Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Helen Jarrell
May 16, 2008
Helen Kratochvil Jarrell, age 78, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2008. Born in Prince George, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Sr. and Lydia Schredl Kratochvil. Mrs. Jarrell was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She was a retired RN nurse of 33 years for the Petersburg Eye Center. Mrs. Jarrell was a member of...
Seldon Mann
May 16, 2008
Seldon Ayer â??Jimâ? Mann, age 91, of Chester, VA, passed away on Friday, May 16, 2008. He was born in Chester and was a life-long resident. Mr. Mann served with the U.S. Army during World War II. He was preceded in death by his parents Solomon and Alma Bishop Mann, his wife, Elizabeth Burton Mann, sisters, Martha Cowan and Thelma...
Inez M.
May 14, 2008
Inez Morgan Gay, 90, of Petersburg passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2008. She is preceded in death by her parents, William H. and Lucye Morriss Morgan; husband, Benjamin W. Gay and her brothers, William D. and Alvin F. Morgan. She is survived by her daughters, Joyce G. Gibson and husband, James and Peggy G. Lewis and husband, Wayne; son,...
Sr., Thomas Belsches
May 14, 2008
Shelton Thomas Belsches, Sr., 86, died at his home Wednesday, May 14, 2008. A native and resident of Prince George County, Mr. Belsches was the son of the late Prince George County Sheriff Basil R. Belsches and William McKinley (â??Billieâ?) Shelton Belsches. He was the husband of Mrs. Teresa Harvell Belsches and the brother of the late Lt. Col. Basil...
John Kraus
May 13, 2008
John Donald Kraus, age 74, of Mooresville, NC, formerly of Colonial Heights, VA, died on Sunday, May 11, 2008. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Elizabeth L. Kraus, and was preceded in death by his daughter Barbara Ann Kraus. John in survived by his sister-in-law, Kathryn Guercio and husband Mark,...
Gwendolyn Mccann
May 13, 2008
Gwendolyn Clements McCann, 84, of Carson, widow of Merle N. â??Buckâ? McCann, passed away Tuesday, May 13, 2008. A lifelong resident of Carson, she was the daughter of the late John William and Ruth Halligan Clements. She was a proud alumni of Mary Washington College and taught in the Dinwiddie County and Prince George County School Systems for ten years....
Allie Rosson
May 13, 2008
Allie Aubrey Rosson, Jr., age 75, of Richmond, died Tuesday, May 13, 2008. He was the son of the late Allie, Sr. and Ada Woods Rosson. Mr. Rosson was a long standing member of the I.U.E.C. local 51, and spent 38 plus years as an Elevator Mechanic in the Richmond area. He was preceded in death by his loving wife...
Jean Dobbs
May 13, 2008
Jean Marie Field Dobbs, 82, of Hopewell died Tuesday, May 13, 2008 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital, Richmond, Va. She was born in Detroit Michigan and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Dobbs was a retired customer service representative for Overnight Transportation Corp. She was the daughter of the late Harry Earl and Alice Hadley Field....
Henry Jr. Galusha
May 13, 2008
Henry Hunt Galusha, Jr. died on May 13, 2008. He was the son of the late Henry Hunt Galusha and Anna Eloise Bohannan of Dinwiddie County, Virginia. He is survived by his nieces, Mary Kevan Galusha Roper, Anna Hunt Galusha Aquino and Katherine Gordon Galusha Ross and their husbands, George Herbert McNeal Roper, Charles Anthony Aquino and Arthur William Ross,...
Edith Vick
May 11, 2008
Wakefield, VA Edith Rollings Vick, 85, a resident of Wakefield and widow of Alf F. Vick, died Saturday, May 10, 2008 in a Sentara Obici Hospital. Born in Manry, VA on April 6, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Herman E. & Ethel Simmons Rollings. She is survived by a son, Mark O. Vick of Wakefield; a grandson,...
Edgar Scarborough
May 10, 2008
Edgar Ray Scarborough, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away Friday May 9, 2008. He was the son of the late Alton Joseph & Fannie Lois Bishop Scarborough. He was retired from Civil Service where he was a Inventory Management Specialist, was an Avid NASCAR fan whose favorite driver was Lennie Pond driver of the number 54 car. He is survived...
Iii L. Gale
May 9, 2008
Waverly, VA Frank L.Gale III , 51, a resident of Sussex County, died Friday, May 9, 2008 at his home. He was the son of Frank L Gale, Jr. and the late Rachel Mae Hamilton Gale. A funeral service will be held at Southlawn Memorial Park, Petersburg on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 10am with Rev. Jim Kerr officiating. The...
Dorthea Schmidt
May 8, 2008
Dorthea Wassmuth Schmidt, 77, of Dinslaken, Germany, died Thursday, May 8, 2008 as a result of an automobile accident in Cheverly, MD while visiting her sister, Hannelore Miles of Hopewell. She was preceded in death by her parents Johann Heinrich and Elisabeth Dilcher Wassmuth and her husband, Franz Schmidt and other brothers and sisters from Germany. Besides her sister, Hannelore,...
Steven Parker
May 7, 2008
Steven Joseph Parker, 25, of Seattle, Washington, died, Saturday, May 3, 2008. He was born in Bermerton, Washington and was a former resident of this area. Surviving are his mother, Connie LaFrance Johnson and husband Marvin of Disputanta, Va., his father, John Vaughan Parker of Seattle, WA., a sister, Kelly M. Scott and husband Cory of Chesterfield Co., maternal grandparents...
Selden Walker
May 6, 2008
Selden Richard â??Docâ? Walker, 78, a lifelong resident of Dinwiddie entered his eternal rest on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Affectionately called â??Docâ? by his family and friends, known to his only brother Willard as â??Tuckerâ?. A member of Central Baptist Church and the American Legion Post #0149 in Dinwiddie, after retiring from Higgins Trucking as a truck mechanic for thirty...
Shelton Holt
May 6, 2008
Franklin, Virginia Shelton Earl Holt, 68, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 46 years, Sue Babb Holt. Born in Southampton County, he was the son of the late Shelton M. Holt and Mary Bradshaw Holt. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during...
Mary Hall
May 6, 2008
Mary Adeline Hall, 80 of Richmond, died Tuesday, May 6, 2008. She was the daughter of the late William Donnon and Virginia Borst Hall. She was a member of Washington Street United Methodist Church. She is survived by Mildred Hall Leonard (R.T.), James Hamilton Archer (Donna) all of Petersburg, John I. Leonard (Susan), Dawn L. Hack (Scott), Meredith Leonard and...
Keith Clarke
May 5, 2008
Russell Keith Clarke, 84, of Chesterfield, Virginia passed away peacefully at his home May 5, 2008, surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late James & â??Peggyâ? Whitmore Clarke. Keith was a Navy Veteran of WWII where he served aboard the USS Babbitt in the North Atlantic and the USS Montpelier in the Pacific Theater. He...
Myrtle Hamilton
May 5, 2008
Myrtle Prince Hamilton, age 70, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, May 5, 2008. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Harvey B. and Helen Long Prince. She was preceded in death by her husband William H. Hamilton. Mrs. Hamilton is survived by her children, Judy Fitzsimons and husband Albert, and Harold â??Tommyâ? Hamilton and wife...
Wilton L. Johnson
May 5, 2008
Wilton L. â??Buddyâ? Johnson, Jr., age 69, of Petersburg, VA, died on Saturday, May 3, 2008. He was born in Petersburg, VA, the son of the Late Wilton L. Sr., and Lillie Bishop Johnson. Mr. Johnson was also preceded in death by his grandson, Keith Riddle. He was an avid golfer, loved the outdoors, and his family. He retired from...
