Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Frances Jones
Jun 20, 2011
Frances McCraw Jones, 90, of Hopewell, passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2011. She was born on April 1, 1921. Mrs. Jones was retired from Allied Chemical Corporation after working for thirty years. She was also a member of Salem Primitive Baptist Church, Class of 1938 Breakfast Group, and the 1939-40 Luncheon Group. She is preceded in death by her...
James Daniel
Jun 19, 2011
James Michael â??Mikeâ? Daniel, age 57, of Chesterfield, VA, died suddenly on June, 19, 2011. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the late Mason â??Peteâ? Daniel. Mike was a great carpenter and was trained at a young age by his grandfather, James Glenn Bufford. He was also an avid fisherman. Mike is survived by his loving wife,...
Orville Brazzi
Jun 19, 2011
Orville C. Brazzi, 82, of Ivor passed away on Sunday, June 19, 2011. Mr. Brazzi served his country in the U.S. Navy. He retired as a Glazier for Walker & Laberge Glass Company of Norfolk after 31 years of employment in 1991. After retirement he worked at Ivor Hardware. He was a member of Ivor Ruritan Club where he served...
Harold Cutter
Jun 18, 2011
Harold Leonard Cutter, Sr., 90, of Colonial Heights, passed away on June 18, 2011. He was predeceased by his wife, Sarah Frances â??Bussieâ? Cutter. Mr. Cutter served in the Army Corp of Engineers and was a member of Immaneul Baptist Church. He was active with the Colonial Heights Senior Citizens, a member of VFW Post 2239 and American Legion Post...
Jr. H Barrett
Jun 17, 2011
James Henry Barrett, Jr., of Chester, went to be with the Lord on Friday June 17, 2011. James was employed by Phillip Morris for over 35 years before retiring in 2008. He was a member of Gill Grove Baptist Church where he taught Sunday school and was a dedicated servant of the Lord. He was the son of Marilyn Gray...
Mattie Sherrick
Jun 17, 2011
Mattie Jolly Sherrick â??Aunt Mattieâ?, 97, of Chester, VA., passed away June 17, 2011. She was the daughter of the late John Henry and Katherine Carraway Jolly, and also preceded in death by her brothers, George and John Jolly, and sisters, Ida Cheely, Minnie Cheely, and Ellen Virginia Wray. She is survived by a sister, Fannie Wray of Salisbury, NC,...
Jr R. Morgan
Jun 17, 2011
John R. Morgan, Jr., age 60, of Chester, VA, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2011. He was born in Fort Worth, TX, the son of LaVena McKinley Morgan and the late John R. Morgan, Sr. Mr. Morgan was also preceded in death by his brother, Ricky Morgan. He is survived by his loving wife Jane Morgan; children, Justin Morgan and...
Sydney Connelly
Jun 16, 2011
Sydney H. Connelly Jr., 83, of Hopewell, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2011. He was retired from Hercules in 1984 after thirty-five years of dedicated service as a Mechanical Engineer. He was a member of First Christian Church in Hopewell where he served as a Deacon and sang in the choir. He was preceded in death by his parents,...
David Bowe
Jun 16, 2011
David Leroy Bowe, 68, of Hopewell passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Mr. Bowe was a longtime church member of the New Jerusalem Fellowship Church. He was an avid bass fisherman, and civil war relic hunter. He also enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Mr. Bowe was retired from Allied Chemical/Honeywell as an electrician, and was a member...
Dorothy Pulley
Jun 16, 2011
Dorothy Holloway Pulley, 74, of Hopewell, passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2011. She loved baseball, especially the Atlanta Braves. She worked for State Farm Insurance for over twenty years as a secretary; then she worked for SuperFresh and Farm Fresh in Hopewell for over ten years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Alonzo and Alice Holloway; and...
William Mcewen,Jr.
Jun 16, 2011
William R.H. McEwen, Jr., 79, of Franklin passed away on June 16, 2011. He was the son of the late William R.H. McEwen, Sr. and Dorothy Mae Tyree McEwen and the husband of Cora Elizabeth Cannon McEwen. Mr. McEwen was the customer service manager for Continental Telephone Company in Warsaw, was appointed customer service manager for the Franklin District, and...
Virginia Clarke
Jun 16, 2011
Virginia Irene Lamb Clarke (Jeanie) of Hopewell died at home at peace with our Lord and surrounded by her family on June 16, 2011, at the age of 82. She was predeceased by her parents Clarence Edward and Annie Belle Hensley Lamb, four brothers and one sister, and by her former husband Edwin S. Clarke, Jr. She is survived by...
Charles L. Sipes
Jun 15, 2011
Charles W. L. Sipes, 92, of Hopewell, Virginia passed away on Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Mr. Sipes served proudly in the U.S. Army during World War II in the Medical Corps. He worked for forty years at Hercules Inc. as a senior clerk in the accounting department. Mr. Sipes enjoyed saltwater fishing and crocheting, especially afghans. He was preceded in...
James "Sonny" Westfall
Jun 14, 2011
James Joseph â??Sonnyâ? Westfall, 80, passed away on Monday, June 13, 2011. He is survived by his beloved wife of fifty-three years, Faye McDonald Westfall; a brother, Stanley Westfall and wife Alice; numerous cousins; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Amelia Volhein Blaha and James Westfall; and a sister, Mary Frances Lewallen. He...
Beatrice Padgett
Jun 13, 2011
Beatrice Harrell Padgett, age 82, of Hopewell, VA, passed away on Saturday, June 11, 2011. She was born in Jarratt, VA, the daughter of the late Ollin and Laura Major Harrell. Mrs. Padgett is survived by her daughters, Doris Hill and Virginia Mae Padgett; seven grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; sisters, Dorothy H. McDowell, Loretta H. Lucy, and...
Mathew Greenstreet
Jun 13, 2011
Mathew Caleb Greenstreet, born December 25, 2010 went to be with Jesus on Thursday, June 9, 2011. He was the son of Jennifer Branzelle and Christopher Greenstreet, Sr. Mathew is also survived by his grandparents, Susan and James Branzelle, and Nancy and Beale Greenstreet; sisters, Morgan Branzelle and Emily Page; brothers, Andrew, Daniel, Nicholas, and Braidan Greenstreet; aunt Dewa; and...
Alice Smith
Jun 13, 2011
Alice Aileen Wilks Smith of Chester, VA passed away Sunday, June 12, 2011. She was born May 9, 1922 on a rice farm in Prairie County, Arkansas to Lewis and Ruth Gray Wilks. Alice kept the values learned in early life â?? honesty, thrift and hard work. Her husband, Roger C. Smith, whom she met while working in the District...
Randy Hammel
Jun 13, 2011
Randy Arthur Hammel, 55, of Spring Grove, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2011. He was the President of R&H Systems, Inc. He was preceded in death by his father, Russell Arthur Hammel. He is survived by his daughter, Kellie H. Holmes; his mother, Bonnie Hammel; a brother, Bryan A. Hammel; aunts, Barbara Ireland, Gloria Metcalf; and an uncle, Hal...
Aubrey Edwards
Jun 13, 2011
Aubrey Cameron â??Sluggerâ? Edwards, Sr., 86 of Petersburg, died Monday, June 13, 2011 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Petersburg and predeceased by his parents Wilton F. and Margaret Keightley Edwards, along with his brother Clifford Edwards. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and a member of Ivey Memorial United Methodist Church. He is...
Ronald Luck
Jun 13, 2011
Ronald Edward Luck, age 76, of Chester, VA, passed away Monday, June 13, 2011. He was born in Hopewell, VA, the son of the late Marshall Crawford and Edith Wood Luck. Ronald is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Joyce S. Luck; children, Steven Howard Luck, Donna Lynn Wilder and husband Kenneth, and Todd Marshall Luck; granddaughters, Rhonda...
