Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
