Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Gilbert Harrison
May 18, 2006
Gilbert Eugene Harrison, age 62, of Chester, VA died on Thursday, May 18, 2006. He was son of the late William O. and Lillian Barrett Harrison. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church for about ten years, member of Richmond Cursillo, member of Warrant Officers Association and a advocate of the ALS Association He is survived by his...
Kevin King
May 18, 2006
Kevin Michael King, 17 of Chester died May 18, 2006. He was an attending junior at Thomas Dale High School, a member of Central Chesterfield Little League and St. Annâ??s Catholic Church. He was predeceased by grandparents Floyd Collins and Eleanor Lentz. He is survived by his parents, Brian R. and Susan C. King; brother, Christopher King; sister, Kaitlin King...
Col.John Bucher
May 18, 2006
Retired U.S. Army Colonel, John William Bucher of Chester, VA. died on May 18, 2006. Colonel Bucher obtained a BA from Temple University and MS from Penn State University and was chosen to attend the Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Colonel Bucher was commissioned as a Second Lt. in the U.S. Army in 1971. Initially, Colonel Bucher entered the...
Mary Owens
May 17, 2006
Mary Payne Owens, 83, of Lady Lake Florida, died Wednesday May 17, 2006. Mrs. Owens was born in Hartwell, West Virginia and moved to Lady Lake Florida in 1979. She was co-founder of the Lady Lake Wesleyan Methodist Church in Lady Lake Florida. She was a devoted homemaker. She is survived by; a son Ernie Wellman of Lady Lake, Florida,...
Joyce Vaughan
May 15, 2006
Joyce Fran Vaughan 63, of Carson passed away peacefully at her home Monday May 15, 2006. Joyce was a member of Salem United Methodist Church in Prince George. She was the daughter of the late Charles W. & Gladys Wray Smith. She is survived by her husband Edward J. (Red) Vaughan, two sons, Charles E. Vaughan & wife Wanda of...
Jr., D. Maxey
May 12, 2006
Henry Duiguid â??HDâ?? Maxey, Jr., 72, of Chesterfield County passed away suddenly on May 12, 2006. Mr. Maxey was preceded in death by his parents, Henry Duiguid Maxey, Sr., and Ruth Perry Maxey and by his wife of forty-six years, Shirley Holmes Maxey. Mr. Maxey passed away eleven days after the death of his wife. He is survived by his...
Evelyn Fenner
May 12, 2006
Evelyn Isadora Heflin Payne Fenner of Hopewell died on Friday, May 12, 2006 at the age of 84 after an illness. She was the daughter of the late Mary Evelyn Cox and James Otho Heflin of Hopewell. She graduated from James Madison University and enjoyed careers as a mathematics teacher, a spectacular mother and homemaker and a bookkeeper for Southern...
Vera Spain
May 12, 2006
Vera â??Gerlineâ? Burton Spain, 87, of Colonial Heights, widow of Edward Roper Spain, Sr., passed away Friday, May 12, 2006 at Hopewell Health Care Center. Born in Chesterfield County, she was the daughter of the late Rufus F. and Emmaline Wolfrey Burton. She was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist...
Sr. B. Vance
May 11, 2006
Harold Buford Vance, Sr.73, of Prince George, died Wednesday, May10, 2006 in Pasadena, Md. He was born in Tazewell Co., Virginia. Mr. Vance was a member of The Church 0f Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; he served with the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was the retired owner of Vance Insulation Company. He was preceded in...
Kevin Sutton
May 11, 2006
Kevin Lee Sutton, 21, of Richmond passed suddenly on Thursday, May 11, 2006. Kevin was a graduate of Powhatan High School and was a former employee of Carter Equipment. Born in Richmond, he was the son of Elbert Lee and Linda Faye Rhoten Sutton. He is survived by a brother, â??vudderâ? Chris Sutton; a girlfriend, Mandy Boggs; a cousin Michelle...
John Oliver
May 11, 2006
John Robert Oliver, 86, widower of Ernestine R. Oliver of Richmond, formerly of Hopewell, died, Thursday, May 11, 2006 in the Retreat Hospital. Mr. Oliver lived most of his life in Hopewell. He was the son of the late Leslie R. and Mary Cooney Oliver. He served in the U. S. Navy during WW II, was Chief Appraiser for Pioneer...
Brenda Gunn
May 11, 2006
Brenda Wilmoth Gunn, 60, of Chesterfield , Virginia, died Wednesday, May 10, 2006 in Columbia, S.C. She was predeceased by her mother, Susanna Bookman Wilmoth; father Amos Howard Wilmoth; two sisters Betty W. Bennett and Dorothy W. Dance; brother Gerald Wayne Wilmoth and brother-in-law Richard N. Gunn. She is survived by her husband, Robert Lee Gunn, Jr.; son Robert Tracy...
William Hamilton
May 10, 2006
William Edgar Hamilton, 70, beloved husband of Patricia Tross Hamilton, went home to be with His Lord on May 10, 2006 and beloved son of Gladys H. Coffey and the late Robert R. Hamilton. He was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Reed Hamilton, Jr; and sister, Barbara J. Hamilton. William was born in Buena Vista, Virginia but had...
Daisy Gladwell
May 7, 2006
Mrs. Daisy Virginia Gladwell, 84, of Hopewell, died Sunday, May 7, 2006, at Riverview on the Appomattox. Mrs. Gladwell was born in Bluefield, West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas A. and Fanny Boyd Neal, her husband, Boyd Leonard Gladwell, two daughters, Brenda Sue Gladwell, and Carolyn D. Gladwell and a son, Russell G. Gladwell. Survivors...
Elizabeth Dimarino
May 6, 2006
Elizabeth Ashley DiMarino, age 10, of Newport News, VA died on May 6, 2006. Not given much time on this earth, she nonetheless, embraced life to the fullest. She loved the outdoors and was more comfortable in a bathing suit or cut off shorts than anything else. Going to the river on boating trips with her family was where you...
Charlie Rathbone
May 6, 2006
Charlie Rathbone, 78, of Dinwiddie, VA, died Saturday, May 6, 2006 at his home. He was a native of Marshall, N.C. and was the son of the late Will and Lola Nash Rathbone. He was retired with 31 years of service from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Pauline Moore Rathbone; one...
Alan Baldwin
May 6, 2006
Alan Maurice Baldwin, 81, of Chesterfield, died Saturday, May 6, 2006 at MCV. He was born in Scottsdale, PA the son of the late Benjamin and Ursula Baldwin. Mr. Baldwin served in the United States Army Air Corps and was a former Prisoner of War in Germany and a Veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife...
Ann Mills
May 6, 2006
Ann Estelle Writt Mills, age 72 of Chester, VA died Saturday, May 6, 2006. She was a loving wife and caring mother and grandmother. Mrs. Mills was born in Shepherdstown, WV the daughter of the late Charles C. and Myrtle C. Writt. She is survived by a husband of fifty - four years, Rev. Franklin M. Mills; three children, Bonnie...
Ralph Smith
May 6, 2006
Ralph Augusta Smith, Jr., 71, of Hopewell, died Saturday, May 6, 2006 in Chippenham Medical Center. He was born in Hopewell. Mr. Smith was a member of First Baptist Church, a former fireman with Enon Volunteer Fire Department and a retired powerhouse supervisor with 41 years of service with Smurfit-Stone Container. He was the son of the late Ralph A....
Robert Mccord
May 6, 2006
RICHMOND, VA Robert K. McCord, 86, passed away Friday, May 5, 2006, at St. Maryâ??s Hospital in Richmond. Born August 5, 1919, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was the son of the late Clifford Goshen McCord and Alice Kyle McCord. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a retired City Manager of Emporia. Mr. McCord is survived by his...
