Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Jr., A. Galloway
Oct 13, 2009
William Alfred Galloway, Jr., age 76, a visionary businessman and innovative co-owner of the Virginia Diner, Inc., Wakefield, died Tuesday, October 13, 2009. He is survived by his wife of 49 years and his partner and co-owner of the Virginia Diner, Inc., Mary Ann Pettit Galloway; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Galloway of Victoria; Christine G. Epperson and her husband Jay...
Otis Zavertnik
Oct 13, 2009
Otis Vernon Zavertnik, age 79, of Chester, Virginia passed away on Monday, October 12, 2009. He was born in Harrington Park, New Jersey, son of the late Joseph and Pauline Zettek Zavertnik. Mr. Zavertnik was a graduate of Duke University and served in the United States Marine Corps as a Naval Aviator. He retired from Allied Signal as a Superintendent...
Louis Budz
Oct 12, 2009
Louis Frank Budz, 91, of Petersburg passed away on Monday, October 12, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Annie Budz and his wife, Catherine Ann Budz. He is survived by his children, Charles Budz, Katherine Wyant and Dorothy Drumheller; grandchildren, Linda Austin, Stephanie Travis, William Budz, Danielle Drumheller and Jacob Drumheller; great grandson, Thomas Austin;...
Hedwig Spates
Oct 12, 2009
Hedwig H. Spates, 74, of Hopewell, passed away Sunday October 11, 2009 surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Wilhelm & Hedwig Goelz Maendle. Hedwig was a member of the Women of the Moose Hopewell Lodge and the German club for over 30 years. She is survived by her loving husband of 54 years, Ernest...
Brandy Stivers
Oct 11, 2009
Brandy Lynn Stivers, 26, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, October 11, 2009 at her home. Brandy is survived by her mother, Marie Soccio Stivers; father, Jerry Stivers; sister, Nancy Stivers; brother, Davis Stivers; maternal grandmother, Regina Soccio; paternal grandfather, John Stivers; aunt, Nancy Reedy and husband, Gene Reedy; uncle, Patrick Soccio and wife, Barbara Soccio; cousins, Mitchell Reedy, Shane...
Bobby Ramsey
Oct 10, 2009
Robert â??Bobbyâ? Aultman Ramsey, 30, of Richmond, passed away Saturday October 10, 2009. He was the son of Carl H. & Wanda Castelow Ramsey. Bobby loved sports but he especially loved football and the Washington Redskins. To him the Redskins were the only football team and the best in the league. Bobby was paralyzed at age 20 but lived life...
Carol Doss
Oct 10, 2009
Carol Ann Doss, 68, of Prince George, entered her eternal home Monday, November 9, 2009 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her parents Richard VanNess and Algitha Michaud, great-grandchild Angel Valverde and brother Larry VanNess. She is survived by her husband, Dana E. â??Bobbyâ? Doss; son, Donald Martin and wife Gail Allen-Martin of Hopewell; daughters, Brenda Sadler...
Alice Elder
Oct 9, 2009
Alice Baldwin Elder, 93, of Virginia Beach, formerly of Hopewell, Va., passed away Thursday October 8, 2009. She was predeceased by her parents Hubert H. & Lena Beavers Baldwin, her husband John David Elder, and a daughter Janet Dee Hodges. Alice attended the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, was the church organist for Saint Johnâ??s Episcopal Church and...
Richard Marshall
Oct 9, 2009
Richard â??Richâ? Enos Marshall, 52, of Hopewell, passed away Friday October 9, 2009 at his residence. He was the son of the late Leslie Lee Marshall. Jr. Rich was employed by S.P. Kinney as an Office Manager. He is survived by his mother Doris W. Marshall of Chester, brothers; Dallas Marshall & wife Danley of Bon Air, David L. Marshall...
Sr., A. Mullins
Oct 8, 2009
Jack Ancil Mullins, Sr., 65, of Colonial Heights passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2009 from complications associated with leukemia. He was preceded in death by his parents, C.S. and Juanita Mullins, and his siblings, Jahue, Simmy, and Eva Lou Mullins. Jack was a graduate of Maryville College in Tennessee and obtained his Masters of Education from Virginia State. He...
Kevin Blick
Oct 7, 2009
Kevin Scott Blick, 43, of Chester unexpectedly passed away on Wednesday, October 7, 2009. Born on July 20, 1966, he has now gone to be with his recently departed mother, Carolyn W. Morgan. Kevin was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and was currently continuing his education at John Tyler Community College. He is survived by his best friend and...
Ada Carroll
Oct 7, 2009
Ada P. Carroll, 90 of Prince George Co., widow of Patrick T. Carroll, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family, Wednesday, October 7, 2009. Mrs. Carroll was predeceased by brothers Joseph Pierce, Linwood Pierce, Henry Pierce and Jimmy Pierce, brother-in-law Jack Carroll. She was a dedicated member of Crowder Memorial Baptist Church, who supported and cared for...
Patricia West
Oct 5, 2009
Patricia Gast West, 72, a resident of Waverly, died on October 5, 2009. Born on February 15, 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Thelma Gwaltney Gast. She was the widow of James F. West, Sr. She was a member of Waverly Baptist Church and a fifty-year member of the Order of the Eastern...
Delia Cornett
Oct 4, 2009
Waverly Delia Lee Peffer Cornett, 74, a resident of Waverly, died at her home on Sunday, October 4, 2009. Born on January 6, 1935 in Pasquotank County, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Wilson and Cora Johnson Peffer. Delia drove the school bus at Tidewater Academy for 12 years and was a member of Waverly Baptist Church....
Helen King
Oct 4, 2009
Helen Louise Taylor King, 87, life long resident of Petersburg, VA, passed away on Sunday, October 4, 2009 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She had been a current resident of Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center, Colonial Heights, VA. Helen was born on January 24, 1922, in Victoria, VA, and as a young child moved with her parents and...
Reba Jones
Oct 3, 2009
Reba Whitworth Jones, age 84, of Richmond, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, October 03, 2009. She was the daughter of the late Harvey L. and Nannie Mitchell Whitworth, and the wife of the late Thomas R. Jones. Mrs. Jones was a longtime member of Kingsland Baptist Church and the Senior Saints. She was a volunteer with the...
Evelyn Cornett
Oct 3, 2009
Disputanta, Virginia Evelyn Jeanett Cornett, 69, of Disputanta, passed away Saturday, October 3, 2009, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg. Born April 24, 1940 in Isle of Wight County, she was the widow of Russell Louis Cornett. She was also predeceased by a brother, Frank Jones. She was a member of the Waverly Baptist Church. Jeanett, a homemaker and...
Emily Aderholt
Oct 1, 2009
Emily Belle Platt Aderholt, 92, of Hopewell, died Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Riverview on the Appomattox. Mrs. Aderholt was born in Newport News, VA and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. She was a member of the Womanâ??s Club of Hopewell, Historic Hopewell Foundation, an officer with APVA, a communicant of St. Johnâ??s Episcopal Church where she...
Ben Ginsberg
Oct 1, 2009
Ben Ginsberg, 92, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born in New York City, New York, on April 2, 1917.. He was preceded in death by his parents Alex and Ida Ginsberg; his brothers, Louis and Ira; and his wife Grace. Ben served in WWII in the Army Air Corps and was selected...
Bessie Lewis
Oct 1, 2009
Bessie Hunter Lewis, 85, of Petersburg died on Thursday, October 1, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles Philmore Hart and Maude Hunter Breedlove Hart and her husband, Robert B. Lewis. Mrs. Lewis was a member of Kenwood United Methodist Church. She is survived by daughters, Jeanette Lewis Smith, and Betty Jane Ford and her husband, Bernie;...
