Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Harry Poole
Feb 9, 2006
Harry Poole, 51, of Prince George County, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2006. He was the son of Annie Stanback Poole and the late John Spencer Poole. Harry was a graduate of the University of Virginia, class of 1976 and a member of Carson United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife; Bonnie Stables Poole; daughters, Tara Elizabeth Poole,...
Velva Reid
Feb 9, 2006
Velva Rider Reid, 93, of Chester, died Thursday, February 9, 2006 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Hopewell and was a librarian in Scottdale, PA before her retirement. Mrs. Reid was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene E. and Sylvia Hough Rider, her husband Charles Rinard Reid, and a son, C....
Doris Hundley
Feb 8, 2006
Waverly, Virginia Doris Minetree Hundley, 75, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2006 at Waverly Healthcare Center, Waverly, VA. Born May 12, 1930 in Petersburg, Virginia, she was the daughter of Hazel Byrd Minetree of Colonial Heights, VA., and the late Hugh E. Minetree. Mrs. Hundley was a former member of West End Baptist Church in Petersburg, a member of the...
Gloria Willoughby
Feb 8, 2006
Gloria Beach Willoughby, 65, of Petersburg, died Wednesday February 8, 2006 at Southside Regional Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Jesse O. & Katherine Mayton Beach, and was predeceased by a son. She leaves to cherish her memory, her loving husband Donald R. Willoughby, a son, Forrest Westmoreland of Virginia, brother, Mike Beach of Virginia, two sisters, Dixie...
Joel Mcgrady
Feb 7, 2006
Colonel (retired) Joel Lynton McGrady, 55, of Providence Forge, died Tuesday February 7, 2006, at his residence. He was a native of Strasburg, Virginia and the son of the late Lloyd Eli & Guida McCraw McGrady. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute in 1972, he joined the United States Army. He served on active duty for 26 years. He...
M. Cotter
Feb 7, 2006
Wakefield, Virginia Rev. Douglas M. Cotter, 88, passed away Monday, February 6, 2006 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. Born May 29, 1917 in Hartsdale, New York, he was the son of the late Richard Comfort and Ruth Murgatroyd Cotter. He was predeceased by his wife, Irene Neprash Cotter. Rev. Cotter was serving with the Egyptian Agricultural Department...
Charles Chumbley
Feb 7, 2006
Charles R. Chumbley, Sr., 73, of Enon, died Tuesday, February 07, 2006 at Johnston Willis Medical Center. He was born in Glenvar, VA and was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Richard and Ina Connor Chumbley and a son, Chris Chumbley. He was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean Conflict and was a retired employee of...
Bobby Cook
Feb 7, 2006
Surry, Virginia Bobby Lawrence Cook, 66, passed away Sunday, February 5, 2006 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. Born November 5, 1939 in Southampton County, he was the son of the late Robert Cook and Sweetie Mae Saunders Cook. Bobby was a tire mechanic all of his life having worked for the Town of Ivor Maintenance Dept., Ivor...
Gladys Linker
Feb 5, 2006
Gladys E. Linker, 87, of Lafayette, LA, formerly of Petersburg, VA, widow of Col. Roland Otto Linker, passed away Sunday, February 05, 2006. Born in Denver, CO, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Calvin and Ethel Sager Wolf. She was a longtime member of Washington Street United Methodist Church, Petersburg, and was active in many civic, social and...
Lois "Isabelle"
Feb 4, 2006
Lois ?Isabelle? Butler Lee, age 90, widow of Robert E. Lee, SR., died Feb. 4, 2006 in Hopewell. Born Nov. 24, 1915 in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late Fred Lynwood and Rose Mildred Kennedy Butler She was a retired cafeteria manager for Prince George public schools with over 20 years of service. She is survived by a...
Margaret Harrison
Feb 4, 2006
Margaret C. Harrison, 73, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Saturday, February 04, 2006 at her residence. Born in Richmond, she was the daughter of the late Clarence and Louise Riley Kartcher. Mrs. Harrison was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Charlotte Small. She is survived by her loving husband, Thomas Harrison; sons, Eddie Small and Peter Frank Small and wife...
Monty Jr. Henshaw
Feb 4, 2006
Monty Earl Henshaw, Jr., 26, died on Saturday, February 4, 2006. He was a 2000 graduate of Dinwiddie High School, an employee of Food Lion, Dinwiddie store, a member and usher at Trinity Worship Center, Colonial Heights. He is survived by his mother, Tammy Mayton and companion, Roger Lee Tomas of Petersburg; father, Monty E. Henshaw, Sr.and wife, Rose Henshaw;...
Sandra Horne
Feb 4, 2006
Sandra Lynn Horne, of Prince George, Va., passed away February 4, 2006. She was born July 2, 1959 in Tacoma, Washington. She was a 1977 graduate of Prince George High School. She is survived by her parents, William and Joan Glass Horne, of Prince George, Va; brother, David Horne and his wife Janice, of Nashville, Tn; sisters, Linda Shannon and...
James Story
Feb 3, 2006
James Fenton Story, 43, of Savannah, GA died Friday, February 3, 2006. He was born in Richmond the son of Shirley P. Jones and the late Roby F. Story. He is survived by four brothers Doug Story (Paula), Randy Story, Steve Story (Vicki), and Dick Twisdale (Deborah); a sister Norma Twisdale Brown (Jerry); step-mother Sarah K. Story, seven nieces and...
John Bishop
Feb 2, 2006
John Roland Bishop, 75, of Dinwiddie died Thursday, February 02, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was a native and life-long resident of Dinwiddie and was the son of the late Ernest Garland Bishop, Sr. and Beulah Lamm Bishop. He was a retired machine operator for Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. and was a member of Pine Grove Baptist...
Byrum Cade
Feb 2, 2006
Byrum Cade, age 87 of Chesterfield, Va. passed away February 2, 2006. He was a retired employee of McGuire Veterans Hospital, and was preceded in death by his wife, Ruby A. Cade. He is survived by a daughter, Merry L. Cade of DeWitt, VA.; three sons, Kenny Cade and wife Tracy of Chesterfield, Robert Cade of Chesterfield, and Jay Daniel...
Sarah F. H. Iskill
Feb 2, 2006
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Fowlkes Hunt Driskill, moved to her heavenly home on Thursday, February 2, 2006. She was born in Dinwiddie County and was the daughter of the late Sterling Edward and Lucy Heath Fowlkes. She was preceded in Glory by both husbands, James Nolan Hunt in 1965 and Stewart Phillip Driskill, Sr. in 1987, the first Sheriff of Colonial...
Walter Grosvenor
Feb 2, 2006
Walter V. Grosvenor, 90, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Ashland, died Thursday, February 02, 2006. He was a retired distribution clerk for the Railway Postal Service and U. S. Army Air Corps Veteran of WWII. He is survived by a daughter; Suzanne Sharpe of Bumpass, four sons; Dr. John Grosvenor of Albemarle, N. C., Bruce W. Grosvenor of Colonial Heights,...
Michael Sadosky
Feb 2, 2006
Michael Sadosky, 39, of Chester, formerly of New London Connecticut, died Thursday February 02, 2006 at McGuire?s Veteran Hospital. He was the son of Edward R. Sr., and Margaret McCarthy Sadosky and was predeceased by a brother Edward R. Sadosky Jr. He was employed as a plant Forman. He was a veteran of the United States Army where he served...
Joyce S. Burnett
Jan 31, 2006
Joyce Anne Stanley Burnett, 76, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Petersburg and had been a resident of the Hopewell-Petersburg area most of her life. Mrs. Burnett was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church and a member of the Women of The Moose. She was preceded in death by her...
