Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Sr. G. Lowder
Mar 12, 2005
John Glen Lowder, Sr., of Hopewell, died Saturday, March 12, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Hopewell and was a life-long resident. Mr. Lowder served with the U.S. Army and was a retired operator with Hercules, Inc. Surviving are his wife, Marcia Kelly Lowder of Hopewell, four sons, John Glen Lowder, Jr. of Hopewell, John Warren Lowder of...
Randel Martin
Mar 12, 2005
Randel H. Martin, 77, of Chester, formerly of Dublin, VA died Saturday, March 12, 2005 in Chippenham Medical Center. He was born in Pulaski, VA and was the son of the late Posey and Pearl Goad Martin. He was a U. S. Army veteran of WW II and was retired from Allied Chemical. He is survived by his wife, Evelyn...
Helen Niese
Mar 11, 2005
Helen Marie Niese, 66, of Chester, died Friday, March 11, 2005. She was the widow of Mearl John Niese. Survivors include two daughters, Wanda M. Collins and Catherine L. Morgan; three grandchildren Candy, Matthew and Dylan and step grandchildren; brother Roy C. McCarthy and beloved companion Thomas E. Valentine. Graveside services will be conducted Tuesday, March 15 at 11:00 am...
Mary Thompson
Mar 11, 2005
Mary Lou Dingess Thompson, 74, of Hopewell, died Sunday, February 27, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Thompson was born in Griffithsville, WV. She was a retired operator for Allied Chemical Corp., a graduate of Marshall University, a member of Sandfork Missionary Baptist Church, and the Allied Chemical Retiree?s Club. Mrs. Thompson was preceeded in death by her parents, Bernie C....
Carl Ashbrook
Mar 11, 2005
Carl Edward Ashbrook, 80, of Hopewell, died Friday, March 11, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Honaker, VA and had been a resident of this area for many years. Mr. Ashbrook attended the Church of the Nazarene and was a retired clerk from McKay Hardware. He was preceded in death by his parents, Otis F. and...
Maria Jones
Mar 11, 2005
Maria Anna Jones, 76, of Petersburg, widow of Donald M. Jones, died Friday, March 11, 2005 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was a retired employee of the Hon Company. She is survived by two sons, Greg Jones and Ricky Jones; and a granddaughter, Tamara Evans and her husband, Brandon Evans. A graveside service will be held Thursday, March 24,...
Sr., H. Smith
Mar 10, 2005
James Herbert ?Kiester? Smith, Sr., 62, of Macon GA, died Thursday, March 10, 2005. A graveside funeral service will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, March 16, at Blandford Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Tuesday at the Petersburg Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Mr. Smith was retired...
Tammy Perks
Mar 10, 2005
Tammy M. Perks age 40 of Prince George died Thursday, March 10, 2005. She is survived by three children, Mark Mizzell, Thera Jones and J.R. Jones; a sister, Penny Sherman; aunts and uncles, Gene and Lillian Kelley, Robert Kelley, Larry Kelley, Janice and Tony Asbury, Wanda and Ivan Marshall, Joanne and Claude Henry and Kenny Widener; cousins, Mary Ann and...
Barbara Poole
Mar 10, 2005
Barbara E. (Bobbie) Poole age 71 of Petersburg died Thursday, March 10, 2005. She was preceded in death by a son, George Ernest Poole and a granddaughter, Debra Marie Poole. She is survived by her husband, Ernest W. Poole, Jr.; a daughter, Sharon Elaine Poole; two sisters, Shirley Ann Carwile and Helen Wall; three brothers, James (Bubba) Wall, Everett Wall...
James Casey
Mar 9, 2005
James William Casey, 63, of Dinwiddie died Wednesday, March 9, 2005 at his home. He was born in Smyth County, Virginia and was the son of the late Joseph Aston and Bonnie Johnson Casey. He was an employee of Adamson Global Technology for 20 years. He is survived by his wife, Shirley W. Casey; daughter and son-in-law, Vickie and Michael...
Jeanette Tadlock
Mar 9, 2005
Jeanette Jackson Tadlock, 70, of Prince George, died Thursday, March 9, 2005 at her home. She was born in Dunn, NC and had been a resident of this area for many years. Mrs. Tadlock retired as a bookkeeper from Strosnider Chevrolet and also worked as a volunteer with the American Heart Association and the March of Dimes. She was the...
Claude Flaherty
Mar 9, 2005
Claude M. Flaherty, 82, died on March 9, 2005 in Richmond. The World War II Marine combat veteran of the Pacific and retired Hercules Plant Manager is survived by his wife of 58 years, Lillian Hill Flaherty. He additionally is survived by two sons Richard M. Flaherty and wife, Linda Doorfee Flaherty of Great Falls, VA and Scott L. Flaherty...
Traci Hess
Mar 9, 2005
Traci E. Hess, beloved mother, sister, and friend, entered into eternal peace on March 9, 2005 at the age of 41. She will be reunited in heaven with her father James A. Weaver, mother Una Grace Weaver, and her beloved brother Michael D. Weaver. She is survived by her loving daughter, Desiree D. Clements: a sister Elizabeth A. Jessup; beloved...
Sr., F. Micou
Mar 8, 2005
Paul Freeman Micou, Sr., 90, of Chester died March 8, 2005 at MCV Hospital. An active member of the Chester community for over 60 years, he was born in Rutherfordton, NC, the son of the late Ernest Lee and Mary Katherine Freeman Micou. Mr. Micou grew up in Cumberland County, attended Hampden-Sydney College, and married Rosa William McLaurine in 1939....
W. Ruffin
Mar 8, 2005
Walter Nelson Ruffin, Sr.,92, a lifelong resident of Petersburg, passed away on March 8, 2005, after a period of declining health. He was preceded in death by his parents, Sarah Marriott and Reuben Raymond Ruffin, five brothers and sisters and his wife of 60 years, Rose Crichton Ruffin. He is survived by a daughter, Rebecca, and her husband, Donald N....
Betty Conner
Mar 8, 2005
Betty Jo Conner, 74, of Petersburg, passed on Tuesday March 8, 2005 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Joseph Carlie and Pansey Matheney Beckner, and was predeceased by one sister, Helen Smith, and three brothers, Grover, Carl, and Billy Beckner. She is survived by four sons; Jesse A. Sherman of Darrington Washington, Joseph E. Sherman of...
Bessie, Wilkes
Mar 7, 2005
Bessie Jane Wilkes, 80, of Petersburg, died Monday, March 7, 2005 in Southside Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wilkes was born in Meherrin, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe Ben and Annie Skinner Waddell, a daughter, Carolyn Pulling, and her husband Bud Wilkes. Mrs. Wilkes is survived by three sons, William Nyquist, Robert Nyquist, Joseph Fletcher, 2...
Nicole Garguilo
Mar 7, 2005
Nicole Demaison Garguilo 76 of Petersburg, died March 7, 2005. She was a native of Limoges, France and had been a resident of Petersburg since 1957. She was the daughter of the late Francois Demaison and Marie-Louise Loiseau Demaison. Mrs. Garguilo was preceded in death by her sister, Madeline Demaison Pouget. She was a retired partner of Mitchell Wiggins &...
Laura Skerritt
Mar 7, 2005
Laura Virginia Skerritt, 82, of Petersburg, passed away Monday, March 7, 2005. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Flossie Potts Skerritt. She worked as a medical records librarian at the old Petersburg Hospital before moving to Louisiana where she worked for many at the Touro Infirmary. Following her retirement, she returned to Petersburg...
Birdie Moody
Mar 7, 2005
Birdie P. Ridout Moody 81 of Petersburg, died March 7, 2005. She was a native of Mecklenburg Co, VA and the daughter of the late James W. Parham, Jr. and Eva Reekes Parham. She was retired from Brown & Williamson after 23 years of service. She was a member of Livingstone Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Neil...
