Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Constance Shultz
Feb 28, 2012
Constance Josephine Shultz, 54, of Dinwiddie, passed away Tuesday, February 28, 2012. She was predeceased by her parents James L. and Heide M. Frascht Shultz. Connie was a promoter with her mother Heide of the Great Thanksgiving Arts and Crafts show in Richmond for 10 years and part owner of Royal Dutch Crafts. She is survived by two brothers, James...
Donald Finch
Feb 28, 2012
Donald â??Scottâ? Finch, 50, of Colonial Heights, passed away suddenly Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Scott was owner of Colonial Tire and Auto and a member of Salem United Methodist Church in Carson, VA. He is survived by his wife, Sherry Vaughan Finch; daughters, Sarah and Katie Finch, Maggie Finch Wolford and son-in-law Patrick Wolford; mother, Eunice Finch; brothers, Mike and...
Bruce Cassidy
Feb 27, 2012
Bruce M. Cassidy (Rip), of Dinwiddie County, died Monday, February 27, 2012 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Bruce was a life long resident of Dinwiddie County and graduated from Dinwiddie County High School. He was a member of Carson United Methodist Church and was employed by Gentry Septic Pumping, Inc. Bruce was preceded in death by his parents, Joyce Pecht...
Jackson Kirk
Feb 27, 2012
Jackson Lee Kirk, native of Chesapeake, West Virginia, died Monday, February 27, 2012 in his home in Prince George County, Virginia. He is preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Hood Kirk, his parents, Oley and Pearl Whittaker Kirk, and his nephew Kevin Kirk. Jack is survived by two daughters: Susan L. Kirk and Elizabeth Van Bruggen (John); one granddaughter:...
Kathleen Barnes
Feb 27, 2012
Kathleen Mâ??Ledge Harris â??Peteâ? Barnes, 87, formerly of Hopewell, Virginia, passed away in Nags Head, North Carolina, on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. She was born in Roanoke, Virginia on March 16, 1924. Mrs. Barnes was a member of the Womenâ??s Club of Hopewell and a communicant at St. Johnâ??s Episcopal Church. She was a retired Civil Service employee at Fort...
Ruth Purdin
Feb 26, 2012
Ruth A. Purdin 77, of Hopewell passed away on February 24, 2012. Born in Bottineau North Dakota she is the daughter of the late Clarence F. and Ruth Elayer Amsbaugh. She is preceded in death by her husband Kenneth Hunter Purdin.Mrs. Purdin volutteered with the Fort Lee Red Cross for over twenty years and always lent a helping hand to...
Dolly Talbott
Feb 25, 2012
Dolly Theresa Talbott, 85, a native of Colonial Heights and longtime resident of Bon Air, passed away Saturday, February 25, 2012. She was preceded in death by her parents, Thomas Branch and Dollie Martin Elmore, and her husband of 52 years, Albert Dreyfus Talbott. Mrs. Talbott is survived by a son, Donald Edward Talbott and wife, Beverley of Chesterfield; a...
James Burke
Feb 25, 2012
James Joseph Burke, 93, of Hopewell, VA passed away on February 25, 2012. James served 22 years in the United States Army. He was preceded in death by his wife, Olive Joan Burke; and daughter, Joanne Marie Rushton. Mr. Burke is survived by his daughter, Patricia Anne Limrick and husband Dennis; son, Timothy James Burke; step-daughters, Carol Watkins, Sandy Selle,...
Homer Sr. Gurganus
Feb 25, 2012
Homer L. Gurganus Sr. 64 of Waverly passed away on February 24, 2012. He was preceded in death by his father, Hubert Gurganus; and his brother, Danny Gurganus. Mr. Gurganus served his country proudly in the Army and was a Vietnam Veteran. He had a love for classic cars, his large hat collection, sitting on his front porch, and spending...
Mildred Wray
Feb 25, 2012
Mildred Eyler Wray, 83, of Chester passed away on February 25, 2012. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Thomas R. Wray. She is survived by her children, Diane Vinesett and her husband Bruce, Richard Wray and his wife Phyllis, Ronald Wray and his girlfriend Cindy, Kenneth Wray and his wife Lynda, Tina Dobrick and her husband John,...
Carrie Walker
Feb 25, 2012
Carrie Walker, 91, passed away peacefully on Saturday February 25, 2012 at South Roanoke Nursing Home in Roanoke, VA. She had resided most recently in Williamsburg, VA., and prior to that she resided in Colonial Heights, VA. Carrie was retired from the Federal Government as a payroll clerk and worked at both Fort Lee and Fort Eustis, VA. She was...
Jean Dorsett
Feb 24, 2012
Jean Harrell Dorsett, 83, passed away peacefully on Friday February 24, 2012. She was born January 27, 1929 in Mount Olive, North Carolina and grew up in Hampton, Virginia graduating from Hampton High School in 1949. She and her husband raised their three children in Chester, Virginia prior to moving to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where she resided for the...
Edith Warren
Feb 24, 2012
Edith Haleen Warren, 100, of Hopewell, passed away on Friday, February 24, 2012. She was a charter member of the South Hopewell Church of God, which started in the basement of her home. Mrs. Warren served as church secretary and treasurer for almost fifteen years. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Edward Warren; and her parents, Charles...
George Soloe
Feb 23, 2012
George Lee Soloe, 79, of Carson, Virginia, passed away in the early morning of February 23, 2012. George is survived by his loving and devoted wife of 28 years, Kathleen Soloe. They had the privilege of sharing five children, twelve grandchildren, and one great grandchild. He accepted Christ at a young age and was a member of Tabernacle Methodist Church....
Brenda Johnston
Feb 22, 2012
Brenda Eaton Johnston, 71, of Chester, Va., passed away February 22, 2012. She is survived by her husband, George Edward Johnston, Jr.; daughter, Kathy Wells (Ben), of Colonial Heights, Va.; son, Christopher Johnston ( Rachel), of Chester, Va.; granddaughter, Gracie Sue Johnston; brother, Kenneth Eaton (Patty), of Chester, Va.; sisters, Gaynell Johnston, of Chester, Va., Faye Davis (Steve), of Enon,...
Kathryn Leckie
Feb 22, 2012
Kathryn Thompson Leckie passed away Sunday morning, February 19 at age 50, surrounded by her family in her hometown of Chester, Virginia. Kathryn was known for her smile and brilliant blue eyes. Colleagues often kidded her about the dimpled smile being left over from her days as a cheerleader and homecoming queen at Thomas Dale High School. She spoke in...
James Faber
Feb 20, 2012
James Henry Faber, 89, of Colonial Heights, passed away Monday, February 20, 2012 at his residence. He was a native of Chesterfield County and was preceded in death by his parents Henry J. and Mable Bowles Faber, along with his wife Marjorie M. Faber. He was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church and retired from Allied Signal (Honeywell). James was...
Lucile Tench Parsons
Feb 20, 2012
Lucile Lindsey Tench Parsons of Hopewell passed away February 20, 2012. She was 96. Born August 8, 1915, in what is now the Blandford neighborhood of Petersburg, Va., Lucile was the youngest child of James and Della Rebecca Scarborough Tench. She attended Petersburg City Public Schools and was the Salutatorian of Petersburg High Schoolâ??s Class of 1933. That same year,...
Connie Jarratt
Feb 20, 2012
Connie Jean Jarratt, 53, of Prince George, went home to her Heavenly Father unexpectedly on Sunday, February, 19, 2012. She was a loving wife and mother. Mrs. Jarratt was a very kind and giving person. She is survived by her husband, Wilbur Scott Jarratt; her children, John Rodney Pickwell, and Tracy Marie Jarratt; three grandchildren, Jordan, John and Savannah Pickwell;...
Linda Golden
Feb 19, 2012
Linda Lathrop Golden, 68 of Chester, passed away February 17, 2012. She retired from Chesterfield County Schools in 2003, after a thirty year teaching career. She taught at Chester Middle School, and then taught at the new Carver Middle School until her retirement. Linda was a volunteer with the Refugee and Immigration Service of the Catholic Diocese, Centenary United Methodist...
