Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Ronald Sterling Hoyle
Jan 23, 2022
Ronald Sterling Hoyle, 83, of Prince George, VA, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022. He was the son of the late Clarence Sterling Hoyle and Marjorie Edith Noone Parker; and was also preceded in death by his granddaughter, Lindsey Erin Creech; and two brothers, Billy and Larry Hoyle. Ronnie had retired from Honeywell as a machinist after 38 years...
Daniel J. Crowley
Jan 23, 2022
Daniel Joseph Crowley (Dan), 92 of Chester, VA passed away January 23, 2022. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, he was the husband for 62 happy years of the late Margaret Rose Crowley and the son of the late James and Josephine Crowley and late brother James Crowley Jr. He is survived by his four children Pat Crowley, Dan Crowley,...
Brenda Wood Sweat
Jan 23, 2022
Brenda Wood Sweat, 61, of Chesterfield passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022. Born in Petersburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late William R. Wood and Martha Wooten Wood. She was also preceded in death by her beloved husband, Charles Jeffrey Sweat; and son, William Robert Sweat. Brenda was employed with Matoaca Middle School as a bookkeeper for...
Everett Hawthorne Hinton, Jr.
Jan 23, 2022
Everett Hawthorne Hinton, Jr., 89, of Hopewell, VA, passed away on Sunday, January 23, 2022. Born in Richmond, VA, he was the son of the late, Everett Hawthorne Hinton, Sr. and Dorothy Stephens Hinton; and was also preceded in death by his first wife, Frances Hinton. Mr. Hinton was retired from Honeywell as a Chemist after 25 plus years of...
Faye Wallace Pennza
Jan 22, 2022
Faye Wallace Pennza, 81, of Chester, VA died January 22, 2022. Born in North Carolina and lived through the state of Virginia, she was the daughter of Ernest and Gladys Curry. She was a loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Women of the Hopewell Moose Lodge. She is survived by her daughter, Helen O'Neil; granddaughters, Tiffany...
Cecil Ray Pope
Jan 22, 2022
Cecil Pope of N. Chesterfield, Virginia passed away on Jan 22, 2022. His loved ones are composing his obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Gene Stewart Friedline
Jan 22, 2022
Gene Stewart Friedline, 89, of North Chesterfield, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oliver and Bessie Stewart; her loving husband of 67 years, Eugene H. Friedline; son, Damon L. Friedline; sister, Doris S. Bohr; brother, Curtis O. Stewart; grandchildren, Jarriod P. Friedline and Blaine E. Friedline. She is survived by her...
Jenny Irvine Wilhelm
Jan 22, 2022
Jenny Ireland Irvine Wilhelm, 81, of Ashland, Virginia, departed this life on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Born in Clifton Forge, Virginia, she attended Central High School and graduated from the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Hospital School of Nursing. Jenny donned her quintessential nurse's cap and began her career in 1962 as a registered nurse, first as an operating room nurse...
Rebecca Foster Calhoun
Jan 22, 2022
Rebecca Foster Calhoun, 90, of Petersburg, passed away at Southside Regional Medical Center on Saturday, January 22, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Nellie Tucker Foster and John Asa Foster. Mrs. Calhoun is also preceded in death by her husband, Carl Wayne Calhoun; sister, Nellie Foster Townsend; brother, Waverly Lee Foster; son-in-law, Andrew Ellis; and grandson-in-law, Corey. She...
Thomas E Ernest Legacy
Jan 22, 2022
Thomas Ernest Legacy, 65, of DeWitt, passed away on Saturday, January 22, 2022. Born in Hartford, CT and raised in Rhode Island, he was preceded in death by his mother, Virginia Waite Monis; and brother, Jeffrey Legacy. Thomas proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. Upon his discharge, he received a degree in Business Management. He went...
William Michael Wise
Jan 22, 2022
William Michael Wise (Mike) of Hopewell, VA, died at home surrounded by his loving family on January 22, 2022. He was the son of the late William Henry Wise and Nancy Caroline Camden. Mike enjoyed hunting, watching football, and tinkering in his garage. He is survived by his wife of 41 years, Jinx; his sons, Jason and Craig Wise; three...
Rosina Macherhammer Barnes
Jan 21, 2022
Rosina Macherhammer Barnes, 86, of Hopewell, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022. Born in Anthering, Salzburg, Austria she was the daughter of the late Josef Macherhammer and Anna Baumgartner Macherhammer. She is survived by her son, James Hardy (Cindy); and granddaughter, Morgan Hardy and her dear friends, Susanne and David Bohon. Rosina was a licensed cosmetologist in Austria before...
Sylvia Lynch Bell
Jan 21, 2022
Sylvia Lynch Bell, 86, of Prince George, VA, passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022. Born in Meadows of Dan, VA, she was the widow of Gerald D. Bell. Mrs. Bell was a United States Army veteran and was a retired State Farm insurance agent in Hopewell, VA with over 40 years of dedicated service. She is survived by two...
Gail Fuhrmann Chevalier
Jan 21, 2022
With tear filled eyes and aching hearts we say, "God welcomed another Angel into Heaven". On January 21st, after being surrounded by love from her three children, Gail Frances Fuhrmann Chevalier, 83, of Prince George County, peacefully left us to be with our Lord Jesus. She joins her parents, George and Helen Fuhrmann; brother and sister-in-law, Howard and Anna Fuhrmann;...
Lawrence David Katz
Jan 21, 2022
Lawrence David Katz, 68, of Hopewell, VA passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022. Born at Fort Bragg, NC he was the son of the late Abraham David Katz and Charlene May Steindel. Mr. Katz was a 1971 graduate of Hopewell High School, a 1975 graduate of the University of Virginia and went to graduate school at VCU where he...
Susan Alice Challenor
Jan 20, 2022
Susan Challenor of Inyokern, California passed away on Jan 20, 2022. Her loved ones are composing her obituary, which you will be able to read here.
Richard Thomas King
Jan 20, 2022
Richard "Tommy" Thomas King, 81, of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Born in Covington, VA he was the son of the late Theodore and Mary Louise Seay King; and was also preceded in death by his daughter, Stephanie King-Compton. Mr. King was a United States Marine Corps veteran. Following his discharge from the Marines, Tommy went...
James Elwood Higgins, Sr.
Jan 19, 2022
James Elwood Higgins, Sr., 79, of Colonial Heights, VA passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Born in Lexington, VA he was the son of the late Woodrow Emory and Mildred Radar Higgins; and was also preceded in death by his first wife, Annie Ramsey Higgins; and a brother, Emory Radar Higgins. Mr. Higgins was a United States Army veteran...
America Allen Hunter
Jan 19, 2022
America Allen Hunter, 90, of Hopewell, VA passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Howard Johnson and Virginia Johnson; her loving husband of more than 48 years, Howard Clyde Hunter; brothers, Worth and Randell Johnson; sisters, Lovell St. John and Ruth Cobb. She is survived by her son, Donald C. Hunter...
Melba Morgan Felty
Jan 18, 2022
Melba Morgan Felty, 72, of Prince George, passed away on Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Born in Petersburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Alvin (Speed) Franklin Morgan and Christine (Tina) Titmus Morgan. Melba graduated from Petersburg High School in 1967. Following high school, she graduated from nursing school with her LPN degree from Petersburg General Hospital. She later...
