Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Julia Alsko
Jul 31, 2007
Julia Phillips Alsko, 77 of Hopewell died Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Alsko was born in Washington, PA and resided in Richmond, VA before moving to Hopewell several years ago. She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael Charles and Anna Stajcar Phillips and her husband, William Alsko. Mrs. Alsko is survived by three sons, William...
Anthony Smith
Jul 31, 2007
Anthony Smith, 84, of Richmond died Tuesday, July 31, 2007. He was born in Canton, Ohio the son of the late Paul and Goldie Kingston Smith. He served in the Merchant Marines during World War II and was a retired SGT E-7 from the United States Army where he served in Korea and Vietnam and retired in 1969. He is...
Eldridge Swinson
Jul 31, 2007
Eldridge L. Swinson, age 75, of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of Chester, Virginia died July 31, 2007. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Friday, August 5, at the Chester Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park in Chester. Survivors include...
Walter Parrish
Jul 30, 2007
Walter Lee Parrish, 82 a native and a longtime resident of Petersburg, passed away Monday, July 30, 2007. He was the son of the late Raymond Lee and Mattie Williams Parrish. He was a retired clerk of court with the City of Petersburg and a former owner of Pickwick Flowers and Gifts. He was a veteran of WWII serving in...
Lloyd Singleton
Jul 30, 2007
Sedley, Virginia Lloyd B. Singleton, 76, passed away Sunday, July 29, 2007 in Suffolk, Virginia. Born in Omar, WV he was the son of the late Lloyd Beckwith Singleton and Hazel Barrett Singleton. He was predeceased by his wife, Norma B. Singleton. Lloyd was retired, having served his country in the U. S. Navy at the Pentagon in Washington, D....
Dora Branch
Jul 29, 2007
Dora Cook Branch, 92, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday July 29, 2007. She was the daughter of the late Charles C. & Carrie Howell Cook and the widow of Asbury C. Branch. She was a retired clerk from the Petersburg School board and a member of Trinity United Methodist in Petersburg. She is survived by a nephew; Gordon Branch &...
Robert Jr. Partin
Jul 29, 2007
Robert Baxter Partin, Jr, 82, of Chester died Sunday, July 29, 2007. He was born in Petersburg the son of the late Robert B. and Mamie W. Partin. Mr. Partin was a member of Chester Lodge No. 94 AF & AM and was a member of ACCA Temple. He was preceded in death by his wife Jean H. Partin and...
Virginia Harrell
Jul 28, 2007
Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Harris Harrell, 94, passed away Friday, July 27, 2007 at her home in Virginia Beach. She was the widow of E. Martin Harrell, her husband of over 60 years. Born June 2, 1913 she grew up in Branchville, Southampton County, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late John Z. and Amy E. Harris, and sister...
Roy Gleason
Jul 28, 2007
Roy Thomas Gleason passed away July 28, 2007 at home, surrounded by his family, after a short illness. He was born on August 23, 1945 to the late Douglas Thomas and Ruby Mae Piercy Gleason. A lifelong resident of Hopewell, he had worked for the past thirty-four years as a manager at Randolph Market. Roy is survived by his wife...
Ernest Iii Pannill
Jul 27, 2007
Ernest â??Peteâ? Linwood Pannill, III, died Friday, July 27, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Petersburg the son of the late Ernest L. and Lucy W. Pannill. Pete was a member of First Baptist Church in Petersburg. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Delores L. Pannill; two sons J. Michael Pannill and wife Karen, Phillip...
Faye Dawson
Jul 26, 2007
Dendron, Virginia Carolyn Faye Cooke Dawson, 38, passed away Wednesday, July 25, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk after months of declining health. Faye was the daughter of Helen Cooke Eggleston and her husband, Michael, of Wakefield, and the late Thomas M. Cooke, Sr. She was a 1987 graduate of Surry County High School and after living in Newport...
Christopher Willis
Jul 26, 2007
Christopher William Willis, 14, of Dinwiddie County, died Thursday, July 26, 2007. He was preceded in death by two grandfathers, Lonnie Sheffield and Gene Autry Willis. He is survived by his mother, Cynthia Grissom Willis; father, Jasper G. Willis of Dinwiddie; two brothers, William D. Mabe, Jr. and Jason Gaskill of Newport, NC; sister, Caitlin Willis of Dinwiddie; grandmothers, Kathy...
Margaret Whitchurch
Jul 26, 2007
Margaret Estelle Whitchurch, 86, died Thursday, July 26, 2007. She was a native of Petersburg born the daughter of the late Richard and Estelle Munford Whitchurch. She was a retired machine operator for Brown & Williamson Tobacco with 36 years of service and a member of the First Christian Church in Petersburg. She is survived by two sisters, Charlotte Bishop...
D. Chambliss
Jul 24, 2007
Dr. Arthur D. Chambliss, 86, of Enon, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at his residence. Born in Hopewell, he was the son of the late S. C. Chambliss and Ida Hart Chambliss. He was a graduate of Hopewell High School class of 1939, attended The College of William & Mary from 1939 to 1943, and completed his education at...
Donald Benson
Jul 23, 2007
Donald Wayne Benson, age 49, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, July 23, 2007. He was born in Corpus Christi, TX, and had the ability early on in life to talk to anyone as if he had known them a while. He enjoyed discussing sports of all kinds, and was also a very faithful employee of E. R. Carpenters for...
Theodore Thompson
Jul 23, 2007
Theodore Jack Thompson, 62, of Prince George died July 23 2007, McGuire VA Medical Center, Richmond. He was born in Washington, D. C. Mr. Thompson retired as a SFC from the U. S. Army after serving more than twenty years. During his tenure in the service he served in the Vietnam War. Mr. Thompson was preceded in death by two...
Vernelle Ward
Jul 23, 2007
Vernelle Minson Ward, age 92, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, July 23, 2007. She was the daughter of the late James E. and Katherine Rogers Minson, and was born in Richmond, VA. Vernelle was the co owner and operator of Wards Family Restaurant in Chester, for 26 years. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Aubrey P....
Susan Hogue
Jul 22, 2007
Susan Rickman Hogue, 60, formerly of Chester, died on July 22, 2007 at her home in Dinwiddie. She is survived by her husband, Stuart; son, Reed; mother, Marjorie Goyne Rickman; and brother, Curry Rickman. She was a mother, wife and member of the First Baptist Church of Hopewell VA. A visitation will be held in her honor on Wednesday, July...
Lessie F. Branton
Jul 22, 2007
Lessie W. Farley Branton, 97 of Colonial Heights, died Sunday, July 22, 2007 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late James William and Loulie Ann Wells Farley. She preceded in death by her husband Charles Harry Branton, Jr., three sons, Charles Harry Branton, III, James Hilbert Branton and Charles William Branton. She was a retired secretary for...
C. Halligan
Jul 22, 2007
Claire Alease Halligan, 92, of Richmond died Sunday, July 22, 2007. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Ella Elizabeth Perkins Halligan; sisters, Virginia Boyd, Dorothy Crump and Mary Johnson and brother, James Halligan. She was survived by nieces, Audrey Grady, Jane Whisnant and Jan Albert; nephew, Dean Johnson and numerous other family members. The family will...
