Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Hildegard, Brisendine
Feb 18, 2011
Hildegard P. Brisendine, 78, of Petersburg, departed this Earth on February 17, 2011 to be with our Lord and celestial loved ones. She was born June 25, 1932, and grew up in WW II Germany. She remarked once that the Nazis wanted her for the Nazi Youth Program; but her mother was against the regime, and thus, tricked the Nazi...
James Aderholt
Feb 18, 2011
Surrounded by his loving family, James L. Aderholt passed away, on February 17, 2011. He was the son of C. Melville and Minnie Sullivan Aderholt. Born in Hopewell on May 24, 1934, he resided in this area all of his life and was a retired Institutional Chauffeur at Central State Hospital/Southside Virginia Training Center, where he also formerly worked in...
Francis Harmon
Feb 18, 2011
Retired U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Francis Linwood Harmon, affectionately known as "Papa", died Friday,Feb. 18, 2011. He was born Aug. 22, 1925, in Bath, Maine, to the late Mary Frances Brown Harmon and the late Raymond W. Harmon. He attended school in Rockland, Maine, and joined the U.S. Army in September 1943. Retired Sgt. First Class Harmon was a...
William Ashburn
Feb 17, 2011
William Forrest Ashburn, 72, of Hopewell, VA passed away Wednesday February 16, 2011. He was predeceased by his parents, William Eldon & Donna Maxine Hamlin Ashburn, first wife, Wanda Lee â??Sueâ? Hilburn Ashburn, grandson, James Paul Bartelheim, and great-grandson Cameron Ashburn. Mr. Ashburn grew up in Hannibal Mo., and graduated from Hannibal Senior High School in 1956, he delivered papers...
Rachel Harrison
Feb 17, 2011
Rachel H. Harrison, 89, of Chesterfield, formerly of Hopewell, passed away Thursday February 17, 2011. She was predeceased by her husband, J. Harvey Harrison, parents, Jason A. & Carrie Houck Harrison. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Harrison Ross & husband Tim of Chesterfield, granddaughter, Jessica Bear & fiancé James Shehan, grandson Marcus Bear, great grand-daughter, Lilly Jordon and...
Newit Cabell
Feb 16, 2011
Newit Edward Cabell, Jr., 72, of Sedley, passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. He was a graduate of Virginia Tech. He was preceded in death by his parents, Newit E. Cabell, Sr. and Evelyn Williams Cabell. He is survived by his wife, Sybil Cabell; his children, Steven Cabell, Debra Bradshaw, Billie Lang, Bobbie Butler, Bettie Walker, Jeanie Jackson and...
Otha Griffin
Feb 16, 2011
Otha Carlton â??Dootsâ? Griffin, Sr., 92, of Wakefield, passed away on Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Mr. Griffin retired from Sussex Oil Company and was a member of Millfield Baptist Church. He was also a member of the Ivor Masonic Lodge #291 and both the Wakefield and Homeville Hunt Clubs. He was preceded in death by his parents, James Walter Griffin...
Thomas Smith
Feb 16, 2011
Thomas G. Smith, of Chester, VA, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011. He was born in 1951 in San Diego, CA. Tommy was a beloved husband, father, brother, grandfather, son, and uncle. He worked for Sloan Construction of Mechanicsville and enjoyed golf, fishing, swimming, coaching soccer, and spending time with his family. He was preceded in death by his father,...
Barbara Forrest
Feb 16, 2011
Barbara Ann Forrest, age 85, of Richmond, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011. She was born in Lynn, MA, the daughter of the late Homer Scott and Esther Victoria Bragdon. Mrs. Forrest was also preceded in death by her husband, Ernest Robert Forrest. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Kandris; grandchildren, Rick Oâ??Berry and wife Nancy, Cheryl Murray and...
David Atkinson
Feb 15, 2011
Atkinson, David Bruce, age 63, of Petersburg, died February 15, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard L. Atkinson and H. Ruth Atkinson, and a daughter, Meagan Atkinson. He is survived by his wife, Aurora Atkinson; three daughters, Daphne Atkinson of Colonial Heights, Erin Atkinson-Logan of Chester, and Amanda Atkinson of Chester; a brother, Richard Atkinson of...
Douglas Whitaker
Feb 15, 2011
Douglas R. Whitaker, died suddenly February 13, 2011. Born March 15, 1947 in Camp Creek, WV. Doug was the youngest of five children. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leaman and Rachel Bailey Whitaker, and his older sister Doris Miller. He is survived by his wife, Fannie; sons, James and Mark of South Carolina; brother Leon of Heathsville,...
Dylan Leis
Feb 15, 2011
Dylan Michael Leis, 14, of Bealeton, VA passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2011. He was preceded in death by two uncles Joseph Waverly Belcher and Michael Nadeau. Dylan was a great kid who loved life and to skateboard; being an 8th grader, he attended Cedar Lee Middle School, and would love to do any side job he could to make...
Jr. B. Skinner
Feb 15, 2011
Charles Boone Skinner Jr., 62, of Prince George, passed away on February 15, 2011. He was the son of the late Charles Boone Skinner Sr. He is survived by his mother, Lois Skinner Moring; three brothers, Douglas Lee Skinner and wife, Susan, Raymond Moring III and wife, Linda, Michael Moring and wife, Betty; two sisters Kathy Tricarico and husband, Vick,...
Loraine Saunders
Feb 15, 2011
Loraine Wood Saunders, 83, of Hopewell, died Monday, February 14, 2011, at her residence. She was born in Earlysville, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Edna Talbert and Byrd Talbert. Mrs. Saunders, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and the Hopewell Church of the Brethren, also enjoyed painting and being with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren....
Paul Vanepps
Feb 14, 2011
Paul Robert â??Vanâ? VanEpps, 78 of Enon, VA, passed away on Feb 13, 2011. He was born on June 22, 1932, in Mannsville, NY. Mr. VanEpps is survived by his loving wife of 59 years, Barbara J. VanEpps; five children, Robert A. VanEpps and wife, Jenny of Panama City, FL, Richard P. VanEpps and wife, Cathy of Waynesboro, VA, Sheron...
Donald O'Berry
Feb 14, 2011
Oâ??BERRY, DONALD LEE of Wakefield, VA went to be with his Lord on February 14, 2011. Donald served his country in the United States Air Force and retired from the Federal Aviation Administration as an air traffic controller after 30 years. He is survived by daughters, Donna Coffey and husband Patrick of VA Beach, Shari Ashmore and husband James of...
Alice Johnson
Feb 13, 2011
Alice Shumate Johnson, 64, of Hopewell passed away Sunday, February 13, 2011 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. Johnson was born in Beckley, West Virginia and had been a long time resident of the Hopewell area. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wanus Shumate, Loraine Shumate Collier and Stepfather Donald Collier, Sr., her husband Jack W. Johnson, two...
Jr. Duncan
Feb 13, 2011
Walter E. Duncan, Jr., 88, of Chester passed away on Saturday February 12, 2011. Mr. Duncan was born in Christiansburg, VA and had been a long time resident of the Chester area. He was preceded in death by his parents Walter E. Sr. & Maggie Richardson Duncan, son; Wally Duncan, and a brother; Buster Duncan. Mr. Duncan was a lifetime...
Jr., Thomas Riggins
Feb 13, 2011
William Thomas (Tom) Riggins, Jr., 62, of Petersburg, VA., passed away Saturday, February 12, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Thomas and Martha Louise Sheffield Riggins. He was an avid hunter and fisherman, and a great father and grandfather (Pop). Mr. Riggins is survived by his wife of 45 years, Rose Marie Riggins; daughter, Wanda Gibbs...
Gladys Shelor
Feb 13, 2011
Gladys Woody Shelor, 101, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2011. A native of Nelson County, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Amherst P. and Gracie White Lynch. She was preceded in death by her first husband Virgil â??Carsonâ? Woody and second husband, Albert R. Shelor; along with two sons, Virgil L. Woody...
