Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Sharon Edwards
Oct 26, 2008
Sharon T. Edwards, 57, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord Saturday October 25, 2008. She was predeceased by her father; James Traylor, Sr., son, Robert Erb, and a sister Beverly Traylor. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband Bruce Edwards; mother Viola B. Traylor, son; Ronald Erb, Jr., daughter; Joy E....
Ray St.Charles
Oct 24, 2008
Ray B. St.Charles, age 45, of Chester, VA, died on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. He was the owner and operator of Rays Pawn and Jewelry Shop on 4 West Washington Street for 10 years. Mr. St.Charles is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Bonnie L. St.Charles; sons, Derek J. Brazel of Hopewell, VA, and William Travis St.Charles of...
Virginia Valenti
Oct 24, 2008
Virginia S. Valenti, 80, died Friday, October 24, 2008 in Petersburg, VA after a period of declining health. She was born and resided in Dinwiddie County for many years. Mrs. Valenti called Prince George County her home for the last 10 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde B. and Louise F. Smith of Petersburg, VA and...
Claude Whitmore
Oct 24, 2008
Claude Wayne Whitmore, 65, of Chester, passed away Friday October 24, 2008 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was the son of the late Hoyt A. Whitmore, Sr., and Alma Wheelhouse Whitmore, and was predeceased by a brother Ronald P. Whitmore. Wayne loved to fish, cook, and work a garden. He was a veteran of the United States Army and is...
Alice Hoza
Oct 24, 2008
Alice Hoza of Chester, VA passed away on October 24, 2008 at the Retreat Hospital in Richmond following a period of declining health. She was born in Wilkinsburg, PA to the late Donald and Jane Rambo. She is survived by her husband, Roy Hoza; Daughters, Jennifer Hoza and Tammy Cash; and a son, Richard Boyd. Alice was a member of...
Carol Hawkins
Oct 23, 2008
Carol Parham Hawkins, age 94, died October 23, 2008 at The Petersburg Ladies Home, in her hometown of Petersburg, Virginia. She took pride in being the first girl born on Westover Avenue in Petersburg. Her parents were I. Val Parham of Petersburg and Lucille Loyd Parham formerly of Lynchburg. She was a 1937 graduate of Randolphâ??Macon Womanâ??s College. After her...
Josephine, Hall
Oct 23, 2008
Mrs. Josephine H. Hall of Petersburg, VA passed away on October 23, 2008 at the Southside Regional Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born in Petersburg, Virginia to the late Joseph E. Hathaway and Pearl A. Hathaway. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Carl Walker Hall, Sr.; two sisters, May H....
Jerri Taylor
Oct 23, 2008
Jerri Lynn Taylor, age 57, of Chester, VA, died on Thursday, October 23, 2008. She was born in Carlisle, PA, the daughter of James Roney, Sr. and Elizabeth Cromleigh Roney. Ms. Taylor was an employee of the Department of Defense with 35 years of service. Her last position was the Commander of Defense Depot, Richmond, VA. She was also a...
Bernice Fisher
Oct 20, 2008
Fisher, Bernice Poppa of Colonial Heights, VA, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2008. Born in Ettrick, VA, she was the daughter of the late Vincent Henry and Fannie Granger Poppa. She is survived by her husband, James C. Fisher; her daughter, Sandra Fisher Ciofani and her husband, Richard, of Chesterfield; her sister-in-law and dearest friend, Ella Mae Fisher, of...
Donna Saunders
Oct 20, 2008
Donna Ramsey Saunders, 55 of Dinwiddie Co., was called home by the Lord, Monday, October 20, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Norfolk, VA and the daughter of the late John Thomas Ramsey, Sr. and Ruby Perkinson Votsis. She was a registered nurse for St. Francis Medical Center and Virginia Urology. She loved nursing and had a...
Sr., P. Frantz
Oct 20, 2008
Edgar Paul Frantz, Sr., 81, of Hopewell died Monday, October 20, 2008. Mr. Frantz served his country during WWII and was a retired sheet-metal worker at Allied Chemical Inc. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roland and Selma Barth Nickels Frantz; a daughter, Denise Louise Frantz and a son, Edgar Paul Frantz, Jr. He is survived by a...
Margarita Santos
Oct 19, 2008
Margarita Camacho Santos, born February 28,1942 in Ponce Puerto Rico; passed away on October 17, 2008 at the age of 66, in Hopewell, VA. She was the daughter of Francisco Santos and Mercedes Gonzalez. In 1960 she married Alejandro Camacho Sr., a career military officer, together their union was blessed with four children. In 1972, she was blessed with her...
Eloise Lucy
Oct 19, 2008
LAWRENCEVILLE VA Eloise Browder Lucy, age 78, a former resident of Lawrenceville and the Lake Gaston area, died Sunday, October 19, 2008 in Franklin VA. Born on May 26, 1930 in Lawrenceville, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Freeman Browder and Elizabeth Browder Barrier. She was the widow of William Wayne Lucy. She was predeceased by her brother,...
Julia Perkinson
Oct 17, 2008
Julia Sutherland Perkinson, 46 of Midlothian, died Friday, October 17, 2008 at her residence. She was born in Norfolk the daughter of John Whitfield Sutherland and the late Patricia Brandon Sutherland. She was retired from Virginia State Police after sixteen years as a Payroll Supervisor. She is survived by her husband, Mark Timothy Perkinson; son, Jonathan Wesley Perkinson and wife...
Louis Brickell
Oct 17, 2008
Louis E. Brickell, age 59, of Chester, VA, passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2008. He was a retired Boilermaker with the Local #45. Mr. Brickell is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Bonnie M. Brickell; mother, Elsie Brickell; sons, Bruce Mobley of Chester, and Shane Mobley of Colonial Heights, VA; a daughter, Wendy Simpson of Cumming, GA;...
Myrna Carnes
Oct 16, 2008
Myrna Ann Ragan Carnes, 71, of Chesterfield passed away on Thursday, October 16, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, William H. and Myrtle Hedrick Ragan and her grandson, Corey Temple. Myrna is survived by her daughters, Tammi Mence and Tracey Temple and her husband, Bruce; grandchildren, Jennifer Bradley and her husband, Byron, Stephanie and Christopher Mence and...
James Leftwich
Oct 15, 2008
James Davis Leftwich, 88, of Pittsboro, NC, formerly of Colonial Heights, VA., passed away on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. He was preceded in death by his parents Jefferson Davis Leftwich and Sarah Woolridge Leftwich, and his brothers Herman, Preston, and Thomas Leftwich. James is survived by his wife of 62 years, Sue Marshall Leftwich; children Steve Leftwich and Ann Leftwich...
Leslie Aper
Oct 14, 2008
Leslie Randall Draper, 76, of Hopewell died Tuesday, October 14, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Draper was born in Martinsville, VA and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. He retired at Fort Lee as a M/Sgt with 23 years of service. Following...
Lillian Broach
Oct 13, 2008
Lillian Locks Broach, age 89, of Bracey, VA, died on Sunday, October 12, 2008. She was born in Richmond, VA, the daughter of the late Ernest and Nellie Short Locks. Mrs. Broach was also preceded in death by her husband, Cleveland A. Broach. She is survived by her daughters, Betty B. Barker and husband, Robert, of Chester, Patricia B. Lewis...
Jean Whitchurch
Oct 13, 2008
Jean P. Whitchurch, 76, of Colonial Heights, widow of Daniel B. Whitchurch, passed away Monday, October 13, 2008. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Eleanor Boisseau Powell. She was a longtime member of Lakemont Baptist Church in Petersburg. Mrs. Whitchurch is survived by her son, Danny Whitchurch and wife, Becky of Prince George; grandson,...
