Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Mary Johnson
Mar 31, 2009
Mary Alice Johnson, age 75, of Prince George, Virginia, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2009. She was born in Queens, New York, daughter of the late Michael and Delia Robinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, COL Robert P. Johnson and her brother, Paul Robinson. Mrs. Johnson was a dedicated military wife for almost 30 years....
Janet Collier
Mar 31, 2009
Waverly Janet Padgett Collier, 74, of Waverly passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Born on December 16, 1934 in Prince George, she was the daughter of the late Isham J. and Geneva Sheffield Padgett. She was the widow of Horace Ray Collier after 55 years of marriage and a longtime member of Carsley United Methodist Church....
Mary Glass
Mar 31, 2009
Mary Latimer Horton Glass, 76, of DeWitt, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina, daughter of the late Dr. Julius Broyles Horton and Jessie Clarkson Horton. Mary graduated from Sullins Junior College, Bristol, VA, and from the Medical College of Virginia School of Medical Technology. She retired from Southside Regional Medical Center as a...
Mary Lewis Rose
Mar 31, 2009
Waverly, Virginia Mary Ellen Lewis Rose, 84, of Waverly, the widow of Franklin W. Rose, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg. Born in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Green Lewis and Margaret Hatcher Lewis. She was predeceased by a sister, Margaret Kearney Bourne, and three brothers, Frank Lewis,...
Alberta Crosby
Mar 30, 2009
Alberta Lee Crosby, 74, of Chester, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of the late, Tanner and Inez Helsley. Mrs. Crosby was a graduate from Humes High School and a member of Decatur Trinity Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. She worked in the tax preparation industry for Jackson Hewitt and later...
Ruth Hyre
Mar 30, 2009
Wakefield, Virginia Ruth Summers Hyre, 85, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Waverly Health Care Center in Waverly. She was the widow of Randall Lee Hyre. Born November 5, 1923, in Ragland AL, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Lindy Mae Higgenbothem Summers. In 1944, Ruth joined the U.S. Navy. Serving her country proudly, she was...
Paul Sr. Josey
Mar 30, 2009
Paul Calvin Josey, Sr., 86. of Hopewell, died Monday, March 30, 2009, at his residence. He was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and was preceded in death by his parents, P. A. and Bertha Sapp Josey. Mr. Josey, a retired carpenter with Allied-Signal Corporation, served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of...
Debbie Stewart
Mar 28, 2009
Debbie Barrett Stewart, 52, of Sutherland, departed Saturday, March 28, 2009 in Dinwiddie. She was a native of Sutherland and daughter of the late Max Harold Jr. and Ruth Lesley Dortch Barrett. She was predeceased by her husband Oliver C. Stewart. She is survived by her son, Brandon Stewart of Petersburg; brothers Robert Barrett and wife Cristie of Raleigh, NC,...
Lawrence Blake
Mar 28, 2009
Local attorney, Lawrence Lonny Blake, son of the late Lawrence Earl Blake and the late Frances Rawson Blake, passed away at his home in Prince George County on March 28, 2009. Lonny was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on December 10, 1941. His father, a toolmaker and founder of Revere Mold and Engineering, moved the family to Colonial Heights, Virginia in...
Brenda Harris
Mar 28, 2009
Brenda Gray Andrews Harris, 67, of Dinwiddie, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2009. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence E. and Edith Kirkland Andrews. Mrs. Harris was a retired employee of Southside Regional Medical Center. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Lee V. Harris; daughters, Deborah George and husband, David of Spartanburg,...
Jr., H. Cummings
Mar 28, 2009
Eugene H. Cummings, Jr., 86, died March 28, 2009. For many years he operated Cummingsâ?? Store in Prince George County, which was opened by his father in 1909. He also was a US Mail Carrier for over 25 years. Gene was a native of Prince George, a World War II Army Veteran, a member of the Prince George Ruritan Club,...
Virginia Otto
Mar 27, 2009
Virginia Evelyn Otto, 78, of Petersburg went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 27, 2009 after a long period of declining health. She was preceded in death by her parents, Justin and Nattie Crews and her husbands, Willard Johnson Newcomb and Daniel Marshall. Virginia loved her flowers and gardening and was a member of Crowder Memorial Baptist Church....
Jr., F. Crumpler
Mar 27, 2009
Phillip Franklin Crumpler, Jr., 73, of Prince George, passed away Friday, March 27, 2009. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late Phillip Franklin and Edith Trimyer Crumpler. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jean Sheek and a brother, John Trimyer. He is survived by his wife, Alice W. Crumpler; daughters,...
Sherry Emory
Mar 27, 2009
Sherry Reanette Emory, 58, of Prince George, died Thursday, March 26, 2009 at John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Colreign, NC and was a former employee of the food service department of Hopewell High School. Mrs. Emory was preceded in death by her parents, Roy W. and Hilda Mizelle Dawson, a sister, Garline E. Dunlow, her twin brothers,...
Iii, E. Williams
Mar 26, 2009
Paul E. Williams III was born on February 22, 1934 in Petersburg, VA to Paul E. Jr. and Ann (nee Cameron) Williams. He passed away on March 26, 2009 in Arlington Heights, IL. Paul is survived by his wife of 45 years, Jeane S. (nee Smith) Williams; his children, Ann Cameron (Joseph) Caldwell of Bethesda, MD, Randolph (Jennifer) Williams of...
Jenny Bell
Mar 26, 2009
Waverly, VA Jenny Diana Bell, 29, of Waverly, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 26, 2009. Born on September 25, 1979 in Louisburg, NC, she was the daughter of James Jessup and Debra Guin Finch. Jenny was a member of Faith Baptist Church in Waverly and she is survived by her husband of 11 years, James Todd Bell;...
Jr. A. Dudley
Mar 25, 2009
William Archer Dudley, Jr. 91, of Beaumont Texas, formerly of Petersburg, Virginia, died on Saturday, March 21, 2009. He was the son of the late William A. Dudley, Sr. and Avaree McLaughlin. He was the widower of Doris S. Dudley. He was a retired Petersburg Firefighter of 27 years service, a Mason of Blandford Lodge, and served in World War...
Lora Poole
Mar 25, 2009
Lora McCowan Poole, 92, a retired homemaker, died of a subdural hematoma on March 24, 2009 at Johnston- Willis Hospital in Richmond Virginia. She resided at Brighter Living Assisted Living in Hopewell, Virginia and was formerly of Chester, Virginia. Born in Dickenson County, Virginia to Emma and Will McCowan, she attended Roanoke Womenâ??s College and met her future husband in...
Virginia Rivers
Mar 23, 2009
Virginia Carrel Rivers, 87, of Petersburg, widow of Irvin Heath Rivers, passed away Monday, March 23, 2009. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late William B. and Ida Belle Hutchens Carrel. She was a long time member of Elm Street Baptist Church where she enjoyed singing in the choir and teaching Sunday school. The church and her...
Patricia Wells Moore
Mar 23, 2009
Chesapeake Patricia Ann Moore, 43, of Chesapeake, passed away on March 23, 2009. Born on April 28, 1965 and raised in Wakefield, she was the daughter of the late Robert Henry and Lois Pittman Wells. She was lifelong member of Millfield Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband of three years, Jon Gary Moore. She was a loving and...
