Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Sr. B. Quicke
Jan 12, 2010
James B. Quicke, Sr. 81, of Petersburg, widower of Betty Gray Quicke, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He was a native of Prince George County and son of the late Henry L. and Cassie M. Ratley Quicke. He was predeceased by a grandson David James Weese. He was a retired employee of the City of Petersburg. He is survived...
Sr., C. Moore
Jan 12, 2010
Thomas Callender Moore, Sr., 81, of Petersburg, widower of Barbara Spurr Moore, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He was a native of Petersburg born the son of the late William J. and Ella Callender Moore. Mr. Moore was a past member of the Country Club of Petersburg, Second Presbyterian Church and a retired Insurance Executive. He is survived by his...
Lillian Gainey
Jan 10, 2010
Smithfield, Virginia Lillian Clark Gainey, 87, a resident of Smithfield, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010, in her home. She was the widow of Ellis Cleon Gainey. Born March 15, 1922, in Sussex County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Thomas Clark and Marion Lucille Gay Clark. Mrs. Gainey was a resident of Petersburg for 45 years and...
William Freismuth
Jan 10, 2010
Chesterfield resident William M. Freismuth died on January 8, 2010. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1919, Mr. Freismuth lived in Toms River and Fair Haven, NJ, Gordonsville, VA, Elizabeth City, NC, and Lucy Corr Village in Chesterfield, VA. A Navy veteran, he witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor, his job with AT&T led him to help restore overseas telephone services...
Elsie Bess
Jan 9, 2010
Elsie Morris Bess, age 81, of Port Haywood, VA, formerly of Chester, VA, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010. She was born in Madison, GA, the daughter of the late Robert B. and Nora Anderson Morris. Mrs. Bess was a past member of the Matthews Womenâ??s Club and a retiree of Dupont Spruance Plant, Chesterfield after approximately 37 years...
Allen Martin
Jan 7, 2010
Allen Lynwood Martin, 68, of Chester passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by family on Thursday, January 7, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was a native of Ironto, VA born the son of Arno Martin and Madeline Wren. Mr. Martin was a retired superintendent with ICI Americas and a member of the Bermuda Optimist Club. He...
Inez Beville
Jan 7, 2010
Inez Hunt Beville of Dinwiddie, VA departed this life on Thursday, January 7, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Roley L. and Georgianna Hunt and the widow of John Dee Beville. She was a retired Dental Assistant from Medical Services at Fort Lee, a published poet, a member of West End Baptist Church for 69 years and an...
Flora Warren
Jan 6, 2010
Flora Christine Warren, age 62, of Chester, VA passed away on Tuesday, January 5, 2010. She was born in Richmond, VA, the daughter of the late Otis L. and Agnes Armstead Wright. Mrs. Warren was the widow of John L. Warren, and was also preceded in death by a special friend, Claude Wayne Whitmore. She was a member of the...
Jr., J. Rollins
Jan 6, 2010
Hopewell, VA Jackson J. Rollins, Jr. age 86, went to be with his Lord at his home in Prince George County, VA Wednesday, January 6, 2010 Born in Smithfield on July 4, 1923 he was the son of the late Jackson J. Rollins, Sr. and Madeline Atkins Rollins. Mr. Rollins retired in 1980 after 30 years employment with Hercules, Inc....
Willis Jr. Beverly
Jan 5, 2010
Willis E. Beverly, Jr., age 53, of Jetersville, VA, died on Monday, January 4, 2010. Mr. Beverly was an outdoorsman, avid fisherman, and could do almost anything with his hands. He was preceded in death by his brother, Timothy W. Beverly. Mr. Beverly is survived by his loving wife, Thelma R. Beverly; children, Michael, Timothy, and Troy Beverly, Cheri Hudson,...
Sr. W. Lester
Jan 4, 2010
Keith Wade Lester, Sr., 49, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2010. Keith was a member and Deacon at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church and an employee of Mundet Inc. for nearly 30 years. He was an avid sports fan and was active in basketball, softball and golf. He officiated at many basketball and softball games for church and...
Olive Cartin
Jan 4, 2010
Olive M. Cartin, 88, of Hopewell, VA., passed away Monday, January 4, 2010. Mrs. Cartin was born in Maryland and had been a long time resident of the Hopewell area. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roland Dean and Sadie Woodard Dean and a daughter, Cheryl M. Cartin. Mrs. Cartin is survived by her husband, George C. Cartin,...
Margaret Halupka
Jan 4, 2010
Margaret R. Halupka, 81, of Hopewell, died Sunday, January 3, 2010. She was born and raised in Chambersburg, PA, graduated from Chambersburg High School in 1945, attended Wilson College and graduated from Chambersburg Business College in 1947. Mrs. Halupka was predeceased by her husband, Clement, her parents, Herbert and Loretta Rodenhaver, a son, Clement, a sister Martha A. McQuillen and...
Margaret Hamlin
Jan 4, 2010
Surry, VA Margaret Garrison Hamlin, 90, formerly of Surry, passed away on Monday, January 4, 2010 at her residence in The Hermitage Methodist Home in Richmond. Born on April 26, 1919 in Surry, she was the daughter of the late John Robert and Maggie Bennett Garrison. She was the widow of Charles Thomas Hamlin, Jr. and a member of the...
Joseph L
Jan 4, 2010
Joseph L. Ash, 73, of Hopewell, formerly of Sistersville, WV, passed away January 4, 2010. He was preceded in death by his wife, Geneva Ash and sisters Texena, Nila, and Hope Ash. Survivors include brothers, Lorn Ash, Loman Ash, Dorman Ash; sisters Munice Flesher, Montana Thomas, Una Henderson, Faith Baker, Charity Hadley; a host of nieces, nephews and other loving...
Gerald Rayner
Jan 4, 2010
Gerald David Rayner, Sr., 79, of Hopewell, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, January3, 2010 after a 5 year battle with cancer. Mr. Rayner served in the US Navy and was a retired millwright with Allied Chemical Corporation. He was preceded in death by his parents, Rufus Aaron and Julie Koren Rayner. Surviving are his wife, Evelyn B....
Janice Shelton
Jan 4, 2010
Janice Marek Shelton, age 65, of Chester, VA went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 3, after a courageous battle with cancer. She is survived by her three children, Jennifer Moore and husband, Glenn of Dinwiddie, VA, John Shelton, Jr. and wife, Mary Beth of Henrico, VA, and Joey Shelton of Chesterfield, VA; three grandchildren, Nicole Fenner...
Jerry Heath
Jan 4, 2010
Jerry Clayton Heath, 75, of Prince George died on Monday, January 4, 2010. Born on December 30, 1934 in Richmond, VA, he was the son of the late Willard and Hilma Heath. Jerry served his country in the U.S. Army and retired after 30 years of service from C&P Telephone Company of Virginia. He was a â??mall walkerâ? at Southpark...
Fred Jones
Jan 3, 2010
Waverly, Virginia Fred C. Jones, 80, a resident of Waverly and husband of Phyllis Uzzell Jones, died Saturday, January 2, 2010, in a Hopewell hospital. Born August 17, 1929, in Isle of Wight County, he was the son of the late Willie Theodore Jones and Mattie Mae Jones. Fred was a retired truck driver and attended Faith Baptist Church in...
Medora Young
Jan 3, 2010
Medora Jane Anderson Young, of Chester, 92, went to be with her heavenly Father and family on January 2, 2010. A native of Greenbrier, TN, she was predeceased by her parents Estell & Elizabeth Hinkle Anderson, husband Walter Fred Young, sons, Walter Eugene & Fred Thomas Young. She was a devoted, much loved Christian Mother & Grandmother. She was a...
