester, VA passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Mrs. Fridley was retired from civil service after many years of dedicated service. She is survived by her loving husband, Charles E. Fridley; four children, Carolyn Miller (Don), Ginger Mannell (Greg), Cheryl Clayton; and Paula Allor; and six grandchildren, Tabatha, Brittany, Gabrielle, Rachel, Brock and Christian....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
