Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Nancy Wright-Wilson
Feb 21, 2006
Nancy ?Granny? B. Wright-Wilson, age 67, of Richmond, VA passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2006. She had lived in the area for forty plus years and was retired from C & P Telephone Company. She was also a member of several local organizations such as the Fellowship Baptist Church for 20 plus years, the Telephone Pioneers of America, and the...
Margaret Rayner
Feb 21, 2006
Margaret Oleyar Rayner, 67, of Prince George died Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Rayner was born in Prince George and had been a lifelong resident of the Hopewell/Prince George area. She was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church and was the Director of Transportation for the City of Hopewell School System. Mrs. Rayner was preceded in death...
Trudy Creech
Feb 20, 2006
Trudy Lynn Creech, 40, of Hopewell, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 20, 2006, after fighting a brave battle with cancer. She was a member of Calvary?s Love Ministries. She was preceded in death by her father, George Earl Creech. She is survived by two daughters, Ashley Wiseman Murphy and Brooke Wiseman Murphy of Hopewell; her beloved...
Alvin Morgan
Feb 19, 2006
Alvin Franklin ?Speed? Morgan, 82, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2006. Born in Prince George County, he was the son of the late William Henry and Lucye Morris Morgan. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. Mr. Morgan was the retired owner of Al Morgan Oil Company and had worked in the...
Col E. Blair
Feb 17, 2006
COL Bruce E. Blair, U. S. Army (Retired), 84, of Petersburg, passed away Friday, February 17, 2006. Born in Akron, Ohio, he was the son of the late Everett M. and Wynona Clause Blair. COL Blair had 35 years of distinguished service in the U. S. Army, serving in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was preceded in death by his...
Eva Davis
Feb 17, 2006
Eva Daniel Davis, 83, of Chester, went to be with her husband, Thomas W. Davis, Friday, February 17, 2006. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Herman C. and Viola Kelly Daniel. Mrs. Davis retired after over 25 years of civil service at Fort Lee. She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Kathleen Pollok and...
Sr., E. Bryant
Feb 15, 2006
Eugene E. Bryant, Sr., age 79 of Richmond, VA died February 15, 2006. Mr. Bryant was a retired carpenter and had lived in the area all of his life. He was preceded in death by a wife, June Dixon Bryant. He is survived by three children, Eugene E. Bryant, Jr. of Richmond, Bonnie Bryant Nalepa of Chesterfield, VA, and Mark...
Mildred Hash
Feb 14, 2006
Mildred F. Hash of Chester, VA, died at University Park, in Richmond, VA on February 14, 2006. She was born on May 8, 1918, in Jenkinsjones, WV. She grew up in Elkhorn, WV, and was the daughter of the late John E. and Anna Vernon Franklin. She was a member of Elkhorn Methodist Church, and the Ladies Guild. She was...
Virginia Berryman
Feb 14, 2006
Surry, Virginia Virginia Edwards Berryman, 86, passed away Monday, February 13, 2006 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. Born in Surry County she was the daughter of the late George M. Edwards and Nola Polland Edwards. Virginia was a homemaker and a devoted assistant to her husband?s carpentry business. She was a member of Moore?s Swamp Baptist Church,...
Dorothy Mayton
Feb 14, 2006
Dorothy Adeline Mayes Mayton, 88, of McKenney, widow of Bernard W. Mayton, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2006. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur W. and Nannie Wray Mayes. She is survived by her sons, James W. ?Jim? Mayton and wife, Ellen of Colonial Heights, B. Wayne Mayton and wife, Connie of Hopewell, and...
Ada H. Holt
Feb 13, 2006
Ada Lucille Helmick Holt, 73, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2006 at her home with her family by her side. Born in Baker, WV, she was the daughter of the late William Lee Helmick and Ada Kessner Helmick. She had worked for Safeway Food Stores for a number of years. Lucille is survived by her loving husband, Horace Holt; two...
Stanford Herr
Feb 13, 2006
Stanford Frederick Herr, 90, of Chester, formerly of Lancaster, Pa., passed away on February 13. He was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 60 years, Hazel Pettway Herr. He is survived by his daughter, Diane Atkinson & husband Bill and sister-in-law Lois Pettway, three granddaughters, Diana O?Daire, Suzanne Tiller, Beth Fogg, and their husbands, as well as five...
Mildred Schorer
Feb 11, 2006
Mildred Schorer, age 89, of Chester, VA passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2006. Mrs. Schorer had lived in the Chester area for over 25 years. She was a member of St. Ann?s Catholic Church, the Village Women?s Club, Hopewell Garden Club, and the Antique Study Group. She is survived by her husband, Clifford J. Schorer, Sr. of Chester; three...
Evelyn Ivey
Feb 11, 2006
Mrs. Evelyn Fisher ?Tinky? Ivey, 86, of Hopewell, died Saturday, February 11, 2006. She is survived by her husband, The Rev. Dr. Joseph B. Ivey, daughters, Sandra Kay Sykes and Cathy Gayle Davis, step-son Joseph B. Ivey, Jr. grandchildren Catherine Hope Davis and Jonathan Evans Davis, sister, Jo M. Mayfield and sisters-in-law, Thelma Ivey Collins and Don Rea Fisher. The...
Helen Marciano
Feb 11, 2006
Helen E. Marciano, age 91, of Chesterfield, VA passed away Saturday, February 11, 2006. Mrs. Marciano was born in Syracuse, NY, but spent most of her life in the Stamford, Connecticut area where she was a member of St. Cecilia?s Catholic Church. She moved to the Chesterfield area later in life and is survived by a husband, John D. Marciano...
Kim Showers
Feb 10, 2006
Kim H. Showers, age 51, of Chester, VA passed away Friday, February 10, 2006. Mr. Showers was born in Akron, Ohio and had lived in the Chester area for seventeen plus years. He has served as the Commissioner of the Wells Baseball Association; Assistant Coach of the Richmond Ruckus; member of the American Welders Society; and member of the Chester...
Virginia Marks
Feb 10, 2006
Virginia Murcele Marks, 91, of Prince George died Friday, February 10, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Prince George County and was a life long resident. Mrs. Marks was a volunteer with the Prince George Chapter of the American Cancer Association, a member of Brandon Episcopal Church and was a retired teacher, having taught in both...
David Hatcher
Feb 10, 2006
David Hatcher, Jr., 66 of Conway, SC, died Friday, February 10, 2006 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond, VA. Mr. Hatcher was a retired truck drive for Pilot Freight Carriers. He was preceded in death by his parents, David Hatcher, Sr. & Anna pearl Laviner Hatcher. Mr. Hatcher is survived by his wife, Virginia Collier Hatcher of Conway,...
John Jones
Feb 9, 2006
John ?Jack? Walter Jones, Jr., 77, of Disputanta, died Thursday, February 9, 2006 at his son?s home in North Carolina. Born in Southampton County he was the son of the late John Jones and Susie Bell Luter Jones and the husband of the late Hilda Jones. He was a resident of Disputanta, Virginia for the last 40 years and retired...
Idell Ingram
Feb 9, 2006
Idell Ameen Ingram, 90, widow of Sterling T. Ingram, died Thursday, February 9, 2006 in Riverview on the Appomattox. She was a lifelong resident of Hopewell. Her parents were the late Ahmed & Watfy Ameen. She is survived by one sister, Josephine Brashear of Laguna Niguel, CA; two brothers, Dr. Lane Ameen of New haven, CT and Dr. David A....
