Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Sr., K. Barker
Feb 2, 2009
Robert Kelton Barker, Sr., 70, of Chester, Virginia passed away on Monday, February 2, 2009. He fought a long and valiant battle with cancer, refusing to give up. Mr. Barker was born in St. Pauls, North Carolina, son of the late Pink Kelton and Annie Watts Barker. He was employed with Williamâ??s Mail and retired after many years of service...
Emma Balazs
Feb 2, 2009
Emma Myrie Balazs of Richmond, formerly of Hopewell, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 2, 2009. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of fifty years, Nicholas Balazs. She was also preceded in death by her son, Dwight Balazs; her granddaughter, Lisa Leonard, and her grandson, Daniel Leonard. Left to cherish her memory are her daughter, Linda Hanks;...
Jay Vansant
Jan 31, 2009
Jay Franklin Vansant 68 went to be with the Lord on January 30, 2009. He was preceded in death by his mother, Helen Owen and her husband, Eugene; his father, Henry Vansant, Sr. and his wife, Katherine; brothers Henry, Jr. and William; sister Kathy; and great-granddaughter Nevaeh Faith Gentry. He is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 32...
Gloria Grigg
Jan 31, 2009
Gloria P. Grigg, 83, of Chester formerly of Colonial Heights, died Saturday, January 31, 2009. She was a native of Petersburg born the daughter of the late Willie T. and Helen W. Peters. Gloria was a member of the Credit Professionals International of Petersburg, Altrusa of Petersburg, sang with the Southern Aires and was the Chaplin of the AARP in...
Cody Stallard
Jan 31, 2009
Wakefield VA Cody Lewis Stallard, 16, died Saturday Jan. 31, 2009 in Southampton County. He was the son of Kenneth L. & Tracey Harrell Stallard and a junior at Southampton High School. He is also survived by his sister, Kelly Anne Stallard; grandparents, Charles & Judy Stallard of Ivor, Melvin & Kathy Harrell of Jarratt and Lorene W. Cook of...
Kathryn Elder
Jan 30, 2009
Kathryn Wright Elder, 66, of Petersburg died Friday, January 30, 2009 surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with MS for over 34 years. She was a native of Petersburg born the daughter of the late Augustus and Louise Wright. Kathie was a member of Christ & Grace Episcopal Church, a co-founder of the Petersburg Chapter of the MS...
David Valley
Jan 27, 2009
David Cameron Valley, 36, of Chester, Virginia passed away on Monday, January 26, 2009. Mr. Valleyâ??s death was the result of a lengthy, but valiant and courageous battle with cancer. He was born in Falmouth, Massachusetts and was preceded in death by his grandfather Charles Harding. He was a veteran of both Gulf Wars, serving his country in the U.S....
Emily Auen
Jan 27, 2009
Emily Louise Gibbs Auen, 90, a former resident of Hopewell, died Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Mrs. Auen was born in Ettrick, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alexander and Emily Vest Gibbs, and her husband, William C. Auen. Surviving are a number of nieces and nephews. A graveside service will be held Friday, January 30, 2009 at...
John Mclaughlin
Jan 26, 2009
John Richard McLaughlin, 75, of Hopewell, died Monday, January 26, 2009, in Colonial Heights Healthcare Center. He was born in Cheboygan, Michigan. Mr. McLaughlin was a Ret. SFC, serving with the U.S. Army during the Korean War and Vietnam Conflict and was a retired superintendent of building /grounds with the Virginia Department of Correctimons. He was preceded in death by...
Miles Williams
Jan 25, 2009
Dendron Miles Stacy Williams, 56, of Dendron, died on Sunday, January 25, 2009. Born December 9, 1952 in Norfolk. He retired in 1992 after 20 years service with the Air National Guard and he was a pipe fitter with the Navy Public Works Center in Norfolk (Little Creek). Stacy had a lifelong interest in raising and breeding Collies and was...
Betty Jones
Jan 25, 2009
Betty C. â??Stewartâ? Jones, 65, of Dinwiddie passed away on Sunday, January 25, 2009 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Chapman and Betty Beamon Peaden and her husband, Tommy Peterson Jones. Betty was a member of Livingstone Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughters, Lonelle M. Guilliams and husband,...
Jr., G. Becker
Jan 25, 2009
Worther Guy Becker, Jr., 92, of Petersburg died on Sunday, January 25, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, Worther Guy Becker, Sr. and Lillian Reynolds Becker and a sister, Peggy Coleburn. Ace was a graduate of Virginia Tech and served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II. After the war he joined his father...
Samuel Welch
Jan 24, 2009
Samuel Lewis Welch, age 89, of McKenney, VA, died on Saturday, January 24, 2009. He was born in Mason County, WV, the son of the late Arleigh J. and Elizabeth Meadows Welch. Mr. Welch was retired from the U. S. Army as a Sergeant First Class, and was a veteran of WWII and the post-Korean War. Since his retirement, Mr....
Flora Smith
Jan 24, 2009
Flora Little Smith, age 83, of Hopewell, VA, died on Friday, January 23, 2009 after a brief illness. She was born in Rex, NC, the daughter of the late John G. and Mary McNair Little. Mrs. Smith was the widow of the late Lewis F. Smith and the late David B. Crissman. She was also preceded by her siblings, James...
Carol O'Brien
Jan 23, 2009
Carol S. Oâ??Brien, 80, of Colonial Heights, peacefully passed from this life on Friday, January 23, 2009. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles B. Oâ??Brien. She is survived by her daughter, Ann (Kent) Bradshaw; grandson, Ryan Oâ??Hallahan; siblings, Rosalie Grindle, Adrian (Audrey) Sewall, Alan (Marion) Sewall, and Tony (Diane) Sewall, all of Maine and Alden (Marilyn) Sewall,...
Maxine Miley
Jan 21, 2009
Richmond Maxine Turner Miley, age 75, died on Wednesday, January 21, 2008. She was born in Harrisonburg and moved to Capron in 1942. She is the widow of the late James R. Miley and the daughter of the late Elmo S. and Beatrice Estep Turner. A graveside service will be held in the Capron Cemetery by the Rev. Jim Smith...
James Butler
Jan 21, 2009
James William Butler, 87, of Petersburg passed away on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. He was preceded in death by his parents, James A. Butler and Sarah Ella Garrett Butler; brothers, Thomas, George, and John Butler and his sisters, Mary Jinnett and Louise Wellington. Mr. Butler served his country in the U. S. Navy during World War II, retired from the...
Juanita Mcdonald
Jan 19, 2009
Juanita Irene (Price) McDonald of Hopewell, Virginia, went to be with our Lord on Monday, January 19, 2009. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on April 4, 1924 to the late James and Anita Price. Juanita was also preceded in death by her husband, Grover C. McDonald, Sr.; two sisters: Jimmie Mae Tomlin and Evelyn Laura Ruegge and two...
Theresa Greene
Jan 19, 2009
Theresa Greene died on January 19 in Charlotte, North Carolina, at Sardis Oaks, after a long and valiant battle with cancer. Theresaâ??s parents immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s from London, England. She was born in Queens, New York, graduated from Hunter High School and later received her Bachelorâ??s Degree from Hunter College, with majors in Science...
Elizabeth Kofron
Jan 19, 2009
Elizabeth â??Bettyâ? Smith Kofron, 68, of Petersburg died on Monday, January 19, 2009. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clifford Lee Smith and Dorothy Ackermann Smith and her brothers, George and Robert Smith. Betty is survived by her children, Wallace E. Kofron, Jr. of St. Augustine, FL, Clifford L. Kofron of Petersburg, VA and Deborah K. Guthrie of...
