Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Howard Harrell
Apr 27, 2006
Retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Howard Gray Harrell, 76 of Dewitt passed away Thursday, April 27, 2006. Born in Sussex County, Virginia he was the son of the late Ollin T. Harrell and Lura Harrell Wallace. In addition to his service in the U.S. Navy he was a retired boiler operator for Park 500 Phillip Morris. He was...
Grayson Burch
Apr 26, 2006
Grayson Van Burch, age 90 of Chester, VA died Wednesday, April 26, 2006. Mr. Burch was a U. S. Navy WWII veteran, and retired from Allied Chemical Company in 1979. He is survived by a wife of fifty-seven years, Evelyn C. Burch, of Chester; eight children, Charles Burch and wife Linda of Pinehurst, NC, Judith Geddy of Winchester, VA, Nancy...
Joseph Reece
Apr 25, 2006
Joseph Montgomery Reece, 99 of Petersburg died April 25, 2006. Born August 13, 1906 in Elkin, NC., he was the son of the late Alberta Carson Reece and Dr. James Montgomery Reece. He married Ann Brown Nash on May 6, 1937, she passed in 1977, married Virginia Hamilton Evans on January 22, 1984. He was a graduate of University of...
Jane Snead
Apr 24, 2006
Jane Hancock Altice Snead died April 24, 2006 after a long illness. Mrs. Snead had made her home in Petersburg for nearly forty years prior to the onset of illness and a move to assisted living facilties in 2000. Born in Rocky Mount, Virginia, Mrs. Snead was a graduate of Roanoke Business College. She spent most of her professional career...
Phoebe Lumbus
Apr 24, 2006
Phoebe Lois Lumbus, 70, of Petersburg, passed away Monday, April 24, 2006 after a fifteen year battle with Parkinsonâ??s Disease. Born in Phelps, KY, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Dorse and Sella Hayes Miller. Mrs. Lumbus graduated from the Clinch Valley Clinic Hospital School of Nursing, Tazewell, VA in 1955 which began a 30 year career in...
Howard Clayton
Apr 24, 2006
CWO Howard Claiborne Clayton, U. S. Navy (retired), 93, of Chesterfield County, passed away Monday, April 24, 2006. Born in Chesterfield County, he was the son of the late William B. and Mary Lee Wimmer Clayton. In addition to his career in the U. S. Navy, he was retired General Manager of Quality Lincoln Mercury in Petersburg. He was a...
Alieta Williams
Apr 22, 2006
Alieta Marie Williams, 53, of Prince George died Saturday, April 22, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Beulah, Miss. and was predeceased by her parents, George Clark, Sr. and Clara Wiley Jacquet and a daughter, Shantell. Mrs. Williams was a retired U. S. Army Veteran of 22 years and a veteran of the Persian Gulf War....
Roger Berger
Apr 22, 2006
Roger Leon Berger, age 44, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, April 22, 2006. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed being outdoors with family and friends. Mr. Berger is survived by two children, Stacy A. Berger of Colonial Heights, VA, and Christopher L. Berger of Chester; one granddaughter, Kaylee A. Neely of Colonial Heights; parents, Joe and Nancy Berger...
Joseph Sr. Leary
Apr 22, 2006
Joseph Allen Leary, Sr., 45, of McKenney passed away at his residence on Saturday, April 22, 2006. He was born in Petersburg the son of the late Levi A. Leary and Susie E. Mayton. Mr. Leary was a member of Cutbank Baptist Church. He is survived by two sons Joseph Allen Leary, Jr., Levi Allen Leary; one brother Horace W....
Nancy G. Brockwell
Apr 21, 2006
Nancy Bee Godsey Brockwell, 94, of Chester, VA went to be with the Lord on April 21, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, William â??Billâ?? W. Brockwell; her mother, Daisy Adelle Stargardt Godsey; father, Joshua Everett Godsey; a sister, Elizabeth Burrows; four brothers, John T. Godsey, E. Carl Godsey, J. Cornelius Godsey, and Carter G. Godsey, all...
Georgie Merryman
Apr 21, 2006
Georgie Mae Shaw Merryman, 87, of Hopewell, widow of Lawrence Harvey Merryman, died Friday, April 21, 2006. She was the daughter of the late John Albert & Georgie Starke Shaw. She was born January 25, 1919 in Pleasant Hill, NC. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by three sisters, Annie Shaw, Agnes Shaw Cook...
Margaret Hunnicutt
Apr 21, 2006
Margaret Neaves Hunnicutt, of Stony Creek, VA widow of Joseph Mason Hunnicutt, departed this life on April 21, 2006 at age 82. Born November 12, 1923, she was predeceased by her parents, Junious Riddick Neaves and Carrie Mayes Neaves and sisters Virginia Neaves Rose and Maude Neaves Ridley. After graduating from Stony Creek High School, she attended Farmville State Teachers...
Leverne Vest
Apr 20, 2006
Leverne Thomas Vest, 66 of Petersburg died Thursday, April 20, 2006 at Medical College of Virginia. He was a native of Petersburg and son of the late William Leverne and Dorothy Thomas Vest. He is survived by his wife, Caroline Lewis Vest; two sons, Leverne Thomas Vest, Jr. and wife, Lynne and Lewis Todd Vest and wife, Lindy; five grandchildren,...
George Kitto
Apr 20, 2006
With his wife, daughter, two granddaughters and a great-granddaughter at his side, Colonel George Joseph Kitto of Chester, Va. died at his home on Wednesday morning, April 19, 2006. Truly a representative of ?The Greatest Generation,? Colonel Kitto served in six campaigns in World War II in North Africa and Europe, and he was part of major combat operations with...
John Thompson
Apr 19, 2006
John David Thompson, 57, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, April 19 2006. He was born in Smyth County, Virginia. Mr. Thompson was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving with the U. S. Navy and was a self-employed Plumber. Mr. Thompson was preceded in death by his mother, Ruby Melissa Nichols Thompson and his wife, Brigitte Inga Thompson. Surviving are his...
Barbara Friel
Apr 18, 2006
Barbara Ann Haymaker Friel, 63, of Church Road, widow of Thomas Lee Friel, Sr., died Tuesday, April 18, 2006 at her home. She was born in Waynesboro, VA and was the daughter of the late John Hammond and Sylvia Kay Kennedy Haymaker. She is survived by four children, Thomas L. Friel II, Steven M. Friel, Kimberly N. Friel (Sandra) and...
Edward Farren
Apr 17, 2006
Edward Farren, age 64 of Richmond, VA passed away on March 27, 2006. He was an electrical engineer and was the son of the late James J. and Frances K. Farren. He is survived by two children, James J. Farren of Cambridge, MA and Maureen A. Whitmore of Oxford, ME; two grandchildren; a brother, Lawrence P. Farren of Chester; and...
Jr. Joseph Goble
Apr 17, 2006
Frank Joseph Goble, Jr. age 75, of Chester, VA died on Sunday, April 16, 2006. He was born in Paducha ,KY on January 30, 1931. Mr. Goble moved to the Chester area in the early 1970?s. He was very active in the growth of St. Augustine Catholic Church. Mr. Goble was a member of the Knights of Columbus council #...
Herman Holloman
Apr 15, 2006
Herman ?Red? Lee Holloman 75, of Colonial Heights, passed away Saturday April 15, 2006. He is predeceased in death by his wife Norma Holloman and a daughter Ronda Donnelly. He was retired from the Chesterfield School Board Maintenance Department. He is survived by his first wife and close friend Hazel Barden, Daughters; Sharon Hagstrom & husband, Dick, Diane Garthwait, Tracy...
Gladys Bass
Apr 13, 2006
Gladys E. Bass, 80, of Colonial Heights, passed away Thursday, April 13, 2006. Born in Chesterfield County, she was the daughter of the late Logan and Pattie Stansbury Wilcox. She spent most of her life living in North Carolina where she worked as a seamstress in a garment factory. Mrs. Bass was a widow but is survived by her daughter,...
