Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Addie Price
Feb 18, 2004
Addie Irene Price, 95, of Petersburg, widow of Junius LaVan Price, Sr., died Wednesday, February 18, 2004 in Waverly Health Care Center. She was a native and life-long resident of Petersburg and was the daughter of the late Joseph Peyton and Mary Beasley Perdue. She is survived by two sons, J. LaVan Price, Jr. of Petersburg and Wayne Y. Price...
Rodney Cornman
Feb 16, 2004
Rodney Lee “Tony” Cornman, 49, of Johnson St., Hopewell, Virginia died, Monday, February 16, 2004. He was born in East Liverpool, Ohio and had been a resident of this area for 26 years. Mr. Cornman was predeceased by his parents, Chester Howard and Lois Barr Cornman and a twin brother, Roger Lee Cornman. Surviving are two sisters, Karen L. Shelton...
Sr., R. Lowe
Feb 14, 2004
Harwood Rawls Lowe Sr., 54, of Hopewell, passed away Saturday February 14, 2004. Mr. Lowe was retired from Fort Lee Va. As a Civil Service worker. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and spent quality time with his children. He was predeceased by his father Harwood Edward Lowe, a son, Michael Skinner, and a Granddaughter McKayla Skinner. He is survived by...
William Smith
Feb 12, 2004
William Beach Smith, 71, of Virginia Beach, a devoted Christian went to his eternal reward at Sentara Bayside Hospital in Virginia Beach on Thursday, February 12, 2004. Mr. Smith was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and was predeceased by his father Joseph H. Smith. A man who was very much loved by his family, he is survived by his mother,...
Edward Bell
Feb 12, 2004
Edward Lynn Bell, 72, of Hopewell died Thursday, February 12, 2004 in the John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Petersburg and was the son of the late Archie G. and Mary Warren Bell. He served in the US Army during the Korean War and was the retired Fire Chief for the Hopewell Fire Department. He is survived by...
Julia Ameen
Feb 11, 2004
Julia Watkins Ameen, 82, of Hopewell, died, Wednesday, February 11, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Sutherland, Virginia. Mrs. Ameen was a retired Medical Technologist with the VA Medical Center of Richmond, Va., a member of First United Methodist Church and Methodist Woman’s Club, a volunteer with the ladies auxiliary of John Randolph Medical Center and...
Geraldine Hiler
Feb 10, 2004
Geraldine C. Hiler, 79, of Petersburg died Tuesday, February 10, 2004. She was the daughter of the late James William Grady and Ruth Linthicum Cundiff of Chatham. Mrs. Hiler was a retired purchasing officer for the Defense Commissary Agency at Fort Lee and an active member of Second Baptist Church Petersburg. She is survived by her husband of 57 years,...
Stanley Mach
Feb 10, 2004
Stanley Arthur Mach, 81, of Sutherland, died Tuesday, February 10, 2004, at Southside Regional Medical Center. Son of the late Elizabeth Vonasek and Vaclav Mach, he was a lifelong resident of Dinwiddie County having spent his early years in the Greenwood Farms area off Old Cox Road. He attended St. Joseph school and Midway High School. Mr. Mach began his...
Lucille Gill
Feb 10, 2004
Lucille Poole Gill age 92 of Stony Creek passed away on Tuesday, February 10, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Rufus Bernard Poole and Mattie Easter Poole and was the widow of John S. Gill. She is survived by four daughters, Ann Gill Taylor and her husband Alton of Charlottesville, Joan Gill Daniel and her husband Robert of...
Mary Burroughs
Feb 9, 2004
Mary Kenny Burroughs, 78, of Hopewell, Virginia, peacefully departed this life on Monday, February 9, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Dunmore County, Galway, Ireland and had made her home Hopewell for the past 55 years. Mrs. Burroughs was a member of the Trans-Atlantic Brides and Parents Association and a member of St. James Catholic Church....
Willard Earhart
Feb 8, 2004
Willard D. Earhart age 74 of Church Road died on Sunday, February 8, 2004. He was the son of the late William David and Maude Mount Earhart. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Beulah W. Earhart; a son, Steven P. Earhart; a granddaughter, Jessica M. Earhart and her mother, Debra D. Earhart; two brothers, Warren Earhart and...
Robert Tolley
Feb 8, 2004
Robert Wesley Tolley, 78, of Smithfield Avenue, died Sunday, February 8, 2004 in Johnston Willis Medical Center in Richmond. He was born in Evergreen, VA and had made his home in Hopewell since 1960. Mr. Tolley was a Deacon Emeritus at Woodlawn Baptist Church, a retired planner and estimator for Allied Chemical Corporation and a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII....
Helen Bamber
Feb 7, 2004
Helen S. Bamber of Alexandria, VA, formerly of Petersburg, VA died February 7, 2004., daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Francis Orlando Strailman Sr., widow of Wilfred C. Bamber, son of Rev. R.J. Bamber, a former minister of First Christian Church, Petersburg, VA. A member of Magnolia Twig of Volunteer Services at Southside Regional Medical Center, charter member of...
Dara Barlow
Feb 6, 2004
Dara Lesley Barlow, 30, died suddenly Friday, February 6, 2004 at her home. She was born in Richmond, Virginia and was a resident of White Hills, AZ and previously of Las Vegas, NV. Dara is survived by her mother, Lois Underhill La Fond and step-father, Felix La Fond of White Hills, AZ; her father, Daniel Lee Barlow and step-mother, Margie...
John Elmore,Jr.
Feb 6, 2004
John William Elmore, Jr., 55, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Friday, February 6, 2004. John was a life long resident of the area, a member of Living Stone Baptist Church, and an employee of Honeywell for 37 years. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn P. Elmore; a son, Brian W. Elmore of Williamsburg; his parents, John W. and Doris...
Marjorie Aherron
Feb 6, 2004
Marjorie Beatrice Aherron, 73, of Chester, died Friday, February 6, 2004. She was a retired employee of AT & T. She is survived by her husband, Herman A. Aherron; daughter, Ann Aherron Parcell (Mark) of Chester; son, Kenneth L. Aherron (Rena) of Midlothian; three grandchildren, Jacob and Adam Parcell and Zachary Aherron; two sisters, Virginia Hall (J. W.) of Savannah,...
Sylvia Sykora
Feb 5, 2004
Sylvia Sykora, 69, of Ridge Road, Prince George, died Thursday, February 5, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center She was born in Green County, Virginia and had been a life long resident of Prince George. Mrs. Sykora was a retired employee of Allied Chemical Corporation. She was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond Raines and Beulah Raines Hudson, and...
Joseph Kenul
Feb 4, 2004
Joseph Kenul, 83 of Richmond died February 2, 2004. He was an Army veteran of WWII. He is survived by his wife, Alice S. Kenul and son, Paul J. Kellett both of Richmond. Funeral services will be conducted 10:00 AM Wednesday, February 4, 2004 at the Chesterfield Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. Interment will be in Sunset...
Janet E. Hodges
Feb 3, 2004
Janet Dee Elder Hodges, 58, of Hickory, N. C. died Tuesday, Feb.3, 2004 at her residence after a courageous battle with cancer. . She was born in Hopewell, Va. Mrs. Hodges was a graduate of the college of William and Mary, Williamsburg where was a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority. She worked in the Hickory Public School System...
Frank Robertson
Feb 1, 2004
Frank J. Robertson, 71 of Chester died Sunday, February 1, 2004. He was a graduate of West Point. He was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam War. He is the son of the late Francis J. and Elizabeth Brown Robertson. Preceded in death by his wife, Alida W. Robertson. He is survived by his two sons, Frank J. Roberton,...
