Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Herbert Sr. Smith
Feb 22, 2009
Herbert Clair Smith, Sr. of Hopewell, Virginia, loving and devoted husband, father, grandfather and friend to many, joined the Lord on February 22, 2009 at the age of 82. Herbert was the youngest of eight children born in Perquimans County, North Carolina. Pop lived his life to the fullest. He was a member and deacon of Powers Memorial Baptist Church....
Henry Akers
Feb 22, 2009
Henry Clyde Akers, 93, of Hopewell passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, William and Ada Wheeling Akers and his son, Gary Wesley Akers. Henry served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and later retired as a millwright from local 1402 in Richmond. He was an avid NASCAR...
Emma Elliott
Feb 21, 2009
Emma â??Sueâ? Clary Elliott, 84, of Colonial Heights, widow of Arthur B. Elliott, passed away on Saturday, February 21, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Benjamin Oâ??Goode Clary and Virginia Lewis Clary; daughter, Elois Levon Vaughan and her granddaughter, Pamela Gayle Vaughan. Emma is survived by her sons, Wallace D. Elliott and wife, Carol, and Gerald W....
Orpha Sandberg
Feb 21, 2009
Orpha Marie Sandberg, 90, passed away Friday, February 20, 2009, at John Randolph Hospital in Hopewell, VA. She was born September 13, 1918, in Cherryvale, KS, to Rev. Vernon Franklin Colinger and Mattie Olive Pilkington Cloninger. She was united in marriage August 27, 1939, in Bartlesville, OK, to Rudolph Roy Sandberg. She lived most of her adult life in Chanute,...
Violet Belcher
Feb 21, 2009
Violet Woodard Belcher, age 66, of Hopewell, VA, passed away on Friday, February 20, 2009. She was born in Abingdon, VA, the daughter of Della Stanley Woodard and the late Charles B. Woodard. Mrs. Belcher had lived in Hopewell for 64 years. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Mrs. Belcher is survived by her children, Charles Belcher...
Lucy Stell
Feb 21, 2009
Lucy Halloway Stell, age 75, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away on Friday, February 20, 2009. She was born in Petersburg, VA, the daughter of the late James E. and Evelyn Jeffers Halloway. Mrs. Stell was also preceded in death by her brother, Paul Halloway. She was a life long member and former Sunday school teacher at Calvary Baptist Church, Colonial...
Betty Adams
Feb 19, 2009
Betty Lois Adams, 77, of Petersburg died on Thursday, February 19, 2009. She was a member of West End Baptist Church and a retired school teacher. She is survived by her husband, Rev. LeRoy Adams; children, Sheila A. Horton and husband, Lanny of Culpeper, VA and Michael L. Adams and wife, Terry of Budapest, Hungary; grandchildren, Rebecca Clayson, and husband,...
Woodrow Hofler
Feb 19, 2009
Woodrow Perry Hofler, 64, of Claremont, VA died Thursday, February 19, 2009 at his residence. Mr. Hofler was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps having served during the Vietnam war. He was a member of the Colonial Heights Kiwanis Club and sales manager for Blueprinting Services in Richmond, VA. Mr. Hofler was preceded in death by his father,...
Ruth Simmons
Feb 18, 2009
Ruth Ownby Simmons, Professor Emerita, Christopher Newport University, born August 7, 1929, died February 17, 2009. She is survived by, her sister, four children, four grandchildren and three great grand children. Her sister is Louise Crews of Keysville, Virginia. Her children are John Horsley Jr., Newport News Virginia, Ray Horsley, Hendersonville Tennessee, Diana Griffin, Carrboro North Carolina and Laura Reid,...
Hildegarde Mcclure
Feb 17, 2009
Hildegarde H. McClure, 86, of Petersburg died on Tuesday, February 17, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, James F. McClure; mother and father, Ludwig and Elsa Hoell; brothers, Willi Hoell and Rudi Hoell, and sisters, Herta Koenig and Else Levitz. She is survived by her brother, Dieter Hoell; sister, Gudrun Schaefer; brother-in-law, Herbert Levitz; niece, Susan L....
Pattie Barrett
Feb 16, 2009
Wakefield Pattie Newton Barrett, 82, of Wakefield, died on Monday, February 16, 2009. Born in Brunswick County on June 2, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Bernard Jackson and Adeline Maitland Newton. She was a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church in Littleton. She is survived by her husband of nearly 63 years, David Paul Barrett of...
Arthur Mcghee
Feb 16, 2009
Arthur Francis McGhee, our beloved Frank, age 59, quietly slipped away from his courageous fight with lung cancer on Thursday, February 12, 2009. Frank was born and educated in the Mechanicsville area of Virginia. Frank spent many years in the grocery business; first in Richmond, then at Cal-Ray followed by a stint as a route salesman with Lance before returning...
Sr., J. Stewart
Feb 16, 2009
Samuel Jefferson Stewart, Sr., 87, of Petersburg died on Monday, February 16, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, J. Ernest Stewart and Cornelia Wilkinson Stewart; wife, Barbara Anne Edwards Stewart; son, Samuel Jefferson Stewart, Jr.; brothers, Ryland, Roswell, Reginald, Raymond, William, George and Julian and his sister, Blanche Sheffield. Samuel served his country in the U.S. Navy...
Jamie Helmer
Feb 15, 2009
James â??Jamieâ? Michael Helmer 37, of Prince George, passed away unexpectedly Saturday February 14, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard L. & Anne Helmer, and brother Michael Helmer. Jamie loved spending time with his Son Dustin and was an assistant coach for the Prince George Recreational Baseball League. He was an avid supporter of the #...
Mary Couch
Feb 14, 2009
Mary Frances Couch passed away on Saturday, February 14, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, James J. Monahan and Ruth Monahan Adkins, her husband, Ralph B. Couch, brothers, Coy and Jimmy Monahan, sisters, Kathryn Alley and Doris Stoneman. Mary was employed for thirty plus years at Allied Chemical, Fibers Division. She loved to have breakfast at McDonaldâ??s...
Michael Phillips
Feb 14, 2009
Robert Michael Phillips, 21, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009. He was preceded in death by his father, Micky Lynn Phillips. Michael was a beloved son and grandson. He is survived by his mother, Kim Bostic and her partner, Tommy Dykes of Colonial Heights; maternal grandmother, Alice Westfall and husband, Stan of Colonial Heights; maternal grandfather, Don...
Ellen Chinault
Feb 14, 2009
Ellen Viola Maitland Chinault, 84, of Sutherland, died in St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond on Saturday, February 14, 2009. Viola was born May 10, 1924 in Brunswick County (Warfield, Virginia) to Lee Edward J. Maitland and Alice Jane Martin Maitland. She was the seventh of 10 children. Her first job was at Nottoway Restaurant, Warfield, as a waitress. She worked at...
Lillie Kvasnicka
Feb 14, 2009
Lillie Walker Kvasnicka, 78, of Prince George, widow of Paul David Kvasnicka, Sr., passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Herman A. and Mable Daughtry Volz. She was a longtime member of Garyâ??s United Methodist Church. Mrs. Kvasnicka is survived by her sons, Paul David Kvasnicka, Jr. and wife, Sharon of...
Lydia Kump
Feb 13, 2009
Lydia Rott Kump, 84, of Prince George County, beloved wife of the late James Kump, Sr., departed on her journey on Friday, February 13, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, George & Helen Zajic Rott; step sons, James Kump, Jr. and William Burnett Kump. She was a member of Church of Sacred Heart, an Account Clerk with...
William Moats
Feb 13, 2009
William Lee Moats, 46, of Carson, Virginia, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2009. He was a long time employee of Heritage Chevrolet as manager of the parts department, as well as a member of the GM Parts and Service Club. Mr. Moats enjoyed drag racing at Virginia Motorsports Park, as well as playing roller hockey and refereeing at Shooters....
