Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Major Temple
Apr 22, 2011
Major Benjamin Temple, 91, of Petersburg, passed away Friday April 22, 2011. He was the son of the late Lawrence D. and Louise Reeves Temple. Mr. Temple was a retired operator from Allied Chemical after 35 years of dedicated service, was a 30 year member of Woods United Methodist Church and was a lifetime farmer. He is survived by his...
Margaret Halloway
Apr 22, 2011
Margaret Eleanor Halloway, 97, of Petersburg, Virginia passed away Friday April 22, 2011 surrounded by her loving daughters. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Burrell Halloway and her parents, Lee Upshire and Cora Belle Henry Sheally. Mrs. Halloway was a charter member of Saint Marks United Methodist Church and a member of the Ladies Church Circle. She...
J. Rice
Apr 22, 2011
J. Darrell Rice, 74, of Sutherland, passed away Friday, April 22, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Emily Greenwell Rice and his wife, Allene C. Rice. Darrell was a member of the Petersburg Lions Club, The American Dental Association, Appomattox Regional Water Authority and St. Markâ??s United Methodist Church. Darrell is survived by daughter, Kimberly...
Iii, F. Donnelly
Apr 20, 2011
Edward Francis Donnelly, III, (Eddie) of St. Petersburg, FL, passed away on April 20, 2011 after a valiant fight with cancer. He was born to Katherine Lesley Donnelly and the late Edward Francis. Donnelly, Jr. Eddie was a graduate of Bollingbrook High School in Petersburg VA. He was a United States Navy Veteran and served as an Aviation Electricianâ??s Mate....
Lillian Woodfin
Apr 20, 2011
Lillian Dillon Woodfin, age 99, of Amelia, VA, formerly of Chester, VA, died Wednesday, April 20, 2011. She was preceded in death by her husband, Milton C. Woodfin, and daughter, Sarah Lea Woodfin. She is survived by several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends Thursday, April 21, 2011 from 6 to 8 pm in the Chester Chapel of...
Jean W. Micklem
Apr 19, 2011
Jean Garland Wilson Micklem, age 84, passed away peacefully, on Sunday, April 17, 2011, in the loving arms of her family at her new home in White Stone, VA. Mrs. Micklem was born November 3, 1926 in Hopewell, VA; the eldest of four daughters born to the late Dr. Edward Ashlin and Ruth Garland Wilson. She was predeceased by sisters,...
Vadyon Hayes
Apr 18, 2011
Vadyon Beatrice Hayes, age 79, of Chester, VA, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011. She was born in Saltville, VA, the daughter of the late Lester and Lillian Six Mabe. Mrs. Hayes was a member of the Faith Baptist Church in Prince George, VA and a volunteer at Atlantic Baptist Bible College. She is survived by her loving husband of...
Rose Puchmeyer
Apr 18, 2011
Rose A. Puchmeyer, of Chester, VA, died Sunday, April 17, 2011. She was the daughter of Mathew and Elenor Konscak. She is survived by her husband, Richard F. Puchmeyer; son Brian Puchmeyer (Melissa); grandchildren, Kody Garcia and Brandon Puchmeyer; sister, Kathy McKay; and brothers, Matthew Konscak (Linda) and Allen Konscak (Barbara). The family will receive friends Wednesday, April 20, 2011...
Elma Mason
Apr 17, 2011
Elma Dean Bryant Mason, 79, of Ivor passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Shepard Bailey Bryant and Roseanna Crocker Bryant and the wife of the late Edward Allen Mason, Sr. Elma was a member of Ivor Baptist Church. She loved to sing and her home was always open to everyone. Mrs. Mason...
Frances Butcher
Apr 15, 2011
Frances â??Sissyâ? Marie Butcher, 74, of Dinwiddie passed away on April 15, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Willie Daniel Sr. and Ruth Hogwood Willoughby, and was also preceded in death by her husband Andrew Butcher. She was very inspirational to her nurses, and she was loved by all of them. Sissy was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother,...
James Daniel
Apr 13, 2011
James â??Adamâ? Daniel, age 26, of Cerro Gordo, NC, formerly of Colonial Heights, VA, passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011. He is survived by his mother, Donna S. Daniel; father, Charles T. Daniel; siblings, Curtis W. Campbell, Jr. (April) and Amy D. Rackley (Kevin); grandmother, Shirley F. Daniel; 6 nieces and nephews; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. The family...
Eva Rhodes
Apr 13, 2011
Eva Austin Rhodes, of Pawleyâ??s Island, SC died unexpectedly Thursday, April 7, at Waccamaw Hospital. She was born August 17, 1940, the eighth of 10 children, of the late J.G. and Ruby Austin. She was enjoying the retirement environment of coastal SC, after residing in Chester, VA for over 50 years, during a long and dedicated career with Reynolds Metals...
Robert Bartley
Apr 13, 2011
Robert Wayne Bartley, 53, of Wakefield passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. He was the son of Robert J. and Janelle Elswick Bartley and the husband of Deborah B. Bartley. In addition to his parents and wife, he is survived by his children, Tiffany Busch and husband, Jay, Kasey Bartley and fiancé, Daniel Motley, Joseph Carter, Jr. and wife,...
Barbara Sheffield
Apr 13, 2011
Barbara Newbold Sheffield, 67, of Waverly passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2011. Barbara was a loving wife and mother who loved the simple things in life that bring family and friends together like going out to eat or just visiting. She enjoyed the sense of just knowing you were there and okay. She was preceded in death by her...
Rachel Cook
Apr 12, 2011
Rachel Edwards Cook, 93, of Richmond, died Monday, April 11, 2011. She was born in Southampton County on June 14, 1917. Mrs. Cook was preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Benjamin Ashby Cook. She is survived by her daughter, Patricia Cook Benton of Ashland; two grandsons, Philip Evans Smith (Sherry) of Savannah, GA and Dr. Michael S....
Charles Butler
Apr 11, 2011
Charles Philip Butler departed this life April 8, 2011 after a courageous battle with cancer. He will be greeted in heaven by mother Roselee Butler, brother John Butler, sister Mary Genevieve Curtis, and father-in-law Victor Bjerg. Charles was born in St Maryâ??s County, MD. He joined the Army in 1967, retiring as a Master Sergeant after 23 years of honorable...
Margaret Lowery
Apr 11, 2011
Margaret Christey Lowery, age 84, of Chesterfield died Monday, April 11, 2011. She was born in Richmond, the daughter of the late Charles E. and Katy Truesdale Christey. Mrs. Lowery was also preceded in death by two husbands, Joseph M. Mountfort and James A. Lowery, Sr. ; and two sons, Bruce D. and Richard J. Mountfort. Mrs. Lowery is survived...
Charles Fee
Apr 11, 2011
Charles Ray Fee Jr., 47, of Hopewell passed away on April 11, 2011. He was the son of the late Charles Ray Fee. Sr. Mr. Fee is survived by his mother, Annie Fee; two brothers, Jerry Fee and wife, Lisa, Jack Fee; and his wife Michelle Fee. All services will be private. Arrangments by the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss...
Mary S. Woodacre
Apr 10, 2011
Mary Galt Singleton Woodacre, 49, of Disputana, Virginia, a much beloved servant of the Lord passed away on April 10, 2011 after a very lengthy and arduous battle with her illness. Mary Galt known to many as Mary; graduated from Mary Mount High School, in Richmond. She attended Southside Regional Memorial Nursing School, in Petersburg, and graduated from Virginia State...
Barbara Hopper
Apr 9, 2011
Barbara Gwaltney Hopper, 71, of Claremont passed away on Saturday, April 9, 2011. She was a loving wife and mother. Mrs. Hopper was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and a member of St. Paulâ??s Episcopal Church in Surry. She retired after 27 years as a teacher for Surry County Public Schools and was a published author. Barbara was preceded...
