Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Alma Wells
Dec 3, 2005
Alma Wilson Wells age 70 of Petersburg died Saturday, December 3, 2005. She is survived by her husband of 49 years, George E. Wells, Sr.; two daughters, Deborah Rainey and Cindy Sechrest; three sons, George E. Wells, Jr., Luther M. Wells and Allen W. Wells; 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M....
Gracie Farrar
Dec 3, 2005
Gracie Spain Farrar, 89 of Petersburg, widow of Elmo Cawthorne Farrar, passed away Saturday, December 3, 2005 at her residence. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Elwyn Covington and Louisa Avis Talley Spain. She was a retried bookkeeper with Bollingbrook School and a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Petersburg. Mrs. Farrar is survived...
Sr., D. Minton
Dec 3, 2005
Marcus Duncan Minton, Sr., 61, of Petersburg died Saturday, December 03, 2005 at his home. He was a native of Waco, TX and the son of Mildred Duncan Minton and the late Hugh Glaze Minton. Mr. Minton was a lawyer in Petersburg for 35 years. He is also survived by his wife Martha Butterworth Minton; two sons Marcus Duncan Minton,...
Jr., C. Nelder
Dec 2, 2005
James C. Nelder, Jr. of Chesterfield, VA, a WWII veteran, born Dec. 18, 1926, departed this life Dec. 2, 2005 at McGuire Hospital. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Barbara L. Nelder; 2 children, James C. Nelder, III of Jasper, Al. and George A. Nelder and his wife Michelle of Chesterfield, VA., 2 grandchildren Jamie Rae Foltyn...
Albert Cowling
Nov 29, 2005
Waverly, Virginia Albert Carlton Cowling, 73, passed away Monday, November 28, 2005 at Waverly Health Care Center after a long illness. Born in Surry County, VA he was a son of the late Bernice Everett Cowling and Edna Branch Cowling. Mr. Cowling served his country in the U.S. Army, was a retired carpenter, a member of the Farmers? Hunt Club,...
Garline Dunlow
Nov 29, 2005
Garline Dawson Dunlow, 57, of Hopewell died Tuesday, November 29, 2005 in MCV Hospital in Richmond. Mrs. Dunlow was born in Windsor, NC, and was a resident of Hopewell for many years. Mrs. Dunlow was the daughter of the late Roy William & Hilder Mizelle Dawson. She is survived by a son, Jeffery C. Dunlow and wife Shannon, a daughter,...
Bonnie Isom
Nov 29, 2005
Bonnie Lucille Isom, 70, of Hopewell died Tuesday, November 29, 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert H. Isom, and her parents Wilson Mullins & Carrie Mitchem. A native of Iager, W. VA., she had lived in Hopewell for three decades. Her husband retired from the U.S. Army and she was proud to be a military wife....
Ann Barbee
Nov 27, 2005
Ann Sue Barbee, 78, of Hopewell, died Sunday, November 27, 2005 at Hopewell Health Care Center. She was the widow of Benjamin Guy Barbee. She was retired from John Randolph Medical Center where she worked as a nurse, secretary & ward clerk for over 20 years. She leaves to cherish her memory two daughters, Cindy Aultman and her husband Jim...
Wesley. Vlk
Nov 27, 2005
Wesley Vlk, Jr. 86 of Tucker, GA died November 27, 2005. He was the son of the late Wesley Vlk, Sr. and Annie Janek. He was the widower of Cora Virginia Vlk. He was a member of the Blandford United Methodist Church and many functions of the 83rd Infantry. Veteran of WWII in the U.S. Army. He is survived by...
Ivor Davis
Nov 26, 2005
Ivor K. Davis, 62, of Chester, died Saturday, November 26, 2005. He was retired from the Department of Corrections. Mr. Davis was the son of the late Ivor Kistler & Clayta Ilene Gray Davis. He is survived by a son, Ivor. K. Davis II and his wife, Janet of Hopewell, Va.; and their children Samantha and Megan of Hopewell; numerous...
Homer Hill
Nov 26, 2005
Homer Wesley Hill, 82 of Hopewell passed away Saturday, November 26, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Lester, WV and was preceded in death by his wife, Mable Jean Hill and parents, Charley and Emma Thompson Hill. He was a decorated U. S. Army veteran of WW II and was a retired carpenter. He is survived...
Cheryl Johns
Nov 25, 2005
Cheryl Hunter Johns, 57, of Midlothian died Friday, November 25, 2005 at her home. She was born in Petersburg and was a retired medical technologist with MCV. She is survived by her daughter, Shawna R. Johns; parents, Charles and Evalyn Hunter; sister and brother-in-law, Robin and Alan Pruett; nephew, Jason Pruett; and caregiver and friend, Lorna Stine. The family will...
Helen Agrella
Nov 22, 2005
Mrs. Agrella was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts September 2, 1911 to Edward and Mary Jane Dalrymple. She is preceded in death by her parents, siblings and her ?Charlie?, Charles D. Agrella She is survived by her daughter, Loismary A. Hoehne and son-in-law Lee, son, Charles D. Agrella. Grandchildren, Kathryn J. Douglas and husband Paul, Lloyd C. Journigan and wife...
Katherine Westmoreland
Nov 21, 2005
Mrs. Katherine Marie Westmoreland, 83, of Newport News, died Monday, November 21, 2005, in Riverside Convalescent, Newport News. She was born in Dinwiddie County and was a former resident of North 21st Avenue, Hopewell. She was a retired teacher and owner of ?Jack and Jill Kindergarten?. Mrs. Westmoreland was preceded in death by her parents. James and Mabel McClanning Upchurch...
Dorothy Baker
Nov 20, 2005
Dorothy Blanche Baker, 80, of Hopewell, died Sunday, November 20, 2005 at John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. Baker was born in Sampson County, NC and was a former resident of Woodlawn Street. She was a retired clerk with Allied Chemical Corporation and a retired cashier with A & P. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter B and...
Edith Marable
Nov 20, 2005
Edith Marable, 79, of Ettrick, passed away Sunday, November 20, 2005. Born in Ettrick, she was the daughter of the late, Ralph and Sallie Belcher Marable. She was a retired employee of Philip Morris and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Preceded in death by two brothers, Ranny Marable and Herbert Marable, she is survived by two...
Gertrude Hoover
Nov 20, 2005
Gertrude Tucker Hoover, 92, passed away November 20, 2005. She was the widow of Phillip Thomas Harrup and Charles Eugene Hoover. A native of Dinwiddie County, she was one of five children of the late Thomas Parham Tucker and Elizabeth Kennon Ford Tucker and was predeceased by her four siblings, Alma T. Dickerson, T. Leonard, Horton L. and Ashton F....
Sarah Pearson
Nov 19, 2005
Sarah Frances ?Sis? Pearson, 83, of Hopewell, died Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005 in Hopewell Healthcare Center. She was born in Hopewell. Mrs. Pearson was a member of Liberty Baptist Church for over twelve years and a retired clerk with Sears. She was preceded in death by her parents, Walter L. and Alma C. Henley Hudson, her beloved husband, Charlie W....
Albert Jones
Nov 19, 2005
Albert Lee Jones, Sr., 80, of Chester died Saturday, November 19, 2005. He was a native of Warrenton, NC born the son of the late Al and Etta P. Jones. Mr. Jones was a World War II Veteran serving in the U.S. Navy. He was preceded in death by his wife Frances M. Jones and is survived by two daughters...
Mabel Blevins
Nov 18, 2005
Mabel Frances Atkins Blevins, 84, of Prince George, died Friday, November 18, 2005 in Hopewell Health Care Center. She was born in Franklin County, Virginia and had been a resident of Hopewell since 1962. Mrs. Blevins was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, William David & Anne Elizabeth Turner Atkins her...
