Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Joan Avery
Apr 9, 2008
Joan Anita Avery, 57, of McKenney, departed this life on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at her residence with her family at her side. She was the daughter of the late Howard W. and Rose J. Ellis. Joan was a dedicated employee of Colonial Heights Health Care Center for 16 years who enjoyed taking care of others. She is survived by...
Edward Lambert
Apr 7, 2008
The Rev. Edward Lambert went home to be with our Lord on Monday, April 7, 2008. He was born in Toronto, Canada. He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Ann Lambert and his wife, Olga B. Lambert. Rev. Lambert graduated form Moody Bible Institute, Southwest State College and Union Theological Seminary. He and his wife were Missionaries...
Homer Marsh
Apr 6, 2008
Homer Stanley Marsh went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 5, 2008. He was preceded in death by his father, Wharton Tecumseh Marsh; mother, Mary Edith Marsh; brother, Morris Marsh and his wife Jane, all of Springfield, OH. Mr. Marsh dearly loved his children, and grandchildren. Surviving are a devoted daughter, Barbara; sons, John and his...
Leoni Brunner
Apr 5, 2008
Leoni Anne Brunner, age 78, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, April 5, 2008. She was born in Bulach, Switzerland, the daughter of the late Hans and Anna Frei. Mrs. Brunner was also preceded in death by her husband, Hans Brunner. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and was very active in her familyâ??s lives. She...
Robert Carroll
Apr 5, 2008
Waverly, Virginia Robert Carroll, 80, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Waverly Health Care Center in Waverly, VA. Born September 1, 1927 in Isle of Wight County, VA he was the son of the late Harry Clay and Fannie Harrell Carroll. He served his country during WW II as a hospital orderly in the U.S. Army; was a member...
Mary Brockwell
Apr 4, 2008
Mary Frances Howerton Brockwell, 86, of Petersburg, Virginia, passed away April 4, 2008, after a period of declining health. She was the widow of James T. Brockwell, Sr. She lived a good Christian life as a devoted wife, Mother, and friend to many. â??Francesâ? was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late James Lee and Barbara...
Benny Muncy
Apr 4, 2008
Dendron, VA The Honorable BENNY WADE MUNCY, age 80, a resident and mayor of Dendron, died peacefully in the hospice unit at McGuire VA Hospital in Richmond on Thursday, April 3, 2008, after a 3-1/2-month battle with brain cancer. Born April 14, 1927, in Draper, NC, he was the son of the late Clarence and Lucille Rodgers Muncy. He was...
Henry Rawlings
Apr 3, 2008
Henry W. Rawlings, known to many as â??Jakeâ? died on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson, NC at the age of 90. He was born in Wakefield, Virginia, but lived most of his life in Hopewell, Virginia. Jake was a member of Company E of The Old First Virginia National Guard which later became the 176th...
Jr. L. Whirley
Apr 2, 2008
Roy Lee Whirley, Jr., 73 of Petersburg, passed away April 2, 2008 at St. Maryâ??s Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer for two years. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 30 years Donna Ree Hicks Whirley, parents, Roy L. Whirley, Sr. and Annie Juanita Bennett Whirley and a step- son James Mitchell. He was a...
Linda Eastep
Apr 2, 2008
Linda Leigh Pruitt Eastep, fondly known as â??Momma Eâ? went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Southside Regional Medical Center. â??Momma Eâ? was born in Charlottesville, VA and had been a long time resident of the Prince George area. She was an active member and the organist at Salem United Methodist Church in Burrowsville...
Billie Leonard
Apr 1, 2008
Billie Jordan Leonard, 88, of Lake Chesdin, Sutherland, passed away at her home on April 1, after a long battle with Alzheimers Disease. She was born in Campbell County to the late James E. and Gertrude Cardwell Jordan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Eula Conner, Margaret Padgett, and Sadie Conyers, and brother,...
Lady Montgomery
Apr 1, 2008
Mrs. Lady Maude Montgomery, 91, a former resident of Hopewell, Virginia for many years, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at a Temple, Texas nursing home following many years of declining health. Lady was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Col (Ret) Waldo W. Montgomery, Sr. and her granddaughter, Lisa Lynn Montgomery. She is survived by two children, Mrs. Doris...
Dorothy Merryman
Mar 31, 2008
Dorothy Eloise Hoon Merryman, 87, of Hopewell, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Merryman was preceded in death by her parents, Otto Blaine and Bertha Catherine Neely Hoon, and her husband, Garmen E. Merryman. She was a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church and was actively involved with visitation and meals for homebound members of her church....
Ramona Cole
Mar 30, 2008
Ramona S. Cole, 49 of Prince George, passed away March 30, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia. She was a native of Prince George County and the daughter of the late Finley Lee and Lucy A. Saunders. She was a member of the Unity Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Tiffany Starkey and husband, Zach; granddaughter, Rebecca Morris;...
Robert Sr. Hartnett
Mar 29, 2008
Robert V. â??Mikeâ? Hartnett, Sr. 85, of Petersburg died Saturday, March 29, 2008. He was the son of the late Timothy Michael and Esther Hastings Hartnett and the widower of Geneva Cheek Hartnett, whom he was married to for 48 wonderful years. Mr. Hartnett was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, the former owner operator of General Home Improvement Company...
Scott Altman
Mar 27, 2008
Scott Charles Altman, age 42, of Chester, VA, died on Thursday, March 27, 2008. Born in Park Ridge, IL, he was the son of Charles O. and Frances Green Altman also of Chester. Scott spent most of his working career in the construction industry, and was a loving son and brother. He is also survived by a sister, Karen Smith...
Kathryn Forti
Mar 27, 2008
Kathryn DiCarlo Forti, 90, of Colonial Heights Health Care Center, and formerly of Hopewell, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born July 17, 1917 in Washington, D.C. the daughter of the late Imnocenzo and Marie DiBartolomeo DiCarlo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Forti, two sisters, Emily Teti and Violet Iacangelo,...
Herman Scarberry
Mar 26, 2008
Herman Lee Scarberry, 82, of Hopewell died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at his residence. He was born in Thacker, West Virginia and was a retired operator for Allied Signal Corp., he was a Veteran of WWII serving in the South Pacific, a member of VFW Postâ?? American Legion, past member of Hopewell Moose Lodge, a member of Prince George Senior...
Martha Wells
Mar 25, 2008
Martha Loraine Wells, 82, of Dinwiddie County passed away on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 after a period of declining health. She was preceded in death by her parents, Herman and Martha Hulda Wells. Loraine was a member of Rocky Run United Methodist Church where a graveside service will be held at 11 am on Friday, March 28, 2008 in the...
Doris Cabanillas
Mar 24, 2008
Doris Elizabeth Minter Cabanillas, age 101, died peacefully March 24, 2008, at her home in Chesterfield, VA. She was born September 13, 1906, at home on Hermitage Road in Lakeside, VA, the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Lockhart Minter and William Franklin Minter. She was the last of her siblings who predeceased her: Edward H. Minter, Marian Minter Halbert, Jacque Minter...
