Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Allan B. Mitchell
Sep 8, 2012
Allan Blair Mitchell, 78, of Dinwiddie, Virginia, passed away on Saturday September 8, 2012. He was the son of the late Samuel and Bessie Mitchell. Allan was a Charter Member and former President of the Rowanty Hunt Club, and past president of the Rowanta Ruritan Club. Mr. Mitchell was an avid hunter and fisherman. He founded A.B. Mitchell Well Boring...
Ernest W. Parker
Sep 7, 2012
Ernest W. “Bubba” Parker, 50, of Chester, Va. passed away Friday September 7, 2012. He is preceded in death by his parents, William O. and Margaret Spencer Parker. Bubba was employed by Sycom Technologies as a warehouse manager. He had two great loves, his family and the Washington Redskins. He is survived by his sisters, Velda “Mickey” Elliott and her...
James B. Jones Sr.
Sep 6, 2012
James Bolling Jones, Sr., 89, of Chester, passed away on Thursday, September 6, 2012. Mr. Jones was a pilot in the United States Air Force from 1949 to 1953, a flight instructor for air force cadets from 1953 to 1956, a partner in The Jones Boys Inc. in Petersburg from 1956 to 1975, a teacher in Dinwiddie from 1975 to...
Eloise R. Holland
Sep 5, 2012
Eloise Roach Holland, 84, of Chesterfield, passed away on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. She is the widow of Leslie T. Holland. She was a member of the Crescent Park Jehovah’s Witnesses congregation. She is survived by daughters, Linda H. Gilbert of Chesterfield, Brenda H. McCann and her husband, Vernon of Zuni, Va; grandchildren, Tina Gilbert, Tony Gilbert (Cindy), Amy Wellons...
Charles Nelson Sibley Sr.
Sep 5, 2012
Charles Nelson Sibley, Sr., 74, of Chester, passed away surrounded by his loving family and friends Wednesday September 5, 2012. He is preceded in death by his parents, Major John Lewis Sibley, Sr. and wife Marie Hurst Sibley; and sister, Mary Lou S. Geddy. He was the proud owner and operator of Sibley’s BBQ. His passion for football allowed him...
Col. Carl B. Keller Jr.
Sep 5, 2012
COL Carl B. Keller, Jr., age 89, of Petersburg, died September 5, 2012 at his home. He was born in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, a son of the late Carl B. Keller and Eileen Hepner Keller. A veteran of WWII, he received a direct commission in France. He remained in the Army for over 27 years serving in Korea,...
Anna M. Black
Sep 4, 2012
Anna M. Black, 89, of Chester, widow of Karl L. Black, Sr. passed away Tuesday, September 04, 2012. She is survived by her sons, Bobby Oakley, Karl Black, Jr. and his wife Charleen and Mark Black, Sr. and his wife Edina; grandchildren, Donnie, Dennis, Jennifer; Mark, Robert, and Khris; 6 great-grandchildren; and many friends. Family will recieve friends from 6:00...
Arthur Gray Stallings
Sep 3, 2012
Arthur Gray Stallings, 83, of Prince George, passed away Monday, September 3, 2012. Born in Sussex County, he was the son of the late Walter and Annie Mae Rideout Stallings. Mr. Stallings was a U. S. Army veteran and a retired farmer. He was a lifelong member of Salem United Methodist Church, a member of the Carson Ruritan Club, Edwards...
Mary B. Spence
Sep 2, 2012
Spence, Mary Beth (Beth) of Disputanta, Virginia, 57, a unique and unrepeatable soul departed this life on Sunday September 2, 2012. Beth was born on December 31, 1954 in Havre de Grace, Maryland to Mr. Albert Baxter of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and his wife Lois Elaine Fitzgerald of Zion, Maryland. She was raised by Lois and her second husband J C...
Patricia A. Gore
Sep 1, 2012
Patricia Aler Gore, 85, of Midlothian passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, John W. Gore. She is survived by her daughters, Kathy Harney (Mike) and Barbara Gore; grandchildren, Lauren, Sean (Kristina), Megan, Alex and Eric; great-grandchildren, Brenden, Kaytee and Connor. Her funeral service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, September...
Rita B. Fowler
Aug 31, 2012
Rita Belcher Fowler, 81, of Petersburg, Virginia, passed away on Friday August 31, 2012. She was preceded in death by her husband MSG Lewis Loren Fowler and parents Robert Wesley and Bessie Lavenstein Belcher, son Robert Duane Fowler and a brother Robert “Bookie” Belcher. Rita spent 19 years as a military wife at the side of her beloved husband, Lou....
William H. Vaughan
Aug 30, 2012
William Harrison Vaughan, age 93, a lifelong resident of Dinwiddie County, passed away Thursday, August 30, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Born July 7, 1919, he was a World War II Army veteran, and a retired employee of Allied Chemical. He was a charter member of Kenwood United Methodist Church. Mr. Vaughan is survived by his wife of 67...
Sfc (Ret) Willard C. Sabourin Jr.
Aug 27, 2012
Willard “Bill” Charles Sabourin, Jr. SFC (RET), 58, of Petersburg, departed this life on Monday, August 27, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Velma “Lois” Sabourin of Petersburg. Interment will be in Virginia Veterans Cemetery at 12:00 noon on September 7, 2012.
Charles Schulte
Aug 25, 2012
Charles Frede Schulte, 87, of Hopewell, formerly of Bradenton, FL passed away on August 25, 2012. He was the son of the late Grover C. and Gertrude Frede Schulte, and was also preceded in death by a son, James C. Schulte. Mr. Schulte was a U.S. Cost Guard veteran, and was a retired firefighter from the Cincinnati Fire Department after...
Jack Cramer
Aug 24, 2012
Jack Horner Cramer, 93, of Hopewell, passed away on Thursday, August 23, 2012. He was a Chemical Engineer at Allied Chemical for approximately forty years, and also for the Defense General Supply Center as a Chemical Engineer. Mr. Cramer was a senior member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, since 1948. He is preceded in death by his parents,...
Ray Hill
Aug 24, 2012
Ray Hill, a native of Ellenton, SC having made Petersburg, VA. his home for the past 62 years, departed from this life on Friday, August 24, 2012. He is preceded in death by his loving wife of 49 years, Katherine Holderfield Hill. Also, he was the brother to the late Helen Williams and Fred C. Hill. Mr. Hill is survived...
Ella Greer Mays
Aug 22, 2012
Ella Mae Greer Mays, 85, a beloved mother and the widow of Cecil Ruben Mays, went home to be with her Lord Tuesday morning, August 21, 2012, at her daughterâ??s residence. Mrs. Mays was born a daughter of Edgar Greer and Myrtle Oaks Greer on November 6, 1926 in Minneapolis, NC. She committed her life to acts of selfless giving,...
Annie Justice
Aug 22, 2012
Annie Mae Justice, 100, formerly of Hopewell, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, August 22, 2012. She was born in Appomattox, and then moved to Hopewell where she lived most of her adult life, until moving to the Imperial Plaza in Richmond in her later years. She was a longtime member of Woodlawn Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Justice is...
Thomas Baird
Aug 22, 2012
Rev. Thomas Lander Baird, 89, of Colonial Heights, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2012.. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Lee Pearson Baird and parents Nathaniel Harrison and Ruth Seay Baird. He served as Pastor of Aldersgate Independent Methodist Church in Colonial Heights for approximately 35 years. He is survived by a special niece, Cybil Dunbar and...
John Woolard
Aug 20, 2012
John â??Buckâ? Woolard, 64 years old, of Hopewell, VA, passed away on Sunday, August 19, 2012. He was preceded in death by two loving parents, John and Juanita Woolard; and a granddaughter, Mykenzi Woolard. He is survived by his two daughters, Lorraine Woolard Reyes and Linda Davidson; and six grandsons, Jonathan Woolard, Sebastian and Chris Davidson Jr., Benjamin Reyes, Brett...
