Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
George Ball
Jan 25, 2010
George Edward Ball, 76, of Petersburg passed away Monday, January 25, 2010. He was a native of Dinwiddie and son of the late George W. and Ruth Lipford Ball. Mr. Ball served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He is survived by his wife, Ethel Ball; daughter, Wanda Gentry and husband, Randy; two grandchildren, Mary Nicole and Randall...
Hilma, (Rescheduled) Peck
Jan 25, 2010
Hilma LaRita Richardson Peck, age 85, a resident of Waverly VA died Wed. Jan. 20, 2010. Born on May 30, 1924 in Surry County, she was the daughter of the late Herman Barrett Richardson and Elizabeth May Higgins Richardson. She was the wife of the late Raymond S. Peck. She is survived by a daughter Joyce Tina Cowling Harris and...
Lillian Kvasnicka
Jan 24, 2010
Lillian Zitta Kvasnicka, 93, passed away at her home Sunday, January 24, 2010. Born in Bucks County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Anthony and Anna Zitta. A 70-year resident and homemaker of Prince George County, she was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Stanley, in 2001 and two brothers, Anthony and Joseph Zitta. She was a...
Lois Reeves
Jan 24, 2010
Lois Dance Reeves, age 96, of Chester, VA, passed away on Saturday, January 23, 2010. She was born in Brunswick County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Clyde R. and Lola Graves Dance. Mrs. Reeves was also preceded in death by her husband, Jesses C. Reeves, Jr. and a son, Carl L. Reeves. She was the oldest member of the...
Jocelyn Callahan
Jan 22, 2010
Jocelyn â??Jozâ? Callahan, 36, of Dinwiddie passed away on Friday, January 22, 2010. She was a loving daughter, wife, mother and sister who had a friendly, outgoing spirit that lit up the room when she entered. Jocelyn had the ability to make a person laugh when they really wanted to cry. She was a volunteer at Namozine Fire and EMS...
Jr., (Ret) Henry G. - Rescheduled Alley
Jan 22, 2010
Henry Godfrey Alley, Jr., AUS (RET) 241 Bay Colony Drive, passed away January 22, 2010 in Virginia Beach. Born the 23rd of June 1920, in Colonial Heights, VA to the late Henry Godfrey Alley and mother, Maude L. (Rowe) Alley. He attended school in Colonial Heights and graduated from Petersburg High School in 1938. He survived by his loving wife,...
Cwo3 John H. Stawarz
Jan 21, 2010
CWO3 Retired John Henry Stawarz, 58, of Prince George Co., passed away Thursday, January 21, 2010 at his residence. He was the son of the late Henry and Teresa Ducat Stawarz. He served 20 years in the U.S. Army and retired in 1990. He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Patricia Hunt Stawarz; three sons, John Henry Stawarz,...
Mary Gill
Jan 20, 2010
Mary Marable Land Gill, 103, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Carter and Cornelia Spratley Land, husband Raymond Willis Gill and siblings Edwin Land, Lewis Land, Henry Carter Land, Jr., Dillard Land, Robert Hunt Land, Connie Hardenbergh and Warren Williams. Mary graduated from the...
Nancy Fisher
Jan 19, 2010
Nancy Mayton Fisher, 56, of Dinwiddie County, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Margie Rinker Mayton and Joseph Nelson Mayton, Sr. She worked as a 911 Dispatcher for Dinwiddie County Public Safety before her courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Fisher was preceded in death by her step-son, Dustin Allen Fisher. She...
Patricia Hoylman
Jan 19, 2010
Patricia Ann Hoylman, 84, of Dinwiddie, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Owen B. and Eloda Elzada Mason Ingraham. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul A. Hoylman and four children Russell, Timothy, Donnie and Ruth Hoylman, and son-in-law Carter Andrews. Patricia was a loving mom, grandmother, and...
George Schmeltzer
Jan 19, 2010
Schmeltzer, George W. (Pappy), age 76, went to be with the Lord on January 19, 2010, after a long battle with heart disease. He was born and raised in Altoona, PA. He served our country in the Army from 1954 â?? 1958. He was stationed in Germany for 3 years. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Schmeltzer; four children,...
James Mason
Jan 18, 2010
James Allen Mason, 81, of Matoaca, passed away Monday, January 18, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Stanley Allen and Colleen Faulkner Mason. He is survived by three sisters, Colleen Perkinson, Mary Olleen Hoyle and Rose Marie Mason. Funeral services will be private. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .
Jr., Douglas Rollings
Jan 17, 2010
Graham Douglas Rollings, Jr., 51, resident of Spring Grove, died Sunday, January 17, 2010 at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell. He was a member of Claremont Baptist Church in Claremont. He is survived by his mother, Brenda B. Stephenson of Hopewell; his father, Graham D. Rollings, Sr. of Richmond; a brother Paul Daniel Harte and wife, Amy Edwards Harte...
Gwendolyn Owen
Jan 17, 2010
Gwendolyn Davis Owen, 92, life long resident of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday January 16, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles Wesley Davis, Jr., & Frances Inez King Davis, husband; Raymond McGill Owen, brothers; Charles Fortescue â??40â? Davis & Walter McIlwaine Davis. She was a long time member of St. Paulâ??s Episcopal Church, sang in the...
Catherine Hill
Jan 17, 2010
Catherine Louise Hill, 88, of Chester, formerly of Perry Hall, Maryland, passed away Sunday January 17, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Joseph & Hermina Houlabar Petrof. She was a member of the Perry Hall Womanâ??s Club and the Girl Scouts of America. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Alvin D. Hill; daughter, Katheryn...
Kathleen Beville
Jan 16, 2010
Kathleen Clarke Beville, 91, of Dinwiddie, passed away Saturday January 16, 2010. Born in Dinwiddie, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Archer and Clara Jones Clarke. She was predeceased by her husband, Pleas Rainey Beville and two infant children. Mrs. Beville was a loving mother and a devoted wife and grandmother. She worked for many years in the...
Dorothy Carter
Jan 13, 2010
Dorothy H. Carter, 87, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Carter was a native of Dinwiddie Co. and was predeceased by her parents, Rosser Boswell and Maggie Sledd Hawks, & two sons, Gary L. & Thomas E. Carter. She was a retired Civil Service employee of Fort Lee and a member of...
Dorothy Holt
Jan 13, 2010
Dorothy Mustian Holt, 76, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Petersburg, VA and daughter of the late Claude and Sadie Mustian. She was predeceased by a son Kenneth Lee Holt. She is survived by her husband, Herman F. Holt, Jr.; son, Donald W. Holt of Colonial Heights; a daughter,...
Frances Bucciantini
Jan 12, 2010
Frances Klewicka Bucciantini, 86, of Brooklyn, New York, died Sunday, January 10, 2010. She was a retired secretary for the Board of Education of New York City. Mrs. Bucciantini was preceded in death by her husband, Adamo Bucciantini and two sons, Thomas Joseph Bucciantini and Robert Adam Bucciantini. Surviving are six grandchildren Joseph Bucciantini, Michael S. Bucciantini, E. Marie Bucciantini-Wiles...
Mary Stewart
Jan 12, 2010
Surry Mary Sowards Stewart, 78, of Alliance Road in Surry, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. She was born on April 30, 1931 in Hurricane, WV, the daughter of the late Everette W. and Marie McCallister Sowards. She was also predeceased by her step-mother, Frances Blake Sowards. She was married for 59 years to the late Nicholas Washington Stewart and is...
