Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Florence Johnson
Aug 23, 2010
Mrs. Florence D. Johnson, 85, of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, August 23, 2010 due to a recent illness. Florence was a member of Adah Chapter # 7, Order of the Eastern Star, a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church and was employed at Garfinkels Clothing Store in Cavalier Square almost 25 years. Mrs. Johnson was preceded in death by...
Sr.. E. Purdie
Aug 23, 2010
Gerald E. Purdie, Sr., 86, of Church Road, passed away, Monday, August 23, 2010 at McGuire VA Medical Center. Born in Matoaca, he was the son of the late Edward and Maranda Kersey Purdie. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife of 40 years, Catherine Purdie and several brothers and sisters. Mr. Purdie served...
Geneva Allison
Aug 22, 2010
Geneva Williams Stanley Allison, age 67, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2010, beginning her journey to eternal peace. Mrs. Allison retired from Bell Atlantic after 30 years of service. She was preceded in death by her parents, Izona and Troy Williams, and her granddaughter, Savannah Hope Andrews. Geneva leaves behind a loving husband, Donald Allison; three...
Nellie Crichton
Aug 21, 2010
Nellie Christine Morgan Crichton, 86 of Prince George Co, widow of William J. Crichton Jr., passed away Friday, August 20, 2010 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late John William and Lucy Vaughan Morgan. She was predeceased by four brothers Clovis Morgan, James Wesley Morgan, Clifford Morgan and Thomas L. Morgan Sr.; two sisters Ethel Glazier and...
Brenda Cooke
Aug 21, 2010
Brenda Lipford Cooke, age 60, of Prospect, VA, passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2010. She was born on April 27, 1950 in Chesterfield, VA to the late Archer Robert and Hazel Stringfield Lipford. She was also preceded in death by a daughter, Tammy Lynn Cooke. Mrs. Cooke was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
Eula Stowers
Aug 21, 2010
Eula V. Stowers, 91, of Hopewell, passed away Saturday, August 21, 2010. She is the daughter of the late Wilbert and Eliza Lawson McCallister and was predeceased by her husband of 64 years, Woodrow W. Stowers and a son, Phillip Stowers. Eula is survived by her children, Brian Stowers and wife June of Prince George, VA and Elouise Driggers and...
Ernest West
Aug 20, 2010
Ernest E. â??Sonnyâ? West, age 79, of Chester, VA, sunrise December 20, 1930, sunset August 19, 2010. He was born in Richmond, VA the son of the late Willie E. West and Estelle Stingle Dance. Mr. West was a decorated veteran of the United States Navy, serving during the Korean War. He was a retired Group Supervisor with Phillip Morris....
Carlton Suyes
Aug 20, 2010
Carlton Lee Suyes, 68, of Hopewell, died Friday, August 20, 2010 in Retreat Hospital in Richmond, VA. Mr. Suyes was born in Hopewell and had been a lifetime resident. He was the son of the late Jennings B. and Birdie L. Blick Suyes. Carlton served in the US Army Reserves, was a former Hooray for Hopewell Board Member, a former...
Jr., Ake Mitchell
Aug 20, 2010
Norfolk, Virginia Robert Drake â??Bobâ? Mitchell, JR, 66, of Norfolk died peacefully Friday at his home, after a brief illness, surrounded by his loving family. Born in Richmond VA on July 21, 1944, he was the son of the late Robert Drake Mitchell SR & Marie Ballas Mitchell. He spent his early years in Northern Virginia. He is survived by...
Jr., L. "Trig" Carpenter
Aug 18, 2010
CARPENTER Jr., Charlie Lee "Trig", 71, of Hopewell, Va., went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 18, 2010. Mr. Carpenter was born on August 26, 1938, in Lumberton, NC to the late Charlie and Annie Carpenter. He has made Hopewell his home since 1964. He is survived by his son Steven and his wife Andrea of Powhatan; son...
Donald Whalen
Aug 17, 2010
Donald E. Whalen (Col. US Army Ret), 92, passed away on Monday, August 16, 2010 at his home in Prince George County, VA. He was born in Cheney, Washington, the son of the late Joseph E. and Verna S. Whalen. He graduated from Washington State University in 1939 and worked for the International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) prior to beginning...
Stanley Wray
Aug 16, 2010
Stanley Eugene Wray, 76, of Colonial Heights, VA, passed away Monday, August 16, 2010 while visiting in Jamestown, NY. Mr. Wray was born in Petersburg, and had been a lifetime resident of the tri-city area. He was a retired instrument technician with Honeywell Corporation and also retired from the Hopewell Recreation Department. Mr. Wray was preceded in death by his...
Robert Sorrell
Aug 15, 2010
Robert G. Sorrell, 63, of Chester, passed away on Saturday August 14 after a long courageous battle with Huntingtonâ??s disease. He was the son of the late Charles Boyce & Lorna Tonn Sorrell. Robert was very active in sports and loved coaching softball and baseball especially with the children, was an avid golfer and loved traveling to new places. He...
Thelma Atkins
Aug 15, 2010
Dendron, Virginia Thelma Lee Jones Atkins went to be with her Lord on Sunday, August 15, 2010. Imagine the wonder of the Angel Band as they welcomed her sweet, pure voice into Hillbilly Heaven. Born in New Bern, NC, she was a daughter of the late Claudine Estelle (Jones) Jones and Dewey Duffy Jones, Sr. As a young lady she...
Mary Moody
Aug 14, 2010
Mary Ellen Mayhew Moody, 85, of Sutherland, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2010. Born in Gretna, VA, she was the daughter of the late Robert L. and Fannie Elizabeth Davis Mayhew. She was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Moody was preceded in death by a daughter, Jackie Moody; a grandson, James Lee...
Gerald Jr. Carsley
Aug 13, 2010
Gerald D. Carsley, Jr., 56, of Colonial Heights, passed away August 13th, in his home, after a lengthy and courageous battle with heart and renal disease. He was preceded in death by his parents, Gerald and Annie Bell Carsley, and a sister, Shirley Carsley. Left to cherish his loving memory is his wife of 36 years, Virginia Marie Brockwell Carsley;...
Deborah Osborne
Aug 13, 2010
Deborah Lynn Osborne, 52, of Dinwiddie County, widow of Charles L. Osborne, passed away Friday, August 13, 2010 at her residence. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church in Petersburg. Her hobbies included scrapbooking and fishing, but most of all, spending time with her family. She is survived by her parents, Billy Eugene and Delores Ann Hollins Smithson; three...
Stewart Snead
Aug 12, 2010
Stewart G. Snead, age 79, of Chesterfield County, VA., went to be with the Lord on August 11, 2010. He was preceded in death by his wife, Edna Snead and wife, Rachael Snead, as well as daughter Denise, sister Gladys, brother Otey, Jr., and parents Grace and Otey. He is survived by children Pat and Lonnie McCoy, and granddaughter Jacqueline,...
Kimberly Gibson
Aug 12, 2010
Kimberly Gibson, 37, of Prince George Co., passed away Thursday, August 12, 2010. She is survived by her parents Harvey William and Janice Renfrow Gibson; daughter, Kierstyn LeAnne Gibson Gray; siblings, Stephen Gibson and wife, Theresa, Timothy Gibson and wife, Kelly and Angela Hancock and husband, Shane; dear friend, Luther Gray; paternal grandparents, Mary and Ernest Gibson; maternal grandparents, Geraldine...
Sr., R. Jordan
Aug 12, 2010
Ernest Roy Jordan, Sr., age 75, of Chester, VA., passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2010. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the late Ernest Miles and Helen Creery Jordan. He was employed at Leggitt Meyers Tobacco for 17 years, and spent the rest of his working career in the utilities industry. Mr. Jordan was also an avid...
