Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Bernidine Pierce
Dec 28, 2006
Bernidine Elvira â??Evaâ? Pierce, 85 of Colonial Heights, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 28, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Dominic and Anna Buccilli. She was the widow of Joseph A. Pierce, Sr. She was a retired employee of 23 years with A& P. She is survived by four daughters, Jane Lee (Charles) of...
Adele Reiter
Dec 28, 2006
Adele Hanzlik Reiter, 91, of Dinwiddie County, widow of George J. Reiter, Sr., passed away Thursday, December 28, 2006. Born in Prince George, she was the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Frances Machat Hanzlik. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Reiter was preceded in death by a daughter, Doris Reiter. She is survived by a daughter, Frances Harrison...
Everette Freeman
Dec 28, 2006
Everette E. Freeman, Jr. of Lawrenceville, VA widower of Lorraine Clarke Freeman, passed away on December 28, 2006 at 88 years of age. He and his family founded Freeman Motor Co. and Freeman Auto Parts in Lawrenceville, VA. He was an elder for many years at the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He is survived...
Stephen Stanley
Dec 28, 2006
Stephen M. Stanley, 46, of Chester, passed away Thursday December 28, 2006 surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Carlton & Juanita Rowe Stanley. He was a member of the Chester Outreach Church of the Nazarene, an ordained minister of the Nazarene Church, a Pittsburg Steelers fan, retired carrier from the Richmond Post Office, and...
Howell Paul
Dec 28, 2006
Howell G. Paul, age 82, of Richmond, VA passed away on December 28, 2006. He was born January 29, 1924 in Bath, NC, the son of the late Lenord L. and Annie Cartwright Paul. He played Double AA Baseball for Washington State, served at the New Holland Camp of Civilian Conservation Corps and served in the U.S. Merchant Marines in...
Guy Swindell
Dec 28, 2006
Guy Clement Swindell, 83, of Hopewell died Thursday, December 28, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Stonewall, North Carolina and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. Mr. Swindell was a member of DuPont Lodge #289 AF&AM and a retired construction worker with A. T. Piner Construction Co. He was the son of the late...
Wayne Marvan
Dec 27, 2006
Wayne Roger Marvan, age 63, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2006. He was the son of the late Frank and Irene Gorak Marvan. After serving in the U. S. Army Mr. Marvan began working in the telephone industry and he retired from Ameritech Telephone Co. in Illinois after 30 years of service. He enjoyed working with his hands around the...
Velma Talbott
Dec 25, 2006
Velma Gray Talbott of Colonial Heights passed away Monday, December 25, 2006. Born in Little Washington, NC, she was the daughter of the late Frizell Haddock and Mattie Irene Potter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father, J. W. â??Jessieâ? Potter and a grandson, Adam E. Talbott. Mrs. Talbott was raised in Petersburg and...
Edsel Fitzgerald
Dec 25, 2006
Edsel E. Fitzgerald, age 76, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, December 25, 2006. He was the husband of 52 years of the late Esther Grey Davis Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald was born in Montebello, Nelson County, VA, the son of the late Robert Fulton and Della Snead Fitzgerald. He served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean...
Patricia Moore
Dec 24, 2006
Patricia Ann Moore, of Smithfield, VA passed away Sunday, December 24, 2006. She was born November 9, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. She was preceded in death by her mother, Louise Laufer Neumann. Patricia was a Registered Nurse for over 30 years and worked in Intensive Care Units in VA, GA, and FL. Patâ??s dedication to nursing was evident by...
Diane O'Berry
Dec 23, 2006
Diane Williamson Oâ??Berry, 63, of King William County departed this life on Saturday, December 23, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Ripley Williamson, Sr. and Elizabeth Eason Williamson and the widow of James Earl â??Jamieâ? Oâ??Berry. She is survived by her children, Robert Bruce Helfrich, III and wife, Kathryn, Susan Christine Quick and Brittina Oâ??Berry Layne and husband,...
Dillard Yeatts
Dec 22, 2006
Dillard Jefferson Yeatts, 73, formerly of Chester, Virginia, passed away peacefully at his home in Dinwiddie on Friday, December 22, 2006, surrounded by his family after a long courageous battle with lung cancer. Dillard was a faithful member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church where he was â??the word made fleshâ? to countless souls. He is survived by his devoted...
George Jr. Robertson
Dec 21, 2006
George Edward Robertson, Jr., 79 of, Dinwiddie County, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away December 21, 2006. Born in Salem, VA, he was the son of the late George Edward Robertson, Sr. and Thelma Smith Robertson. He was the retired owner of P & R Business Machines Corporation, a member of the Petersburg Civitan Club, a Life Member of...
Cecil Canterbury
Dec 21, 2006
Pearisburg, Virginia Cecil Clyde Canterbury, 81, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2006 at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 36 years, Bertha Osborne Canterbury. Born in Union, WVA he was the son of the late Cecil Crockett Canterbury and Alpha Bertie Martin Canterbury. He was a veteran of the U. S....
Nell Matthews
Dec 20, 2006
Claremont, Virginia NELL HOLDSWORTH MATTHEWS, 99, a resident of Claremont, passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, VA. Born in Sussex County she was the daughter of the late Robert Holdsworth and Lottie Johnson Holdsworth. She was predeceased by her husband, James William Matthews. She is survived by a daughter, Sarah Matthews Johnson and...
Mary Cheek
Dec 20, 2006
Mary Ann Cheek, 65, of Prince George went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December 20, 2006. Mary Ann was born in Hopewell and had been a life long resident of this area and was a member of Second Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the late James Clyde Williamson, Sr. and Sophie Pito Williamson and sister of...
Marguerite Caudle
Dec 19, 2006
On the evening of December 19, 2006, at Southside Regional Medical Center, one of Godâ??s sweetest dearest angels went home to Jesus. Our beautiful mother, Marguerite Montrue Humphries Caudle (Dinky) entered into eternal peace and rest at 10:00 p.m., following a long period of declining health. Her departure has left many broken hearts. Marguerite was born on May 29, 1921...
Ralph Fleming
Dec 19, 2006
Ralph Eugene Fleming, 77, of Prince George died December 19, 2006. He was born in Mt. Jackson, Virginia and was a carpenter in the Home Building Business. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ralph and Virginia Elizabeth Miller Fleming; a son, Ralph Burner Fleming and a sister, Bonnie Wealthy. Surviving is his wife, Velma Montella Funkhouser Fleming; a...
Victoria Falgiano
Dec 18, 2006
Victoria Owczarzak Falgiano, 91, died Monday, December 18, 2006 at the Riverview on the Appomattox. She was the widow of Sammy Falgiano. She was a volunteer of Central State Hospital, Twig SRMC, Food Bank, St. Josephâ??s Outreach Program and other fund raisers, helping the homeless and indigent, a recipient of the Jefferson Award for outstanding volunteer work in the State...
Brenda Robertson
Dec 18, 2006
Brenda Vest Robertson, 61, of Dinwiddie County, died Monday, December 18, 2006. Born in Petersburg, She was the daughter of Margaret Wolfrey Vest Watkins and the late Moten Fields Vest. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her a daughter, Sheryl Dean Conyers and husband, Monty of Chesterfield VA; a son, Don Wayne Robertson and wife, Cathy of...
