Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Willie Cooke
Mar 2, 2009
Dendron, Virginia Willie Eugene Cooke, 88, passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2009, at Baptist Medical Center in Jacksonville FL following several months of declining health. Eugene was born in Surry County on October 6, 1920, and resided for most of his life in the family home in Dendron until the fall of 2008. Eugene was living with his nephew...
Edith White
Mar 1, 2009
Waverly, VA Edith James White, 83, widow of J. Franklin White and a resident of Waverly died Saturday Feb. 28, 2009 in Waverly. Born in Surry County on October 23, 1925, she was the daughter of the late J. Hayden & Grace Lane James. She was a member of the Waverly Congregational Christian Church and had served as the Historian...
David Koren
Mar 1, 2009
David Andrew Koren, age 72, of Chester departed this life on March 1, 2009. He was the son of the late Andrew and Elizabeth Koren of Hopewell. He was retired from Firestone/Honeywell. Mr. Koren is survived by his wife, Lee Taylor Koren; his children, Andrea Englert and her husband, Paul, Merripaige Branchaud and her husband, Phillip, Elysia Edmondson and her...
Louise Rackley
Mar 1, 2009
Louise Marie Taylor Rackley, 88 of Hopewell, VA went home to be with her Lord, Sunday, March 1, 2009. She was born in Buenta Vista, VA May 26, 1920. She was preceded in death by her parents, James Washington Taylor and Nanie Henson Taylor, her husband, Howard S. Rackley, Sr. and a son-in-law, Micky Doxey. She had seven brothers and...
Frances Johnson
Feb 28, 2009
Frances Boush Johnson of Rappahannock Westminster Canterbury, Irvington, Virginia, formerly of Petersburg, Virginia died Saturday, February 28, 2009. She was the daughter of Myrtle Adams Johnson and Francis Johnson. Born in Danville, Va., on November 26, 1920. She grew up in Petersburg, Virginia and was educated in the Petersburg public schools and attended Duke University. She was a lifetime member...
Raymond Williams
Feb 28, 2009
Raymond Arnold Williams, 75, of Ford, VA, died Saturday, February 28, 2009 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was a native of Dinwiddie County, and was the son of the late William A. and Ruby Chappell Williams. He was a retired self-employed businessman in Ford, VA and a member of First Baptist Church in Petersburg. Mr. Williams is...
Marvin Mathis
Feb 27, 2009
Marvin Randolph Mathis, 64, of Hopewell, died Friday, February 27, 2009 in Hopewell Convalescent Center. Marvin was born in Hopewell and had been a lifelong resident. He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose #1472, a former member of the Hopewell Jaycees, a volunteer umpire for the Hopewell Recreation Department. He will be remembered in the community for his...
Corene W. Wright
Feb 26, 2009
Corene Morgan West Wright, 85, a resident of Waverly, passed away Thursday February 26, 2009 at MCV Hospital in Richmond. Born on August 9, 1923 near Holland, VA, she was the daughter of the late Junius J. and Bettie Vaughan Morgan. She was the widow of Landon May West, who died September 16, 1982. She is survived by her husband,...
Seymour Garfinkel
Feb 26, 2009
Seymour Garfinkel, 89, of Hopewell died Thursday, February 26, 2009 at his residence surrounded by family. He was the son of the late Harry and Rose Garfinkel. Seymour was the co-owner of Garfinkelâ??s Ladies Apparel for over 35 years. He was a former President of the Retail Merchants Association Chamber of Commerce, a member and two term Chairman of the...
Minnie Bailey
Feb 26, 2009
Minnie Robertson Bailey, 88, of Petersburg departed this life on Thursday, February 26, 2009. Minnie was preceded in death by her husband, William Douglas Bailey and she is survived by his family. The family will receive friends at the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service on Sunday, March 1, 2009 from 2 to 4...
John Cozzens
Feb 25, 2009
John Earl Cozzens went to be with his Lord on February 25, 2009. He was born on December 4, 1925 and was the beloved husband of 60 years to the late Eleanor F. Cozzens. John will be forever remembered in our hearts as a wonderful husband, loving father and devoted child of God. He was preceded in death by his...
Billy Barber
Feb 25, 2009
Billy Joe Barber, 28, of Hopewell died unexpectedly on Friday, February 20, 2009.He was preceded in death by his father, Wayne Lewis Barber, and his brother, Joey Barber. Billy Joe is survived by his mother, Diana B. Barber and husband, Mike; sisters, Angela Garner of South Carolina and Victoria Hott of Chesterfield; aunts, Kathy Norris and Wanda Fogg; uncles, Larry...
Dorothy Galderise
Feb 25, 2009
Dorothy J. Aument Galderise, 79, of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2009 with her husband of 49 years by her side. She was born February 12, 1930 to the late Earl S. and Helen Malon Aument. After graduating from St. Joseph Catholic High School she worked at Miller and Rhodes in Richmond for 5 years in the...
George Creel
Feb 25, 2009
George Franklin Creel. 77, of Gaston, N.C died February 24, 2009. Mr. Creel was born in Duplin, N. C. and was a former resident of Hopewell. He served in the U. S. Army, a member of the VFW in Gaston, NC. and a retired mechanic with Hercules, Inc. Mr. Creel was preceeded in death by his parents, Norwood and Katie...
Roy Dixon
Feb 24, 2009
Roy Dixon, or â??Stoneyâ? as he was known by his family, died after a short illness on January 27, 2009; in Pensacola, Fla. Roy was born the second child of the late Roy Dee Dixon and Freda Dixon Hatton on Jan.2, 1966 in Ronceverte, WV. He moved with his family as an infant to Virginia and soon after to his...
Eva Mcconnell
Feb 24, 2009
Eva Woody McConnell, age 92, a life long resident of Richmond, Virginia, died peacefully, Monday, February 23, 2009 surrounded by her loving family. Eva retired after 37 years from M.C.V. Hospital. She is survived by her daughter, Jackie Vest and husband Buster, of Midlothian; half-brother, Rev. Ray Woody and wife Pat, of Sarasota, Florida; grandchildren, Jay Thomas of Colonial Heights...
Walter Grant
Feb 24, 2009
Walter S. Grant, a devoted and loving husband, father, and Papa, passed away at the age of 86 on February 24, 2009, at his home in McKenney, VA. He was preceded in death by his son, Walter Grant, Jr. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Kathryn Peebles Grant; three children, Sidney F. Grant, Kathryn S. Grant, and...
Elva Wynn
Feb 24, 2009
Elva Lewis Wynn, 89, of Dinwiddie died on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur and Grace Westmoreland Lewis; husband, Thomas B. Wynn; brother, Edwin T. Lewis and a niece, Gay Staton. Mrs. Wynn was a life time member of Smithâ??s Grove United Methodist Church. She is survived by a niece, Nancy L. Coe...
Elsie Cotten
Feb 24, 2009
Elsie Hogwood Cotten, 85, of Chesterfield, Virginia passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. She was born in Sussex, Virginia, daughter of the late Charles and Sudie Bishop Hogwood. Ms. Cotten was a loving mother and grandmother. She is survived by her daughter, Connie C. Blakely and husband Kevin, of Chesterfield; son, C. Chris Cotten and wife Pat, of Chesterfield;...
Rita Haggerty
Feb 23, 2009
Rita Marion Haggerty, 90, of Hopewell died on Monday, February 23, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bruno and Marian Barry Ledoux; husband, Andrew Haggerty and her son, John Fleming. Mrs. Haggerty was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church where she fulfilled her most cherished accomplishment of teaching the four year olds in Sunday School for 30...
