Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Robert Brooks
Jul 9, 2008
Robert Melvin Brooks, age 68, of Chester, VA, passed away on Tuesday, July 8, 2008. Born in Long Beach, CA, he was the son of the late Robert D. and Ethel M. Grape Brooks. He was also preceded in death by his wife Andrea D. Brooks. He is survived by his daughter, Stacy B. Vanlandingham, of Mechanicsville, VA; sons, Robert...
Bobby Norris
Jul 7, 2008
Bobby â??Leeâ? Norris, 38, of Colonial Heights, died Monday, July 7, 2008 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. He was born in Hopewell and was a lifelong resident of the tri-city area. Mr. Norris was a certified plumbing mechanic with Eveready Service. He was the son of the late Bobby Gene Norris. Mr. Norris is survived by his...
Nancy Lanik
Jul 7, 2008
Nancy Moore Lanik, age 72, a native of Hopewell, Virginia, died Saturday July 5, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center, following a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her father, Harry F. Moore and her mother and stepfather, Thelma Conway McCutchan and John N. McCutchan, two sons, Michael J. and Faison Conway Savage and her step daughter, Laura...
Emmett Bresko
Jul 6, 2008
Emmett Bresko, 85, of Mechanicsville, Virginia passed away Sunday, July 6, 2008. He was a World War II veteran and a Systems Technician for C& P Telephone for 37 years. He was a native of Prince George County and a longtime resident of Dinwiddie County, son of the late George Bresko and Annie Rybar Bresko. Emmett was preceded in death...
William Kitchen
Jul 6, 2008
William â??Billâ? Edward Kitchen, age 81, passed away on Sunday, July 6, 2008. Born in Southampton County, VA, he was the son of the late Charlie W. and Stella Rollings Kitchen. He was a Virginia Tech graduate and was a member of the Hokie club. He worked for Dominion Virginia Power for 33 ½ years, and retired as the Richmond...
Ina Homer
Jul 6, 2008
Ina Sylvia Homer passed away Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Beth Sholom Home of Central Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Monroe Homer. Ina will be missed by her beloved family. A graveside funeral service will be held at 12:00 PM Tuesday, July 8, at Brith Achim Cemetery, Petersburg with Rabbi Dennis Beck-Berman officiating....
Bulah Simmons
Jul 6, 2008
Bulah White Simmons, 86, of Petersburg died Sunday, July 6, 2008. She was the widow of Edward W. Simmons. She was a native of Skipwith, VA and the daughter of the late Alfred Walter and Mary Ellen Hoyle White. She was preceded in death a daughter, Betty Lou Honea; sisters, Florence N. Card and Lillie W. Rickman, and brothers, Rev....
Edna Eure
Jul 6, 2008
Wakefield, VA Edna Faison EURE, 82, a resident of Wakefield and the widow of Mills Edward Eure, died Sunday, July 6, 2008 in a Petersburg hospital. Born near Ivor, on June 6, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Dollie B. Faison and Martha Barrett Faison. She was predeceased by a daughter, Linda Marie Soulen. She is survived by...
Joseph Hunnicutt
Jul 5, 2008
Sandston, VA JOSEPH â??JOEâ? ARTHUR HUNNICUTT SR, age 49, a resident of Sandston VA, entered into his rest Friday July 4, 2008 in a Mechanicsville Hospital after a long illness. Born on March 26, 1959 in Suffolk VA, he was the son of the late James â?? Popâ? Thomas Hunnicutt Sr. and Audrey Brill Hunnicutt. He was a retired over-the-road...
Doris Bailey
Jul 5, 2008
Ivor, VA Doris Epps Bailey, 87, passed away Friday, July 4, 2008, at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester. Born April 25, 1921 in Surry County, she was the widow of the late Joseph Harvell Bailey and the daughter of the late â??Nedâ? William Edward Epps and Beulah Britt Epps. Mrs. Bailey, a loving mother and homemaker, was a life-long...
Bernice Lane
Jul 5, 2008
Bernice Butler Lane, age 88, of Norfolk, VA, passed away on Thursday, July 3, 2008. She was the daughter of the late William H. and Marie Moore Butler. Mrs. Lane was preceded in death by her husband, James Lee Lane and brother, W. Raymond Butler. She was a member of Glenwood Park Presbyterian Church, and a retired first grade teacher...
Evelyn Ammons
Jul 3, 2008
Evelyn -Holt- Perdue Ammons, age 89, died July 3, 2008. She had lived in Alpharetta, GA for the past 5 years, but was a native of Virginia. She considered Matoaca Baptist Church her church home. She was a romantic at heart and enjoyed playing bridge with friends. She was the daughter of the late Leonard Thomas and Elizabeth Perdue of...
Stephen Maxwell
Jul 3, 2008
Dr. Stephen P. Maxwell, 57, of Prince George died Thursday, July 3, 2008. He was the son of the late Conlee L. and Phyllis J. Eberbaugh Maxwell. Dr. Maxwell was a member of Virginia and National chapters of AVMA, a member of Merchants Hope Church, University of Ga. Alumni Association, Virginia Tech Alumni Association, Richard Bland College Alumni Association, drummer...
Sharon Hartsell
Jul 1, 2008
Sharon Kenney Hartsell, 60, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, July 1, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Meadowbridge, West Virginia and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Hartsell was the first lady fireman to serve with the Hopewell Fire Department, was a member of the Victim Witness Program, a Hospice volunteer, a member of...
M. W. Leonard
Jun 30, 2008
Mary Frances Winn Leonard, affectionately called â??Grannyâ?, 90 of Sutherland, Virginia passed away on June 30, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Samuel Edward and Mary Evelyn Prosise of Dinwiddie County and one of nineteen children. She was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Tommy McQuage. Her only surviving sibling is her brother, Claude Hamilton Winn of Wilsons,...
J. Fuller
Jun 30, 2008
James Beckwith Fuller, 93, of Petersburg passed away on Monday, June 30, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Irving Fuller and Mamie Cogle Fuller and his wife, Louise V. Fuller. He is survived by his sons, J. Dwight Fuller and Mark S. Fuller; four grandchildren and six great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at the...
Mary Sumner
Jun 29, 2008
Mary Jane Oleyar Sumner, age 69, of Hopewell, VA, passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2008. She was born in Prince George, VA, the daughter of the late George and Annie Vargo Oleyar. Ms. Sumner was a member of Sycamore United Methodist Church. She is survived by her siblings, John Oleyar of Nags Head, NC; and Ed Oleyar, James Oleyar,...
Elizabeth Wray
Jun 29, 2008
Elizabeth â??Janieâ? Jeffries Wray, 93, of Colonial Heights passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willie H. and Addie McKenny Jeffries and her husband, Goldie Wray. She is survived by her nieces, Margie James, Sadie Thompson, and Patsy Reese Smith and her nephew, William Vest. The family will receive friends at the...
Bonnie Leber
Jun 27, 2008
Bonnie Bray Leber, age 64, of Chester, VA, passed away on Friday, June 27, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas E. Bridgmon and Edith Louise Julian Bridgmon and siblings, Thomas Wayne Bridgmon, Sr., Edward Bridgmon and Barbara Collison. Bonnie is survived by her husband, James Leber; sons, John Leber, Randy Bray and Jay Bray; grandchildren, Jason...
James Jr. Willcox
Jun 26, 2008
James Haskell Willcox, Jr., 68, of Hopewell died Thursday, June 26, 2008 in Colonial Heights Convalescent Center. He was born in Darlington, SC and had been a long time, well known resident of Hopewell. Mr. Willcox earned a degree in chemical engineering from Clemson University, graduating with honors and was inducted in to numerous honor societies. He was a charter...
