Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
William Powell
Mar 30, 2006
William Powell, 81, of Disputanta, son of the late William W. and Maude Melton Powell, passed away Thursday, March 30, 2006. A native of Simsboro, LA, Mr. Powell had lived in Prince George County since 1954. He retired from Commonwealth Natural Gas after 29 years of employment as Superintendent of the Transmission Department, was a member of Trinity United Methodist...
Jr. C. Leonard
Mar 29, 2006
James Cobert Leonard, Jr., 74, of Chester passed away March 29, 2006. He was born in Sussex County, the son of the late James Cobert and Emily Bryant Leonard. Mr. Leonard served in the US Navy during the Korean Conflict and continued his government service at Bellwood, currently Defense Supply Center, where he retired after a total of almost forty...
Maxwell Walker
Mar 28, 2006
Maxwell L. Walker, 85, of Prince George County died March 28, 2006 in Hopewell Health Care Center. Mr. Walker was born in Hanover County, February 26, 1921 son of the late Clarence M. and Mary Ruth Walker. He was preceded in death by a wife Margaret W. Walker, a sister Mary Ellen Eanes, and a grandson Maxwell F. Walker. He...
Julia Pulley
Mar 27, 2006
Julia Hazel Pulley, 82, of Hopewell, died Monday, March 27, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Burnswick County, Va., and had been a resident of Hopewell for many years. Mrs. Pulley was a member of First United Methodist Church and was a retired telephone operator for C & P Telephone Co. She was preceded in death by her...
William Depoy
Mar 27, 2006
William David Depoy, Sr., 80, of Dinwiddie County, entered eternal rest Monday, March 27, 2006 at his residence. Born in Czar, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Charles and Della House Depoy. Mr. Depoy retired after 20 years of service in the U. S. Navy, serving in WWII and the Korean Conflict and was a retired civil...
Linda Cook
Mar 26, 2006
Linda Gurganus Cook, 58, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday March 26, 2006 after several years of declining health. Linda was a member of the Church of Later Day Saints of Colonial Heights. She was the daughter of the late Annie Laura Wilson. She was predeceased by a son Bruce Wayne Stumbo. She is survived by her husband Donald E....
Betsy Price
Mar 26, 2006
Betsy Ann Price, age 55 of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Sunday, March 26, 2006. Mrs. Price was the daughter of the late James N. and Helen K. Leith, and will be loved and missed dearly. She was born in Loudon County, VA. Mrs. Price is survived by a husband, Gary W. Price of Chesterfield; three daughters, Connie Grammar of...
Warren Ferguson
Mar 25, 2006
Warren Dale Ferguson, 82, of Richmond, formerly of Petersburg died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at his home. He was born in Olathe, CO and was the son of the late Frank R. and Anna Elizabeth Locke Ferguson. He was a U. S. Army Veteran of WW II and was employed as a Logistics Management Specialist with Civil Service. He is...
Margaret Barnes
Mar 25, 2006
Margaret Ann Stewart Barnes, 64, of Colonial Heights, died Saturday, March 25, 2006 at her residence. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late George O. Stewart, Sr. and Ann Irene Emory Stewart and was the wife of Frank A. Barnes. Mrs. Barnes is survived by a daughter, Angela M. Barnes; a grandson, Brian Barnes; Sisters-in-law, Geraldine Conner,...
Jr. W. Blocker
Mar 24, 2006
Carlos Winfield Blocker, Jr., of Petersburg, departed this life Friday, March 24, 2006. He was a native of Glennville, GA born the son of Carlos W. Blocker, Sr and the late Emily M. Blocker. Mr. Blocker was retired from Civil Service at Ft. Lee and also previously worked with the Parks and Recreation Dept for Chesterfield County. He is survived...
Irene Blankenship
Mar 24, 2006
Irene Otelia Blankenship, 89, of Church Road, widow of Ollie W. Blankenship, died Friday, March 24, 2006 in Waverly Health Care Center. She was born in Chesterfield and was preceded in death by her parents, Justin and Sadie Elder Childress and two daughters, Barbara B. Clary and Dorothy B. Mitchem.. She is survived by four daughters, Patricia B. Lucas and...
Jessie Mayton
Mar 23, 2006
Jessie Ann Mayton, 90, of Hopewell died Thursday, March 23, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Brunswick County, VA and had been a resident of Hopewell for many years. Miss Mayton was a member of First United Methodist Church and a retired operator for Celanese, Corporation. She was the daughter of the late Clinton & Maggie Powers Mayton....
Jimmy Hardin
Mar 23, 2006
Jimmy Holmes Hardin slipped into heaven Thursday night after a long illness. He was the finest man ever known, a great friend to many, knowledgeable in many things, especially fishing. Jimmy practiced his expertise in fishing by giving directions to good fishing holes, but not always his. He was a devoted family man, he adored his children and grandchildren. He...
Judy Mann
Mar 23, 2006
On Thursday, March 23, 2006, Judy Kay Mann entered through the golden Gates of Heaven into the arms of the Lord and her husband whom preceded her in death, Robert P. Mann I. She is survived by her mother, Nadine Henson of Kansas; two sons, Robert P. Mann II and Joseph F. W. Mann; two daughters, Victoria M. Gelina and...
Donna Dignard
Mar 21, 2006
Windsor, Virginia DONNA LYNN DIGNARD, 36, of Courthouse Highway, Windsor, died suddenly March 19, 2006. Born November 22, 1969 she was the daughter of Gladys and Benjamin H. Wade, Sr. and the wife of Bruce Dignard. A loving wife, mother, daughter and sister she was deeply loved by her family and friends. She will always be remembered and loved by...
Elizabeth Logan
Mar 21, 2006
Elizabeth Louise Gwaltney Logan, 85, of Petersburg, widow of Raymond A. Logan, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2006 at her residence. Born August 30, 1920 in Surry County, she was the daughter of the late, Charlie Cox and Emma Durphy Gwaltney. Mrs. Logan was the former co-owner of Logan?s Grocery in Petersburg which she and her husband operated. She was...
Elsie Elder
Mar 21, 2006
Mrs. Elsie Turner Elder, 55, died early Tuesday morning March 21, 2006 following a brief illness with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Grace Turner. She was a resident of Dinwiddie County and is survived by her husband, Robert Elder: her son, Emil G. Basl, IV and daughter-in-law, Stephanie White Basl of Chesterfield County: five stepsons,...
Carl Calhoun
Mar 21, 2006
Carl Wayne Calhoun, 76, of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday, March 21, 2006. Born in Bristol, VA, he was the son of the late Carl West and Marie Goodman Calhoun. Mr. Calhoun served in the U. S. Navy during the Korean War and worked for the K-Mart Corporation for over 40 years. He was a member of Blandford Lodge #3 A....
Edward Parker
Mar 19, 2006
Edward Shelor Parker, 63, of Hopewell, died Sunday, March 19, 2006, in Hopewell Healthcare Center. He was the son of the late Joseph Edward and Evelyn Morris Parker. Surviving are a sister, Stacie E. Birchett and husband Brad T. Birchett of Richmond, a brother Joseph M. Parker and wife Charlotte P. Parker of Charles City, and an aunt, Lillian M....
Agnes Goad
Mar 18, 2006
Agnes Louise Goad, age 76, of Chester passed away peacefully Saturday Mar. 18, 2006. Born Feb. 9, 1930 in Mitchellville MD, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd Smith and Lottie McKenzie Smith. She was the widow of Muriel Goad. A devoted mother and grandmother, she is survived by her children and grandchildren, Linda Sensabaugh and her husband Harold...
