Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Iii, "Bill" L. Petway
Jan 9, 2007
William â??Billâ? Lycurgus Petway, III, age 57, of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2007. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the late William L., II and Ruth Davies Petway. Mr. Petway was a proud member of the VA Classic T. Bird Club and a General Contractor in the Chesterfield area for 35 years. He...
Jo S. Walsh
Jan 8, 2007
Jo Anne Stone Walsh, age 79, of Chester, VA died suddenly from complications that arose due to cancer. She was born in Springfield, Ohio, the daughter of the late John and Mary Fugate Stone. She is survived by her son, Edward T. Walsh, III and wife Susan of Chester; two grandsons, Edward T. Walsh IV and Sean D. Walsh of...
Margaret Hampton
Jan 7, 2007
Our beloved mother, grandmother and sister, Margaret E. â??Libbyâ? Hampton, 78, of Chesterfield departed this life on January 7, 2007 after a brief illness. She was a resident of Lucy Corr Village in Chesterfield County at the time of her death. She was the widow of James B. Hampton, Sr. She is survived by her children, Deborah C. Joyner and...
Susan Schrum
Jan 6, 2007
God was ready for another special angel and on January 6, 2007, Susan Andrews â??Brave heartâ? Schrum answered that call. She went home after a long courageous battle with breast cancer. She was preceded in death by her father Ralph T. â??Chuckâ? Andrews, Jr. She is survived by her loving husband Lee â??Stone Breakerâ? Schrum, mother; Joann T. Terry, daughters;...
Carolyn Vaughan
Jan 6, 2007
Carolyn Gayle Vaughan, 67, of Church Road went to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 6, 2007 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late James Alvin and Florence Love Worley and the mother of the late Rick G. Vaughan. Carolyn was a faithful member of Southside Baptist Church where she served as Sunday School Teacher for...
Delores Lamantia
Jan 6, 2007
Delores Gibson Lamantia passed away on January 6, 2007 at the age of 68. She was born on July 28, 1938 in Petersburg, VA and raised in Prince George, VA where she graduated from Prince George High School. As a child she attended services at the Salvation Army. She was then a lifetime member of Blandford United Methodist Church. Delores...
Rosa Hicks
Jan 5, 2007
Rosa E. Hicks, age 86, of Richmond, VA passed away on Friday, January 5, 2007. She was born in Virgilina, VA the daughter of the late Alex M. and Bessie Talley Elliot. She was preceded in death by her husband, Stuart King Knewstep Hicks, Sr. She is survived by a daughter, Elsa Ann Small and husband Charles A. of Richmond;...
Virginia Reece
Jan 5, 2007
Virginia Evans â??Honeyâ? Reece of Petersburg died Friday, January 5, 2007 at the age of 94. Honey, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Donnan Hamilton was born on October 16, 1912. She grew up in Petersburg and graduated from Longwood College. She was one of five children, all of whom preceded her in death. In 1934 she married Roy...
Elmer Burnham
Jan 4, 2007
Elmer Burnham Jr., 80, of Hopewell, died Thursday, January 4, 2007 in Chippenham Medical Center. Mr. Burnham was born in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Elmer and Dorothy Mae Spruill Burnham Sr. .He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was a retired computer specialist with the U. S. Army Post. Surviving are his...
Hilda Caudle
Jan 3, 2007
Hilda Foutz Caudle, 84 formerly of Petersburg, died Wednesday, January 3, 2007 at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama. She was born in Roanoke, the daughter of the late Henry Lee and Ethel Kingrey Foutz. She was the widow of W.A. Caudle, Sr. She is survived by three daughters, Annette Blankenship (Joe) of Chester, Sandra Ramsey (Tucker) of Petersburg...
Sr., B. Ashby
Jan 3, 2007
Ivor, Virginia Frederick "Fred" Bassett Ashby, Sr., 88, passed away Wednesday, January 03, 2007 in Portsmouth, VA. Born in South Carolina he was a son of the late Edward Bassett Ashby and Wilma Sizer Ashby. He graduated from Ivor High School in 1935 and served his country in the U. S. Coast Guard, was a retired automobile dealer, mechanic, and...
Raymond Beville
Jan 3, 2007
Raymond Leslie Beville, 83, of Sutherland died Wednesday, January 3, 2007. He was the son of the late Frank William and Mertie Florence Williams Beville. Raymond was the youngest of ten children preceded in death by five sisters and four brothers. He was a retired employee of Fort Lee and a WWII veteran of the U.S. Navy. He was a...
Suzanne Lerche
Jan 2, 2007
Suzanne Bock Lerche, 84, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, January 2, 2007. Born in Scarsdale, NY, she was the daughter of the late Louis Charles Bock, Jr. and Margaret Loftus Bock. She is survived by her husband, Mark T. Lerche; daughter, Christine Lerche Cooper; son-in-law, Colby B. â??Tommyâ? Cooper, Sr.; grandchildren, Colby B. Cooper, Jr. and Erica S. Cooper; brother, Louis...
Ethel Peffer
Jan 1, 2007
ETHEL SHEFFIELD PEFFER, age 82, a lifelong resident of Waverly VA died Dec. 31, 2006. She was the widow of Jesse James Peffer, SR and the mother of the late Jesse J. Peffer JR. Born on Aug. 7, 1924 in Sussex County, she was the daughter of the late John William Sheffield and Laura Emory Sheffield. She was a member...
Catherine Whitehurst
Jan 1, 2007
Mrs. Catherine B. â??Kakkyâ? Whitehurst, 84 passed away January 1, 2007 at her residence in Colonial Heights. She was a native of Petersburg and the daughter of the late Andrew Thomas and Ethel Sullivan Belcher. She was a widow of Roy R. Whitehurst. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Christine Matney and Inez Wright. She was a member...
Bessie Midgett
Dec 31, 2006
Bessie Mae Midgett, age 92, of Hopewell, VA, died on Sunday, December 31, 2006. She was born in Pitt County, NC, and had lived in the Hopewell area since 1967. She had attended the Assembly of God Church in Hopewell. Surviving are her six children, Joseph Padgett of Roanoke, VA, Gene Padgett of Pennsylvania, Nell Conney of Chesapeake, VA, Jerry...
Bradford Lepelley
Dec 31, 2006
Bradford (Brad) F. Lepelley, 57, of Prince George, died Sunday, December 31, 2006 after a long battle with metastasized prostate cancer. Born February 19, 1949 in Somerville, Mass., he was the son of the late John and Margaret McPhee Lepelley. He was a Vietnam Veteran and retired from Frito-Lay. He was also an active member of the Hopewell Moose Lodge...
Joyce Harvey
Dec 30, 2006
Joyce Cheatham Harvey, age 74, of Chester, VA, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2006. She was born in Campbell County, VA, the daughter of the late Thomas A. and Irene Jones Cheatham of Gladys, VA. Mrs. Harvey was a Graduate of Longwood University, and taught Business Education one year in Brookville High School, Lynchburg, VA. She also taught for...
Barbara Grant
Dec 29, 2006
Barbara Lee Grant, age 70, of Disputanta, VA, died on Friday, December 29, 2006. She was born in Hopewell, VA, the daughter of the Late Elmo and Susie Lee. She was a loving Mother and Grandmother, and current member of Prince George Christian Church. Barbara was the widow of George G. Grant, and was also preceded in death by a...
Deanna Hare
Dec 29, 2006
Deanna Lynn Hare, age 63, of Dinwiddie, VA, died on Friday, December 29, 2006. Ms. Hare had been a resident of Dinwiddie for twelve years. She was born in Michigan, and spent most of her life there. She was a loving Mother and Grandmother, and her family was very important to her. She is survived by a daughter, Julie H....
