Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Jessie Fowlkes
Jul 12, 2007
Fowlkes, Jessie Mae Shelton Graves, 81, passed away Thursday, July 12, 2007. She was the daughter of Jesse J. Shelton and Flora Pollard Shelton. Jessie was a beloved mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She is survived by two daughters, Garnett Graves Hose of Richmond, VA and Faith Graves Saleeby of Chester, VA; one son, Warren D. Graves of Springfield, VA;...
Doris Palmer
Jul 11, 2007
Doris Reid Palmer, 85, of Hopewell, died July 11, 2007 in Hopewell Health Care Center. She was born in Powhatan, Virginia and was a Homemaker, a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church, and Woodman of the world. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas and Lucy Smith Reid. Surviving are her husband, William â??Billâ? E. Palmer, Jr. of...
John Peterson
Jul 10, 2007
John Robert â??Bobâ? Peterson, age 58, of Colonial Beach, VA passed away on Monday, July 9, 2007. He was born in Petersburg, VA, the son of Eugenia Y. Peterson and the late â?? Busterâ? Peterson. Bob was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Vietnam Era, and also worked as a foreman at Triple C. Mechanical later in life....
Samuel Lord
Jul 9, 2007
Samuel Dolphe Lord, born September 25, 1952, passed from this life Monday, July 9, 2007 at the age of 54 at John Randolph Hospital in Hopewell, Virginia. Mr. Lord suffered for twelve long years from a disease known as Sarcoidosis. He graduated from Thomas Dale High School in 1971, and he retired on disability from Hercules in 2001 after 30...
Walter Burton
Jul 9, 2007
Walter Russell Burton, age 90, of Chester, VA passed away on Monday, July 9, 2007. He was born in Chester, the son of the late Walter F. and Edmonia Richardson Burton. He was predeceased by his wife, Grace Alma Burton and son, David Russell Burton. Mr. Burton was a veteran of the U.S. Army, served in WWII, and was a...
Jr. E. Butcher
Jul 8, 2007
Andrew Ernest Butcher, Jr., 71, of Dinwiddie died on Sunday, July 8, 2007. He was the son of the late Andrew Ernest Butcher, Sr. and Frances Butcher of Cleveland, Ohio and the husband of Frances Willoughby Butcher of Dinwiddie. He is survived by his sons, Scott Butcher of Dinwiddie, Darren Butcher of Matoaca and Daniel Butcher and wife, Martha of...
James Bill
Jul 8, 2007
Richard James Bill, 56 of Carson, VA died Sunday, July 8, 2007 at John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Kittery, Maine and was predeceased by his mother Jeannette Levesque Bill and a brother Charles Bill Jr. He is survived by his father Charles Bill Sr., his loving wife of 35 years, Bonnie F. Bill of Carson, Virginia; two...
Sharon Motley
Jul 6, 2007
Sharon Lee Motley, 56 of Chesterfield, died Friday, July 6, 2007 at Medical College of Virginia, Richmond. She is survived by two daughters; Kim Williams of Greensboro, N.C. and Andrea Harvell of Greensboro, MD., five grandchildren; Dylan, Jeremy, Bailey, Karragan and Amara, a brother; Greg Williams and Fiancée; Randy Cutter. Arrangements by the Chesterfield Chapel of J. T. Morriss &...
Melvin Whorley
Jul 5, 2007
Melvin Ray Whorley, 55, of Prince George, went home to his Savior, Thursday, July 05, 2007. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late Frank Peter and Estelle Williams Whorley. He is survived by his wife, Deborah Whorley; children, Crystal Jarratt, Ray Whorley and wife, Laura, Brandi Reese and husband, David, and Patience Barkman and husband, Kevin; grandchildren,...
Alice Kunzweiler
Jul 4, 2007
Alice Katherine Kunzweiler, age 91, of Chester, VA passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2007. She was born in Providence, RI the daughter of the late Charles and Rose Stenglein Collins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emil A. Kunzweiler. She is survived by a daughter, Debra Wreaks and husband, James of Chester; two grandchildren, Thomas Hoffman of...
William Faircloth
Jul 3, 2007
William C. â??Billyâ? Faircloth of Hopewell, formerly of Petersburg, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, July 03, 2007. He was the son of the late Mathew Carl and Ethel Hamilton Faircloth. Billy was a member of West End Baptist Church. He is survived by his brother, Mathew Carl Faircloth and wife, Pat. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, July 7,...
John Jr. Mcguire
Jul 3, 2007
John James McGuire, Jr.,84, of Hopewell, died Monday, July 2, 2007 at his residence. Mr. McGuire was born in Bluefield, West Virginia, raised in Fredericksburg, VA, and moved to Hopewell in 1949. He was a retired preventive maintenance manager with 34 years of service with Hercules, Inc. Mr. McGuire was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Navy with...
Dorothy White
Jul 2, 2007
Mrs. Dorothy Kreimeyer White, 76, of Hopewell, died Sunday, July 1, 2007, at John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. White, a homemaker, was born in Deshler, Nebraska. She was preceded in death by her parents, William August and Sylvia Irene Davis Kreimeyer, her husband, Robert F. White, Sr. and a daughter, Deborah White Reeves. She is survived by one daughter, Connie...
Cleavie Dulaney
Jul 1, 2007
Mrs. Cleavie Ruth Dulaney, 74, of Petersburg, died Friday evening, June 29, 2007, at Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg. Mrs. Dulaney, a native of Pocahontas, Virginia, was a retired operator for Allied Chemical Corporation. She was preceded in death by her parents, Crockett C. and Lillie Mae Crouse Swim and her husband, Jack Dulaney. She is survived by three sons,...
James Smith
Jul 1, 2007
James Sidney Smith, age 88, died on Sunday, July 1, 2007 in Colonial Heights, VA. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the late James Benjamin and Eva Fowlkes Smith and spent his entire adult life in Alexandria, VA. James was a former employee of Anacostia Naval Station, Washington, D.C. He was preceded in death by a son,...
Virginia Clark
Jul 1, 2007
Waverly, VA Virginia West Clark, age 79, a resident of Neblett Mill Road near Waverly died after a short illness on Sat. June 30, 2007. Born on June 28, 1928 in Sussex County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas M. & Tressie Ellen Conrad West and step-daughter of Charlie L. Hogwood, JR. She was a semi-retired audit supervisor...
Stanley Yeskolske
Jul 1, 2007
Surry VA Stanley Yeskolske (i), age 90, died Friday June 29, 2007 at his residence at Swanns Point Farm in Surry County. Of Polish descent, he was born on Dec. 28, 1916 in Perth Amboy NJ, son of the late Alexander & Elizabeth Basczewska Yeskolski. He was the widower of his wife of 60 years, Cecelia Alice â??Irishâ? Yeskolski who...
William, Swartz
Jun 28, 2007
William Henry â??Billâ? Swartz, 76, of Dinwiddie passed away on Thursday, June 28, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Silas Milton and Lillian Mae Alley Swartz. He was also preceded in death by his sisters, Kathleen Mae Bost and Elsie Virginia Powell. Bill was a long time member of Matoaca Baptist Church. He...
Roy Purdie
Jun 28, 2007
Roy Lee â??Peteâ? Purdie, 73, of Wallace, North Carolina, formerly of Matoaca, died Thursday, June 28, 2007 in Waverly. He was born in Matoaca. Mr. Purdie was a member of a Baptist Church in North Carolina, and a retired self-employed truck driver. He was preceded in death by his parents, Early and Floria Kersey Purdie. Surviving are his wife, Doris...
Milton Ende
Jun 27, 2007
Dr. Milton Ende, 88, of Petersburg died Wednesday, June 27, 2007. He was born in New York City the son of the late Abraham S. and Elsie Ende. Dr. Ende was a lifelong resident of Petersburg. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Richmond and went on to complete medical school at the Medical College of Virginia. He...
