Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Helen Traina
Apr 21, 2007
Helen Burr Traina, age 84, of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, April 21, 2007. She was born in Toronto, KS, the daughter of the late Charley and Pearl Adkins Burr. She had been a resident of Hopewell and member of St. James Catholic Church for 60 plus years. Early on she was the co-owner and operator of Nitro Lunch Cafeteria...
Nicoluas Angelo
Apr 21, 2007
Nicoluas Steve Angelo, age 74, of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, April 21, 2007. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the Late Steven and Irene Jorjakis Angelo. He was a previous employee, dispatcher, and plant manager of Delta Materials and later with Spring Grove Water Company. He was also a member of St. Elpis Greek Orthodox Church...
Geraldine Bridger
Apr 21, 2007
Geraldine C. Bridger, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, April 21, 2007. She was born in Elizabethtown, N.C. on July 13, 1952. She was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, and a retired scientist with Philip Morris. Geraldine was also a member of Enon Baptist Church. She is survived by a mother, Doris Y. Arrington; three sisters, Janice Davidson of...
George Smith
Apr 21, 2007
George Dudley Smith, 83, passed away April 21, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born in Allegheny County, PA to the late Roy and Dorothy Chiarky Smith. He attended Colonial Heights Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his wife Mary Martha Smith. Survivors include his Children; George David Smith and wife Shirley, Donald L. Smith and...
Mamie Forbes
Apr 20, 2007
Boykins VA Mamie Hart Forbes, 90, a native of Littleton NC died Thursday April 19, 2007 at East Pavilion in Franklin, VA.. Born on December 5, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Arthur B. and Lina Sue Bryant Hart. She was the widow of Harry Lee Forbes and formerly worked for Knight & Bryant Insurance in Boykins 1935...
Jason Walker
Apr 19, 2007
Jason Troy Walker, 19, of Prince George, died Thursday, April 19, 2007. Jason was a student at Richard Bland College and was an ironworker for Davis Steel Co., Inc. in Hopewell. He is survived by his wife, Amanda E. Walker, his parents, David Allan and Teri Walker, a brother, Brandon Walker, an unborn child, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends....
Mona Blackwell
Apr 19, 2007
Mona Rayburn Blackwell, 89, of Hopewell, passed away in Indianapolis, IN, Thursday, April 19, 2007. She was born December 1, 1917 in Riceville, TN to the late Grace Rayburn Bullington and Isaac M. Rayburn. She was a resident of Hopewell from 1946 to 1994, when she moved to Indianapolis to live with her daughter. She retired from the old First...
Jr., S. Stewart
Apr 19, 2007
Dendron, Virginia John Shelton Stewart, Jr., 88, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 surrounded by his family in the Surry County home where he was born and lived all of his life. He was the son of the late John Shelton Stewart, Sr. and Elsie Savedge Stewart. Lillian Gwaltney Stewart, his loving wife of 63 years, predeceased him by less than...
Jr., E. Epperson
Apr 19, 2007
Wakefield, Virginia James Emmette Epperson, Jr., 80, of Wakefield, husband of the late Nell Horton Epperson, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Born December 31, 1926 in Lawrenceville, VA he was the son of the late James E. Epperson, Sr. and Maggie Hall Epperson. Jim owned and operated Horton Furniture Company in Wakefield from 1963 until 1982, and was manager...
Floyd Dudley
Apr 17, 2007
Floyd Alvis Dudley, 81, a lifelong resident of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at his residence. He was the son of the late William A. Dudley, Sr. and Annie Alvis Dudley. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II and saw extensive combat action in the Pacific Theater. He received an honorable discharge at the...
William Munford
Apr 17, 2007
William Hardy Munford, 76, of Kill Devil Hills, NC, formerly of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2007. Born in Windsor, VA, he was the son of the late Matthew and Susie Comes Munford. He was a U. S. Navy veteran serving aboard the U.S.S. F.D. Roosevelt and was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. Mr. Munford...
John Perkins
Apr 17, 2007
John Edward Perkins, 81, of Hopewell died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Perkins was a life time resident of Hopewell. He was retired from the United States Coast Guard, was a Deacon Emeritus at Unity Baptist Church, and was a retired operator from Allied Chemical Corporation. Mr. Perkins was the son of the late Thomas Edward and...
Frances Bufford
Apr 17, 2007
Frances Bell Bufford, age 93, of Chester, VA passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. She was born in Comet, VA the daughter of the late Ollie L. and Erscell Atkinson Bell. Mrs. Bufford was retired from C & P Telephone as a supervisor after 35 years of service. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded...
Thomas Felts
Apr 17, 2007
Smithfield, Virginia Thomas Morris Felts, 86, passed away Monday, April 16, 2007 at Sentara Careplex Hospital in Hampton, VA.. Born October 8, 1920 in Smithfield, VA. he was the son of the late Benjamin F. Felts and Carrie Morris Felts. He retired in 1984 from the Maintenance Engineering Department of Newport News Shipbuilding after 20 years of service. He was...
Warren White
Apr 17, 2007
Warren Farley White, age 84, of Chester, VA, died on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. He was born in Lynchburg, VA, the son of the late Farley and Daisey White. He moved to Chester early in life, and has been a resident since. Warren was a retired chemist working with Allied Chemical and Virginia Power. He is survived by his wife,...
James Sr. Grooms
Apr 16, 2007
James T. â??Tommyâ? Grooms, Sr., 67 passed away April 16, 2007. He was a Navy Veteran and Reynolds Metals retiree with over 30 years of dedicated service. Preceding him in death were his mother, Margaret L. (Grooms) Traude and father, Charles C. Grooms. Survivors include his daughters, Wendy Grooms Little, Julie Anne Grooms, Kimberly Paige Grooms and son, James T....
Paul Hendrickson
Apr 16, 2007
Paul W. Hendrickson, 90, died April 16, 2007. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mary; his daughter, Gloria Bradmon, her husband Tom; a son Paul W. Hendrickson, his wife Sharon. Additional survivors include 5 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Paul was a WWII Pearl Harbor survivor, a retired employee of the Chessie Railroad System, a member of the...
Matthew Collier
Apr 15, 2007
Matthew Michael Collier, 23, of Dinwiddie, died Sunday, April 15, at the Medical College of Virginia. He was a member of the Loyal Order of the Moose and was a dedicated employee of the Hopewell Moose Lodge. Mr. Collier is survived by his mother, Karen Walkup Collier, and Clint Whittington of Dinwiddie, his father, Michael Rimel Collier of Waverly, several...
Lillian Stewart
Apr 14, 2007
Dendron, Virginia Lillian Gwaltney Stewart, 84, passed away Friday, April 13, 2007 at Waverly Healthcare Center in Waverly, VA. Born in Surry County, VA she was the daughter of the late Charlie Cox Gwaltney and Emma Durphy Gwaltney. She was the wife of John Shelton Stewart, Jr. Lillian attended Claremont High School; was past news correspondent in the Dendron area...
Mary Clarke
Apr 14, 2007
Waverly, Virginia Mary West Clarke, age 99, a lifelong resident of Sussex County and the widow of Robert Harold Clarke, died Saturday, April 14, 2007 at Waverly Healthcare Center. Born on December 7, 1907, she was the daughter of the late Mack Herbert West and Bessie Dillard West. Mary was a homemaker and a retired employee of Dominion Virginia Power...
