Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Nathaniel King
Jan 29, 2011
Nathaniel Hartwell King, Jr., 87, of Prince George, died January 29, 2011. He was the son of the late Nathaniel Hartwell King, Sr. and Delia Spieres. He was preceded in death by a daughter Virginia Carol King Zaharek. He was an U.S. Army veteran and the co-owner of Triangle Exxon and Grocery for over 30 years, and a member of...
Margaret Blanks Schulze
Jan 29, 2011
Margaret Edith (Blanks) Schulze, 88, passed away Saturday, January 29, 2011. Margaret was born May 17, 1922 in Danville, VA., the daughter of the late George Edd and Ella Edith (Wicker) Blanks. She was predeceased by her husband Harry Earnest Charles Schulze, Jr.; siblings, Mable Mae Blanks, Helen Blanks Atkins Tinley, Lucille Blanks Mills, James Melvin Blanks, Willard J. Blanks....
Thomas Browder
Jan 29, 2011
Thomas Bryant Browder, Sr., 73, of Dinwiddie County, passed away on January 28, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph L. Browder and Lola Mae Stokes; and a brother, Joseph Lee Browder. He was retired from the U.S. Army after 26 years of service in which he was awarded the Bronze Star. He was an avid fisherman,...
William Lundquist
Jan 28, 2011
William W. Lundquist â??K4LTKâ? 83, of Hopewell, VA, passed away on Thursday January 27, 2011. He was born in Worcester, MA, the son of the late Victor Harry and Ruth Adams Lundquist, attended Riverside Academic High School in Buffalo, NY, graduated from Northeastern University with a degree in Electrical Engineering, and was a veteran of the US Army serving during...
Marie Royer
Jan 27, 2011
Marie Alecia Royer, 57, of Hopewell passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. Royer was born in Syracuse, NY and had been a long time resident of the tri-city area. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur A. and Janice White Hanlon, and a brother, Gerard Hanlon. Mrs. Royer was a member of...
Millard Edwards
Jan 27, 2011
Millard Francis Edwards, age 72, died Thursday, January 27, 2011, at Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Homer Edwards and Mary Janosik Edwards, two brothers and a sister. He is survived by Nancy C. Edwards, his daughter, Lisa E. Tharp and Wesley C. Campbell, his grandson and granddaughter, Christian E....
Alma Minter
Jan 27, 2011
Alma R. Minter departed this life on January 25, 2011. She was preceded in death by her father Melvin S. Minter, her mother Hazel Cadd Minter, and brother Sherman L. Minter. She is survived by her brothers Lloyd R. Minter and Wesley I. Minter. Alma also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. A multitude of relatives, friends...
Angela Lively
Jan 26, 2011
Angela â??Angieâ? Leigh Baines Lively, 47, of Prince George, VA, died January 26, 2011 at MCV after a short battle with cancer. She was born March 23, 1963, in South Hill, VA, the daughter of Benjamin L. and Barbara H. Baines. Angie is survived by her husband, Gary W. Lively. She is also survived by her sister, Cathy Baines Roper...
Mary Wayda
Jan 25, 2011
Mary Sapack Wayda, 91, of Hopewell, passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. Wayda was born in Swoyersville, PA and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. She was preceded in death by her parents, Andrew and Anna Mikita Sapack, her husband John A. Wayda and five brothers. Mary was very active in the...
Professor Helen Yang
Jan 25, 2011
Professor Huiqing Helen Yang, Ph.D., age 47, departed this life on Sunday, Jan 23, 2011. She was born in Taiyuan, Shanxi, China to Qingshan Yang and Jine Liang. Helen graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a Ph.D. in Scientific Computing. She has worked as an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science of Virginia State...
Robert Newton
Jan 25, 2011
Robert Julius Newton, 95, of Disputanta, VA passed away Monday, January 24, 2011 in Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Charles H. and Elnora Blackman Newton, the widower of Irene Newton and the last survivor of ten siblings. Mr. Newton was a WW II Veteran who served in the U.S. Army where he received many...
Rudolph Mayberry
Jan 25, 2011
Rudolph â??Andyâ? Anderson Mayberry, 28, departed this life, Saturday, January 22, 2011. Andy is survived by his parents, Kimberley and Ray Mayberry Sr. of Chester; his brother, Ray Jr. (Stephanie), and Brad, of Chester; his maternal grandfather, Rudolph Williamson, Sr.; two nephews, Noah and Caleb; two nieces, Bailey and Kendall, all of whom he adored; uncle, Rudolph Williamson, Jr. (Tammy);...
Willie Jones
Jan 23, 2011
OBITUARY FOR PROGRAM Willie Emory Jones was born to the late Grover and Mabel Greene Jones November 30, 1919 in Sussex County, Virginia. After his motherâ??s death, Willieâ??s rearing was assisted by his godmother, Vinia Jones. He was a member of Hunting Quarter Baptist Church for a number of years and later he and his late wife Mary Jane joined...
Jennifer Johnson
Jan 21, 2011
Jennifer Knight Johnson, age 26, of Henrico, VA, passed away January 17, 2011. She was a 2004 Thomas Dale graduate as well as from UVA Wise, graduating with a Bachelors of Arts in 2008. Jennifer was a direct descendant of Thomas Rogers and was of the forth generation of the Knight family. She is survived by her parents, Steve J....
Kenneth Jr. Snodgrass
Jan 21, 2011
Kenneth Ray Snodgrass, Jr., age 44, born March 28, of Chesterfield County, VA, departed this earth to make his final journey home, on January 16, 2011. Kenneth also known as Kenny to his friends and family. He was an alumnus of Lloyd C. Bird H.S., class of 1985, and was currently employed at the Comfort Inn, Prince George, VA. Kenny...
Ruth P. Ellis
Jan 20, 2011
ELLIS, Ruth Louise Poole of Dinwiddie, born May 23, 1931, died peacefully on January 20, 2011 after a valiant 10 year battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest Washington Poole and Josephine Griffin Beeman. She is survived by her husband, Elmer Rudolph Ellis, sons, Douglas R. Strother, Jr. and wife Gwynne of Florence, SC and...
Channing Jr. Baskerville
Jan 19, 2011
Baskerville, Channing Feild Jr. departed this life Wednesday, January 19, 2011. He was born October 29, 1927, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Channing Feild Baskerville. He was also preceded in death by his son Channing Feild Baskerville III. He is survived by his wife of 58 years Elizabeth â??Libbaâ? Eanes Baskerville, son Edward Eanes Baskerville and wife...
Sr., E. Lysen
Jan 18, 2011
Robert Ernest Lysen, Sr., age 68, of Chester, VA, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011. He was born in Duluth, Minnesota to the late Ernest and Astrid Peterson Lysen. Robert was also preceded in death by his son, SGT Jerry L. Lysen. He led a life of service in the military; retiring as a Sergeant First Class in the U....
Nancy Poole
Jan 18, 2011
Nancy McCaffity Poole, 64, of Stony Creek, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Born in Beaufort County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Colombus and Oma McLawhorn McCaffity. Mrs. Poole was preceded in death by five siblings, Clyde McCaffity, Jr., Troy L. â??Johnâ? McCaffity, Joann McCaffity, Lovey E. â??Tootsieâ? McCaffity, and Bruce A. â??Tommyâ? McCaffity. She is...
Linda Brady
Jan 18, 2011
Linda Drake Brady, 64, of Hopewell, died Monday, January 17, 2011 in Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg. She was a lifelong resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Brady was preceded in death by her parents, William Thomas and Irma Hamlin Drake, Jr. and her husband, Clarence Grayson Brady. Surviving are her sister, Nancy Drake Johnson of Morganton, GA., her three brothers, William...
