Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Adell Smith
May 4, 2008
Adell Skinner Smith, age 79, of Prince George, VA, died on Saturday, May 3, 2008. She was born in Sylvania, GA, the daughter of the late Walter and Savannah Jenkins Skinner. Mrs. Smith was also preceded in death by her husband, Willie P. Smith and son, William P. Smith Sr. She was a member and past president of the American...
James Howard
May 4, 2008
James C. â??Popâ? Howard, 86, of Dinwiddie County, died Sunday, May 4, 2008 at his home surrounded by his devoted fiancé and loving family. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late John C. and Ruth Wilson Howard. He was also preceded in death by his daughter, Betty H. Farley. Mr. Howard served in the U. S. Army...
Roger Douglas
May 4, 2008
Roger Willard Douglas of Mooresville, NC, formerly of Hopewell, VA, died at home on Sunday, May 4, 2008 surrounded by his family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ruth Hobbs Douglas and Orlin Emmet Douglas and his beloved grandmother, Pinkey Mable Hobbs. He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Hopewell until moving to Mooresville, NC...
Kay Saunders
May 4, 2008
Kay Ellison Saunders, age 86, of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, May 3, 2008. She was born in Chesterfield, VA, the daughter of the late Clarence V. and Bertha Stachowiak Ellison. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Clarence V. Ellison, Jr. and her husband, William â??Billyâ? E. Saunders. Mrs. Saunders was a waitress at the Navigators Den...
Harry Hylton
May 3, 2008
Harry Wallace Hylton, 89, of Chester, VA, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, May 2, 2008, at his daughterâ??s and son-in-lawâ??s home after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his wives, Josephine Wirt Hylton and Grace Atkins Hylton, three brothers, and five sisters. He was a member of West End Presbyterian Church where he...
Ii, P. Stiff
May 3, 2008
Cary Packard Stiff, II, 71, of Petersburg, Va., and Idaho Springs, Colo., died at his Virginia home Saturday, May 3. He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Cary P. and Helen C. Stiff. He received a bachelorâ??s degree from Dartmouth College and a masterâ??s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He was the former co-editor and publisher of The...
Anneliese Bryant
May 3, 2008
Our hearts were saddened on Saturday, May 3, 2008 when Anneliese Penner Bryant was called to be with the Lord. She is survived by her loving husband Thomas F. Bryant; two daughters Kim D. Burgess and husband Greg, Karen A. Eudailey and husband Chris; four grandchildren Matthew Burgess, Jennifer Eudailey, Anneliese Burgess, Brooke Eudailey; step-daughter Amy Mellinger and her three...
Steven Parker
May 3, 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...
Howard Rose
May 2, 2008
Howard Leonard Rose, 77, of Chester departed this life on Friday, May 2, 2008. He was the son of the late John Robert and Matilda Ann Tanner Rose. He was retired from the United States Air Force and was a retired theater projectionist. Howard was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his wife of...
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...
Margaret Grammer
May 1, 2008
Margaret Virginia Grammer, 88, of Enon, died Thursday, May 1, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Richmond, Virginia and had been a life long resident of the tri-city area. Mrs. Grammer was a member of the Enon Optimist Club, the Women of the Moose, Hopewell Lodge and retired from Bellwood as an item manager after 26...
Lenorris Mcdaniels
May 1, 2008
Lenorris A. McDaniels, age 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Thursday, May 1, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, O.H. and Affa Wilson; her husband, Dr. Darl McDaniels; and 3 sisters and 1 brother. Lenorris is survived by her daughter Debra Darlene McDaniels, and Rebecca Fallin, a cherished friend. Lenorris was a member of Wesley United...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
