Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Helen Taylor
Mar 16, 2006
Helen E. Taylor, 83, of Hopewell, passed away on April 16, 2006 at the Hopewell Health Care Center. She was born in Brooklyn, NY. and made Hopewell her home for the last 48 years. Mrs. Taylor served in the U.S.Marine Corps during WW II. She and her husband owned and operated Taylors Bait Shop in Hopewell for many years. Mrs....
Gladys Emory
Mar 16, 2006
Gladys Ozmore Emory, 77, of Waverly, died Thursday, March 16, 2006 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born in Brunswick County, Va and preceded in death by her parents, Jack Howerton and Margaret Ozmore and two brothers, John C. Ozmore and Robert J. Ozmore. She was a former employee of Titmus Optical and was a member of Monumental Baptist...
Nancy Colgin
Mar 14, 2006
Norfolk, Virginia Nancy Alice Colgin, 84, a former resident of Claremont, VA, passed away at her home in Norfolk on March 8, 2006. Born July 25, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Leslie Blandford Colgin, Sr. and Nannie Daugherty Colgin. Nancy retired as a Depot Supply Clerk with the Norfolk Naval Base after 35 years of service. She...
Dorothy Lewis
Mar 12, 2006
Dorothy Avis Lewis, 86, passed away Saturday, March 11, 2006 at Tandem Health Care in Windsor, VA. Born in Isle of Wight County on September 29, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Ryland G. Lewis and Mary Avis Lewis. She is survived by one niece, Ann Lewis of Boise, Idaho; three nephews, Robert W. Lewis of Davenport, Iowa,...
Ivey Grigg
Mar 11, 2006
Ivey Olivia Hogwood Grigg, 78, of Colonial Heights died Saturday, March 11, 2006. She was a native of Prince George County, born the daughter of the late Charles and Lola Hogwood. Mrs. Grigg was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church and Lydia Sunday School Class as well as a member of Rebekah?s. She is survived by her husband Thomas A....
Paul Carraway
Mar 11, 2006
Paul Randolph Carraway, 17, of Prince George, passed away very unexpectedly on Saturday, March 11, 2006. He is survived by his parents, Eleanor A. Paul and Randolph G. Carraway; his grandparents, Bill and Margie Paul and Vivian Carraway; his sister, Leslie Carraway; and his aunt and uncle, Mary and Bobby Paul. Paul was a senior at Prince George High School...
Robert Ayscue
Mar 9, 2006
Robert Curtis Ayscue, 68, of Colonial Heights, died Thursday, March 9, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born in Petersburg and was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Henry and Myrtle Green Ayscue and a brother, Carl D. Ayscue. He was an employee in the Meat Department of Food Lion. He is survived by two sisters, Marlene...
Eileen Luck
Mar 9, 2006
Eileen Tomlinson Luck, age 88, of Chester, VA passed away Thursday, March 9, 2006. She was a teacher who received her Bachelor?s Degree from East Carolina Teachers College, and taught in Raleigh, NC and Richmond, VA. She was also an active member of Westover Hills United Methodist Church for fifty plus years. Ms. Luck was preceded in death by her...
Jr., Henson
Mar 9, 2006
Floyd Henson, Jr. CWO3 (Ret), 73, died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg, Virginia. Born in Marshall, Illinois he was the son of the late Floyd G. and Josephine Crafton Henson, the husband of the late Nai Sook Henson and the brother of the late James, Ray and Bud Henson. Mr. Henson was a retired...
Richard "Huck" Slade
Mar 8, 2006
Richard Thomas ?Huck? Slade, 71, passed away Tuesday March 7, 2006 at his home in Wakefield, VA. Born September 19, 1934 in Sussex County he was the son of the late Robert Thomas Slade and Marjorie Noon Slade. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps. Huck was a well known and beloved member of the Wakefield community;...
Harry Clary
Mar 8, 2006
Harry Lindbergh Clary, 76, of Hopewell died Wednesday, March 8, 2006 at his residence. He was born in Brunswick County, Virginia and had been a long time resident of this area. Mr. Clary was a U. S. Army veteran, having served with the 82nd Airborne Division during WWII, and was a retired foreman in Research & Development at Allied Signal...
June Harris
Mar 7, 2006
June Carroll Harris, 78, of Hopewell died Tuesday, March 7, 2006 in Riverview on the Appomattox. She was born in Kingsport, TN and had been a resident of this area for 60 years.Mrs. Harris was a member of the Red Hat Society of Petersburg, an honorary member of Calvary?s Love Ministries and a retired operator for Allied SignalCorporation. She was...
Charles Jr. Ashworth
Mar 6, 2006
Charles Stanwood Ashworth, Jr., 59, passed away at his home in February, 2006. Born in Detroit, Michigan, he was the son of the late Charles Stanwood Ashworth, Sr. and Gertrude Duncan Ashworth. Charles was an Electronics Expert in computers; was a member of the NRA; attended Oak Grove United Methodist Church; and was the proud recipient of a heart transplant...
Wallace Davenport
Mar 4, 2006
Wallace Elmer Davenport, 87, a former resident of Chester, died Saturday, March 4, 2006, in Gloucester, VA. Mr. Davenport was a retired pipe fitter with Allied Chemical Corporation, a member of Bermuda Hundred United Methodist Church, Loyal Order of the Moose, Lodge # 1472 and a 50 year member of the Glen Allen Masonic Lodge #131. Mr. Davenport was one...
Neoma Biddle
Mar 3, 2006
Neoma E. Biddle, 92, of Petersburg, widow of Lawrence Edward Biddle, passed away Friday, March 03, 2006 at her residence. Born in Chesterfield County, she was the daughter of the late Edward Porter and Lelia Williams Clarke. Mrs. Biddle was the eldest member of the First Assembly of God in Dinwiddie County and was very proud to have taught Sunday...
Nathaniel Burgwyn
Mar 3, 2006
Nathaniel Thomas Ridley Burgwyn, a fifty-year resident of Richmond, passed away on Friday, March 3, 2006. Born October 12, 1925, in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, Nat was the son of Emily Roper and George Pollok Burgwyn, Jr., of Jackson, North Carolina. After his father?s death in 1930, his mother moved back to her hometown of Petersburg, Virginia, where Nat graduated...
Sara Cleere
Mar 2, 2006
Sara Ann Cleere, 60, of Chester died Thursday, March 2, 2006. She was a native of Richmond born the daughter of the late Henry and Lois Robertson and also preceded in death by her brother Robert Robertson. She was retired from Bell Atlantic and a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church in Chester. Mrs. Cleere is survived by her husband...
Archibald Marks
Mar 2, 2006
Archibald Davis Andrews Marks, 85, of Prince George, Virginia, died Wednesday, March 2, 2006 at her home. Mrs. Marks?s health had been declining for several years. Born on September 28, 1920 in Ashland, Virginia, she was the daughter of the late Mordecai Walker Andrews and Georgia Hill Andrews. Charles Hardaway Marks, her husband of fifty-three years, died in 2004. She...
Mabury Baker
Mar 1, 2006
Mabury Gardner Baker, 97, went to be with her Lord on Wednesday, March 1, 2006 with her family by her side, at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, Virginia. A lifelong resident of Surry County, she was the widow of Charlie W. Baker and mother of the late Ruth Baker Warthan. Born August 24, 1908 she was the daughter of the...
Martha Kirkland
Feb 28, 2006
Martha Helen Wyatt Kirkland 89, passed away February 28, 2006 in SRMC after a period of declining health. She was the widow of the late John Herbert Kirkland and had lived her entire life in Petersburg, Va. Martha was the daughter of William Heartwell Wyatt, and Mattie Anderson Wyatt also of Petersburg, VA. She leaves to cherish her memory two...
