Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Jr. G. Rainey
May 4, 2005
Moyland Gibson Rainey, Jr., 84, son of the late Moyland G. and Fannie O. Rainey of Sutherland, died Wednesday, May 4, 2005. Bud, as he was known by his many friends, was a retired farmer, having farmed for many years in Dinwiddie County. He graduated from Carson High School and entered the Virginia National Guard and was called to active...
Nancy Millis
May 3, 2005
Nancy Jane Millis 59, of Hopewell, passed away Friday April 29, 2005 at the Medical College of Virginia. She was the daughter of Natalie Jane Johnson and the late James Mitchell Johnson. She is survived by her daughter Diana Lynn Brown and her husband Richard of Hopewell, a son William E. Avery Jr. and his wife Shelia of Charlotte N.C.,...
Lois M. Leech
May 3, 2005
Lois Pauline McDaniel Leech departed this life on May 3, 2005. She was born on September 6, 1913 in Milton, Pennsylvania to James Henry and Pearl Trate McDaniel. As one of three children, Lois was predeceased by her parents, one brother and one sister. She has been a resident of Hopewell since 1950. Lois leaves to cherish her memories five...
Elizabeth Case
May 3, 2005
Elizabeth Jean Case, of Chester, died Tuesday, May 3, 2005. She is survived by her husband, Bruce W. Case and two sisters, Ellen Dovey and Patricia Christy. A memorial service will be held Thursday, May 5, 2005 at 11:00 am at the Chesterfield Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
Rachelle Kennedy
May 2, 2005
Rachelle Del Castillo Kennedy, 43, of Richmond, VA died Monday, May 2, 2005. Mrs. Kennedy was born August 1, 1961 in the Philippines. She followed her parents to New York in 1972 from Cagayan Philippines to White Plains, New York where she stayed until she moved to Richmond in 1996. Mrs. Kennedy was a beloved member of the WalMart family...
Myra Olgers
May 2, 2005
Myra F. ?Chippie? Olgers, 89 of Sutherland, VA., died Monday, May 2, 2005 at the Colonial Heights Convalescent Center. She was born in Church Road, VA., to the late Harvey B. Ford and Bessie Watkins Ford and was preceded in death by her husband, Norman C. Olgers. Mrs. Olgers was a lifelong resident of Dinwiddie County and on e of...
Choon Bang
May 1, 2005
Choon Wol Bang age 82 of Chester died Sunday, May 1, 2005. She is survived by two daughters, Grace and Young Ja Bang; two daughters and one son in Korea; nine grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10:30 AM. Tuesday at St. Kim Tae Gon Catholic Church, 3100 Logandale Ave. Interment will follow at Mount Calvary Cemetery....
Katy Clayton
May 1, 2005
Katy Mae Clayton passed away at her home in Enon on May 1, 2005. She was diagnosed in November, 2004 with pancreatic cancer. She was 71 years old. She was born and raised in Hopewell and attended Hopewell Public Schools. She married Daniel G. Clayton, Jr. in December 1950. They were married for 49 years until his death in 2000....
Milton Dance
Apr 30, 2005
Milton Erwin Dance, of Richmond, Va. entered into eternal life on Saturday, April 30, 2005. Born in Chester, Va. and a 1946 graduate of Thomas Dale High School, his love for baseball was fulfilled as a member of several semi-pro teams, Chester, Beulah, Colonial Heights and DuPont, where ?Ace? retired after more than 37 years service as a mechanic. He...
Lee E. D. Melton
Apr 30, 2005
Lee Anne Edwards Doughty Melton 37, of Hopewell, lost her battle with cancer but won her victory with her Lord on Saturday April 30, 2005 surrounded by her loved ones. Lee Anne was a native of Hopewell but spent seven years on the West Coast in Los Angeles, California, returning to Va., where she served as the Assistant to the...
Lorine "Rena". Ford
Apr 30, 2005
Lorine Fisher ?Rena? Ford, 85, of Hopewell, formerly of Petersburg and Colonial Heights, died Saturday, April 30, 2005 at John Randolph Nursing Home after a long period of declining health. She was born in Newport News, VA and was preceded in death by her parents, Fred E. and Gladys Lee Fisher and her husband of 35 years, H. G. Ford,...
Herbert Woolridge
Apr 30, 2005
Herbert H. (Red) Wooldridge, 78, of Richmond died Saturday, April 30, 2005. He was a U. S. Navy Veteran of WW II and retired from DuPont after 38 years of service. He is survived by his wife, Alice M. Wooldridge; daughter, Linda Wooldridge Staley; two stepchildren; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Edith Salton of Atlanta, GA. The family...
Andrea Robbins
Apr 29, 2005
Andrea Louise Robbins ?Andie?, 23, of Winchester, formerly of Palmyra, Virginia, passed away Friday April 29, 2005 at Winchester Memorial Hospital. She was a former student of Longwood University, a member of the Medieval Society for Creative Anachronists, a member of SAI Music Fraternity, and a member of the APU Service Organization at Longwood University. She leaves to cherish her...
Alice Green
Apr 29, 2005
Alice Clay Green 92 of Sutherland died, Friday, April 29, 2005. She was the daughter of the late James S. and Sadie Sutherland Clay and a native of Dinwiddie Co. She was the widow of William Fletcher Green. She was a lifelong member of Central Baptist Church, a member of Crater Chapter AARP and The Young at Heart. She is...
Harold Horstman
Apr 28, 2005
Harold James Horstman, 88, of Chester, formerly of Brooklyn, NY, widower of Marian L. Horstman, died Thursday, April 28, 2005. He was past president of Hockmeyer Brothers Corduroy Company, New York, NY and was past Grand Knight in Seaside Park, NJ. He is survived by three children, Mrs. Carol Granowski of Trinity, FL, Kenneth Horstman of Staten Island, NY and...
Dorothy Whitman
Apr 28, 2005
God has come to take one of his angels home, Dorothy Lee Whitman of Chester on Thursday, April 28, 2005. She is survived by three daughters; Patty McCullars , Penny Holloway , both of Chester, Pam Holloway of Richmond; three sisters, Marie Madson, Patsy Stevens, both of Richmond, Beverly Clever of Winston Salem, NC; two brothers, Raymond Hanvey of Charleston,...
Mary Roman
Apr 28, 2005
Mary Hapstak Roman, 91, of Chester died on her birthday, January 3, 2005, in Alexandria, Virginia. She was born in Elkhorn, West Virginia, the daughter of Frank and Julianna Mirgucz Hapstak of Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. The family moved to Hopewell, Virignia, when Mary was three years of age. Mary was the widow of Norbert Roman Stoklosa of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia,...
Scott Sawyer
Apr 28, 2005
Scott James Sawyer passed from this world, Thursday, April 28, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Diane Sawyer and stepchildren, Michael and Denise Marion; mother and father, Joy and Jim Sawyer, sister, Laurna Clark and husband, Rick and their three children Gordon, Gabriel and Gavin; sister, Karyn Sawyer and daughter, Megan. Viewing for friends and family will be Sunday...
Doris Riley
Apr 27, 2005
Doris Clarke Riley, 95 formerly of Petersburg died Wednesday, April 27, 2005 in Stafford Co., VA. She was a native of Dinwiddie Co. and the daughter of the late Anna Arie Gill and John Archer Clarke. She was the widow of William Edward Riley. She is survived by a daughter, Carolyn Clarke Riley Beever and husband Robert of Stafford, VA;...
Margaret Makowski
Apr 27, 2005
Margaret Mary Makowski died April 27, 2005. She lived in Chester with her granddaughter and was predeceased by her husband, Stephen Makowski. She is survived by her daughter, Theresa Makowski Hofeditz and her husband David; granddaughter, Karri Koehler; son, Mark Makowski and his wife Denise; grandsons, Andrew Makowski and Hunter Makowski. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, April 30, 2005...
