Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Philip Leone
Dec 25, 2004
Philip Leone, 53, of Powhatan, VA, passed away at his home Saturday, December 25, 2004 after a courageous, three month battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Carini, Italy, he was the son of Rosa Leone and the late Salvatore Leone. In 1957 he moved, with his family, to the United States and was raised in Brooklyn, NY. He moved to...
James Marks
Dec 25, 2004
James W. ?Billy? Marks of Petersburg left this life on Saturday, December 25, 2004 after a long period of declining health. He was the son of the late Harold E. and Blanche Lockett Marks of Ettrick. He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Evelyn Bennett Marks formerly of Ettrick; a son, James ?Jay? Marks, Jr. and his...
Eva Bowen
Dec 17, 2004
Eva Olean Bowen, 70, of Hopewell, died Friday, December 17, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Greene County, NC and had been a resident of this area since 1953. Mrs. Bowen was a member of Broadway Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Hugh and Pearlie Carter Faulkner, her husband Thomas H. Bowen,...
Flossie Childress
Dec 17, 2004
Mrs. FlossieTotty Childress, 76, of Hopewell, died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Colonial Heights and was a life-long resident of the Tri-Cities area where she attended the Church of Christ. Mrs. Childress was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Sally Love Totty. Surviving are her husband, Percy L. Childress of...
Shirley Zweig
Dec 16, 2004
Shirley Alfred Zweig, 78 of Petersburg died Thursday, December 16, 2004. She was born in New York the daughter of the late Barney and Esther Alfred. She was preceded in death by her husband Samuel Zweig. She is survived by her daughter, Beverly Adato of Colonial Heights; son, Steven F. Zweig of Yardville, NJ; brother, Jerry Alfred of Brooklyn, NY;...
Evelyn Griffith
Dec 16, 2004
Evelyn Sebera Griffith, 84, of Hopewell, died Thursday, December 16, 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Griffith was born in Prince George County and had been a life long resident of the Prince George-Hopewell area. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church. Mrs. Griffith was the daughter of the late John and Barbara Veseley Sebera and the widow of...
Vernon Armstrong
Dec 13, 2004
Vernon Eugene Armstrong, 72 of Chesterfield died Monday, December 13, 2004. He was the son of the late Edgar Leroy and Nannie Ellen Nelson Armstrong. He was a veteran in the Korean War of the U.S. Army and a retiree of Reynolds Metals after 32 years of service. He is survived his wife, Shelby A. Armstrong; two daughters; Pamela McClanahan...
Allan Anthony
Dec 13, 2004
Allan “Rebel” Anthony, a native of Petersburg, 68 years old, died December 13, 2004 after a long illness. He was the previous owner and operator of Rebcos Engine City for many years. He was the secretary and member of Moorpark CA Rotary Club for several years and a member of Moorparks Chamber of Commerce for several years. He was also...
Gladys Weston
Dec 12, 2004
Gladys Weatherly Weston, 90, formerly of Cobblestone Drive, Hopewell, died Sunday, December 12, 2004 in Hopewell Health Care Center. She was born in Tyrrell County, NC and had been a resident of this area since 1960. Mrs. Weston was a member of Unity Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Warren Ellis and Ida Lavinia West Weatherly,...
Thomas Gibbs
Dec 11, 2004
Thomas Mitchell Gibbs, 101, of DeWitt, died Saturday, December 11, 2004 in Colonial Heights Convalescent Center. He was born in Wilsons and was the son of the late Peterson Mitchell and Sarah Elizabeth Brooks Gibbs. He was a life-long resident of Dinwiddie County and was a retired tobacco farmer. Mr. Gibbs was a member of Rocky Run United Methodist Church...
Gloria Bell
Dec 11, 2004
Gloria Jones Bell, 70, of Chesterfield County, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2004. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Joseph J. and Grace Hillman Jones. She was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco. She is survived by her husband, Henry Wayne Bell; two daughters, Debra L. Edwards of Chesterfield and Kathy L. Harrison of...
Joseph Chaplin
Dec 10, 2004
Joseph Franklin Chaplin, 77, of Richmond, formerly of Petersburg, died Friday, November 10, 2004. He was the son of the late Boyd Burnett and Myrtle Berry Chaplin. He was a retired electrician from Firestone. He is survived by his wife, Beulah V. Chaplin, a son, Wayne Chaplin and a grandson, Cory Wayne Chaplin. Funeral services will be conducted on Tuesday,...
Ruth Epps
Dec 9, 2004
Mrs. Ruth T. Epps, 101 of Prince George, died Thursday, December 9, 2004. She was a native of Dinwiddie County, the daughter of the late Augustus Pendleton and Beulah Bain Thrift. She was the widow of William Hamlin Epps. During World War II, Mrs. Epps worked for the Selective Service System for Prince George County. She is survived by two...
Vivian Williamson
Dec 9, 2004
Vivian P. Williamson, 84, of Petersburg died Thursday, December 09, 2004 in John Randolph Hospital. Mrs. Williamson was born in Minnesota a daughter of the late Jerry Hughes Perkinson and Elizabeth Staska Perkinson. She wa a member of 3rd Presbyterian Church and retired as a bookkeeper with Brown and Williamson Tobacco Co. Preceded in death by her husband Francis Milton...
Cecil, Belcher
Dec 9, 2004
Cecil Floyd Belcher, 88, of Petersburg died Thursday, December 9, 2004 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. He was born in Chesterfield and was preceded in death by his parents, Alexander Beverly and Avie O’Kennon Belcher and two brothers, Grayson L. Belcher and W. Deane Belcher. He was a World War II veteran of U. S. Army Air Corps and...
Ruth Stafford
Dec 8, 2004
Ruth Joyce Stafford, 84, a former resident of Hopewell, died , Wednesday, December 8, 2004 in Lawton, Oklahoma. She was born in Stuart, Va. and had spent most of her life in Hopewell until moving to Oklahoma seven years ago to be with her daughter and family. Mrs. Stafford was a member of West End Presbyterian Church. She was predeceased...
Hilda Johnson
Dec 7, 2004
Hilda Shaver Johnson, age 76, of Chester, died Tuesday, December 7, 2004. She was the widow of Donald Stewart Johnson, a retired disabled Navy veteran, daughter of the late Jesse Lee Shaver and Dora Koon Shaver of West Virginia. She is survived by a son, George Steven Hepner and wife, Gina, two grandchildren, Steven Wayne and Tiffany Hepner, a daughter...
Carole Macneil
Dec 5, 2004
Carole Rice MacNeil, 65, of Woodbine Street, Hopewell, died Sunday, December 5, 2004 in Lucy Corr Village, Chesterfield County. She was born in Jackson Heights, New York. Mrs. MacNeil was a member of St. James Catholic Church and a retired medical transcriptionist with Southside Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Fredrick S. and Lucille Margaret...
Jane Truchan
Dec 4, 2004
Jane Smith Truchan, 85, of Petersburg, died Saturday, December 4, 2004 at the Mayfair House in Petersburg. She was the daughter of the late James Rosser and Elinor Grogan Smith. She devoted her entire life to her family and teaching. She began teaching kindergarten at the Modern Kindergarten and Nursery School in Petersburg, then taught at Ettrick Elementary School in...
Col. S. Schlotzhauer
Dec 3, 2004
Colonel Walter Scott Schlotzhauer, Jr., U.S. Army (retired), 91, of Colonial Heights died Friday, December 3, 2004. He was born in Edmond, Oklahoma the son of the late Walter S. and Cora Connelly Schlotzhauer, Sr. Mr. Schlotzhauer served in World War II and received a WWII Valor Medal and the Croix de Guerre with Silver Gilt Star. He was preceded...
