Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Shirley Micklem
Jan 18, 2004
Shirley Haddon Micklem, 68, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday, January 18, 2004, at Johnston Willis Hospital from complications of smoking-related emphysema and coronary artery disease. She was the daughter of the late Charles Forrest Haddon and Teresa Cutchin Haddon Irwin. Born November 15, 1935 in Dinwiddie County, she was a successful business woman who served the community for over 30...
Leon Luther
Jan 18, 2004
Col. Ret. Leon C. Luther of Chester, VA died January 18, 2004 at Johnston Willis Hospital. He was born and raised on a farm near Andrews, North Carolina and was graduated from the Andrews Public School System. He continued to manage the family farm during his lifetime. After graduation from Blanton’s Business College in 1937 he was employed by the...
Rita Burns
Jan 17, 2004
Rita Ann Burns, 79, of Petersburg died Saturday, January 17, 2004 in Southside Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Burns was born in Baltimore, MD, a daughter of the late Howard Esler and Anna Milano. Preceded in death by a son Jameson Burns she is survived by her loving husband of 58 years, Joseph L. Burns, III, 4 devoted children, Jo Beth...
Welda Mitchem
Jan 16, 2004
Welda Randolph Mitchem, 82, of Pickett St. , Hopewell, died, Friday, January 16, 2004 at her residence. She was born in Bee Log, North Carolina, and had lived in this area since 1975.. Mrs Mitchem was predeceased by her parents, George G. and Eva Cooper Randolph, husband, Gilbert Henry Mitchem, a sister, Stella Randolph and brother Clinford Randolph. Surviving are...
Patricia Brown
Jan 16, 2004
Mrs. Patricia Kelly Brown, 72, of Petersburg, VA died at Southside Regional Medical Center on January 16, 2004 following a brief illness. Mrs. Brown was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Kelly of Hyde Park, Mass. She was a graduate of St. Margaret’s Hospital School of Nursing in Dorchester, Mass. She served her country as a lieutenant...
Paul Hoylman
Jan 15, 2004
Paul Andrew Hoylman, 83, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Thursday, January 15, 2004 at his residence. A native of Alderson, W.VA, he was a son of the late Russell B. and Leona Lands Hoylman. He was a U. S. Navy veteran, serving during WWII aboard the USS New Jersey, and a retired painter for Roger Jones Painting. Mr. Hoylman was...
Mary Willis
Jan 14, 2004
Mary Smith Willis of Chester, Virginia, 57 died Wednesday January 14, 2004 in Hopewell, Virginia. She was a native of Morehead City, NC. and the daughter of Ida Mae and the late Walter Smith. She is survived by her husband, William R. Willis of Chester, VA; daughter, Priscilla Kibler of Huntsville, AL. three sons, John Willis of San Antonio, TX.,...
Le B. Emmons
Jan 13, 2004
Le Roy Blake “Roy” Emmons, Sgt, U.S. Army, Ret., 75, of Lakeside Dr., Prince George, Virginia, died Tuesday, January 13, 2004 in the McGuire’s Veterans. Medical Center, Richmond, Va.. He served in the U. S. Army during WW II, Korean Conflict, and the Vietnam War. Mr. Emmons was a retired District Manager with 10 years of service for the Brockton...
Jr., W. Chandler
Jan 12, 2004
Virley Willie Chandler, Jr., 85, of Hopewell, died Monday, January 12, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Bristol, VA and had made his home in Hopewell for over 40 years. Mr. Chandler was retired from the U.S. Army, having served during WW II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War. He was a member of the...
Robert Price
Jan 11, 2004
Robert Wilton Price, 92, of Sandy Ridge Road, Prince George, died Sunday, January 11, 2004 at his residence. Mr. Price was born in Surry County and had been a resident of Hopewell since 1924. He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church, and a retired farmer, having been employed with Brandon Plantation for over 50 years. He was preceded...
Clarence Hammel
Jan 9, 2004
Clarence Edward Hammel, 90, of Richmond, formerly of Johnson Street in Hopewell, died Friday, January 9, 2004 in Beaufont Health Care Center. He was born in Sherman, Texas and had been a resident of this area since 1978. Mr. Hammel was a U.S. Army veteran of WWII and a retired auto mechanic with the U.S. Government at Bellwood. He was...
Bertha Prosise
Jan 9, 2004
Bertha Wells Prosise of Sutherland, wife of Cameron Foster Prosise, passed away Friday, January 9, 2004 at her residence. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was a daughter of the late Henry M. Wells and Louise Barnes Jackson. Mrs. Prosise was a retired operator for AT&T and a member of Ocran United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her...
Jennie Clements
Jan 9, 2004
Mrs. Jennie Eanes Clements, 52, widow of Clinton C. “Pete’ Clements of Chesterfield County,passed away Friday January 9, 2004 at Chippenham Johnston Willis Medical Center.She was a native of Petersburg and was a lifelong resident of Chesterfield County and was the daughter of the late ,Berry Joseph and Mary Ellen Walker Eanes. In addition to her parents and husband she...
Annie A. Barnes
Jan 8, 2004
Annie P. Abernathy Barnes, 89 of Old Hickory, Dinwiddie County, died Thursday, January 8, 2004 at home. She was preceded in death by her husbands, James R. Abernathy and Denice W. Barnes; parents, Mary P. Faison and Archer W. Perkins; brother, Witherspoon Perkins and sister, Mary C. Abernathy. She is survived by her daughter, Carol A. Barnes an husband, Francis;...
Clara Brady
Jan 8, 2004
Clara Virginia Brady age 92 of Richmond died Wednesday, January 8, 2004 at her residence. She is survived by a daughter, K. Elizabeth Brady of Richmond. Graveside services will be conducted 11:00 A.M. Monday, January 12 at Blandford Cemetery with The Rev. Troy Kaichen officiating. Arrangements by the Petersburg Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home.
Richard W.
Jan 7, 2004
Richard Wayne Gee, 62, of Midlothian, formerly of Petersburg, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004. He was a native of Petersburg, the son of Burnell Wicks Gee and the late James Washington Gee, a U. S. Army Veteran and retired from the Chesterfield County School Board Maintenance Department. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife, Nancy K....
Jeanette Overton
Jan 7, 2004
Jeanette K. Overton, 78, of Chester, formerly of Dinwiddie, died Wednesday, January 7, 2004 at her home. She was born in Bear Grass, NC and was the daughter of the late A. B. and Flora Hampton Rogerson. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Byrd Overton and a grandson, Brandon Dale Wray. She is survived by a son...
Debra P. Thompson
Jan 5, 2004
Debra Ellen Patrick Thompson, 48, of Petersburg died Monday, January 5, 2004 at her home. She was born in St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada and was the daughter of Betty Willis Patrick of Hopewell and the late Lt. Col. Roy D. Patrick, USAF Ret. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband, Jack Harvey Thompson; three children, Kara...
Beverly Lebow
Jan 4, 2004
Beverly S. Lebow, 73, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2004. She was born in New York City, the daughter of the late William and Gertrude Liebowitz. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Stanley J. Lebow, and is survived by daughter Sharon Lebow Grossman and her husband Michael; son Dr. Marc I. Lebow and his wife Nina; son...
Margaret Elmore
Jan 2, 2004
Mrs. Margaret Hendrick Elmore, 91, of Petersburg, widow of Wilbur T. Elmore, Jr., died Friday, January 2, 2004, at her home. She is survived by her sons, Thomas Russell Elmore and his wife, Lynda Dyson Elmore of Aurora, Il. and William Carroll Elmore and his wife, Cynthia Hayward Elmore of Woodbridge, Va.; her granddaughter, Katy Lee Elmore of Bristow, Va....
