Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Fletcher Bell
May 24, 2010
Fletcher Lee Bell, 72, of Hopewell, died Sunday, May 23, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Bell was born in Petersburg and was the son of the late Archie Glaris and Mary Warren Jones Bell and was predeceased by his brother Edward Lynn Bell. He was employed with the Hopewell Bureau of Fire from May 1, 1962-November 29, 1993. He obtained...
Robert Stell
May 24, 2010
Robert Arthur Stell, 74, died Monday, May 24, 2010. Mr. Stell was the son of the late John Calvin Stell and Effie Hogwood Harris. Mr. Stell served both in the United States Navy and the Army. Robert is survived by his children, Robert, John, Cheryl and Kay; six grandchildren and one great grandchild; one brother, John C. Stell, Jr. (Shirley);...
Raymond Jones
May 24, 2010
Raymond Purty Jones, age 78, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away Monday, May 24, 2010. He was born in Brunswick County, VA the son of the late Harvey and Lois Burgess Jones. Mr. Jones was a Korean War veteran, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He spent his working career with A & P Grocery Stores retiring as a store manager...
Gilbert Ridout
May 22, 2010
Gilbert Franklin Ridout, 80, of Petersburg passed away Saturday May 22, 2010. He was born March 6, 1930, and was the son of the late Lawrence Franklin & Myrtie Pettway Ridout. Mr. Ridout was predeceased by his loving wife of 49 years, Patricia Bain Ridout, and his 5 sisters; Margaret Titus, Gaynelle Overmyer, Myrtle Johnston, Frances Lucas, & Evelyn Titus....
Cecelia Callahan
May 22, 2010
Cecelia Moreth Callahan, 99, of Hopewell, died Monday, May 17, 2010, at Little Sisters of the Poor, Richmond. She was a long term active member of St. James Catholic Church in Hopewell. Mrs. Callahan was active in the National Council of Catholic Women and several other church organizations. For many years, she was THE Altar Guild at St. James and...
A. Burton
May 20, 2010
A. Hill Burton, former Sheriff of Dinwiddie County, dies at 85 Ambler Hill Burton, a former sheriff of Dinwiddie County, died Thursday, May 20, 2010 at his home in Dinwiddie County. He was born January 15, 1925, the son of the late John Lemuel and Alice Gilliam Hill Burton. Well known in Dinwiddie County and throughout Southside Virginia, Mr. Burton...
Bartolomao Buffo
May 20, 2010
Bartolommeo M. Buffo, 81, of Hopewell died Thursday, May 20, 2010. He was born in Gardiner, Massachusetts. Mr. Buffo served as an Aircraft Maintenance mechanic in the U. S. Navy , was Post Commander of Post 637 V.F.W. in Hopewell and was employed in the mail room of Hopewell News for many years. He was preceded in death by his...
Jr., E. Curtis
May 20, 2010
Clarence Edward Curtis, Jr., age 82 of Chester, VA passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Vernelle Curtis; a daughter, Daphne Curtis; a daughter and son-in-law, Marian and William Perkinson; a son, Clarence E. Curtis, III (Trip); a granddaughter, Ashley Curtis; a sister, Duane Curtis Harrell; two step-granddaughters, Mandy and...
Harry Dunbar
May 19, 2010
Harry Floyd Dunbar, age 83, of Chester, VA., passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2010. He was born in Hopewell, VA, the son of the late Wilbert Preston and Mary V. Adams Dunbar. Mr. Dunbar was also preceded in death by his wife, Eva Barker Dunbar. He was retired from Dupont as a Chemist after 35 years, attended St. Barnabas Episcopal...
Patrick Aument
May 19, 2010
Patrick Earle Aument, 71, of Richmond, died, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. He was born in Prince George Virginia and was a retired Research Scientist with Phillip Morris. Mr. Aument was the son of the late Earle C. and Helen Malon Aument. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth (Bette) M. Aument his brother-in-law, Thomas H. Galderise, nieces, Michele G. Schulte, Micaela G....
Mildred Dewolfe
May 18, 2010
Mildred I. DeWolfe, 88, died Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in the Chippenham Hospital. She was a life-long resident of this area and a member of the Hopewell Church of the Brethren. Mrs. DeWolfe was preceded in death by her parents James and Lula Mason Craven, her husband William A. DeWolfe, two sisters Ethel Jones and Betty Adams and three brothers...
Benita Foussekis
May 18, 2010
Benita Krumel Foussekis, age 84, of Richmond, VA., passed away Monday, May 17, 2010. She was born January 10, 1926 in Hopewell, VA. She was a devoted wife to Arthur J. Foussekis, and a loving mother to Carol Mozes of Colorado Springs, CO, and to Arthur B. Foussekis of Colonial Heights, VA. Funeral services will be private. In lieu of...
Dale Johnson
May 18, 2010
Dale Virginia Johnson, 76, of Prince George, passed away Tuesday May 18, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene Q. & Annie BoCock Butler and a brother Charles Eugene Butler. She was a retired guard at John Tyler Community College and also worked at Phillip Morriss prior to John Tyler. She was a loving mother and held...
Jean Stevens
May 18, 2010
Jean Gott Stevens, 55, of Varina, VA, left us to go home and be with Jesus on Friday, May 14, 2010. She was born on May 20, 1954, in Accokeek, MD., to Irene C. (Renie) and the late James S. (Jimmie) Gott. Jean is also survived by Robert D. Stevens, her daughters, Jennifer S. Harris (Mark Harris), Michelle L. Gilroy,...
John Davies
May 17, 2010
John Dudley Davies, 84, of Petersburg, died Monday, May 17, 2010. Mr. Davies was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia to the late J.P. and Bonnie Swiger Davies. Mr. Davies was a United States Army Veteran, having served in World War II, as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, and earned a Purple Heart. He graduated from West Virginia University, School...
Hazel Williamson
May 17, 2010
Hazel Riddle Williamson, 82, of Hopewell, VA, devoted wife and mother went to be with the Lord on Monday, May 17. 2010. Mrs. Williamson was born in Prince George County and had been a life long resident of the Tri-city area. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifton E. and Minnie Harrison Riddle and two sisters. Virginia R....
Mary Lloyd
May 17, 2010
Mary â??Gwenâ? Lloyd, age 77, of Chester, VA, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2010. Mrs. Lloyd was preceded in death by her husband, Irvin Lloyd. She is survived by her son, Dennis Hamm and wife, Sandra; a daughter, Gloria Creasy; a brother, Walter White and wife, Nancy; three grandchildren; and several great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at...
Mary (Sutton) Wills
May 17, 2010
Mary Linda Wills (Sutton), 62, of Chester, Va., passed away on Monday, May 10, 2010, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Va., after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on Oct. 7, 1947, in Meadville, a daughter of Lloyd H. Sutton and Cecila J. Sutton (Poloskey). She married Daniel Lee Wills on July 19, 1969, who preceded...
Raymonde Karpe
May 17, 2010
Raymonde Marie Karpe of Maryland, formerly of Petersburg, Virginia passed away peacefully on Monday, May 17, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Yves de Quenech and Rosalie Le Cozler and the widow of Lt. Col. Henry Z. Karpe. Born on August 15, 1918 in Boujival, France, she is survived by her sister, Yvonne Gauthier; her niece, Anna Marie...
Cecelia Callahan
May 17, 2010
Cecelia Moreth Callahan, 99, of Hopewell, died Monday, May 17, 2010, at Little Sisters of the Poor, Richmond. She was a long term active member of St. James Catholic Church in Hopewell. Mrs. Callahan was active in the National Council of Catholic Women and several other church organizations. For many years, she was THE Altar Guild at St. James and...
