Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Thomas Peebles
Apr 9, 2004
Thomas Briggs Peebles, 85 of Carson died April 9, 2004. He was the widower of Ella Manson Beville Peebles and the son of the late Nathaniel Proctor, Sr., and Mary Belvidere Briggs Peebles. He served in WWII as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and was a retired employee of Georgia-Pacific. He is survived by his son, John T. Peebles...
John Hosea
Apr 8, 2004
John Robert Hosea 81, of Hopewell, passed away April 8, 2004 at John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Pikeville, NC, the son of the late Addison and Alma Bowden Hosea; also preceding him in death was a wife, Mary Little Hosea, a son, Robert Cameron Hosea, and two brothers, Addison and Ellsworth Hosea. Mr. Hosea was a graduate...
Eunice Martinez
Apr 7, 2004
Eunice Lee Burdette Martinez, 69, of Hopewell died Wednesday, April 7, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Roanoke, VA and had been a resident of Hopewell for the past 50 years. She was a retired operator for Allied Signal Corporation. Ms. Martinez was the daughter of the late Franklin and Grace Starkey Burdette. She is survived...
Richard Eley
Apr 7, 2004
Richard Cary Eley, 70 of Petersburg died April 7, 2004 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his parents Charles Cary and Annie B. Inge Eley. He retired after 35 years service from Pepsi Bottling Co. He is survived by his wife, Elsie Ivey Eley; one son, Richard “Ricky” C. Eley, Jr. and daughter, April L. Barrett (Thomas);...
Eddie Marlowe
Apr 6, 2004
Eddie Cleveland Marlowe of Hopewell died Tuesday, April 6, 2004 at his residence. He was the son of the late Ira and Susie Causey Marlowe. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruth Blackwell Marlowe. He is survived by two sons, Donald Marlowe of Hopewell and Roger Marlowe of Lakeland, FL; two daughters, Jean Weaver and Mary Willey, both of Hopewell;...
Sr., R. Poole
Apr 5, 2004
Walter Raymond Poole, Jr., 62, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Monday, April 05, 2004 at his residence. He was a member of Bott Memorial Presbyterian Church in DeWitt. Mr. Poole was preceded in death by his mother and step-father, Kathleen B. and Peter Branch; and his father, Walter Raymond Poole, Sr. He is survived by his wife, Brenda R. Poole;...
Paggy D. Bell
Apr 5, 2004
Peggy Ann Dingess Bell, 72, of Virginia Street, died Monday, April 5, 2004 in Johnston Willis Medical Center in Richmond. She was born in Bernie, West Virginia and had been a resident of Hopewell since 1959. Ms. Bell was retired from Allied Chemical Corporation. She was preceded in death by her parents, Bernie C. and Sadie R. Stowers Dingess, a...
Bernice Hawks
Apr 4, 2004
Bernice T. Hawks, 92, of Ettrick, died Sunday April 4, 2004. She was a native of Ettrick, the daughter of the late Edward F. and Lizzie Kennedy Hawks. Miss Hawks was a lifelong member of Ettrick United Methodist Church where she served as church treasurer for over fifty years and was a member of the Jackson-Smart Bible Class. She was...
Joshua Harris
Apr 4, 2004
Joshua Xavier Harris, 2 month old son of Banesa Garcia Ambroise of Hopewell died Sunday, April 4, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. Joshua was born January 18, 2004 in Hopewell. In addition to his mother, he is survived by two sisters, Kaelynn Harris of Richmond, Alyson Fulcher of Prince George, his grandfather, Ralph Harris of Hopewell, three aunts, Maria...
Donald Hughes
Apr 3, 2004
Mr. Donald Craig Hughes, 53, passed away at his residence in Sapulpa, Oklahoma,April 3, 2004 following a brief illness. He was a native of Petersburg, Virginia and was the son of the late, William T. “Billy” and Rachel Barricks Hughes, Jr. Mr. Hughes served in the United States Navy and at his passing was a floral designer for Country Florist...
Virginia Smith
Apr 3, 2004
Virginia Lee Brown Smith, 77, of Petersburg, died Saturday, April 3, 2004. She was the daughter of the late W. Kilby and Virginia Bowman Brown and the widow of William Roy Smith. She was a member of the Petersburg Garden Club, Garden Club of Va., Jr. Federated Womans Club and Petersburg General Hospital Twigs. She is survived by a Daughter;...
Connie G. Sweitzer
Apr 2, 2004
Connie Marie Gratty Sweitzer, 65, of Hopewell died April 2, 2004. She was a native of Conway, Pa., and the daughter of Ina P. Gratty and the late Ben Gratty. Besides her mother, she is survived by a husband; Peter J. Sweitzer, a daughter; Tama Sweitzer Garrett and husband Wesley of Prince George; a son, Raymond Anthony Sweitzer and wife...
Jr., C. Belcher
Apr 1, 2004
David Columbus Belcher, Jr., 74, of Matoaca, passed away Thursday, April 01, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Petersburg, a son of the late David C. and Jennie Butler Belcher. He was retired with forty years of service with Brown & Williamson Tobbaco. Mr. Belcher loved to hunt and was a lifelong member of the Sappony Creek Hunt...
Minnie F. Clay
Mar 31, 2004
Minnie Setchel Fleetwood Clay, 91, formerly of Woodbine Street, Hopewell, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born in Spring Grove, VA and had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Clay was preceded in death by her parents, John and Nannie Bernard Setchel, her daughter, Jeanne Rowland and a grandson, Bruce Rowland....
Sr. B. Bobb
Mar 30, 2004
George Ben Bobb, Sr. of Hopewell, died, Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at his residence. He was a retired from Honeywell and was a veteran of the US Navy during WWII. Mr. Bobb is survived by his wife, Catherine Harris Bobb, of Hopewell, a daughter, Pamela B. Hudson and husband, William of Chester, Va., a son George Ben Bobb, Jr. of...
Rose Whipple
Mar 30, 2004
Rose Marie Whipple, 55, of Hopewell, died, Tuesday, March 30, 2004, in Johnston-Willis Medical Center. She was born in Hopewell, Va. and had been a life-long resident. Mrs. Whipple was a Sgt. at Securitas Security. She was predeceased by her father, Douglas Johnson. Surviving are her husband, Gregory Allan Whipple of Hopewell, three sons, Kelvin Johnson, of Leesburg, Va., Ronald...
Genevieve Mayes
Mar 28, 2004
Genevieve M. Mayes, 84, widow of Alton Mayes, died Sunday, March 28, 2004 after a lengthy illness. She was the daughter of the late Arthur J. and Emily Lee Moody. She was born in Norfolk, but spent most of her life in Petersburg and was a 1949 graduate of Farmville State Teacher’s College (Longwood) with a BS degree in Elementary...
Bertha Auten
Mar 28, 2004
Bertha Gay Auten 84, of Hopewell passed away March 28, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Creed and Lydia Compton and was predeceased by two husbands, Raymond Kennedy and Rev. William Thomas Auten, a sister Ethel Hess, three brothers, Norman Compton, Henry Compton, Carl Compton, and a nephew Edward Mitchell. She is survived by her sister Susie Mitchell,...
Bertha Black
Mar 26, 2004
Mrs. Bertha Taylor Black, 84, widow of James H. Black, Sr., passed away Friday, March 26, 2004 at Battlefield Park Convalescent Center. A native of Victoria, VA, she was the daughter of the late John P. and Amy Gertrude Douglas Taylor. She was a resident of the area for most of her life and was a member of Washington Street...
Dorothy Cornett
Mar 26, 2004
Mrs. Dorothy S. Cornett, “Dolly” to those who knew her, age 83, a long time resident of Petersburg went peacefully and quietly home to be with her Lord at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News on March 26, 2004. Born on Dec. 25, 1917 in Woodton, England, she was the only child of the late Harry Charles and Maude...
