Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Alice Baake
Aug 7, 2007
Alice Puckett Baake, age 86, of Chesterfield, VA, died Tuesday, August 7, 2007. Born in Chester, VA, she was the daughter of Frank and Bessie Burton Puckett. She was a member of Chester United Methodist Church for approximately thirty years. Alice was preceded in death by her husband Wardell â??Edâ? Baake, of 33 years, who was a Navy veteran of...
Archie Lynch
Aug 7, 2007
Archie Lee Lynch, age 81, of Chester, VA, died Tuesday August 7, 2007. Born in Gasburg, VA, he was the son of the late George Lee and Ora Clary Lynch. Mr. Lynch was a loyal member of Chester Baptist Church since 1969. He was a member of the Teamsters Union, and was a tractor trailer driver with various companies for...
Susan Childress
Aug 7, 2007
Susan Marie Childress, 53, of Petersburg, passed away Monday, August 6, 2007. Born in Charlottesville, VA, she was the daughter of Florence Marie Goolsby Childress and the late Marion Windom Childress. Also preceding her in death was a brother, Roger Lee Childress a nephew, David Wayne Wason, II, and a very beloved friend, Bernard Skinner. In addition to her mother,...
Reginald Spain
Aug 7, 2007
Reginald Allison Spain, 81, of Dinwiddie died on Tuesday, August 07, 2007. He was the son of the late Harold Emmett Spain and Faith Elizabeth McLemore Spain and husband of the late Grace Marie Holland Spain. He was predeceased by brothers Harold Emmett Spain, Jr. and Randolph Thomas Spain and son-in-law Charles David Payne. Survivors include son Larry Spain and...
Luzie Anderson
Aug 7, 2007
Luzie Agnes Anderson, 89, of Prince George, passed away Tuesday, August 7, 2007. She was born in Liegnitz, Germany but moved to the United States in 1956. A loving wife, mother and grandmother, she is survived by her husband, Robert C. Anderson; sons, Jeffrey Anderson and wife, Mary Ellen of Ettrick and Frank Anderson and wife, Heide of Prince George;...
Roy Lowder
Aug 6, 2007
Roy Lee Lowder, 86, of Hopewell, died Monday, August 06, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Mr. Lowder was born in Lawrenceville, VA and was a retired millwright with Dupont. He served in the US Navy during World War II and was a member of the New Covenant Church of the Brethren in Enon. He was preceded in death by...
John Light
Aug 6, 2007
John Albert Light, Sr., 72 of Disputanta, died Monday, August 6, 2007 in Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond, VA. Mr. Light was born in Orono, Maine and had been a long time resident of Disputanta. He was employed in the Maintenance Department for the City of Hopewell. Mr. Light was preceded in death by his parents, Elden E. and Inez...
Frank Kvasnicka
Aug 6, 2007
Frank Paul Kvasnicka, age 86, of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Sunday, August 5, 2007. He was born in Prince George, VA, the son of the late Frank J. and Katherane K. Kvasnicka. Frank was a retired fabricator in the sheet metal industry, and had a unique ability to make almost anything with his hands that he set his mind...
Deolinda Sholar
Aug 6, 2007
Deolinda Benevides Sholar, age 83, of Chesterfield, VA, died Sunday, August 5, 2007. She was born in Fall River, MA., the daughter of Manuel Benevides and Caroline Furtado. Deolinda was a life-long devoted Catholic, and was preceded in death by her husband Elbert P. Sholar. She is survived by her children Claudia Ann Van Zandt, of Pottstown, PA; Patricia Diane...
Roderick Piggott
Aug 5, 2007
Roderick Malcolm Piggott, age 18, of Chester, VA, died on Sunday, August 5, 2007. He was entering his senior year as a student at Thomas Dale High School, where he was a good student and an outstanding athlete. He was on the football, basketball, and track team for the school, and also participated in AAU basketball summer league with team...
Lucille Tatum
Aug 5, 2007
LUCILLE CHILDRESS TATUM, age 88, a resident of Newville Road, Waverly VA died Sunday August 5, 2007 at Waverly HealthCare Center. Born Feb. 28, 1919 in Richmond, she was daughter of the late Charles R. & Grace Otelia Johns Childress. She was a member of the Newville Baptist Church, Waverly and was the widow of John A. Tatum. She is...
Ralph Williams
Aug 5, 2007
Ralph E. Williams, 66, of Chesterfield died on Sunday, August 05, 2007 after an extended bout with cancer. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest N. and Frances Holman Williams and a brother, Charles L. Williams. Ralph was a former employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Frances S....
Hayden Kelly
Aug 4, 2007
Hayden Thomas Kelly, a resident of Elberon, died Saturday, August 4, 2007. He was the son of the late Eugene P. Kelly and Eileen Rose Miller Kelly. Mr. Kelly is survived by his wife, Carol Jean Kelly; his son, Michael Kelly of Phoenix AZ; two daughters, Maureen Massetti and husband Dean of Chesapeake and Kerry Starcher and husband Shaun of...
Janet Richard
Aug 3, 2007
Janet Ross Richard, 84, wife of Dr. Louis E. Richard of Petersburg, passed away at home on August 3rd, 2007 after a prolonged illness. Born February 19, 1923 in Englewood, New Jersey, she was the daughter of Julian Kneeland Ross and Josephine Beatrice Houghtaling. She spent her childhood in Ridgewood, New Jersey and Albion, New York. She completed the Columbia...
Gary Burrell
Aug 3, 2007
Gary Wayne Burrell, 57, of Chester went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 3, 2007. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene Burrell and Jean Shaffer Collins and his brother, Michael Burrell. Gary was a devoted husband and dad who was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 36 years,...
Dennis Rivers
Aug 1, 2007
Dennis â??Toddâ? Rivers, age 39, of Chesterfield, VA, died unexpectedly on Monday, July 30, 2007, at his residence. Mr. Rivers was a self employed contractor, and a member of the Hopewell Moose Lodge #1472. He was preceded in death by his brother Richard â??Rickyâ? Rivers. Mr. Rivers is survived by his mother, Joanne M. Rivers, of Chester, VA; father Gary...
Ralph Leinhaas
Aug 1, 2007
Colonel (Ret.) Ralph Paul Leinhaas died on August 1, 2007. A career officer in the United States Army born in Detroit. MI on 25 March 1917 and raised in Davenport, IA and Pompano Beach, FL, he was drafted in 1941 while a rising junior at Findlay College, Findlay, Ohio. He later completed his education at the University of Omaha, now...
William Bryant
Aug 1, 2007
Smithfield, Virginia William â??Billyâ? R. Bryant, Sr., 63, a resident of Burwells Bay Rd., Smithfield, passed away Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at his home. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, he was the son of the late Marshall Lee Bryant, Sr. and Frances Gay Bryant Atkins. Billy was a retired welder who was devoted to his trade, an avid gardener; and a...
Julia Alsko
Jul 31, 2007
Julia Phillips Alsko, 77 of Hopewell died Tuesday, July 31, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Alsko was born in Washington, PA and resided in Richmond, VA before moving to Hopewell several years ago. She was preceded in death by her parents, Michael Charles and Anna Stajcar Phillips and her husband, William Alsko. Mrs. Alsko is survived by three sons, William...
Eldridge Swinson
Jul 31, 2007
Eldridge L. Swinson, age 75, of Sarasota, Florida, formerly of Chester, Virginia died July 31, 2007. The family will receive friends from 7:00 to 9:00 PM Friday, August 5, at the Chester Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Graveside services will be at 10:00 AM Saturday at Sunset Memorial Park in Chester. Survivors include...
