Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Deborah Britt
Nov 27, 2007
Deborah L. Britt, 45 of Prince George, VA departed this life on Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Prince Edward County, VA and had been a long time resident of Prince George. Mrs. Britt was preceded in death by her father, Richard E. Roberts,...
Robert Ackerman
Nov 26, 2007
Robert Linwood Ackerman, Sr. 64 of Dinwiddie County died Monday, November 26, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Hopewell and had been a lifetime resident of the area. Mr. Ackerman was an avid golfer and quarter horse enthusiast. He was a member of Jordan Point Golf Club, Petersburg Country Club, served on the Board of Directors of Southern...
James Waddill
Nov 26, 2007
Waddill, Dr. James Thomas III, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, November 26, 2007. He was born in Victoria, VA, September 13, 1931, son of James Thomas and Mary Alys Watlington Waddill. He graduated from the University of Virginia in 1954 and the Medical College of Virginia School of Medicine in 1965. He served in the United States Navy for...
James Usa Ret. Mcdowell
Nov 25, 2007
Colonel James Edwin McDowell, US Army Retired, 90, beloved husband, father, and grandfather died November 25th, 2007 in Frederick, MD. He was born in Philadelphia, PA on November 3rd 1917, the son of the late James Milford and Lillian Evans McDowell. Colonel McDowell was a starting quarterback for Temple University and graduated in 1940 with a degree in business administration....
Darrell Ernest
Nov 25, 2007
Darrell Todd Ernest, 80, of Hopewell, died Saturday, November 24, after a brief stay at Colonial Heights Health Care. Mr. Ernest was born January 9, 1927, the son of Charlie and Hazel Ernest. After graduating from Hopewell High School in 1944, he served in the Naval Air Corps before returning to Hopewell. He married in 1951 and lived out his...
Burdette Norem
Nov 24, 2007
Burdette Otis Norem, 88, of Chester passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2007 at his residence. He is preceded in death by his parents, Selmer G. and Bessie M. Norem and his wife, Hazel Johnson Norem. Mr. Norem served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II and retired from Dupont after 35 years of employment. He is...
Dorian Tipton
Nov 22, 2007
Dorian Williams Tipton, age 93, of Prince George, VA, and formerly of Petersburg, VA, died on Thursday, November 22, 2007. She was born in Petersburg, VA, the daughter of the late George L. and Clara W. Williams. Dorian was also preceded in death by her husband, Mr. Clarence A. â??Bushâ? Tipton. She was a loving wife and mother, and lifetime...
Margaret Miller
Nov 22, 2007
Margaret Alice Miller, 86, of Prince George went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 22, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert McKinley Kestner and Susie Alive Blevins Kestner her husband, Charles T. â??Tedâ? Miller and a daughter, Wanda Evelyn Miller. She is survived by her daughter, Juanita Miller Perkinson and husband, Harvey; sons, Jack...
Dulan Garrett
Nov 21, 2007
Smithfield, Virginia Dulan H. Garrett, 87, a resident of Smithfield, passed away Wednesday, November 21, 2007 surrounded by his loving family. Born February 7, 1920 in High Point, NC he was the son of the late Marion W. Garrett and Trevah Pitts Garrett. Mr. Garrett was a retired mechanic/machinist having worked in the logging business and shipbuilding; had served his...
Elizabeth Cheatham
Nov 21, 2007
Franklin, Virginia Cora Elizabeth Barker (Bett) Cheatham, 96, died November 20, 2007 at East Pavilion in Franklin, VA, after a period of declining health. Born October 4, 1911 in Sussex County, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Thomas Barker and Victoria Elizabeth Drewry Barker. The deceased grew up in Wakefield, graduated from Wakefield High School, and was...
Helen Novak
Nov 21, 2007
Helen D. Novak, age 89, of Chester, VA died on November 21, 2007. She was born in Charlston, SC, to Thomas C. Du Bois and Nettie Shirer. She is survived by her daughter Sharon Englehart and husband Butch, of Gaston, NC; son Frank Novak, of Chester; granddaughters Michelle Caudle and husband Robin, of MT, Patricia Englehart, and fiancé Timothy, of...
Sr. J. "Blackie" Mosconi
Nov 20, 2007
Louis John "Blackie" Mosconi Sr., 83 of Chesterfield, left this world to be rejoined with his late wife Rachael on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was predeceased by his parents, Lawrence Mosconi & Mary DiDonato and a son Joseph D. Mosconi. Mr. Mosconi was a native of Greenville, PA., served in the US Army during...
Elinor Burney
Nov 20, 2007
Elinor Sue Burney of Disputanta, died Tuesday, November 20, 2007 in Johnston-Willis Hospital. She was born in Hopewell, Virginia; the daughter of the late Neill Jefferson Burney, Sr. and the late Martha Rosa Wyche Burney. Miss Burney was predeceased by two brothers, Neill Jefferson Burney, Jr. and Thomas Andrew Burney. She is survived by a brother, Hal Wyche Burney (Rosemarie)...
Barbara Sexton
Nov 20, 2007
Barbara Jean Sexton, 62, of Hopewell, died, Monday, November 19, 2007 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Douglas Ted and Elizabeth Jennings Sexton. Surviving are her sister, Vivian Daniel and husband Wayne, a niece, Kelly Cusato and husband Steven, numerous cousins especially Amy Masi and husband Robert and Adrian Duty and husband Grover....
William Womack
Nov 19, 2007
William Nelson Womack, age 73, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, November 19, 2007. He was born in Halifax County, VA, son of the late Phillip B. and Josephine Conner Womack. He was also preceded in death by his son, Clifton Womack, and brothers, Howard, Harry and Joe Womack. William was a deacon and dedicated member of Liberty Baptist Church...
Kathryn Davis
Nov 19, 2007
Kathryn Collins Davis, 88 of 22957 Cabin Point Road, Disputanta, VA passed away Monday, November 19, 2007. She was born in Ettrick and had resided with her daughter and son-in-law since 1994. She was preceded in death by husbands Edward W. Collins and Bernard C. Davis and son William L. Collins. . Mrs. Davis â??Kittyâ? was a retired employee of...
Carolyn Qualls
Nov 19, 2007
Hopewell, Virginia Carolyn M. Qualls, 64, died Monday, November 19, 2007 at Ruxton Healthcare in Williamsburg, VA. Carolyn had worked as a Home Care Nurse, was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and was a member of the O.E.S. #298 in Chattanooga, TN. She is survived by three children, Anita Rowlett or Smyrna, TN,...
Phoebe Williamson
Nov 19, 2007
Phoebe Taliaferro Williamson, of Chester, VA, died on November 19, 2007. She was born in Essex County, VA, the daughter of William Taliaferro and Daisy Chapman. Phoebe was a dedicated member of Chester Baptist Church and Chester Garden Club. She is survived by her husband, John S. Williamson; son, John S. Williamson III and wife, Gail of Columbia, South Carolina,...
Jr., Walter "Butch" Bulifant
Nov 18, 2007
Dendron, Virginia Leo Walter â??Butchâ? Bulifant, Jr., 50, went to be with the Lord on November 16, 2007, at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News, VA. Born November 23, 1956, he was the son of the late Leo W. Bulifant, Sr., and Nancy Logan Bulifant. Butch had worked as a deckhand on the Jamestown Ferry and for Labor Ready...
Ruth Bailey
Nov 18, 2007
Ruth Mize Bailey, 97, widow of James Alvin Bailey, and resident of Colonial Heights, VA, died Sunday, November 18, 2007. A native of Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Harry Thomas Mize and Sarah Elnora Brown. Mrs. Bailey was the first woman to serve as Clerk of the Circuit Court in Petersburg, Virginia, a position she held for...
