Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Preston Westmoreland
Jun 2, 2007
Preston Lee Westmoreland, age 86, of Colonial Heights, VA, died on Saturday, June 2, 2007. He was born in Dinwiddie County, VA, the son of the late James B. and Bessie Mae Wallace Westmoreland. He was a Navy veteran of WWII, and retired electrician with Hercules Chemical Company, Hopewell, VA. Preston was preceded in death by his wife, Helen Wilkinson...
Stanley Lipchak
Jun 1, 2007
Stanley Paul Lipchak Jr., 79, of Disputanta, died Friday, June 1, 2007. He was born in Petersburg the son of the late Stanley P. and Clara S. Lipchak, Sr.. He was a life long farmer and a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church. He was preceded in death by his wife Carolyn Lyons Lipchak and is survived by his sisters...
Thomas Harris
Jun 1, 2007
Thomas Rogers Harris, age 71, of Chester, VA, died on Friday, June 1, 2007. He was born in Warren County, N.C. the son of the late Evelyn Salmon Kennedy. Thomas was the founder, owner, and operator of Tomâ??s Window Cleaning for more than 22 years. He is survived by a loving wife of 28 years, Lorraine M. Harris; four children,...
Betty Jerzykowski
Jun 1, 2007
Betty June Jerzykowski, 84, of Dinwiddie passed away on Friday, June 01, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Joseph and Bernadette Beauchamp Webb, widow of Chester J. Jerzykowski and mother of the late Kitty J. Neubauer. Betty was born in Marquette, Michigan and resided in Virginia over the past 24 years. She is...
Alice Simmons
Jun 1, 2007
Alice B. Simmons, 77, of Petersburg, died June 1, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Petersburg and the daughter of the late Max H. Barrett, Sr. and Emma J. Bell Barrett. She was a member of Blandford United Methodist Church, Cubscout Den mother when raising her children and also was a Brownie leader. She was...
Evelyn Titus
May 31, 2007
Evelyn Ridout Titus, 82, of Petersburg died Wednesday, May 23, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence Franklin and Myrtle Pettway Ridout. She is survived by her husband, Jennings Harwood Titus; daughters, Nancy T. Wolcott and husband, Rob of Virginia Beach, VA, Jenny T. Culpepper and husband, David of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren, Katherine...
Ruth Livingston
May 31, 2007
Ruth L. Livingston, 61, of Dinwiddie died May 31, 2007 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Staten Price. She was the widow of Darrell Livingston. She was a retired seamstress with Singer. She is survived by her mother, Ruth Clifton of Hampton; son, Robert D. Livingston of VA. Beach; two daughters, Wendy L. Snyder of Zuni...
Margaret Boyd
May 30, 2007
Margaret (Maggie) Lillian Jouget Boyd, 91, of Chester passed away on Thursday, May 31, 2007 due to complications from Alzheimerâ??s. She was the daughter of the late Christian and Henrietta Junkuhn Jouget and the widow of George H. Boyd. Margaret worked at Fort Lee in the JAG office, West Point for two years and in Kaiserslautern and Mannhiem in Germany...
Mary Mcgowan
May 29, 2007
Mary Rockwood McGowan, 85, of Roanoke, VA, died Tuesday, May 29, 2007. Mrs. McGowan was born in Foxborough, MA and had been a long time resident of Hopewell before moving to Roanoke. She had a life long commitment to the Catholic Church, served on the bereavement committee, was a member of the Catholic Daughters and attended Cursillo. She also organized...
Alma Lane
May 29, 2007
Surry, Virginia Alma Seward Lane, 101, died May 28, 2007 at her home in Surry after a long illness. She was the widow of Joseph W. Lane. Born November 21, 1905, she was the daughter of the late William E. Seward and Annie Mae Savedge Seward. She was also predeceased by her son, Kenneth W. Lane, a sister, Louise Gwaltney,...
Deborah Snyder
May 29, 2007
Deborah M. Snyder, 45 of Petersburg died Tuesday, May 29, 2007. She was preceded in death by her father, Joe Allen Mayton, brother, John Allen Mayton, sister, Margaret June Mayton, father-in-law, Charles Snyder, Jr. and brother-in-law, Albert J.R. Snyder. She is survived by her husband, Charles J. Snyder; daughter, Caitlyn N. Snyder of Dinwiddie; mother, Ruby Reese Mayton; brothers, Joe...
Ralph Busch
May 29, 2007
Ralph Percy Busch, 80, of Prince George, VA. died Tuesday, May 29, 2007 in Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond, VA. He was born in Summerville, SC and had been a long time resident of this area. Mr. Busch was a member of the Petersburg Chapter of Veterans of Foreign War, Loyal Order of the Moose, Hopewell #1472, Colonial Heights Chapter...
William Mulliniks
May 28, 2007
William Richard â??Dickâ? Mulliniks, 60, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Monday, May 28, 2007. Born in Johnson City, TN, he was the son of the late Dr. Edward C. Mulliniks, LT COL (retired) and Helen Binford Mulliniks. He was a graduate of Cumberland County High School, Crossville, TN and Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, and was a retired employee of...
Eleanor Woodward
May 28, 2007
Eleanor Ruth Woodward, 78, of Hopewell, died Monday, May 28, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Saltville, VA and had been a long time resident of the Hopewell area. Mrs. Woodward was the daughter of the late Clyde H. and Kate Galliher Hyman. She is survived by her husband, Robert Cleveland Woodward of Hopewell, two daughters, Sue Woodward...
Charles James
May 28, 2007
Charles William Thomas James, 91, of Hopewell, formerly of Petersburg, died Monday, May 28, 2007. He was born in Mineola, NY and had been a long time resident of this area. Mr. James served as an assistant coach at Petersburg High School, was a volunteer at the Petersburg YMCA and was a retired civil service employee from Bellwood. He was...
Frances Hall
May 26, 2007
On May 26, 2007, Frances K. Hall passed away quietly and peacefully, surrounded by devoted loved ones. She was born March 6, 1919 in Petersburg to the late Hermon Reeves Tyler and Imo St. Clair Tyler. She was married 35 years to Ellis D. King, who passed away May 1974. Married Cornelius A. Hall June 1981, who passed away 1995....
Hazel White
May 25, 2007
Hazel E. White, age 73, of Chester, VA, died on Friday, May 25, 2007. Hazel was a retired Certified Nursing Assistant. She was preceded in death by her husband Warren F. White. She is survived by daughters, Ann Austin and Barbara Poe, both of Mechanicsville, VA; sons, Edward Poe, Jr. of Sandston, VA, and Lewis C. Poe of Richmond, seven...
Lucy Malone
May 22, 2007
Lucy Webb Malone, 96 of Petersburg died Tuesday, May 22, 2007. She was the daughter of the late William Gregory and Linda Coker Webb Malone. She was a long time member of Trinity United Methodist Church and taught 42 years for the Petersburg School System. She is survived by a great niece, Carrie A. McCann and husband, Bill Brown; great...
Johnnie Westbrook
May 22, 2007
Waverly, VA RUSSELL LEE â??JOHNNIEâ? WESTBROOK, age 87, a lifelong resident of Waverly, died Monday May 21, 2007, at his homeplace where he was born on Feb. 13, 1920. He was the son of the late Verner Emmett Westbrook and Corrie Hatch Westbrook. He is survived by his wife Doris Jean Harrup Westbrook; two daughters, Betty Lou Westbrook Gilliland and...
William Goodwin
May 22, 2007
William Lewis Goodwin, Sr., 68, of Chester, Virginia, died Monday, May 21, 2007 in Chippenham Medical Center. He was born in Hopewell and was a life long residence of this area. Mr. Goodwin, served as a member of the Army Reserves and worked at Stone Container for 42 years, retiring as an assistant superintendent. He was preceded in death by...
