Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Juanita, Critcher
Oct 17, 2004
Juanita Pizzini Critcher, 73, of Chester, died Sunday, October 17, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Juan Charles and Eva Louise Womack Pizzini and was preceded in death by her husband Harry S. Critcher and a daughter Linda Dianne Miller. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church. She is survived by her sons; David S. Critcher of...
Edwin, Vargo
Oct 17, 2004
Edwin Lawrence Vargo, 73, formerly of Pine Ridge Trailer Park in Prince George County, died Sunday, October 17, 2004 in Waverly Health Care Center. Mr. Vargo was born in Prince George County and had been a lifelong resident. He was the owner and operator of the E.L. Trucking Company, Mr. Vargo was preceded in death by his parents, George and...
Annie Elder
Oct 14, 2004
Annie Pauline Walker Elder, 92 of Petersburg died Thursday, October 14, 2004. She was a native of Brodnax, VA., the daughter of the late Robert A. and Pearl Bowen Walker. She was the widow of Joseph B. Elder, Sr. She was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. She is survived by her daughter, Lena E. Greer of...
Laura W. Southall
Oct 14, 2004
Laura Jeannette Wood Southall, 86, of Colonial Heights died Thursday, October 14, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Clark McDowell Wood, Sr. and Lois Jenkins Wood. She was preceded in death by her sister, Edith Wood Gay; as well as Thomas A. Southall. Mrs. Southall was retired from the Chesterfield County Public Schools and was a member of...
William Walker
Oct 12, 2004
William Marshall “Two Cent” Walker, 80 of Colonial Heights, died Tuesday, October 12, 2004. He was the widower of Gladys Mae Walker and the son of the late Robert Lee and Laura Griswold Walker. He was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. He is survived by his two sons, Jerry M. Walker of Petersburg and Terry D....
Evelyn Bortz
Oct 11, 2004
Evelyn Belch Bortz, 98 of Petersburg died Monday, October 11, 2004. She was the widow of Carl Martin Bortz. She is the daughter of the late Clarence Augustus and Lula Staples Belch. She was a retired owner of T.S. Beckwith & Co. She was a charter member of the Quota Club and chairman of the Alter Guild of Christ and...
Percy Brooks
Oct 10, 2004
Percy Alvin “Bubber” Brooks, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, October 10, 2004 at his residence. Born in Chesterfield County, he was the son of the late Robert E. and Estella Procise Brooks. He was Superintendent of Marathon’s City Point Oil Terminal in Hopewell for 28 years before going to work at Fort Lee. He was employed at the...
Ida Rivers
Oct 10, 2004
Ida Evelyn Davis Rivers, 93, went to sleep in the Lord on October 10, 2004 while at home. She was born on September 7, 1911 to John Richard Davis and Eva Eugenia Roach Davis in Petersburg, Virginia, and was a lifelong resident of the city. She and Garland E. Rivers were united in marriage on January 13, 1940. She retired...
Clarence Mabe
Oct 9, 2004
Clarence Edward “Sonny” Mabe, 69, of Chesterfield, VA died Saturday, October 9, 2004, in St. Marys Hospital. He was a native of Saltville, VA and the son of the late Lester and Lillian Six Mabe, and also was predeceased by two brothers, Garnett Lee Mabe and Raymond A. Mabe. Mr. Mabe served in the United States Army, was an elder...
David Haley
Oct 9, 2004
David Lee Haley of Chester died October 9, 2004. He was born in West Virginia and was the son of the late Clifton H. and June Slack Haley. He was a retired chemist of 35 years with E.R. Carpenter Company. He is survived by his wife, Mary Elizabeth Haley; son, John David Haley and his wife, Colleen of Mechanicsville, VA;...
Barbara Lewis
Oct 8, 2004
Barbara Cranor Lewis of Chester died Friday, October 8, 2004. She was born in Richmond and was the daughter of the late Dorothy Alley Cranor and John Edward Cranor, Sr.. She is survived by her husband, Robert A. Lewis; brother, John E. Cranor, Jr.; and sister, Sandra C. Mitchell, of Richmond. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, October 12, 2004...
Craig Pillsbury
Oct 8, 2004
Craig A. Pillsbury, born November 2nd , 1956 joined his beloved Lord in heaven on Friday, October 8, 2004 due to complications stemming from a long battle with diabetes. He was preceded in death by his brother Steven; his grandparents, Harry & Winnie Pillsbury and Michael & Eileen Donahue and his aunts, Dora Eagle and Marjorie Birch. He is survived...
Cecelia Bullard
Oct 8, 2004
Cecelia Norford Bullard, 75, of Chester, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, October 8th , 2004, after a brief struggle with cancer. “Celia” was proud to be a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church, where she was loved by all. She was preceded in death by her husband, Phillip Bullard, Sr. and her son-in-law, John Watts....
Willie Bishop
Oct 8, 2004
Willie A. Bishop, 92, of Petersburg died Friday, October 8, 2004 in Walnut Hill Convalescent Center. He was predeceased by his parents, Charles Thomas and Lula Mae Hawkins, brother Charles Cutler Bishop and a sister Linda Bishop. A graveside service will be conducted in Blandford Cemetery Wednesday, 11 AM, October 13, 2004. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .
John Vinsh
Oct 8, 2004
John Frederick Vinsh, 80, of New Bohemia, died Friday October 8, 2004, in MCV Hospital. He was predeceased by his parents Barta and Antonia Vinsh, his loving wife Rosie Horak Vinsh, three brothers Charles Vinsh, Frank Vinsh, Joe Vinsh, and a sister Annie Hanzlik. He was a retired farmer who loved working the land. He is survived by one son,...
Ronald Powers
Oct 7, 2004
Ronald Lee Powers, 54, of Hopewell, died Thursday, October 7, 2004 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. Mr. Powers was a live long resident of Hopewell and a pipe fitter for Honeywell Corporation. Mr. Powers was preceded in death by his father, Hinton Paul Powers, Sr. He is survived by his wife Jewel Gleason Powers, two daughters, Rhonda...
Linda Crowder
Oct 5, 2004
Linda Lee Crowder, 51 of Sutherland died Tuesday, October 5, 2004. A life long resident of Sutherland, she was an employee of Sutherland Family Practice. She is survived by her two sons, Franklin Lee Crowder and John Michael Crowder both of Sutherland; parents, Hugh and Virginia Crowder of Sutherland; two brothers, Hugh Watkins Crowder, Jr of Graves Mill, VA. and...
Pauline, Davis
Oct 2, 2004
Pauline McCulloch Davis, 89, of Loveland, CO, formerly of Petersburg, died Saturday, October 2, 2004. She was born in Merigold, MS and was preceded in death by her husband, James E. Davis, Sr. and her parents, John W. and Bertie Anderson McCulloch. She was a school teacher for over 30 years and was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church. She...
Nellie Thompson
Oct 2, 2004
Nellie C. (Matthews) Thompson, 90, of Brandermill Woods, Chesterfield County, widow of COL William W. Thompson, Jr., USAF (Ret), died Saturday, October 2, 2004. A native of Portsmouth, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Leonard and Katherine Aloysius Hughes Matthews. She worked as a bookkeeper for the Norfolk Mattress Company, served as a volunteer for the American...
Earl Elder
Oct 1, 2004
Earl Tucker Elder, 80, treasured husband, father, grandfather, uncle, brother, and dear friend, of Dinwiddie County died Friday, October 1, 2004. He was the son of the late William Percy and Mary Chambers Elder. He served as Sergeant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in World War II, and he retired from Durham Life Insurance Company in 1986. He...
