Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Gladys Vtipil
Jan 10, 2012
Gladys Jean Vtipil, 74, of Prince George, passed away suddenly on Monday, January 9, 2012. She enjoyed cooking, gardening, and socializing with family and friends and her husband of thirty years. Mrs. Vtipil was a volunteer in the Womenâ??s Auxiliary for the Prince George Volunteer Fire Department, Company 1. She also worked with the Prince George County Food Bank. Mrs....
Frances W.
Jan 10, 2012
Annie Frances Wallace Cox, 83, recently of Melbourne, FL, died January 10, 2012. Born in Sussex County, VA on October 3, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Wyatt V. and Esther Clark Wallace. She moved to Melbourne in 2002. She was preceded in death by her husband, Blanchard B. Cox, Jr.( 2009), after 63 years of marriage. She...
Florence Tatum
Jan 9, 2012
Florence Pope Tatum, 82, of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2012. Mrs. Tatum was a proud graduate of East Carolina Teachers College. She is retired from teaching in the Hopewell Public School System after more than thirty-five years of service. Mrs. Tatum was a longtime member of First Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing with her bridge clubs. Mrs....
Annie Boze
Jan 8, 2012
Annie Lewis Boze, 86, a lifetime resident of Ford, VA, born December 25, 1925, peacefully passed away January 8, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, Wilbur Clyde Boze, two of their sons, Coleman Reames Boze and Floyd Arnold Boze, a grandson, Wilbur Clyde Boze III, three brothers, Raymond, Herbert and Therman, and three sisters,...
Melvin Hargrave
Jan 7, 2012
Melvin W. Hargrave, 67, of Hayes, Virginia, formerly of Surry County, Virginia, passed away on Saturday January 7, 2012, at his residence. He was the son of the late Earl W. and Mattie Martha Morris Hargrave. He was a very loving husband, father, grandfather and brother. He was an avid gardener and hunter, a member of the Farmerâ??s Hunt Club,...
Virginia Heacock
Jan 6, 2012
Virginia Lorraine Heacock, 84, of Chester, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011, at Chippenham Medical Center. She was the widow of E.P. â??Perryâ? Heacock. She was a beloved wife, mother, sister and grandmother. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM â?? 7:30 PM Thursday, December 29, 2011 at the Chester Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home &...
Richard Mann
Jan 6, 2012
Richard Alan Mann, 73, of Disputanta passed away on January 2, 2012. He was the son of the late Harold B. and Winifred Stevenson Mann. Richard was a United State Army Veteran. Mr. Mann was a member of Gregory Presbyterian Church, a member of the family selection committee for the Habitat for Humanity of Petersburg, and an active member of...
Mary Covington
Jan 6, 2012
Mary Lanier Covington, 89, died peacefully at the Petersburg Home for Ladies on January 6, 2012. She was the widow of Oliver Stuart Covington, Sr. She is survived by her son, Oliver Stuart Covington, Jr. and two brothers, Winfield Lanier and Charles Lanier. Also surviving is a grandson, Michael B. Covington and wife Denise, and two great grandchildren, Rachel and...
Col. J. (Ret) Frame
Jan 6, 2012
Col. Golden J. Frame (Ret), of Chesterfield died Friday, January 6, 2012 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Gloria S. Hoke of Petersburg. He was the son of Edgar O. and Hazel M. Frame of Charleston, West Virginia where he was born, raised, educated and employed. Col. Frame entered the U.S. Army in...
Sr. L. Stell
Jan 5, 2012
Grover Lee Stell, Sr., 88, of Waverly died Thursday, January 5, 2012. He was born in Dinwiddie County the son of the late Charles and Mary Stell. He was a Veteran of the US Navy and served in World War II and the Pacific Theatre and was retried from Titmus Optical (Zeiss). He is survived by his son, Grover Lee...
Jr., William P. Jordan
Jan 5, 2012
William Pritchard Jordan, Jr. M.D., 73, of Chesterfield died at his home on January 5, 2012, surrounded by family and friends. The cause was congestive heart failure. He was the son of the late Dr. William Pritchard Sr., and Mary Margaret Schlanser Jordan of Windsor, North Carolina. Dr. Jordan had a distinguished career in dermatology having been a Clinical Professor...
Patricia Henderson
Jan 5, 2012
Patricia Blaha Henderson, 66, of Hopewell, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. She was President of the Hopewell Federated Womanâ??s Club; and a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Hopewell, where she was the current Clerk of Session. Mrs. Henderson was an avid supporter of the Hopewell High School Athletics Program. She enjoyed spending...
Lela Maitland
Jan 5, 2012
Lela C. Maitland, 89, of Petersburg passed away on January 5, 2012. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday January 9, 2012 in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg Va, with Dr. William Damon officiating. Arrangments are being handled by the Chester Chapel of J.T. Morriss and Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
Elva Magee
Jan 4, 2012
Elva Louise Laine Magee, 102, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Born on the Laine Family land grant farm in Wakefield, she was the daughter of the late Christopher Columbus and Ella Jane Kitchen Laine. Mrs. Magee was the wife of the late Erastus Daniel Magee and was a member of Millfield Baptist Church. She spent her life helping...
Francis Morris
Jan 3, 2012
Francis Elmo Morris, 90, of Chester formerly of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2012. Mr. Morris was retired from the Utilities Division at Fort Lee, VA after thirty-seven years as an Air Conditioning Mechanic Foreman. He was a longtime member at First Baptist Church, where he served on different committees for many years. He is preceded in death...
Peggy Eure
Jan 3, 2012
Peggy D. Eure, 75, of Chester formerly of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2012. She was a longtime member of West End Presbyterian Church in Hopewell. Mrs. Eure enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, K.C. and Blanche Clay Cain; her first husband, Albert Zuckero; and her second husband,...
George Thore
Jan 3, 2012
George Washington Thore, 86, of Hopewell, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Mr. Thore was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran, who served in the WWII American Theater as a Flexible Gunner. While serving with the Third Bomber Division in 1945 he earned three Bronze Stars, the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and he received the WWII...
Richard Barbee
Jan 3, 2012
Richard Guy â??Rickyâ? Barbee, 56, of Petersburg, formerly of Hopewell passed away on January 3, 2012. He was the son of the late Benjamin Guy & Ann Sue Sorrells Barbee. Ricky made friends easily and never meet a stranger. He loved music and playing the guitar and would always help anyone that he could. He loved working with wood and...
Franziska Wahnon
Jan 2, 2012
Wahnon, Franziska L. of Petersburg passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2012. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Marvin Wahnon; her parents, Georg and Franziska Langenmeir;. She is survived by daughters, Ruth Ann Wahnon, and Diana Wahnon Fry and her husband, John; son, Joseph Wahnon and his wife Jahaida; sister, Gertrud Breznik; brother, Winfred Langenmeir and his...
Louise Spradlin
Dec 31, 2011
Alvah Louise Oliver Spradlin, age 64, of Matoaca, passed away Saturday December 31, 2011. Born in Shreveport, LA, she was the daughter of the late W. L. and Doris Keller Oliver. Her 33 year civil service career began in the commissary office at Fort Lee, VA, and ended June 1, 2002 when she retired from the Navy Environmental Health Center...
