Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Minnie Burton
Oct 4, 2005
Dendron, Virginia MINNIE HILL BURTON, 95, widow of Garland Cole Burton, Sr., died Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in Yorktown, Virginia. Born November 19, 1909 in Prince George County, VA., she was the daughter of the late James Hill and Minnie Lee Livesay Hill. Mrs. Burton was a resident of Surry County most of her life and for the past 20...
Larry Madison
Oct 4, 2005
Larry Woodford Madison, Sr., 62, of Chester died Friday, September 30, 2005 in Little Rock, AR at the UAMS Hospital after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma cancer. He was a native of Richmond and was the son of the late Charles Wilson and Elnora Virginia Bradley Madison, Sr. He was the founder of Larry W. Madison and Associates, former...
Ruth Branch
Oct 4, 2005
Ruth Minshew Branch, 97, died Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Homerville, GA and had been a resident of Hopewell since 1923. Mrs. Branch was a retired operator from Tubize. She was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac and Sara Belle Griffis Minshew and her husband George H. Branch. Mrs. Branch is...
Harry Pletcher
Oct 3, 2005
Pastor Harry B. Pletcher, age 77?On October 3, 2005, God said, ?Well done thy good and faithful servant, you have fought a good fight, enter into the joy of thy salvation and eternal bliss.? He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Evelyn Aleksy Pletcher; daughter, Diane Coghill and husband, William; granddaughters, Lori and Alycia Coghill, and Jennifer...
Evelyn Hunter
Oct 3, 2005
Evelyn Mason Hunter, 100, formerly of Hopewell died Monday, October 3, 2005 in Westminister Canterbury in Richmond. She was born in Spotsylvania County, VA and had made her home in Hopewell from 1928 until moving to Richmond. Mrs. Hunter was the last surviving founding member of the Board of Directors of John Randolph Medical Center, she was a member of...
Doris P. Tipton
Oct 2, 2005
Doris F. Porter Tipton, 71, of Crestwood, Kentucky, formerly of Petersburg, Virginia, died Sunday, October 2, 2005 at the Episcopal Church Home. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Elliot and Judith Dowdy Francis and her husbands, Bernard Porter and Albert Tipton. Mrs. Tipton was a member of Livingstone Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughters, Sylvia...
Janesse Renee
Oct 2, 2005
Janesse Burkley Renee, 61, of Colonial Heights, died Sunday, October 2, 2005. in the Medical College of Virginia. She was born in Washington, D.C. Ms. Renee was a retired systems analyst with the Department of Defense, a member of Xi Gamma Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and a volunteer with the Chesterfield Christmas Mother. She was the daughter of...
Clyde Boze
Oct 1, 2005
Mr. Wilbur Clyde Boze III, 30, of Ford, died Saturday, October 1, 2005. He was an electrician with Iluka Resources Titanium Plant. He was a loving husband, devoted father and friend and was a member of Hawkins Memorial Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his devoted wife Carol Dawn Boze, a son Jacob Clyde Boze, a daughter Lauren Sydney Boze,...
David Carter
Sep 30, 2005
David Alvin Carter, 79, of Petersburg, died Friday September 30, 2005. He was the son of the late Samuel Ewers & Mamie Frye Carter and was predeceased by a brother Samuel E. Carter Jr. He was employed with Allied Chemical for 18 years and retired from Petersburg Public Schools where he taught Chemistry. Mr. Carter was a charter member of...
Janet Alley
Sep 30, 2005
Mary Janet (Campbell) Alley, died September 30, 2005 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Daughter of the late Helen Jones & Robert Louis Campbell of Williamsburg and Yorktown Virginia. Born September 26, 1926 in Hagerstown, Md., she lived in the peninsula area until 1948 when she married the late, Lofton H. Alley of Richmond, Virginia. She traveled Europe and Japan as an...
Philip Hamlet
Sep 29, 2005
Philip Daniel Hamlet, 49, of Midlothian, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2005. Born in Richmond, he was the son of M. Evelyn Hamlet and the late Clyde Daniel Hamlet. He was a U. S. Army veteran and an employee of the Virginia Department of ABC. In addition to his mother, Mr. Hamlet is survived by his wife Cynthia Hamlet; his...
James Kinton
Sep 27, 2005
James William Kinton, Jr., 57, of Chester, died from a brief battle with cancer, on Tuesday, September 27, 2005. He was the son of the late Cassie K. Rutland and James W. Kinton, Sr. Mr. Kinton was the owner of Bermuda Inn for twenty-six years. He is survived by his devoted wife of 38 years, Ruth Fields Kinton; two daughters...
Ginny Davis
Sep 26, 2005
Surry, Virginia GINNY FOWLER DAVIS, 45, a resident of Surry, VA, died suddenly on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at her home. Ginny was born on March 8, 1960 in Boykins, VA, and she loved antiques and collectibles. She was a loving mother, wife and grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Sam R. Davis; a daughter, Jamie...
Anna Hawks
Sep 24, 2005
Anna Felts Hawks, 85, of Petersburg died Sunday, September 25, 2005. She was a life long native of Petersburg and the daughter of the late Joseph Alexander and Olan Virginia Biggs Felts. She was predeceased by her husband James Henry Hawks, Jr., son James H. Hawks, III, sister Louise Felts and brother Joseph Felts. She was a lifelong member of...
Harriett Michalek
Sep 22, 2005
Harriett Leonard Michalek, 71 of Petersburg died Thursday, September 22, 2005. She was a native of Carson, VA and the daughter of the late Roper Thomas and Elsie Magee Leonard. She was the widow of George J. Michalek. She is survived by two brothers, John T. Leonard of Disputanta; R.T. Leonard, Jr. of Petersburg; two sisters, Betsy L. Critz of...
Zella Jordan
Sep 22, 2005
Zella Marie Estelle Jordan, 84, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, September 21, 2005 in Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond. Mrs. Jordan was born in Willow Branch, Indiana and had made her home in the Hopewell area since 1983. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, a retired Licensed Practical Nurse, and a dedicated homemaker. Mrs. Jordan was the daughter...
Annie Wells
Sep 22, 2005
Annie Ruth Wells, 78, of Disputanta, VA died Thursday, September 22, 2005. She was a native of Sussex Co., VA and the daughter of the late Walter and Anna Mae Rideout Stallings. She was a member of Oakland Baptist Church in Prince George Co. She is survived by her daughter, Mary Spencer and husband, Mike; two sons, John Wells and...
Evelyn Critcher
Sep 22, 2005
Evelyn Juan Critcher, 73, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord, Thursday, September 22, 2005. She is survived by her husband, G.W. ?Jerry? Critcher; son, Jerry Robin Critcher and wife Patricia of Chesterfield and daughter, Rhonda Juan Sober and husband Donald of Surry Virginia; four grandchildren: Jennifer Lussier, Rhiannon Woods, Casey Rapalee and Jeremy Critcher and two brothers Hugh...
Nancy Burns
Sep 21, 2005
Nancy Harris Burns, 85, of Carson, formerly of Hopewell, died Wednesday September 21 at her home. She was the daughter of the late James Witt & Nattie Dalton Harris and was predeceased by her loving husband Lester Henry Burns. She was the sister of the late James Hardy Harris, Lewis Hiram Harris, Joseph Dalton Harris, Ralph Thomas Harris, and Helen...
James Hutzler
Sep 21, 2005
James Harley Hutzler, 57, beloved husband and father, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 21, 2005 after a short illness. He will be missed and remembered by his family for whom he always loved, cared and provided. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Martha Mathews Hutzler, his son John Eston Hutzler and daughter Sarah...
