Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Yukiko Pantohan
Dec 25, 2008
Yukiko Togahara Pantohan, 79, of Petersburg died on Thursday, December 25, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Satoshi and Tomoe Togahara and her husband, Antonio Pantohan. Yukiko was a member of SGI USA and will be missed by all who knew her. A private service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. The...
Jr., Carter Nettles
Dec 25, 2008
Wakefield VA EDWIN CARTER NETTLES, JR, a lifelong resident of Wakefield VA died on December 25, 2008 in his home at the age of 72. Born March 5, 1936 on Wilson Avenue in Wakefield across from the site that would later serve for many years as his law office, Nettles was the son of the late Dr. E. C. Nettles...
Helen Gallion
Dec 25, 2008
Helen Virginia Gallion, 98, of Newport News, formerly of Petersburg, died on Thursday, December 25, 2008 at The Newport. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Alonzo Gallion, Sr. and Mattie Marion Wells Gallion. Helen retired from Allied Chemical Corporation, now known as Honeywell in Hopewell, VA, as the executive secretary for the plant manager. She is survived...
Benny Goins
Dec 24, 2008
Benny Leon Goins, 49 of Ford, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia. He was born on November 19, 1959 in Mount Airy, NC, to Alvin William and Iris Lawson Goins. He was preceded in death by his parents and his father-in-law, John D. Dabney. His greatest joy in...
Joseph Hill
Dec 23, 2008
Joseph Allen Hill, 72, of Hopewell died Tuesday, December 23, 2008 at his residence. He was a retired oiler for Stone Container Corporation. Mr. Hill was preceded in death by his mother, Clara Mae Hill, a daughter, Betty Jean Hill Henderson and a son, Clifton Hill. He is survived by his wife, Freda Mae Mounts Hill of Hopewell, three daughters,...
Sr. Edward Newsome
Dec 22, 2008
Wakefield Curtis Edward Newsome, Sr., 83, a resident of Wakefield, died Monday, December 22, 2008. Born November 8, 1925 in Surry County, he was the son of the late Curtis A. Newsome and Myrtle Edwards Newsome Logan. He drove a truck for Bracey & Johnson Oil Company in Ivor and also for Beale Packing Company. He was a member of...
Jr., E. Brown
Dec 22, 2008
Charles E. Brown, Jr., 62, of Chester, Virginia, died Monday, December 22, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Brown retired from Honeywell after 32 years as a pipe fitter. He was the son of Charles E. Sr. and Maude Brown. Mr. Brown is survived by two sons, Duane Brown and Craig Brown, both of Chester, two grandchildren, Tiffiney M. Brown and...
James Lawson
Dec 22, 2008
James Charles Lawson, age 67, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away on Sunday, December 21, 2008. He was born in Surry County, North Carolina, the son of the late James Aubury and Sarah Martin Lawson. He was a retired carpenter, and a member and deacon of Fellowship Baptist Church. Mr. Lawson is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Patsy...
Helen Allgeier
Dec 22, 2008
Helen â??Lynnâ? Marie Barnes Allgeier, 60, died Monday, December 22, 2008, at Johnston Willis Hospital. Mrs. Allgeier served as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Richmond and was a volunteer at The Shepherdâ??s Place in Hopewell and at Brighter Living Assisted Living. She was preceded in death by her parents Harvey Lee, Jr. and Helen Head Barnes. She is...
John Horne
Dec 21, 2008
John Anthony Horne, 61, of Chester, died Saturday December 20, 2008. He was the son of the late Robert Elwood & Pattie Faison Horne. Mr. Horne is survived by his sisters; Kathryn R. Horne of Chester, Debra H. Hoff & husband, Brian of PA., Carolyn H. Field of Prince George, brothers; Robert E. Horne Jr., & wife, Patricia of Disputanta...
John Woods
Dec 20, 2008
John Melvin Woods, 81, of Chester, Virginia, died Friday December 19, 2008. He was predeceased by his wife, Lois Hutchinson Woods and his parents Charles Fenton & Mary Pritchard Woods. Mr. Woods was a veteran of the United States Navy and proudly served his country as a Fireman First Class during WWII and the Korean War, after completion of his...
Anna Ploch Wells
Dec 20, 2008
Suffolk Anna S. Ploch Wells, 92, a resident of Suffolk, died in her home on Saturday, December 20, 2008. Born October 13, 1916 in Bagec, Yugoslavia, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Anna Skuranj. In 1951, Anna moved to Wakefield with her late husband, Karl D. Ploch and family. She lived in Wakefield for many years and...
William Hays
Dec 20, 2008
William Francis Hays, age 72, died on Saturday, December 20, 2008 at his home in Prince George. He was born in Hopewell, VA, the son of Geraldine Tucker Hays and the late Henry Floyd Hays. Mr. Hays was the President of Hays Plumbing and a member of the Hopewell Moose Lodge # 1472. He is survived by his loving wife...
Joanne Fields
Dec 19, 2008
Joanne Restaino Fields, 76, of Hopewell, died Friday, December 19, 2008 at Chippenham Medical Center. She was born in Hopewell daughter of the late Felix Godfrey and Vivian Stallings Restaino. Mrs. Fields was a member of the St. James Catholic Church in Hopewell. She was preceded in death by her husband, George Walter Fields, Jr. brother David Ronald Restaino, and...
Jeanette Boone
Dec 18, 2008
Jeanette Robertson Boone, 88, of Hopewell, died December 17, 2008 in Retreat Hospital, Richmond after a long struggle with Alzheimerâ??s . She was born in Plymouth, N. C. and was a retired secretary with the Hopewell City School System Mrs. Boone was preceded in death by her parents, Wilson Ward and Fannie Bell Robertson , her husband, Joseph H. Boone...
Mary Rosenstock
Dec 17, 2008
Mary B. Rosenstock, 93, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008. She was a native of Richmond and the daughter of the late John L. and Lorena Moore Bowles. She was predeceased by her husbands Raleigh C. Powell, Jr. who was killed in action in Germany during World War II and James Arthur Rosenstock, Sr. She was a director of...
Kaleb Hubbard
Dec 17, 2008
Kaleb Andrew Hubbard, 16 months old, died Wednesday, December 17, 2008 in Chippenham Medical Center. He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. Kaleb was preceded in death by his grandfather, Keith Andrew Hubbard. Surviving are his mother, Kimberly Angel Hubbard, a brother, Roland H. Bowles, grandparents, John and Cora Compton all of Prince George, Mike and Shelia Breedlove of Lunenburg, Randell...
William Dewolfe
Dec 16, 2008
William Allen DeWolfe, 86, of Chester, Va. died Monday, December 15th 2008. in the McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond. He was born in Halifax, NS, Canada. Mr. DeWolfe was the son of the late John and Ann Mullins DeWolfe. He was a retired SGM, with the U. S. Army serving during World War II, Korean, Vietnam and a member...
Jr., Howard Stephenson
Dec 16, 2008
Wakefield John Howard Stephenson, Jr., 82, of Wakefield died Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Born December 16, 1926 on his family farm in Sussex County, he was the son of the late John H. Stephenson, Sr. and Amy Morris Stephenson. He is survived by his wife of nearly 61 years, Anna Terriciano Stephenson; eight children, John Howard Stephenson III, and his...
Sr., T. Rainey
Dec 15, 2008
James â??Jimâ? Thomas Rainey, Sr., 61, of Chester, Virginia, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2008. He was born in South Hill, Virginia, son of the late Thomas C. and Queen Tisdale Rainey. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Melissa Christine Harris. Mr. Rainey was employed with United Technologies in the Acoustics Industry for 21 years. He...
