Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Mary Covington
Jan 6, 2012
Mary Lanier Covington, 89, died peacefully at the Petersburg Home for Ladies on January 6, 2012. She was the widow of Oliver Stuart Covington, Sr. She is survived by her son, Oliver Stuart Covington, Jr. and two brothers, Winfield Lanier and Charles Lanier. Also surviving is a grandson, Michael B. Covington and wife Denise, and two great grandchildren, Rachel and...
Col. J. (Ret) Frame
Jan 6, 2012
Col. Golden J. Frame (Ret), of Chesterfield died Friday, January 6, 2012 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his wife, the former Gloria S. Hoke of Petersburg. He was the son of Edgar O. and Hazel M. Frame of Charleston, West Virginia where he was born, raised, educated and employed. Col. Frame entered the U.S. Army in...
Sr. L. Stell
Jan 5, 2012
Grover Lee Stell, Sr., 88, of Waverly died Thursday, January 5, 2012. He was born in Dinwiddie County the son of the late Charles and Mary Stell. He was a Veteran of the US Navy and served in World War II and the Pacific Theatre and was retried from Titmus Optical (Zeiss). He is survived by his son, Grover Lee...
Jr., William P. Jordan
Jan 5, 2012
William Pritchard Jordan, Jr. M.D., 73, of Chesterfield died at his home on January 5, 2012, surrounded by family and friends. The cause was congestive heart failure. He was the son of the late Dr. William Pritchard Sr., and Mary Margaret Schlanser Jordan of Windsor, North Carolina. Dr. Jordan had a distinguished career in dermatology having been a Clinical Professor...
Patricia Henderson
Jan 5, 2012
Patricia Blaha Henderson, 66, of Hopewell, passed away surrounded by her family on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. She was President of the Hopewell Federated Womanâ??s Club; and a longtime member of First Presbyterian Church in Hopewell, where she was the current Clerk of Session. Mrs. Henderson was an avid supporter of the Hopewell High School Athletics Program. She enjoyed spending...
Lela Maitland
Jan 5, 2012
Lela C. Maitland, 89, of Petersburg passed away on January 5, 2012. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Monday January 9, 2012 in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg Va, with Dr. William Damon officiating. Arrangments are being handled by the Chester Chapel of J.T. Morriss and Son Funeral Home and Cremation Service.
Elva Magee
Jan 4, 2012
Elva Louise Laine Magee, 102, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2012. Born on the Laine Family land grant farm in Wakefield, she was the daughter of the late Christopher Columbus and Ella Jane Kitchen Laine. Mrs. Magee was the wife of the late Erastus Daniel Magee and was a member of Millfield Baptist Church. She spent her life helping...
Francis Morris
Jan 3, 2012
Francis Elmo Morris, 90, of Chester formerly of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2012. Mr. Morris was retired from the Utilities Division at Fort Lee, VA after thirty-seven years as an Air Conditioning Mechanic Foreman. He was a longtime member at First Baptist Church, where he served on different committees for many years. He is preceded in death...
Peggy Eure
Jan 3, 2012
Peggy D. Eure, 75, of Chester formerly of Hopewell, passed away on Monday, January 2, 2012. She was a longtime member of West End Presbyterian Church in Hopewell. Mrs. Eure enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. She is preceded in death by her parents, K.C. and Blanche Clay Cain; her first husband, Albert Zuckero; and her second husband,...
George Thore
Jan 3, 2012
George Washington Thore, 86, of Hopewell, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Mr. Thore was a U.S. Army Air Corp Veteran, who served in the WWII American Theater as a Flexible Gunner. While serving with the Third Bomber Division in 1945 he earned three Bronze Stars, the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, and he received the WWII...
Richard Barbee
Jan 3, 2012
Richard Guy â??Rickyâ? Barbee, 56, of Petersburg, formerly of Hopewell passed away on January 3, 2012. He was the son of the late Benjamin Guy & Ann Sue Sorrells Barbee. Ricky made friends easily and never meet a stranger. He loved music and playing the guitar and would always help anyone that he could. He loved working with wood and...
Franziska Wahnon
Jan 2, 2012
Wahnon, Franziska L. of Petersburg passed away on Sunday, January 1, 2012. She is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Marvin Wahnon; her parents, Georg and Franziska Langenmeir;. She is survived by daughters, Ruth Ann Wahnon, and Diana Wahnon Fry and her husband, John; son, Joseph Wahnon and his wife Jahaida; sister, Gertrud Breznik; brother, Winfred Langenmeir and his...
Louise Spradlin
Dec 31, 2011
Alvah Louise Oliver Spradlin, age 64, of Matoaca, passed away Saturday December 31, 2011. Born in Shreveport, LA, she was the daughter of the late W. L. and Doris Keller Oliver. Her 33 year civil service career began in the commissary office at Fort Lee, VA, and ended June 1, 2002 when she retired from the Navy Environmental Health Center...
Annie Bailey
Dec 30, 2011
Ivor- Annie Betty Bailey, 89 died December 29, 2011 in Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg.She was a native of Ivor and lived there most of her life. Her last years were spent with her son, Martin Bailey in Dahlgren. She was a homemaker and worked 11 years as a teacherâ??s aide at Ivor Elementary School. She loved her church and...
Barbara Cunningham
Dec 30, 2011
Barbara Hoover Cunningham, 76, of Chester, passed away on Friday December 30, 2011. Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, John A. Cunningham, Jr. She is survived by her daughter, Kelley D. Cunningham and special friend Yvonne Constantine; son, Christopher T. Cunningham and his wife Elizabeth and son Jacob (grandson); grandsons, Zachary and Seth Cunningham, and their mother, Leslie...
Raymond Hart
Dec 29, 2011
Raymond Eugene Hart, 74 years old, died Thursday, December 22, 2011 at VCU in Richmond, VA. Raymond lived in Chester, VA 26 years and also Hague, VA. in the summer months. Mr. Hart was the son of the late Harold Raymond and Ruby Critzer Hart. He was born, and grew up in southside Richmond, VA. Along with his dad, Raymond...
Linda Collins Janosik
Dec 29, 2011
Linda Paige Collins Janosik, born August 25, 1950 in Prince George, VA, passed into the hands of her Savior on December 27, 2011. Linda was the daughter of the late John and Maxine Collins of Hopewell. She is survived by her devoted family; her husband of almost 43 years, William (Bill) Janosik, Jr. of Prince George; and son, William (Billy)...
Goldie Mccoy
Dec 29, 2011
Goldie Johnson McCoy, 89, of Hopewell, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2011. She was preceded in death by her parents, Nansen and Estelle Hall Johnson; her husband, Alva R. McCoy; sisters, Opal Overstreet and Dean Adams; and a brother, Jarvey Johnson. Mrs. McCoy is survived by her daughter, Judith M. Walker and her husband B.J.; sisters, Ola Mae Hawkins...
Claude Mutter
Dec 29, 2011
Claude Wallace Mutter went to be with his Heavenly Father on Dec. 28, 2011. He was born on April 10, 1919 in Russell County, Va., to parents Alexander and Martha Mutter. Claude served in the U.S. Army, 28th Infantry Division, during World War II, and fought in the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge. He earned two Purple...
Mary Decaprio
Dec 29, 2011
Mary â??Teetieâ? Cosley DeCaprio, 86, of Hopewell, passed away on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lee O. and Ella Vaughan Mayes; her first husband, James T. Cosley Jr.; her second husband, Joseph DeCaprio; brothers, Jessie â??Bootieâ? and Arthur â??Mannyâ? Mayes; sisters, Mae Davis, Eva Luton, Pearl Jackson, and Joyce Little. Mrs. DeCaprio is...
