Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Emily Sutton
Feb 10, 2008
Emily House Sutton, age 69, of Hopewell, VA, died on Sunday, February 10, 2008. She was born in Pickens, SC, the daughter of the late Norman and Martha Grumbles House. Mrs. Sutton was also preceded in death by a son, George Ashley Colbert, a sister, Carol House Moore, and brothers, Norman House, Jr., and Dewitt House. She was a loving...
Mary Jenkins
Feb 10, 2008
Mary P. Jenkins, age 79, wife of Grover C. Jenkins, died February 10, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She is survived by two daughters, Rebecca Ogburn and her husband, Walter, and Sarah Brunello and her husband, Sam; a son, James Jenkins and his wife, Chantel; four grandchildren, John Reed, Chris Joyner, Beth Joyner and Sam Jenkins; two great-grandchildren, Brandon...
Anna Poole
Feb 9, 2008
Anna Logan Poole, 86, of Hopewell, VA, died Saturday, February 09, 2008. She was born on the Roosevelt Farm in Hyde Park, New York, the sixth child of Gilbert and Jane Logan. Mrs. Poole served in the U. S. Army and was recognized in 2005 for fifty years of membership in the Chase City American Legion. She was the devoted...
Bryant Sr. Marks
Feb 9, 2008
Bryant Mayes Marks, Sr., age 82, passed away at River View on the Appomattox on Saturday, February 9, 2008. He was born in Hopewell, VA, the son of the late Virginia Mayes and Charles Harrison Marks. Mr. Marks was a product of the Hopewell Public School System and a member of the class of 1942. He was a graduate of...
Dallas Frazier
Feb 9, 2008
Dallas Wayne Frazier, age 73, a life long resident of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, February 09, 2008, in Ruxton of Westover Hills, Richmond, VA, after a five month stay. He was born on December 29, 1934, the son of the late Ellis and Mildred Mizelle Frazier. Dallas was a life long member of the Church of Christ, Cawson St.,...
Effie Allen
Feb 9, 2008
Effie Mildred Stewart Allen, 90, of Chesterfield, formerly of Petersburg, died Saturday, February 9, 2008, at Bon Secours Retirement Community in Chester, after a period of declining health. Born in Church Road, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Lee and Talitha Dunnavant Stewart. She retired as an LPN at Petersburg General Hospital, now Southside Regional Hospital. She...
Timothy Rusnak
Feb 8, 2008
Timothy Kercel Rusnak, Sr., age 55, of Cumberland, VA, died on Friday, February 8, 2008. He was a lineman with Verizon Telephone Company for 28 plus years. Timothy was a member of CWA, was an avid outdoorsman, and was a member of the NRA. He was preceded in death by his wife, Debra M. Rusnak, and father, Edward D. Rusnak....
Emma Wallace
Feb 7, 2008
Waverly, Virginia Emma Jane Buhls Wallace, 70, a resident of Waverly, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2008 with her loving family by her side. Born in Surry County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Jasper Ray and Irene Thomas Buhls and the widow of Robert Daniel Wallace. She was a 1956 graduate of Surry High School where she...
Alma Conrad
Feb 6, 2008
Waverly, Virginia Alma â??Sisâ? Jennings Conrad, 93, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Born in Sussex County she was the daughter of the late James W. Jennings and Annie Lee Belle Harrison Jennings. She was the wife of the late Alfred Eugene Conrad. She was the oldest member of Newville Baptist Church where she served as Youth Sunday School teacher...
Jane Mcewen
Feb 6, 2008
Jane Elizabeth Collett McEwen of Petersburg passed away February 6. She was the daughter of the late Robert Shearer Collett and Cecil Traylor Collett, and the widow of the late Dr. Philip J. McEwen to whom she was married for 56 years. She is survived by her three sons, Philip J. McEwen, Jr. and his wife, Karen Joy of Richmond,...
Shirley Metheny
Feb 6, 2008
Shirley Ann Metheny, 71, of Hopewell died Wednesday, February 6, 2008 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital. She was born in Hopewell and resided in the surrounding area all of her life. Mrs. Metheny was preceded in death by her parents, George and Lillie Mae Grinstead Zurik and her husband Robert M. Metheny. She is survived by two sons, George...
Joseph & Annelle B. Manion
Feb 6, 2008
Joseph Marshall Manion, age 76, of Chester, VA, died suddenly on Friday, February 1, 2008, in Richmond, VA. His beloved wife of 52 years, Annelle â??Annâ? Boyd Manion, age 71, died February 5, 2008, in Petersburg, VA, after a long battle with cancer. The Manions were long time residents of Chester, VA. Joe, the son of the late Marshall J....
Mary Gainey
Feb 5, 2008
Mary Nester Gainey, 96, of Claremont, widow of Troy L. Gainey, Jr., passed away Tuesday, February 05, 2008. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Matthew and Gertrude Braugh Nester. She was a member of Claremont United Methodist Church. Mrs. Gainey is survived by her daughter, Troilen Gainey Seward and her husband, William E. Seward, III;...
Anna Slack
Feb 5, 2008
Anna Marie Slack (McDonald), 80, of Chesterfield County, died Tuesday, February 5, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell. She was born in Boston, MA, the daughter of the late Mary Jane and Daniel McDonald. She was predeceased in death by her husband, William David Slack, Sr. Anna was the beloved mother of William David Slack, Jr. of Aransas...
Iva Willoughby
Feb 3, 2008
Wakefield, VA Iva Richardson Finklea Willoughby, age 84, a resident of Wakefield, died Sunday Feb. 3, 2008 in Suffolk. Born Sept. 5, 1923 in Portsmouth, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Louise Talbot Richardson. She was a member of the Burrows Memorial Baptist Church in Norfolk, and a member of the VFW Post #4160 Ladies Auxiliary. She...
Eugene Berryman
Feb 3, 2008
Surry, VA Eugene Milton Berryman, age 90, a lifelong resident of Surry, died Sat. Feb. 2, 2008 in Waverly HealthCare Center. He was husband of the late Virginia Edwards Berryman who died Feb. 13, 2006. Born on Jan. 3, 1919 in Surry, he was the son of the late Henry Milton Berryman and Julia Anne Berryman. Mr. Berryman was a...
Barbara Feury
Feb 2, 2008
Barbara Ellen Feury, 58, of Hopewell, formerly of White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, passed away Saturday February 2, 2008 at her residence surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her parents Hollie E. & Edith Craft Buckland, sister Sue Garner, brothers John, Ed, & Emmett Buckland. She was a member of the Oldies but Goodies Classic Cruisers Club and...
Elizabeth Ballard
Feb 2, 2008
Josephine Elizabeth Lynn Ballard, 85, passed away Saturday February 2, 2008. She was born in Buena Vista, Virginia and was a resident of Hopewell for most of her life. She was preceded in death by her parents Ernest L. & Blanche Eggleston Lynn, her husband Harry M. Ballard, a daughter Janet Louise Ballard, and a granddaughter Bobbie Jo Ballard. She...
Merritt Perkins
Feb 2, 2008
Merritt Lacy Perkins, age 79, of Richmond, VA, died on Saturday, February 2, 2008. Born in Halifax County, VA, he was the son of the late Walter T. & Daisey Whitt Perkins. He was preceded in death by his wife Edith B. Perkins. Merritt is survived by his children, Joy James, Pam Nymann, JoAnne Seward, Brenda Thompson, and Merritt â??Smokeyâ?...
Emily Scott
Feb 2, 2008
Emily Sodomka Scott, 93, of Hopewell, passed away Saturday February 2, 2008. She was predeceased by her husband, Harry F. Scott, and her parents Frank & Anna Plicka Sodomka. She was a homemaker and was a member of First Christian Church in Hopewell. She is survived by her daughter Linda Scott Whippo & her husband Robb of Henrico County; sister...
