Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
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...
James Clayton
Aug 20, 2012
James Fred Clayton, Jr., 80, of Matoaca, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2012. He was the son of the late James Fred Clayton, Sr. and Emma Collier Clayton. He was a 50 year member of Petersburg Masonic Lodge #3 of A.F. & A.M. He was retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco and served as Auxiliary Police in Dinwiddie and...
Evelyn J. Talbott
Aug 20, 2012
Evelyn Joyce Talbott, 92, of Smithfield, VA, died Monday, August 20, 2012. She was preceded in death by a daughter Ann Baker Jernigan, son Rodney Owen Baker, daughter-in-law Helen Ritchie Baker and parents Burtis and Mabel Johnson Murry. She is survived by a son, James Baker; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held 4:00...
James Lucas
Aug 20, 2012
James â??Edâ? Lucas, 55, of Chesterfield, passed away on Monday, August 20, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Carol A. Lucas; daughter, Renee Hicks and husband, Kyi; step-children, Carl Adamez, Carmen Conrad and husband, Rich; mother, Margaret Lucas; grandchildren, Karell, Malachi, Gillian, Adam, Ben, Lily, and Lindsay; brothers, Ricky and Wayne Lucas and a host of beloved family. Family...
Eric Mckenney
Aug 19, 2012
Eric Daniel McKenney, 19, of Dinwiddie Co., passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, August 19, 2012. Eric was preceded in death by paternal grandmother, Rose McKenney; and maternal grandfather, Clifton Westmoreland. He loved to fish, hunt, ride motorcycles, and spend time at his uncle Georgeâ??s in Sussex. Eric was a 2011 graduate of Dinwiddie Co. High School and was also a...
Janet Shipley
Aug 18, 2012
Shipley, Janet Cheatham, 57, of Chesterfield, Va., went to be with her Lord August 17, 2012. She is preceded in death by her mother, JoAnn Cheatham and her son, Brian Montrel Shipley. She is survived by her husband, Michael D. Shipley; son, Mike Shipley Jr. (Jennifer Garner and daughter Delaney); father, Ernest Cheatham, II, (Barbara); sister, Cindy Taylor Cheatham; brother,...
