Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Bradford Pruett
Feb 17, 2005
Bradford Clinton Pruett, 77, of Hopewell, died Thursday, Feb.17, 2005 in John Randolph Nursing Home. He was born in Portsmouth, Va. Mr. Pruett served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict, a volunteer at John Randolph Medical Center, a member of the Tri-City Relic and Coin Hunters Club, Tabb Street Presbyterian Church, Petersburg and a retired insulator at Allied...
Ruth. Gregg
Feb 16, 2005
Ruth Gregg, age 88, passed away February 16 in Sterling Heights, Mi.. Mrs. Gregg was a long time resident of Chester, Va. She was the widow of Frederick Gregg, Sr. She was preceded in death by her son, Jay Gregg. Survivors include her sister, Lucille Hobyak of Royal Oak, Mi., her son, Frederick Gregg, Jr. and his wife Diana of...
Norma, Maggard
Feb 16, 2005
Norma Clarke Maggard, 66, of Dinwiddie died February 16, 2005 after a long fought battle with cancer. Mrs. Maggard was a native of Halifax County, Virginia and was the daughter of the late Earlie and Essie Clarke. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Alease Fisher and Betsy Clarke. Mrs. Maggard was a registered nurse and worked for a...
Jewell Atkins
Feb 15, 2005
Jewell Thomas Atkins, 50, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, February 15, 2005. Mr. Atkins was a graduate of Tennessee State University and was a operational manager for Taco Bell. He was preceded in death by his father, Enoch Atkins. Surviving are his son Jeremy W. Atkins of Hopewell, his mother, Dorothy Robertson Atkins of Hopewell, two sisters, Helen M. Atkins of...
Mary, Halloway
Feb 15, 2005
Mary Moore Perkins Halloway, 77 of Petersburg died Tuesday February 15, 2005. She was predeceased by her parents Simon Hobson and Mary Ethel Day Moore a son Allen M. Halloway, Sr., and a son-in-law Marshal L. Beasley. She was the widow of Earle B. Halloway, Sr. She was a retired packer with Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. and was a...
Henrietta, Lanier
Feb 15, 2005
Henrietta Rebecca Lanier, 76, of Surry, died Tuesday, February 15, 2005 at John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Petersburg and was preceded in death by her parents, Robert Homer Sr. and Frances Tench Lanier, sisters, Kathleen L. Dunn and Frances L. Pegram and brothers Robert Homer Lanier and J. Sidney Lanier. She was a graduate of Petersburg High...
Jean Maitland
Feb 15, 2005
Jean Wells Maitland, 61, of Dinwiddie, widow of John H. Maitland, Jr., died Tuesday, February 15, 2005 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born in Petersburg and was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas E. and Mary Fable Wells, and a sister, Wanda Kay Wells Myers. She was a member of the Women of the Moose, Dinwiddie Chapter...
Alfred Morin
Feb 14, 2005
Alfred L. Morin, 58, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, February 14, 2005. A long-time resident of the area, Alfred regularly attended Immanuel Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick C. & Rosebud G. Morin. He is survived by an aunt, Mildred Dovell and husband, Ray H. Dovell of Wilton, CT; two uncles,...
Ruth Grizzard
Feb 14, 2005
Ruth Lister Grizzard, 83 of Petersburg, died Monday, February 14, 2005. She was a native of Terryville, CT and the daughter of the late Amos H. and Frances White Lister. After completing Mt. Ida Junior College, she received training in Physical Therapy at Harvard Medical School. She then served in the Army Medical Corps as a physical therapist in the...
Margaret, Simpers
Feb 14, 2005
Margaret M. Simpers, formerly of Chester, 88, died February 14, 2005. She was the widow of Robert S. Simpers and the daughter of the late John C. and Katherine B. Mercer. She was a 1938 graduate of Children?s Hospital Nursing School, Pittsburgh, PA. As a Navy nurse in 1941, she was stationed in San Diego when the first casualties of...
William Holland
Feb 13, 2005
William Carlton Holland of Hopewell, departed this life, Sunday, February 13, 2005 after several years of declining health. Mr. Holland was born in Petersburg, to James E. and Elva J. Holland, on November 10, 1923. Mr. Holland was a life-long resident of Hopewell. He graduated from Hopewell High School where he was named to the 1942 Virginia State High School...
Charles Perkins
Feb 13, 2005
Charles Fletcher Perkins, Sr. 68 died Sunday, February 13, 2005. He was the widower of Cecile Thomas Perkins. He was a native of Dinwiddie and son of the late Archer Witherspoon & Alice Elizabeth Smith Perkins. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by his twin brother A. W. ?Spoony? Perkins and niece Amy P. Duncan. He was a...
Sarah Crowe
Feb 12, 2005
Sarah Stembridge Crowe, 70, of Richmond, died Saturday, February 12, 2005. She was a native of Danville, VA and the daughter of the late Robert L. Jr. and Mary Hylton Stembridge. She was a school teacher in Roanoke, Danville and Henrico County. Sarah was a former President of Westhampton UMW. Surviving are her husband William H. Crowe, a son Robert...
Arlo Kruse
Feb 11, 2005
Arlo Martin (Jack) Kruse, 91, of Richmond, VA, formerly of East Grand Forks, MN died Friday, February 11, 2005. He was born January 26, 1914 in Bray Township, MN to Christopher and Katherine Kruse. He was a 1933 graduate of St. Hillaire High School. He served in the 989th Field Artillery Battalion, U. S. Army, during WW II in Europe....
Rebecca Cain
Feb 11, 2005
Rebecca Elizabeth Cain of Hopewell, born May 8, 2002, passed away on Friday, February 11, 2005. She is survived by her parents, Richard and Sharon Cain of Hopewell; two brothers, Anthony Lloyd and Richie Cain; one sister, Samantha Cain all of Hopewell; grandparents, Gracie Cain and the late David L. Cain of Hopewell and Anthony and Nancy Lloyd of Oklahoma;...
Gladys Martin
Feb 10, 2005
Gladys E. Martin, 101, of Hopewell died Thursday February 10, 2005 at MCHS Stratford Hall. She was the daughter of the late Atha and Mary Mann; she was predeceased by her husband Ned B. Martin Sr., a son Richard Earl Martin, and granddaughter Susan Martin. Mrs. Martin was a charter member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Hopewell. She is survived...
Mabel Parr
Feb 9, 2005
Mabel Whitby Parr, 91, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, February 09, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Brunswick County, Virginia and was a former Granby Street resident. Mrs. Parr was a salesperson at Rucker ? Rosenstock Department Store and was a member of Woodlawn Presbyterian Church. She was the daughter of the late William R. and Christine...
Aidyn Millis
Feb 9, 2005
Infant Aidyn Wayne Millis, son of Wayne F., Jr. & Tiffany A. Millis of Dinwiddie Co., died Wednesday, February 9, 2005. He was predeceased by his grandfather Mr. Wayne F. Millis, Sr., and great-grandparents, Mr. Mac E. Brooks and Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Millis of Dinwiddie, Mr. Merritt Petersen of Windom, MN and Mr. & Mrs. Benton Peterson of...
Michael Poirier
Feb 8, 2005
Michael Ryan Poirier, 14, of Prince George, died Tuesday, February 8, 2005. He was born in Petersburg and had been a life long resident of this area. Michael was a member of the N. B. Clements football team, participated in county recreational sports and was a student at N.B. Clements Middle School. He was preceded in death by his grandfather,...
Edna Whitmore
Feb 8, 2005
Edna Mae Fouts Whitmore of Chester died February 8, 2005. She was the widow of Beverly Whitmore. She is survived by one son, Arthur Wayne Markland; one daughter, Sharon Lee; her sister, Thelma Creech; and five grandchildren. Graveside funeral services will be conducted Friday, February 11th at 2:00 PM in Sunset Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the...
