Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Christine Hotz
May 25, 2006
Christine Reiter Hotz, 90, of Petersburg, passed away Thursday, May 25, 2006. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the last survivor of seven children born to Frank Louis and Frances Blaha Reiter. She was the loving wife of 67 years to Rudolph Louis Hotz, who together, built their home a very short distance from her birthplace. Mrs. Hotz retired from...
Laverne Frazier
May 25, 2006
Laverne Goodlett Frazier, 81, of Marietta, Georgia, formerly of Hopewell, died May 25,2006. Mrs. Frazier was born in Bastrop, Texas. She was a homemaker, a member of the First United Methodist Church and a member of the Order of Eastern Star Adah Chapter #7.She was preceded in death by her parents, Allen D. and Esther Dunks Goodlett, her husband Thomas...
John Lewis
May 25, 2006
John H. Lewis, 63, of Dinwiddie went home to rest on Wednesday, May 24, 2006. Born in Danville, VA he was preceded in death by his parents, Wilbur S. Lewis, Sr. and Louise Evans Lewis; a brother, Wilbur S. Lewis, Jr., and a sister, Sharon L. Jones. John served his country in the VA Army National Guard as a Sgt....
Doris Jones Peck
May 24, 2006
Surry, Virginia Doris Mae Jones Peck, 75, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News. Born in Surry County, Virginia she was the daughter of the late Nicholas F. Jones and Doris Thorne Jones. She was a retired bookkeeper and a lifelong member of Surry Baptist Church. Mrs. Peck is survived by her loving...
Dominick Concodora
May 24, 2006
Dominick Concodora, 90, of Dunlop House, Colonial Heights, VA, died Wednesday May 24, 2006. A memorial service will be held for Mr. Concodora on Saturday, June 24, 2006 at 2:00 p.m. in the Hopewell Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Fr. Frank Wiggins of St. James Catholic Church will officiate. Interment will be private. Memorial...
Alvin Sheffield
May 22, 2006
Alvin Lee Sheffield, 74, of Colonial Heights, passed away suddenly on Monday, May 22, 2006. He was predeceased by his parents Lee and Alice Sheffield, two sisters Katherine and Dorothy Baxton, and one brother Luther Bosher. He is survived by his devoted loving wife of 52 years, Margaret (Mickey) K. Sheffield; and his three children and their spouses; Kimberlie and...
Harvey Grammer
May 22, 2006
Mr. Harvey Lee Grammer, 80, of Hopewell, died at his residence on Monday, May 22, 2006. Mr. Grammer, a native of Hopewell and a veteran of the US Navy, was a retired piper fitter and operator for Allied-Chemical Corporation. He was preceded in death by his parents, Andrew Lee and Effie Omega Sheffield Grammer and a sister. Katy G. Clayton....
Donna Kimmel
May 22, 2006
Donna S. Kimmel, age 76 of Chester, VA died Monday, May 22, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Clyde V. and Laura K. Forsythe. Mrs. Kimmel was born in Butler, PA and worked as a registered nurse. She was also a Silver Life Master with the American Contract Bridge League, Richmond Bridge Association, and volunteer with CASA in...
Ned Coleman
May 21, 2006
Mr. Ned Meyer Coleman, 85,of Hopewell, departed this life, Sunday. May 21, 2006 at Riverview on the Appomattox. Mr. Coleman was a retired welder with Hercules, Inc., a member of First Baptist Church, Dupont Lodge #289 AF & AM, and VFW Post 637 and served in the US Army during World War II. Mr. Coleman was preceded in death by...
Beverly Traylor
May 20, 2006
Beverly Ann Traylor, 68, died Saturday, May 20, 2006 at Waverly Health Care Center. Beverly was the widow of Johnnie G. Traylor. She is survived by sons, Thomas R. and John G. Traylor; daughter, Cindy Traylor Goss; two grandsons and one great-grandson. The family will receive friends at the Petersburg chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation...
Sr., E. Belcher
May 19, 2006
Bernard E. (Hawk) Belcher, Sr., 72, of Prince George passed away at his home with his family and friends by his side. He was born in Petersburg and was the son of the late Frank and Bertha Vaughan Belcher. He was an avid fisherman, hunter and sportsman and was a fan of the Baltimore Orioles. He was a retired brick...
Kevin King
May 18, 2006
Kevin Michael King, 17 of Chester died May 18, 2006. He was an attending junior at Thomas Dale High School, a member of Central Chesterfield Little League and St. Annâ??s Catholic Church. He was predeceased by grandparents Floyd Collins and Eleanor Lentz. He is survived by his parents, Brian R. and Susan C. King; brother, Christopher King; sister, Kaitlin King...
Col.John Bucher
May 18, 2006
Retired U.S. Army Colonel, John William Bucher of Chester, VA. died on May 18, 2006. Colonel Bucher obtained a BA from Temple University and MS from Penn State University and was chosen to attend the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Colonel Bucher was commissioned as a Second Lt. in the U.S. Army in 1971. Initially, Colonel Bucher entered the...
Gilbert Harrison
May 18, 2006
Gilbert Eugene Harrison, age 62, of Chester, VA died on Thursday, May 18, 2006. He was son of the late William O. and Lillian Barrett Harrison. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church for about ten years, member of Richmond Cursillo, member of Warrant Officers Association and a advocate of the ALS Association He is survived by his...
Mary Owens
May 17, 2006
Mary Payne Owens, 83, of Lady Lake Florida, died Wednesday May 17, 2006. Mrs. Owens was born in Hartwell, West Virginia and moved to Lady Lake Florida in 1979. She was co-founder of the Lady Lake Wesleyan Methodist Church in Lady Lake Florida. She was a devoted homemaker. She is survived by; a son Ernie Wellman of Lady Lake, Florida,...
Joyce Vaughan
May 15, 2006
Joyce Fran Vaughan 63, of Carson passed away peacefully at her home Monday May 15, 2006. Joyce was a member of Salem United Methodist Church in Prince George. She was the daughter of the late Charles W. & Gladys Wray Smith. She is survived by her husband Edward J. (Red) Vaughan, two sons, Charles E. Vaughan & wife Wanda of...
Evelyn Fenner
May 12, 2006
Evelyn Isadora Heflin Payne Fenner of Hopewell died on Friday, May 12, 2006 at the age of 84 after an illness. She was the daughter of the late Mary Evelyn Cox and James Otho Heflin of Hopewell. She graduated from James Madison University and enjoyed careers as a mathematics teacher, a spectacular mother and homemaker and a bookkeeper for Southern...
Jr., D. Maxey
May 12, 2006
Henry Duiguid â??HDâ?? Maxey, Jr., 72, of Chesterfield County passed away suddenly on May 12, 2006. Mr. Maxey was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Duiguid Maxey, Sr., and Ruth Perry Maxey and by his wife of forty-six years, Shirley Holmes Maxey. Mr. Maxey passed away eleven days after the death of his wife. He is survived by his...
Vera Spain
May 12, 2006
Vera â??Gerlineâ? Burton Spain, 87, of Colonial Heights, widow of Edward Roper Spain, Sr., passed away Friday, May 12, 2006 at Hopewell Health Care Center. Born in Chesterfield County, she was the daughter of the late Rufus F. and Emmaline Wolfrey Burton. She was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist...
John Oliver
May 11, 2006
John Robert Oliver, 86, widower of Ernestine R. Oliver of Richmond, formerly of Hopewell, died, Thursday, May 11, 2006 in the Retreat Hospital. Mr. Oliver lived most of his life in Hopewell. He was the son of the late Leslie R. and Mary Cooney Oliver. He served in the U. S. Navy during WW II, was Chief Appraiser for Pioneer...
