Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Lydia Williams
Nov 1, 2008
Lydia Virostek Williams, age 81, passed away on Saturday, November 01, 2008, after a brief illness. She was a loving wife and mother who loved her family and the Lord unconditionally. She is survived by her loving husband of 63 years, Jesse A. Williams, Sr. Also surviving are her four children, six grandchildren, and their families. Her son, Jesse A....
Lc Worley
Oct 31, 2008
L.C. Worley, 68, of Petersburg died Friday, October 31, 2008. He was born in Alabama the son of the late William M. and Emily Ziglar Worley. Mr. Worley was retired from the U.S. Army after 20 years and then later from Defense General Supply Center after 20 years in maintenance. He was also a member of the American Legion Post...
Josephine Logan
Oct 30, 2008
Josephine Price Logan, 97, of Colonial Heights, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday October 29, 2008. She was predeceased by her parents John Henry & Annie Berkley Price, husband, Ernest L. Logan of Colonial Heights, sister; Frances P. McKenney of Stony Creek, and Rosa P. Smith of Dinwiddie. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and loved...
George Crowder
Oct 30, 2008
George W. Crowder, 88, of Colonial Heights passed away Thursday October 30, 2008. He was predeceased by his parents; William Oakes & Mary King Crowder, brother; William A. Crowder, sister; Mildred C. Bowen, brother; Morriss Beckwith Crowder. Mr. Crowder was a member of Highland United Methodist Church and the United Methodist Men of Highland. Mr. Crowder retired from Dupont in...
Tinnie Reekes
Oct 30, 2008
Tinnie Reekes, 78, of Chesterfield passed away on Thursday, October 30, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Sterling T. Reekes, Sr. and Annie Moore Reekes. Tinnie was a member of Greenwood Presbyterian Church in Chesterfield County. She is survived by her daughter, Judy Dunsmore and husband, Chuck; granddaughter, Candace Stearns and husband, Michael; grandson, Jeremy Kerns and wife,...
Mellie Cassidy
Oct 29, 2008
Mellie Dale Cassidy, 96, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Born in Duplin County, NC on April 24, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Beulah Henderson Dale. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and her main interest was her home and family. Mrs. Cassidy was preceded in death by her husband of...
Jr., Soney J. Pierce
Oct 28, 2008
Rev. Soney J. Pierce, Jr. walked through the valley of the shadow of death on October 28, 2008. He always said that where there is a shadow there has to be a light, and that light is Jesus Christ the light of the word. He often honored South Norfolk High School as the foundation for his education. Feeling his call...
Alma O'Berry
Oct 28, 2008
Wakefield Alma L. Oâ??Berry, 93, of Wakefield, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk. Born September 29, 1915 in Nansemond County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Riddick and Hettie Daughtrey Lassiter. She was the widow of John H. Oâ??Berry who died in 1972. Mrs. Oâ??Berry was a talented, loving person and worked all...
Margaret Mcallister
Oct 28, 2008
Margaret Armstrong Birchett McAllister, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. McAllister spent many years volunteering in the community. She was a long time member of First Presbyterian church, where she sang in the chancel choir, she enjoyed being a member of the Womanâ??s Club of Hopewell for over 55 years, was a lifetime member of...
Jr., J. Luch
Oct 27, 2008
Wakefield, VA Charles John Luch, Jr., 70, of Wakefield, passed away Monday, October, 27, 2008 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk. Born on July 5, 1938 in Crabapple OH, he was the son of the late Charles John Luch, Sr. and Lela Hinkle Luch. He was retired from Beltline Railroad after 32 years of service. He had a passion for...
Maria Taylor
Oct 27, 2008
Maria Elnora Washburn Taylor, 67, of Prince George County, died Monday, October 27, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Emporia, VA and had been a resident of the Hopewell and Prince George area most of her life. Mrs. Taylor was a former Brownie and Girl Scout leader, was an active member of Merchants Hope Church and...
Lewis Collins
Oct 27, 2008
Lewis O. Collins, age 63, of Jarratt, VA, died on Monday, October 27, 2008. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the late Orice O. and Frances Beasley Collins. Mr. Collins was retired from Dupont after 38 years or service. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and outdoorsman, and a member of the Last Chance Hunt Club of...
Sharon Edwards
Oct 26, 2008
Sharon T. Edwards, 57, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord Saturday October 25, 2008. She was predeceased by her father; James Traylor, Sr., son, Robert Erb, and a sister Beverly Traylor. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband Bruce Edwards; mother Viola B. Traylor, son; Ronald Erb, Jr., daughter; Joy E....
Charles Lythgoe
Oct 26, 2008
Charles W. Lythgoe, 79, of Chesterfield passed away Sunday October 26, 2008 surrounded by his loving family. He was a carpenter and the husband of Frances Lythgoe. He is survived by four sons and one daughter, Tommy, Larry, Danny, Rusty, Pam, several grandchildren, great grandchildren, and two brothers, George Sr. and Robert Sr. The family will receive friends at the...
Alice Hoza
Oct 24, 2008
Alice Hoza of Chester, VA passed away on October 24, 2008 at the Retreat Hospital in Richmond following a period of declining health. She was born in Wilkinsburg, PA to the late Donald and Jane Rambo. She is survived by her husband, Roy Hoza; Daughters, Jennifer Hoza and Tammy Cash; and a son, Richard Boyd. Alice was a member of...
Claude Whitmore
Oct 24, 2008
Claude Wayne Whitmore, 65, of Chester, passed away Friday October 24, 2008 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was the son of the late Hoyt A. Whitmore, Sr., and Alma Wheelhouse Whitmore, and was predeceased by a brother Ronald P. Whitmore. Wayne loved to fish, cook, and work a garden. He was a veteran of the United States Army and is...
Ray St.Charles
Oct 24, 2008
Ray B. St.Charles, age 45, of Chester, VA, died on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. He was the owner and operator of Rays Pawn and Jewelry Shop on 4 West Washington Street for 10 years. Mr. St.Charles is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Bonnie L. St.Charles; sons, Derek J. Brazel of Hopewell, VA, and William Travis St.Charles of...
Virginia Valenti
Oct 24, 2008
Virginia S. Valenti, 80, died Friday, October 24, 2008 in Petersburg, VA after a period of declining health. She was born and resided in Dinwiddie County for many years. Mrs. Valenti called Prince George County her home for the last 10 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde B. and Louise F. Smith of Petersburg, VA and...
Jerri Taylor
Oct 23, 2008
Jerri Lynn Taylor, age 57, of Chester, VA, died on Thursday, October 23, 2008. She was born in Carlisle, PA, the daughter of James Roney, Sr. and Elizabeth Cromleigh Roney. Ms. Taylor was an employee of the Department of Defense with 35 years of service. Her last position was the Commander of Defense Depot, Richmond, VA. She was also a...
Josephine, Hall
Oct 23, 2008
Mrs. Josephine H. Hall of Petersburg, VA passed away on October 23, 2008 at the Southside Regional Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born in Petersburg, Virginia to the late Joseph E. Hathaway and Pearl A. Hathaway. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Carl Walker Hall, Sr.; two sisters, May H....
