Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Irene Voda
May 1, 2008
Irene Naomi Voda, 84, of Prince George, died Thursday, May 1, 2008 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. Mrs. Voda was a life long resident of the Prince George area. She was a member of the Nazareth Lutheran Church, a volunteer at John Randolph Medical Center, and a retired secretary from Ft. Lee. Mrs. Voda was the daughter of the...
Inez King
Apr 29, 2008
KING, Inez Cain, 90, of Carson, Va. died April 29, 2008, after a long illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ryland King in 1997. Born in SC to Wade and Bessie Cain on Feb. 11, 1918, she moved to Hopewell at a young age. She and Ryland eloped to S.C. when she was only 16 and they...
Louis Richard
Apr 28, 2008
Louis E. Richard, MD of Petersburg, VA died at his home on April 28th, 2008. He was preceded in death by his wife of fifty six years, Janet Kneeland Ross of New York. Born November 5, 1923 in Thibodaux, LA to parents Edwina M. Toups and Clarence E. Richard, Dr. Richard grew up in New Orleans, and was educated at...
Shirley Yancey
Apr 28, 2008
Shirley Fuller Yancey, 71, of Chester, Virginia, died in Johnston-Willis Medical Center on Sunday, April 27, 2008. Mrs. Yancey was preceded in death by her parents, Ralph and Eileen Downs Fuller, a son, Darrell Kent Adkins, and a grandson, Joshua Allen Davis. She was a retired office manager for Builders Supply Inc , Hopewell She is survived by her husband,...
Opal Burke
Apr 28, 2008
Opal Stewart Burke, age 89, of Warren, Michigan, formerly of Richmond, VA, died on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. She was born in Pike County, KY, the daughter of the late Samuel and Emily Burke Stewart. Mrs. Burke was also preceded in death by her husband, James F. Burke. She is survived by one granddaughter, Laura J. Burke; one daughter in...
Zyan Delacruz
Apr 28, 2008
Reuben â??Zyanâ? Delacruz, Jr., age 28, of Richmond, VA, died on Friday, April 25, 2008. Born in Stamford, TX, he was the son of Reuben Delacruz, Sr. and Sue McKeehan Delacruz of Richmond. He was a talented guitar player and artist, and also collected horror movie memorabilia. Reuben worked in the concrete and construction industry since graduating high-school. Outside of...
Thomas Heartwell
Apr 27, 2008
Thomas Bourdon Heartwell, 89, of Arnold, MD, died April 27, 2008. Born in McKenney, VA, he lived in Portsmouth, VA for 38 years. After retiring from Metropolitan Insurance, he moved to Holiday, FL. He enjoyed helping others, shuffleboard, dancing and playing cards. He was a life long Mason and a member of the Moose Lodge. He was preceded in death...
Amelia Lipchak
Apr 27, 2008
Amelia Catherine Lipchak, 93, died Sunday, April 27, 2008. She was a native of Prince George County and a resident of Petersburg since retirement in 1983. She was a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Nursing and received her MA Degree from the University of Chicago. She served as a faculty member of several universities including: University of...
Bertha Williams
Apr 27, 2008
Bertha Mae Williams, 93, of Colonial Heights died Sunday, April 27, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Edgar Stewart Fleming and Mary Frazier Rooker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph H. Williams and a daughter, Jean E. Middleton. She was a long time member of the Assembly of God Churches. She is survived by a...
Colby Crutchfield
Apr 27, 2008
Colby Dalton Crutchfield, 13, of Carson, VA, departed this life on Sunday, April 27, 2008. He was a seventh grade student at J. E. J. Moore Middle School in Prince George. Colby is survived by his mother, Hope Newton Crutchfield and her devoted friend, Warren Dale Roberts of Stony Creek; father and step-mother, Leroy Charles and Nola Crutchfield of Carson;...
Georgia Zazworsky
Apr 26, 2008
Waverly, VA Georgia Newhouse Zazworsky , 74, a resident of Waverly died Friday April 25, 2008 at Nansemond Point Nursing Home, Suffolk. Born on May 7, 1933 in Maryland, she was daughter of the late Joseph and Elsie Paugh Newhouse. She had retired as a sales clerk at Tri-County Dry Cleaners of Waverly and was a member of the Burtonâ??s...
Dorothy Jines
Apr 24, 2008
Dorothy P. Jines, 79 of Dinwiddie, died Thursday, April 24, 2008 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late John E. and Mamie Gregory Ruble. She was the widow of Chester L. Jines. Dorothy was a lifelong member of Chester Baptist Church, taught Sunday school, worked in nursery, worked closely with the girls in action. Loved to garden...
Elizabeth Towler
Apr 24, 2008
Elizabeth Thweatt Towler, 93, formerly of Petersburg, VA died Thursday, April 24 at the home of her daughter Nancy T. Bruce where she had lived for the past eleven years. She attended Third Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Fanny Moore Thweatt and her husband, Henry K. Towler. She is survived by her twin...
Corinne & Benny W. Muncy
Apr 24, 2008
Dendron, Virginia The Muncy family will be celebrating the lives of Dendron Mayor Benny W. Muncy and his wife, Corinne Cook Muncy, who went home to Jesus on March and April 3, 2008. Friends and family are invited to attend this memorial service at Beauty for Ashes Church, 487 Denbigh Blvd., Newport News, VA, on Sunday, April 27, 2008. Pastor...
Cory Kohler
Apr 24, 2008
Cory Michael Kohler, 18, of Prince George County, VA, departed this life on Thursday, April 24, 2008. He is survived by his mother and step-father, Jane and James L. Starke of Prince George, VA; father, Michael Kohler of York, PA; grandmother, Sara Gerber of Prince George, VA; three brothers, Matthew Moubray of Prince George, VA, Nathan Moubray of Richmond, VA,...
Kelsey Perry
Apr 24, 2008
Kelsey Noelle Perry, 15, of Chester, a fun loving, free spirited gift from God left us to be with our Heavenly Father on Thursday, April 24, 2008. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandmother, Griscilda Perry. Kelsey was a student at Thomas Dale High School. She is survived by her parents, Chris and Lola Perry; sister, Amanda Perry;...
Ila Eddins
Apr 24, 2008
Ila Mae Eddins, 78, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on April 24, 2008 at her home in Prince George County. She was a former resident of Dinwiddie County for over 45 years. She was born August 1, 1930 in Tabor City, North Carolina, daughter of the late Milton B. and Venie Strickland Nealey. Mrs....
Joseph (J.T.) Langley
Apr 23, 2008
Langley, Joseph Thomas â??J. T.â?, 77, of Hopewell, Va. died Wednesday, April 23, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center after a brief illness. . He was born on September 24, 1930 in Wilson County, N. C. and came to Hopewell in 1949, where he lived until his death. He served in the U. S. Army from June,1952-June1954, and served as...
Wilton Vaughan
Apr 23, 2008
Vaughan, Wilton Lee, 70, of Walthall died peacefully on April 22, 2008, after a courageous fight against heart failure. He is survived by his wife of 23 years and best friend, Yvonne Lancaster Vaughan; daughter, Lisa Diamond and her mother, Patrice Hurt; sister, Betty Hale; nephew, Mike Vaughan (Ann) who was more like a son; great nephew, Daniel; his grandchildren,...
Ruth Wagner
Apr 23, 2008
Ruth F.P. Costley Wagner, 89, of Hopewell died April 23, 2008 at the Hopewell Health Care Center. She was preceded in death by her parents Willie D. and Ruth E. Eanes Perkinson and a step grandson Gary W. Finchum. She was the widow of George W. Costley, Jr., and James E. Wagner. She was a member of the Women of...
