Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
William Gwaltney
Jan 20, 2006
Surry, Virginia William Albert Gwaltney, 87, a long-time resident & landowner of Surry County, died January 17, 2006 at Haven House Hospice Center, Atlanta, Georgia. He was born in Surry County on November 18, 1918, the youngest child of William Albert and Edna (Deissner) Gwaltney. Two sisters and two brothers preceded him in death. Mr. Gwaltney was a graduate of...
Melanie Vent
Jan 19, 2006
Melanie Madison Vent, 35, of Moon Township, Pennsylvania died Thursday, January 19, 2006 at Magee?s Women?s Hospital in Pittsburgh, PA after a 4 1/2 year battle with breast cancer. She was the beloved wife of over 11 years to Jeffrey Ronald Vent. She was a native of Chester, Virginia and the daughter of Patricia Eubank Madison and the late Larry...
Laura Chiarky
Jan 19, 2006
Laura Mae Chiarky, 65, of Doswell, Va., died, Thursday, January 19, 2006 at her residence. She was born in Chase City, Virginia. Mrs. Chiarky was District Sales Manager with Avon Products, Inc., a member of the Hopewell Woman?s Club and First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Boyce and Lillie Virginia York Faggart. Surviving are...
James Thompson
Jan 19, 2006
Spc. 4 U. S. Army (Ret) James Asher Thompson, 63, died Thursday, January 19, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Lumberton, N.C. and was a resident of Hopewell for the past 30 years. Mr. Thompson served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam era and was a Purple Heart recipient. He was preceded in death...
James Thompson
Jan 19, 2006
Spc. 4 U. S. Army (Ret) James Asher Thompson, 63, died Thursday, January 19, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Lumberton, N.C. and was a resident of Hopewell for the past 30 years. Mr. Thompson served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam era and was a Purple Heart recipient. He was preceded in death...
James Thompson
Jan 19, 2006
Spc. 4 U. S. Army (Ret) James Asher Thompson, 63, died Thursday, January 19, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Lumberton, N.C. and was a resident of Hopewell for the past 30 years. Mr. Thompson served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam era and was a Purple Heart recipient. He was preceded in death...
Mary Stoss
Jan 17, 2006
Mary Horak Stoss, 83, of Colonial Heights, went to be with her Lord and the angels Tuesday, January 17, 2006 at River View on the Appomattox, Hopewell, VA. She was born October 1, 1922 in Petersburg, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Liddie Kvasnicka Horak, her husband, Charles William Stoss and a brother, William Louis...
Roger Coleman
Jan 16, 2006
Roger Dwayne Coleman age 72 of Petersburg died on Monday, January 16, 2006. He is survived by his wife, Sue Cha Coleman; a sister, Judy Cox of California; a brother, Fred Coleman of New York. He was preceded in death by a brother, Pete Coleman. Mr. Coleman was retired from the U.S. Army. Funeral services will be conducted 11:00 A.M....
Russell Parham
Jan 16, 2006
Claremont, Virginia RUSSELL EDWARD PARHAM, 65, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, January 16, 2006, after a long and courageous battle with lung cancer. Born in Windsor, VA he was a son of the late Lewis Thomas Parham and Elizabeth Louise Lovegrove Parham. Russell served his country in the U. S. Army; worked with and operated heavy equipment,...
Goldie Altizer
Jan 16, 2006
Goldie Lesley Altizer, 88, of Colonial Heights, went to be with the Lord Monday, January 16, 2006. She was born in Jumping Branch, West Virginia. Goldie was preceded in death by her parents, Lillian Yancey Hogan and Clarence Howard Hogan; husbands, Irvin Lesley and Walter Altizer; sisters, Lola Smith, Myrtle Wills, Gertrude Meadows, Edith Morris and Shirley Scott; brother, Wesley...
Joan Norfleet
Jan 16, 2006
Joan Bell Norfleet, 57, of Chester, Va., died January 16, 2006. She is survived by her husband, P. Michael Spraker, who was blessed and honored to have her as his wife and best friend; two children, Sarah Winston Norfleet and William Bell Norfleet, both of Richmond; and three step-children, Stephen Patrick Spraker and Mary Kathleen (Molly) Spraker, of Moseley, and...
Grace Pittman
Jan 15, 2006
Wakefield, Virginia GRACE LOWE PITTMAN, 84, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Tandem Healthcare in Windsor, VA. Born September 3, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Clayton and Bessie Bailey Lowe. She was the widow of Jack Wilbert Pittman, Sr. Grace was a lifelong resident of Southampton and Sussex Counties. She left Obici Hospital after 19...
Virginia Patton
Jan 15, 2006
Considered an elegant and beautiful lady by those who knew her and a former Mrs. Virginia, Virginia Koeppen Patton died on January 15, 2006. Mrs. Patton was born May 9, 1933 in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the daughter of the late Bernhardt Koeppen and Evelyn Hausam Koeppen. She was also pre-deceased by a sister, Carol McDougall and a brother, Ronnie Koeppen,...
Helen J. Harrup
Jan 14, 2006
Helen Elizabeth Jackson Harrup, 88, of Chester died Saturday, January 14, 2006. She was a native of Petersburg born the daughter of the late George Washington Jackson and Ruth Ethel Burnett Jackson. Mrs. Harrup was a member of Second Baptist Church in Petersburg for over 50 years and she was very devoted to Petersburg. She was an avid pet lover...
J. Pittman
Jan 14, 2006
Wakefield, Virginia J. Ernest Pittman, 94, passed away at his home in Wakefield, VA., with his family by his side on Saturday, January 14, 2006. Born May 22, 1911 in Dendron, Va., he was the son of the late Ernest Augusta Pittman and Emma Grubbs Pittman. He was a 1928 graduate of Dendron High School and married the late Mary...
Audrey Sinclair
Jan 13, 2006
Audrey J. Sinclair, age 84, of Chester, VA died Friday, January 13, 2006. She was a homemaker and member of Second Branch Baptist Church of Chesterfield for over seventy years. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Sinclair of Chester, two sisters, Mary Cooper and Rose Dunlow, both of Chesterfield and a brother in law, Frank Sinclair, of Richmond. She...
Virginia Graves
Jan 13, 2006
Virginia B. Graves, age 94, passed on Friday, January 13, 2006 at John Randolph Hospital. Virginia was preceded in death by her husband Wallace, son Charles, and loving sister Dorotha Graves. She is survived by four sons, William and wife Millie of Chester, VA, Richard and wife Mary Louise of Chapel Hill, N.C., Donald and wife Mona of Chesterfield, VA,...
Nellie Overby
Jan 11, 2006
Capron, Virginia Mrs. Nellie Bailey Overby, 92, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at Southampton Memorial Hospital, Franklin, with her family by her side. Born June 17, 1913 she was a daughter of the late Eason Bailey and Rosa Atkins Bailey and a lifelong resident of Southampton County. Nellie was the wife of the late Clifton L. Overby. They lived...
George Ruffin
Jan 10, 2006
George E. Ruffin, age 85 of Chester, VA. Died Tuesday, January 10, 2006. He was a retired aid with the McGuire VA Medical Center and former Chief of the Chester volunteer fire department. He was also involved in the Civilian Conservation Corp. and active in the Chester Methodist Church. He served in the U. S. Army and was stationed in...
Bonnie Burgess
Jan 10, 2006
Bonnie Lou Burgess, 56, of Hopewell died Tuesday, January 10, 2006 in Chippenham Medical Center in Richmond. She was born in Tarboro, NC. Mrs. Burgess was a member of Redemption Outreach Center and was a receptionist for Delta Oil Co. in Petersburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, George E. & Elgie Renfro Stanley and a sister, Rebecca...
