Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Jr., C. Belcher
Apr 1, 2004
David Columbus Belcher, Jr., 74, of Matoaca, passed away Thursday, April 01, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Petersburg, a son of the late David C. and Jennie Butler Belcher. He was retired with forty years of service with Brown & Williamson Tobbaco. Mr. Belcher loved to hunt and was a lifelong member of the Sappony Creek Hunt...
Minnie F. Clay
Mar 31, 2004
Minnie Setchel Fleetwood Clay, 91, formerly of Woodbine Street, Hopewell, died Wednesday, March 31, 2004 in Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born in Spring Grove, VA and had been a lifelong resident of this area. Mrs. Clay was preceded in death by her parents, John and Nannie Bernard Setchel, her daughter, Jeanne Rowland and a grandson, Bruce Rowland....
Sr. B. Bobb
Mar 30, 2004
George Ben Bobb, Sr. of Hopewell, died, Tuesday, March 30, 2004 at his residence. He was a retired from Honeywell and was a veteran of the US Navy during WWII. Mr. Bobb is survived by his wife, Catherine Harris Bobb, of Hopewell, a daughter, Pamela B. Hudson and husband, William of Chester, Va., a son George Ben Bobb, Jr. of...
Rose Whipple
Mar 30, 2004
Rose Marie Whipple, 55, of Hopewell, died, Tuesday, March 30, 2004, in Johnston-Willis Medical Center. She was born in Hopewell, Va. and had been a life-long resident. Mrs. Whipple was a Sgt. at Securitas Security. She was predeceased by her father, Douglas Johnson. Surviving are her husband, Gregory Allan Whipple of Hopewell, three sons, Kelvin Johnson, of Leesburg, Va., Ronald...
Genevieve Mayes
Mar 28, 2004
Genevieve M. Mayes, 84, widow of Alton Mayes, died Sunday, March 28, 2004 after a lengthy illness. She was the daughter of the late Arthur J. and Emily Lee Moody. She was born in Norfolk, but spent most of her life in Petersburg and was a 1949 graduate of Farmville State Teacher’s College (Longwood) with a BS degree in Elementary...
Bertha Auten
Mar 28, 2004
Bertha Gay Auten 84, of Hopewell passed away March 28, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Creed and Lydia Compton and was predeceased by two husbands, Raymond Kennedy and Rev. William Thomas Auten, a sister Ethel Hess, three brothers, Norman Compton, Henry Compton, Carl Compton, and a nephew Edward Mitchell. She is survived by her sister Susie Mitchell,...
Bertha Black
Mar 26, 2004
Mrs. Bertha Taylor Black, 84, widow of James H. Black, Sr., passed away Friday, March 26, 2004 at Battlefield Park Convalescent Center. A native of Victoria, VA, she was the daughter of the late John P. and Amy Gertrude Douglas Taylor. She was a resident of the area for most of her life and was a member of Washington Street...
Dorothy Cornett
Mar 26, 2004
Mrs. Dorothy S. Cornett, “Dolly” to those who knew her, age 83, a long time resident of Petersburg went peacefully and quietly home to be with her Lord at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News on March 26, 2004. Born on Dec. 25, 1917 in Woodton, England, she was the only child of the late Harry Charles and Maude...
Frederick Mcdermott
Mar 25, 2004
Frederick Charles McDermott, Hopewell, died, Thursday, March 25, 2004 in McGuire VA Medical Center. He was born in Danvers, Massachusetts in 1921 and had been a resident of this area over 40 years. Mr. McDermott was a retired M/Sgt. from the U.S. Army, and was retired from Defense Supply Center at Bellwood. He was the son of the late James...
Frances Schubert
Mar 25, 2004
Frances Price Schubert, 87, of Wilmington, DE, formerly of Dinwiddie County, VA died March 25, 2004 in Wilmington Hospital. Mrs. Schubert was born in Ford, Dinwiddie County, a daughter of the late Charles William and Ruth Gunn Vaughan. Preceded in death by her first husband, Edgar Leo Price, she is survived by her husband, Waldemar Schubert of Aiken, SC., daughter,...
Edna Crowder
Mar 25, 2004
Edna Booth Crowder age 84 of Dinwiddie Co. died Thursday, March 25, 2004. She was the widow of Calvin Crowder, Sr. She is survived by nine children, Jack, Lee, Gary, Irene, Earl, Milton, Jr., Edna Mae, Betty Ann and Barbara: three step-children; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two children, Rose and Virginia Dare. The family...
Elizabeth Hess
Mar 23, 2004
Elizabeth M. Hess, 87, of Chester, widow of Herman W. Hess, Sr., passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2004. She was a member of Chester Baptist Church for over 50 years, member of Chester Garden Club and many Bridge Clubs. Mrs. Hess is survived by three sons, Herman William Hess, Jr. of Williamsburg, VA, Milton Andrew Hess of Charles City County,...
William Norris
Mar 22, 2004
William Bentley “Monk” Norris, 78, of Berry Street died Monday, March 22, 2004 at his residence. He was born in Ayden, NC and had been a resident of Hopewell for more than 50 years. Mr. Norris was a retired oiler from Honeywell, Inc.. He was the son of the late Joe and Sallie Tripp Norris. Mr. Norris is survived by...
Cheryl Kanak
Mar 20, 2004
Mrs. Cheryl Hale Kanak, 53, of Ruffin Road, Prince George County, died Saturday, March 20, 2004 ;in Henrico Doctors’ Hospital. She was born in Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., and was a Prince George County resident most of her lifetime. Mrs. Kanak was a graduate of VCU, a former teacher with the Prince George County School System, and a lover of...
Maxine Partin
Mar 19, 2004
Mrs. Maxine Harrington Partin, 81, widow of Louis Claiborne Partin, passed away Friday March 19, 2004. She was a native and lifelong resident of Petersburg, Virginia and was the daughter of the late, Charles and Marion Gill Harrington. Mrs. Partin was a former member of Memorial United Methodist Church and at her passing was a member of West End Baptist...
Catherine Harrison
Mar 18, 2004
Catherine Rowe Harrison of Petersburg died Thursday, March 18, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Harry Benjamin and Josephine Funk Rowe. Mrs. Harrison retired as a budget analyst from Civil Service, Fort Lee. She is survived by her husband, Vernon L. Harrison of 53 years; son and daughter-in-law, Vernon L. Harrison, Jr. and Mona Lisa Nunez of Boca...
Barbara Townsend
Mar 17, 2004
Barbara June Ogreen Townsend, 70, of Brook Avenue, Suffolk, VA died Wednesday, March 17, 2004 at her residence. She was born in Hurton, MI and had been a resident of this area for several years. Mrs. Townsend was the daughter of the late Harry and Blanche Ogreen. She is survived by her husband, George L. Townsend, Jr. of Suffolk, four...
Florence Pride
Mar 17, 2004
Florence Bernice “Polly” Pride, 86 passed away on March 17, 2004 at her residence after a long illness. She was born in Chesterfield County to Norman Augustus and Florence Varnier Pride. She attended Colonial Heights School (Flora Hill) and Petersburg High School. She graduated from Farmville State Teachers College (Longwood) and received a Masters Degree from The College of William...
Mark Griffin
Mar 16, 2004
Mark Emory Griffin, 34, of Columbus, Ohio and formerly of Charlottesville and Dinwiddie, VA, died Tuesday, March 16, 2004 at Columbus Subacute and Rehabilitation Center. Mark attended Technical School and the Church of God. He loved music, movies and sports. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Wiley Griffin and Ruby Coleman. Mark is survived by his loving...
Benjamin Kinsey
Mar 16, 2004
Benjamin Thorogood Kinsey of Petersburg died Tuesday, March 16, 2004. He was married for 55 years to the late Nancy Alden Strong Kinsey. He was the son of Benjamin Thomas and Kitty Mitchell Kinsey and brother of the late Samuel Phillips Mitchell Kinsey and the late Martha Kinsey Marable. Mr. Kinsey was a lifelong resident of Petersburg. A graduate of...
