Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Robert Allen
Jul 12, 2011
Robert â??Bobâ? Walter Allen, age 88, of Chester, VA, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011. He was born in King George, VA, the son of the late William T. and Anna Kriener Allen. Mr. Allen truly enjoyed his work as a project engineer and retired from Phillip Morris and Allied Chemical after serving for 20 years with both companies. He...
Raymond Walker
Jul 12, 2011
Raymond Herol Walker, 88, of Hopewell, passed away Tuesday, July 12, 2011. He was the son of the late Clarence McKeever and Mary Ruth Moore Walker. He served as a diver in the U. S. Navy during WWII, searching for underwater mines at Pearl Harbor. Mr. Walker was a retired electrician and lineman with the Post Engineers at Fort Lee...
Barbara Story
Jul 11, 2011
Barbara A. Story, 74, of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, July 11, 2011. She is preceded in death by her parents, Shirley E. and Mary Lee Hargrave; and her husband of fifty-five years, James Kilby â??Docâ? Story. She is survived by her daughters, Darlene Merritt and her husband Tom of Hopewell, Wanda Dulaney and her husband Bob of Chester, and...
Jr. G. Heartwell
Jul 11, 2011
Thomas G. Heartwell, Jr., 72, of Prince George, passed away Monday, July 11, 2011. Born in McKenney, he was the son of the late Thomas Goode and Mary Erma Beville Heartwell. Mr. Heartwell was a U. S. Army veteran and traveled the country playing baseball on the Army Allstar Team. He was an active member of the Petersburg Seventh Day...
Katharina Piasecki
Jul 10, 2011
Katharina J. Piasecki, age 86, who resided at Spring Arbor of Salisbury, Midlothian, VA, passed away on July 9, 2011. Katharina leaves behind her daughter, Carol Hatlek; son-in-law, Paul; and granddaughter, Angela Hatlek, all of Austria. She also had four step children and four step grandchildren, all of Virginia. A memorial service will be held in her honor for close...
W. Jensen
Jul 10, 2011
Dr. Edward Walter Jensen, age 78, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, July 9, 2011. He was born in Cleveland, OH, the son of the late Edward W. and Gertrude Foster Jensen. Dr. Jensen was a Captain in the U. S. Army Medical Corps from 1961 â?? 1963. He ran a medical practice in Hopewell, VA, from 1970 â?? 2009,...
Christopher Murphy
Jul 10, 2011
Christopher Randolph Murphy, 37, passed away on Sunday, July 10, 2011. Known as â??Murphâ? to his family and friends, he was a resident of Greenville, North Carolina and was originally from Wakefield. Chris earned his Bachelors and Masters Degree from East Carolina University where he fell in love with the college and Greenville. He moved back to Wakefield and worked...
Hylah Clarke
Jul 9, 2011
Hylah Harvell Clarke, 85, died Saturday, July 9, 2011. She was born in Surry county, Virginia to William Peyton Hargrave and Estelle Harvell Hargrave. At the death of her mother at a young age, her uncle and aunt, Mark Dennis Harvell and Nancy (Carrie) Lawrence Harvell took her in to raise and later adopted. Hylah lived her life on the...
Irving Lunsford
Jul 9, 2011
Irving Claiborne Lunsford, Jr, 87, of Dinwiddie died Saturday, July 09, 2011. He was a World War II Army Veteran serving with the 86th Black Hawk Division of the 342nd Infantry. He was a lifelong member of St. Paulâ??s Episcopal Church in Petersburg. Mr. Lunsford was preceded in death by his wife Frances Jean Castleberry Lunsford, his mother Kathleen Ribble...
Lena Tew Thomasson
Jul 8, 2011
Lena Catherine Tew Thomasson, 95, of Hopewell, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2011. She was a member of First Baptist Church. She was a successful self-employed business woman. Mrs. Thomasson is preceded in death by her parents, Harvey and Lottie Tew; husband, J.G. â??Jackâ? Thomasson; son, Jack Wade Thomasson; a granddaughter, Jennifer Enneking Wallace; a sister, Mamie Moon Vaughan;...
Lucille Martin
Jul 8, 2011
Lucille Virginia Martin, 90, of Prince George, passed away on Wednesday, July 6, 2011. She was preceded in death by her parents, Irving and Bertha Barden; brother, Ernest Barden; and lifelong friend, Herman Rosenstien. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Parrish (Gene Pyles); son, Winston Martin (Pat); brother, Lindwood Barden; grandchildren, Dennis, Kenneth, Kimberly, Joyce, Mike, Terri, Shawn, Curtis,...
Brandon Mclean
Jul 8, 2011
Brandon Thomas McLean, age 23, of Chester, VA, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2011. Brandon was a graduate of Thomas Dale High School, class of 2006. He is survived by his parents, Barry and Melody McLean; sisters, Brooke and Erica McLean; grandparents, W. Thomas Creggar, Veta S. Creggar, and Thelma G. McLean; and several aunts, uncles, cousins, and other...
Agnes Bauer
Jul 8, 2011
Agnes Lucille Bauer, 100, of Prince George, passed away on July 8, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Kovacs, and was also preceded in death by her husband Martin Bauer Sr. She was a member of the Sharon Shrine #8 and was also a member of Gregory Memorial Presbyterian Church. She is survived by three...
Geraldine Mifka
Jul 8, 2011
Geraldine Eavey Mifka, age 91, of Bumpass, VA, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011. She was born in Dayton, VA, the daughter of the late Paul M. and Libby Whitmer Eavey. Mrs. Mifka was also preceded in death by her husband William David Mifka; son, Steven L. Mifka; grandson, Billy Stotts; and brother, Elmo Eavey. She is survived by her...
Florine Williams
Jul 7, 2011
Florine Sophie Gwaltney Williams, 93, of Petersburg went to her rest on Thursday, July 7, 2011. She was the daughter of the late James T. and Lucy Daniel Gwaltney and wife of the late Thomas Franklin Williams, Jr. She was preceded in death by her sister, Margaret Laurie, her brothers, James T. Gwaltney and John Gwaltney and her children, James...
Frank Johnston
Jul 7, 2011
Frank Charles Johnston Jr., age 91 of Chester, VA, passed away Thursday, July 7, 2011. He was born in Richmond, VA the son of the late Frank Charles Sr. and Lula Louise Woltz Johnston. Mr. Johnston was also preceded in death by his wife, Hazel Gibbs Johnston. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy serving during WWII in the...
Sr., B. Thomas
Jul 7, 2011
Neil Bryan Thomas, Sr., age 68, of Richmond, VA, passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2011. He was born the son of the late Harry and Marie Dameron Thomas. Mr. Thomas was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a supervisor at Westvaco for 40 years. He loved fishing, hunting, gardening and making fishing lures. Mr. Thomas is survived by his...
Charles Thacker
Jul 5, 2011
Charles Christopher â??Chrisâ? Thacker, 25, of Chester, passed away Sunday, July 3, 2011. He was preceded in death by his father, Charles Irvin Thacker. Chris was a huge music fan and enjoyed playing the guitar. He is survived by his beloved daughter, Allysen Belle Williamson; mother and father, Teresa and Ronald Frazier; brothers, Wesley Hagy and Brandon Hagy; grandparents, Nancy...
Janie Brooks
Jul 5, 2011
Janie Louise Martin Brooks, 81, of Dinwiddie, passed away Tuesday, July 05, 2011. Born in Halifax County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Willie Herbert and Erma Compton Martin. Family members include: her sons, Raymond Brooks and Franklin Brooks both of Dinwiddie; brothers, James Martin, John Martin, Joe Martin, Lee Martin and Willie Herbert Martin, Jr. all of...
Audrey Cuddihy
Jul 3, 2011
Audrey Poland Cuddihy 95, of Hopewell, passed away on Sunday July 3, 2011. She is preceded in death by her father, Peter Poland; mother, Ida McClary Poland Kuykendall; step-father, Charles. C. Kuykendall; husband, John James Cuddihy Jr.; son, John James Cuddihy III; daughter, Lois Cuddihy Johnson; and sister, Arline Phillips. Mrs. Cuddihy is survived by her daughters, Marian Turner and...
