Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Gregory C. "Bird Man" Williams
Aug 24, 2018
Gregory “Bird Man” Cameron Williams, 60, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on Friday, August 24, 2018. He was the son of the late Walter and Norma Williams; and was also preceded in death by his brother, Gary Williams; and his sister, Sharon Motley. Bird Man was an avid fisherman. Mr. Williams is survived by his loving girlfriend of 30...
Kevin David Roerick
Aug 23, 2018
Kevin David Roerick, 58, of Chester, VA passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2018. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota he was the son of the late Theodore Roerick. Mr. Roerick had attended St. Ann Catholic Church in Colonial Heights. He will be remembered by his family for being a loving husband, father and son. Kevin is survived by his loving...
Charles Edward Johnson, Sr.
Aug 22, 2018
Johnson, Charles Edward Sr.75, of Colonial Heights, VA., passed away, Wednesday, August 22, 2018 after a brief illness. He is preceded in death by his parents, Omega and Matthew Johnson; sister, Iva Jones; and brother, Everette Johnson. Charles was retired as a Construction Laborer. He spent his retirement fishing, gardening, yard work, going out to lunch with family and friends....
Bonny Shiflett Greenbaum
Aug 21, 2018
Bonny Shiflett Greenbaum, 69, passed away peacefully on August 21, 2018. She was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, May 1, 1949 to the late Ollie Perry Shiflett and Elsie Mae Shiflett. A devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother, or GiGi as her grandsons called her, she always put other’s interests before her own, even up to the very end of...
Mary Dunnavant Crowder
Aug 21, 2018
Mary Dunnavant Crowder, 66, of Chester, Va., went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, August 21, 2018. Born in Richmond, Va., she was the daughter of the late William S. Dunnavant, Sr. and Dorothy J. Dunnavant; and was also preceded in death by her mother-in-law, Marilyn Crowder. Mary is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, Harold Crowder,...
John Phillip "Jp" Vass Jr.
Aug 20, 2018
John Phillip “JP” Vass, Jr. 84, departed this life on Monday, August 20, 2018. A native of Chesterfield, J.P. began his high school career at Manchester High School. JP completed his senior year at Fork Union Military Academy, where he competed in football, basketball, baseball and track. He served two years in the United States Navy, where he played football...
Paul Spotswood Roper, Iii
Aug 18, 2018
Roper, III, Paul Spotswood (“Spot”) died Saturday, August 18, 2018. Spot was born in Petersburg, Virginia on March 27, 1949. He was the son of the late Paul Roper, Jr and Mary McNeal Roper. He is survived by his wife, Donna Kay (“Kay”) Hines Roper of Midlothian, VA; his son, Thomas Rutherfoord Roper and his wife Holly of Richmond, VA;...
Reuben Lee Blanton Jr.
Aug 17, 2018
Reuben Lee Blanton, Jr., 78, of Amelia, VA, died Friday, August 17, 2018 due to a farming accident. A lifelong resident of Amelia, he was the son of the late Reuben Lee and Nell Clay Blanton. He is survived by his sisters, Mary Nell Blanton Tatum (Rev. Gene C.) of Amelia, VA, and Betty Blanton Wood (H.B., Jr.) of Woodville,...
Willie Mae Joyner
Aug 14, 2018
Willie Mae Joyner, 92, of N. Dinwiddie, passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late William Sutton and Florence Moody Sutton. She was preceded in death by her husband, Russell Joyner; and grandchild, Teresa Talbott. She is survived by 4 children, Jeanette Wilder and husband, Allen, Patsy Jones and husband,...
Doris Holt Wallace
Aug 14, 2018
Doris Holt Wallace, 94, of Chester passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. She was born in North Carolina to the late David Milton Holt and Anna Mildred Powell. She was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, George Dock Wallace; Doris is survived by two children, Delores Ann Wallace and her husband, John “Pete” Smith, III., and...
Charles Jeffrey Sweat
Aug 14, 2018
Charles Jeffrey Sweat, 58, of Matoaca, VA, passed away Tuesday, August 14, 2018. He was preceded in death by his parents, Robert David and Dorothy Louise Dilday Sweat, and his son, William Robert Sweat. Jeff retired from Philip Morris after 31 years of service and was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Hopewell. He was an active member and...
Guy Bernard "Gb" Rose, Jr.
Aug 14, 2018
Guy B. “GB” Rose, Jr., 85, of Chester, VA passed away on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. Born in Petersburg, VA he was the son of the late Guy B. Rose, Sr. and Mamie Hall Rose; and was also preceded in death by his sister, Virginia Rose Blaha. Mr. Rose was a United States Army veteran and was a longtime member...
Sydney-Grace "Gracie" Leann Upton
Aug 13, 2018
Sydney-Grace LeAnn Upton, 18, of Chesterfield, VA, affectionately known as “Gracie” by her family and friends, passed away on Monday, August 13, 2018 surrounded by her loving family. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandmother, Sally Covert; great-aunt, LeAnn McKenna; great-God parents, Doris and Garland Edwards; great-grandmother, Shyrley Pitkin; fur baby brother, Buck Edwards; special friends and loved...
Cecilia G. Seaman
Aug 10, 2018
Cecilia Georgina Seaman, 96, of Petersburg, passed away on Friday, August 10, 2018. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Henry Seaman Sr.; Son Roderick Seaman; daughters, Mary Louise Disney, and Valarie Jean Seaman. She is survived by her children, Daniel F. Seaman (Janice), Craig V. Seaman (Joan), Thomas H. Seaman Jr., Valerie Lynn Baldwin (Tom), Marcella A....
Laura Williams Flory
Aug 10, 2018
Laura Williams Flory, 92, of Chesterfield County, VA passed away on Friday, August 10, 2018. Born in Richmond, VA she was the daughter of the late Maynard and Sarah Dunn; and was also preceded in death by her first husband, Tom Williams; a daughter, Linda Clarke; two sisters, Helen Puryear, Dorothy Moore and a grandson, Mark Cooke. At the young...
Mary Etta Kanusek
Aug 9, 2018
On August 9, 2018, God in his Infinite Wisdom dispatched his Heavenly Angels to call home, his beloved Mary Etta Kanusek, of Prince George, VA. She was born April 5, 1931, to the late Mary Moore-Griffin and Patrick Griffin and step-mother, Alpha O. Griffin. She was preceded in death by her husband, Daniel Kanusek, Sr.; and niece Tammy Dingas. She...
