Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Harold Daniels
Apr 5, 2005
Harold Lloyd Daniels, 79, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Middleton, West Virginia and had been a long time resident of the Hopewell area. Mr. Daniels was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during WWII. He was a truck driver while living in West Virginia before coming to Hopewell to work for...
Earnestine Alexander
Apr 5, 2005
Earnestine Buchanan Alexander, of Richmond, died April 5, 2005. She was the widow of Rennie Wilson Alexander. She is survived by her son Richard T. Alexander and his wife, Katie, of Chester; daughter Joyce Lee Heath and her husband, William, of Richmond; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; niece and nephew and special friends. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 8th...
Little Valverde
Apr 5, 2005
Little Angel Valverde, of Petersburg died Tuesday, April 5, 2005. He was the son of Gildardo and Cheri Ann Valverde and is also survived by Paternal Grandparents; Jose Dolores and Maria Socorro Valverde of Chihuahua, Mexico; Maternal Grandparents, Donald and Gail Martin of Hopewell and Michael and Karen Myrick of Petersburg. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com
Clarence Parrish
Apr 4, 2005
Clarence W. ?Wimpy? Parrish, 78 of Dinwiddie Co. died Monday, April 4, 2005. He was a native of Petersburg and the son of the late Raymond Lee and Mattie W. Parrish. He was a retired Vice President of Owen Printing Co. He was a member of Blandford Lodge # 3 A.F. & A.M. He was preceded in death by his...
Gertrude Harvell
Apr 4, 2005
Gertrude Carwile Harvell, 89, of Petersburg, widow of Otto Harwood Harvell, passed away Monday, April 04, 2005. Born in Prince Edward County, VA, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Mattie Cobb Carwile. She was a longtime member of St. Marks United Methodist Church and a retired office manager with Hopewell Builder Supply. Mrs. Harvell is survived...
Franklin Dewberry
Apr 3, 2005
Donald Franklin Dewberry, 67, of Hopewell, died Saturday, April 2, 2005 in Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg. He was born in Hopewell. Mr. Dewberry was a retired instrument Technician with Honeywell. He was preceded in death by his parents Charles S. and Bessie Lee Dalton Dewberry and two brothers, Howell S. Dewberry and Marvin T. Dewberry. Surviving are a sister,...
Katie Glass
Mar 31, 2005
Katie Augusta Drake Glass, 87, of Virginia Beach, died, March 31, 2005 at her residence.She was born in Hopewell, Virginia and was a former resident of Park Avenue.. She was a retired secretary with Civil Service at Ft. Lee, a member of the Hopewell Garden Club, a member of St. John?s Episcopal Church serving as secretary and was a volunteer...
Nelson Roark
Mar 31, 2005
Nelson Eugene Roark , 79, of Chester, died Wednesday March 30, 2005 . He was a retired employee of Firestone and a veteran of World War 11 . He is survived by his wife, Margaret H. Roark, Chester; son Robert W. Roark and wife Christine, of Chester; daughter Sandra Thomas and husband, Clayton of Greensboro, N. C.; four grandchildren and...
Laura Woehr
Mar 31, 2005
Laura Dickinson Woehr, 89, of Hopewell, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in New York, the daughter of the late Floyd E. Dickinson and Anna Terpening Dickinson, and was the widow of Frederick A. Woehr, Sr. Mrs. Woehr was a faithful and very active member of First United Methodist Church in Hopewell where...
Dan Mccoig
Mar 31, 2005
Dan Macey McCoig, Sr., 72, of Chester, Va. died, Thursday, March 31, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Jefferson County, TN. Mr. McCoig served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict, a retired millwright for Honeywell Corp. and was a member of the Masonic Lodge # 231 Morristown,TN. He was preceded in death by his...
Maria Golden
Mar 31, 2005
Maria Schafer Golden, 88, of Hopewell, widow of Earman Edward Golden, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Jena, Germany and was the daughter of the late George Kurt and Marie Vorbach Shafer. She started the Hopewell congregation of the New Apostolic Church by having services in her home. She also volunteered for...
Pearl Horne
Mar 29, 2005
Pearl Beatrice Harrison Horne, 99, of Colonial Heights, died March 29, 2005 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was a native of Prince George County and the daughter of the late Charles H. & Mary Elizabeth Durphy Harrison. She was the widow of Morris T. Horne, Sr. She was a former member of Memorial United Methodist Church. She...
Anderson Blevins
Mar 28, 2005
Anderson J. Blevins, 69, of Hopewell died Monday, March 28, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Narrows, VA and was the son of the late Lemule M. and Dorothy Stables Blevins. He was a U. S. Army veteran of Korea and an employee of Park 500, USA. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Narrows,...
Charles ,Jr. Suitt
Mar 28, 2005
Charles T. Suitt, Jr., died Monday, March 28, 2005. He was the son of Charles Thomas, Sr., and Rebecca DeWolf Suitt. Other than his parents, he is survived by his Grandparents; Melinda Moore of Colonial Heights, John and Susan R. Suitt of Prince George and William J. DeWolf of Colonial Heights, Great Grandparents Robert and Romona DeWolf of Prince George,...
Mary Courson
Mar 28, 2005
Mary Elizabeth Courson, 83, formerly of Petersburg, VA, passed away Monday, March 28, 2005 at her residence in Kill Devil Hills, NC. A native of Ford, VA, she was the daughter of the late James Alexander and Bessie Stanley McGee. She was a retired civil service employee from Fort Lee. Preceded in death be her husband, Grady C. Courson, Sr.,...
Julia Dail
Mar 28, 2005
Julia Crooks Dail, 67, of Hopewell died Monday, March 28, 2005 at her home. She was born in Bamburg, SC and was a retired employee of Allied Chemical. She was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Robert L. Dail; three step-children, Robbie L. Dail, Terry L. Dail and Marcie E. Dail; and a niece...
Ernest Holleman
Mar 26, 2005
Ernest Maxie ?Hootie? Holleman, Sr., 76, of Colonial Heights, died Saturday, March 26, 2005. Ernie was a retired employee of Philip Morris Tobacco Corporation. At the end of World War II, he served in the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Le Jeune. Ernie was born July 14, 1928, the second son of the late Edward Cranford Holleman, Sr. and Ella Hundley...
Thomas Carter
Mar 25, 2005
Thomas Earl Carter, 54, of Petersburg, passed away Friday, March 25, 2005 at his residence. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of Dorothy Hawks Carter and the late Henry Thomas Carter. He was a former agent with Life of Virginia Insurance Company and was currently an employee of Standard Motor Products. In addition to his mother, he is survived...
Stella Perkinson
Mar 25, 2005
Stella Dent Edwards Perkinson, 82, of Matoaca passed away Friday, March 25, 2005. She was born the daughter of the late Wesley B. and Elizabeth Dent Edwards. Mrs. Perkinson was a Charter Member of Matoaca Christian Fellowship, a long time member of Matoaca Baptist Church, as well as a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy, Eastern Star, Matoaca Women?s...
Nellie Harville
Mar 24, 2005
Nellie Spiers Harville, 81 of Colonial Heights died March 24, 2005. She was a native of Dinwiddie Co. and the daughter of the late Henry Dorman and Norah Drummond Spiers. She was the widow of Thomas William Harville. She is survived by two sons, Allen T. Harville of Matoaca and Wilber T. Harville of Va. Beach; daughter, Dorothy H. Small...
