Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
James Helms
Apr 17, 2008
Hopewell, VA JAMES RANDALL â??Randyâ? HELMS, age 46, died April 16, 2008. Born February 19, 1962 in Fayetteville, NC, he is the son of James and Tamra Wagoner Helms. He is also survived by a son Jamie Helms and his wife Mallory of Covington, VA; three sisters, Kathy Kinsey of Waverly, Sandra Mitchell, and Sherry Helms, both of Hopewell; and...
Frances Hobbs
Apr 17, 2008
Frances Burnette Hobbs, 79, of Hopewell died Thursday, April 17, 2008 in Bon Secours Regional Medical Center. She was born in Louisburg, NC and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Hobbs was a member of First Presbyterian Church. She was the daughter of the late Giles and Iantha Joyner Burnette and the widow of William Seamon Hobbs....
Nedra Ramey
Apr 16, 2008
Nedra Birdsong Ramey, 73, of Chester, passed away April 16, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia. She was a native of Chesterfield County and the daughter of the late Wilton Harvey and Verena Phillips Birdsong. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Verena Lavinia Ramey; half-sister, Virginia Lee Birdsong Harris; and a half-brother, Donald Laurens Birdsong. Mrs. Ramey was...
Paul Reed
Apr 16, 2008
Paul Arland Reed died Wednesday, April 16, 2008. He was born on November 13, 1925 in Ashton, IL and moved to Amboy, IL where he graduated from Amboy Township High School in 1943. He was preceded in death by his wife, Cynthia Ann in 1967 and by Edith, his wife of 38 years, in 2006. He was the ninth child...
Robert Jackson
Apr 16, 2008
Robert Olin Jackson, 78, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, April 16, 2008 in the Colonial Heights Health Care and Rehabilitation Center. He was a native of Petersburg, son of the late George Washington Jackson and Ruth Ethel Burnett Jackson. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Colonial Heights. Robert served in the 543rd Medical Clearing Co. while in the U....
Guadalupe Vargas
Apr 15, 2008
Guadalupe Medellin Vargas, 63, of Prince George County, was called suddenly to eternal life on Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at his home. Born in Asherton, Texas, he was the son of the late Antonio Vargas and Herminia Lucas. He served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War, retiring as a Sergeant First Class in 1983. He retired from...
Harold West
Apr 15, 2008
ZUNI, VA Harold Mason West, 83, a resident of Zuni, passed away Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at Consulate Healthcare in Windsor, VA. Born January 24, 1925, he was the son of the late Elonzo McKinley West, Sr., and Lucy Herrin West. He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Alberta Wilkins West; two sons, Ronald M. West and wife...
Richard Jr. Anderson
Apr 14, 2008
Richard Linton Anderson, Jr., 81 of Spring Grove, Virginia passed away on April 14, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center, Hopewell following an extended illness. He was a retired Lieutenant from the Hopewell Bureau of Police. Mr. Anderson was a WWII Navy Veteran and a survivor of two North Atlantic convoy runs to Murmansk, Russia. He was born on March...
Alvie Ret. Lumbus
Apr 11, 2008
Alvie J. Lumbus, 74, of Hickory NC, formerly of Petersburg, passed away Friday April 11, 2008. He was predeceased by his wife of 22 years, Phoebe Lois Lumbus, his parents, Raymond A. & Katherine F. Bartels Lumbus, and a brother, George Lumbus. Mr. Lumbus was a retired Logistics Management Specialist for the United States Army Material Command. He and his...
James Allen
Apr 11, 2008
James Thomas Allen, 80, of Hopewell went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 11, 2008. He was the son of the late Rufus Cook Allen, Sr. and Girlie Turner Allen and was the husband of 54 years to the late Janie Lucille Allen. James was a graduate of Thomas Dale High School, retired from Dupont and a long...
John Goodrich
Apr 10, 2008
John â??Sonnyâ? Elliott Goodrich, 58, of Hopewell, died Thursday, April 10 2008 at his residence. He was a life-long resident of Hopewell. He was the son of the late James Lawrence and Rosemary Bolt Goodrich. Surviving are his wife, Brenda Harlow Goodrich of Hopewell, four daughters, Rebecca G. Miller & husband Timothy of Dewitt, Heather S. Talley of Hopewell, Megan...
Joan Avery
Apr 9, 2008
Joan Anita Avery, 57, of McKenney, departed this life on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at her residence with her family at her side. She was the daughter of the late Howard W. and Rose J. Ellis. Joan was a dedicated employee of Colonial Heights Health Care Center for 16 years who enjoyed taking care of others. She is survived by...
Edward Lambert
Apr 7, 2008
The Rev. Edward Lambert went home to be with our Lord on Monday, April 7, 2008. He was born in Toronto, Canada. He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Ann Lambert and his wife, Olga B. Lambert. Rev. Lambert graduated form Moody Bible Institute, Southwest State College and Union Theological Seminary. He and his wife were Missionaries...
Homer Marsh
Apr 6, 2008
Homer Stanley Marsh went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 5, 2008. He was preceded in death by his father, Wharton Tecumseh Marsh; mother, Mary Edith Marsh; brother, Morris Marsh and his wife Jane, all of Springfield, OH. Mr. Marsh dearly loved his children, and grandchildren. Surviving are a devoted daughter, Barbara; sons, John and his...
Leoni Brunner
Apr 5, 2008
Leoni Anne Brunner, age 78, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, April 5, 2008. She was born in Bulach, Switzerland, the daughter of the late Hans and Anna Frei. Mrs. Brunner was also preceded in death by her husband, Hans Brunner. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and was very active in her familyâ??s lives. She...
Robert Carroll
Apr 5, 2008
Waverly, Virginia Robert Carroll, 80, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Waverly Health Care Center in Waverly, VA. Born September 1, 1927 in Isle of Wight County, VA he was the son of the late Harry Clay and Fannie Harrell Carroll. He served his country during WW II as a hospital orderly in the U.S. Army; was a member...
Benny Muncy
Apr 4, 2008
Dendron, VA The Honorable BENNY WADE MUNCY, age 80, a resident and mayor of Dendron, died peacefully in the hospice unit at McGuire VA Hospital in Richmond on Thursday, April 3, 2008, after a 3-1/2-month battle with brain cancer. Born April 14, 1927, in Draper, NC, he was the son of the late Clarence and Lucille Rodgers Muncy. He was...
Mary Brockwell
Apr 4, 2008
Mary Frances Howerton Brockwell, 86, of Petersburg, Virginia, passed away April 4, 2008, after a period of declining health. She was the widow of James T. Brockwell, Sr. She lived a good Christian life as a devoted wife, Mother, and friend to many. â??Francesâ? was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late James Lee and Barbara...
Henry Rawlings
Apr 3, 2008
Henry W. Rawlings, known to many as â??Jakeâ? died on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson, NC at the age of 90. He was born in Wakefield, Virginia, but lived most of his life in Hopewell, Virginia. Jake was a member of Company E of The Old First Virginia National Guard which later became the 176th...
Linda Eastep
Apr 2, 2008
Linda Leigh Pruitt Eastep, fondly known as â??Momma Eâ? went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Southside Regional Medical Center. â??Momma Eâ? was born in Charlottesville, VA and had been a long time resident of the Prince George area. She was an active member and the organist at Salem United Methodist Church in Burrowsville...
