Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Oliver Miles
Apr 24, 2007
Oliver Jeremy Miles, 24, of Dinwiddie County, died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 24, 2007, at his residence. Jeremy was a Critical Care Paramedic and Firefighter with the Dinwiddie County Fire and EMS and a part-time employee of both A&B Ambulance Service and Southside Virginia Emergency Crew. Jeremy was an Eagle Scout and a Vigil Honor Member of the Order of the...
Louise C.
Apr 23, 2007
Louise Cornett Rae, 95 of Colonial Heights, died April 23, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late John Stanley and Lillian Tyus Cornett. She was the widow of James Everett Rae. She is survived by her daughter, Anita C. Glisson of Colonial Heights; grandson, Wales M. Christian, Jr. and wife Allison, great-grandson, Wales M....
Magdalena Wynn
Apr 23, 2007
Magdalena S. Wynn, 85, of Chesterfield County, passed away Monday, April 23, 2007 at her residence. She was born in Czechoslovakia and moved to the United States with her family in 1948. She was a retired employee of the American Tobacco Company. Ms. Wynn is survived by her son, Harry Nicholson of Chesterfield and her granddaughter, Holly Nicholson of Hollywood,...
Phyllis Smith
Apr 23, 2007
Phyllis Colley Smith, 77, of Prince George, died, Monday, April 23, 2007. She was born in Charlotte County, Virginia. Mrs. Smith was a clerk for Commonwealth Pediatrics. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alden Reams and Ruth Elizabeth Jackson Colley, her husband Jack Dean â??Smittyâ? Smith, a son, Randall Thomas Smith and a granddaughter Tish Elizabeth Smith. Surviving...
Martha Bailey
Apr 23, 2007
Martha Harrison Bailey, 91, of Chester and formerly of Wakefield, died April 23, 2007. She was a resident of Surry County for more than eighty years and, most recently, a resident of Bon Secours Retirement Community at Ironbridge. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph Jarman Bailey. She is survived by her son Robert J. Bailey and her...
James Mccollum
Apr 23, 2007
James Patrick McCollum, 68, of Hopewell died Monday, April 23, 2007 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. Mr. McCollum was born in Hopewell and had been a life long resident. He was a member of West Hopewell Presbyterian Church, a member and Past Governor of Loyal Order of Moose #1472, and was a retired Master Plumber, having been...
Grayce Underwood
Apr 22, 2007
Grayce Brizendine Underwood, 73, a resident of Hopewell for over 50 years, died Sunday, April 22, 2007, at Johnston Willis Medical Center. She was born and raised in the mountains of Virginia and enjoyed a second home in Kill Devil Hills, NC. Mrs. Underwood, a devoted mother, mother-in-law and grandmother, was a retired microscopy lab technician with Honeywell. She studied...
Anne Lewis
Apr 22, 2007
Anne Denny Lewis, 73, of Macon, Georgia, formerly of Petersburg, died April 22, 2007. Born in Chesterfield County, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Myrtle Ethel Denny. She was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Arlene Denny Childress. She is...
Geraldine Bridger
Apr 21, 2007
Geraldine C. Bridger, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, April 21, 2007. She was born in Elizabethtown, N.C. on July 13, 1952. She was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, and a retired scientist with Philip Morris. Geraldine was also a member of Enon Baptist Church. She is survived by a mother, Doris Y. Arrington; three sisters, Janice Davidson of...
George Smith
Apr 21, 2007
George Dudley Smith, 83, passed away April 21, 2007 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born in Allegheny County, PA to the late Roy and Dorothy Chiarky Smith. He attended Colonial Heights Baptist Church. He is preceded in death by his wife Mary Martha Smith. Survivors include his Children; George David Smith and wife Shirley, Donald L. Smith and...
Helen Traina
Apr 21, 2007
Helen Burr Traina, age 84, of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, April 21, 2007. She was born in Toronto, KS, the daughter of the late Charley and Pearl Adkins Burr. She had been a resident of Hopewell and member of St. James Catholic Church for 60 plus years. Early on she was the co-owner and operator of Nitro Lunch Cafeteria...
Nicoluas Angelo
Apr 21, 2007
Nicoluas Steve Angelo, age 74, of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, April 21, 2007. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the Late Steven and Irene Jorjakis Angelo. He was a previous employee, dispatcher, and plant manager of Delta Materials and later with Spring Grove Water Company. He was also a member of St. Elpis Greek Orthodox Church...
Mamie Forbes
Apr 20, 2007
Boykins VA Mamie Hart Forbes, 90, a native of Littleton NC died Thursday April 19, 2007 at East Pavilion in Franklin, VA.. Born on December 5, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Arthur B. and Lina Sue Bryant Hart. She was the widow of Harry Lee Forbes and formerly worked for Knight & Bryant Insurance in Boykins 1935...
Mona Blackwell
Apr 19, 2007
Mona Rayburn Blackwell, 89, of Hopewell, passed away in Indianapolis, IN, Thursday, April 19, 2007. She was born December 1, 1917 in Riceville, TN to the late Grace Rayburn Bullington and Isaac M. Rayburn. She was a resident of Hopewell from 1946 to 1994, when she moved to Indianapolis to live with her daughter. She retired from the old First...
Jason Walker
Apr 19, 2007
Jason Troy Walker, 19, of Prince George, died Thursday, April 19, 2007. Jason was a student at Richard Bland College and was an ironworker for Davis Steel Co., Inc. in Hopewell. He is survived by his wife, Amanda E. Walker, his parents, David Allan and Teri Walker, a brother, Brandon Walker, an unborn child, numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends....
Jr., E. Epperson
Apr 19, 2007
Wakefield, Virginia James Emmette Epperson, Jr., 80, of Wakefield, husband of the late Nell Horton Epperson, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Born December 31, 1926 in Lawrenceville, VA he was the son of the late James E. Epperson, Sr. and Maggie Hall Epperson. Jim owned and operated Horton Furniture Company in Wakefield from 1963 until 1982, and was manager...
Jr., S. Stewart
Apr 19, 2007
Dendron, Virginia John Shelton Stewart, Jr., 88, died Wednesday, April 18, 2007 surrounded by his family in the Surry County home where he was born and lived all of his life. He was the son of the late John Shelton Stewart, Sr. and Elsie Savedge Stewart. Lillian Gwaltney Stewart, his loving wife of 63 years, predeceased him by less than...
Floyd Dudley
Apr 17, 2007
Floyd Alvis Dudley, 81, a lifelong resident of Petersburg, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at his residence. He was the son of the late William A. Dudley, Sr. and Annie Alvis Dudley. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II and saw extensive combat action in the Pacific Theater. He received an honorable discharge at the...
Frances Bufford
Apr 17, 2007
Frances Bell Bufford, age 93, of Chester, VA passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2007. She was born in Comet, VA the daughter of the late Ollie L. and Erscell Atkinson Bell. Mrs. Bufford was retired from C & P Telephone as a supervisor after 35 years of service. She was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded...
John Perkins
Apr 17, 2007
John Edward Perkins, 81, of Hopewell died Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Perkins was a life time resident of Hopewell. He was retired from the United States Coast Guard, was a Deacon Emeritus at Unity Baptist Church, and was a retired operator from Allied Chemical Corporation. Mr. Perkins was the son of the late Thomas Edward and...
