Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Jean Brownell
May 27, 2010
Jean Mae Brownell, age 66, of Chester, VA., passed away Thursday, May 27, 2010. She was born in Spotsylvania, VA, the daughter of the late James and Rose Carneal Lumsden. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Brownell; daughter, Debbie Walton, and husband Barry; grandchildren, David Burkett, and wife Jennifer, of North Carolina, and Monica Burkett, of Chester, VA; great...
Richard Ragland
May 26, 2010
Richard Vernon Ragland, age 75, of Chesterfield, VA., passed away Tuesday, May 25, 2010. He is survived by his beloved wife, Helen Ragland and son Mark Ragland. He was a loving father and a dedicated husband for 48 years. After serving 2 years in the U. S. Army, he joined Thalhimers Department Store as a store planner, taking early retirement...
John Casey
May 25, 2010
John Christen Casey, 56, of Richmond, Virginia passed away May 25th, 2010. John was a long time realtor for Long and Foster Realty. He had a passion for nature and was an avid hunter and fisherman. He was the son of Mary Christen Casey and the late Glin Dale Casey of Colonial Heights. He is survived by his wife, Broocks...
Fletcher Bell
May 24, 2010
Fletcher Lee Bell, 72, of Hopewell, died Sunday, May 23, 2010, at his residence. Mr. Bell was born in Petersburg and was the son of the late Archie Glaris and Mary Warren Jones Bell and was predeceased by his brother Edward Lynn Bell. He was employed with the Hopewell Bureau of Fire from May 1, 1962-November 29, 1993. He obtained...
Raymond Jones
May 24, 2010
Raymond Purty Jones, age 78, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away Monday, May 24, 2010. He was born in Brunswick County, VA the son of the late Harvey and Lois Burgess Jones. Mr. Jones was a Korean War veteran, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. He spent his working career with A & P Grocery Stores retiring as a store manager...
Robert Stell
May 24, 2010
Robert Arthur Stell, 74, died Monday, May 24, 2010. Mr. Stell was the son of the late John Calvin Stell and Effie Hogwood Harris. Mr. Stell served both in the United States Navy and the Army. Robert is survived by his children, Robert, John, Cheryl and Kay; six grandchildren and one great grandchild; one brother, John C. Stell, Jr. (Shirley);...
Cecelia Callahan
May 22, 2010
Cecelia Moreth Callahan, 99, of Hopewell, died Monday, May 17, 2010, at Little Sisters of the Poor, Richmond. She was a long term active member of St. James Catholic Church in Hopewell. Mrs. Callahan was active in the National Council of Catholic Women and several other church organizations. For many years, she was THE Altar Guild at St. James and...
Gilbert Ridout
May 22, 2010
Gilbert Franklin Ridout, 80, of Petersburg passed away Saturday May 22, 2010. He was born March 6, 1930, and was the son of the late Lawrence Franklin & Myrtie Pettway Ridout. Mr. Ridout was predeceased by his loving wife of 49 years, Patricia Bain Ridout, and his 5 sisters; Margaret Titus, Gaynelle Overmyer, Myrtle Johnston, Frances Lucas, & Evelyn Titus....
A. Burton
May 20, 2010
A. Hill Burton, former Sheriff of Dinwiddie County, dies at 85 Ambler Hill Burton, a former sheriff of Dinwiddie County, died Thursday, May 20, 2010 at his home in Dinwiddie County. He was born January 15, 1925, the son of the late John Lemuel and Alice Gilliam Hill Burton. Well known in Dinwiddie County and throughout Southside Virginia, Mr. Burton...
Bartolomao Buffo
May 20, 2010
Bartolommeo M. Buffo, 81, of Hopewell died Thursday, May 20, 2010. He was born in Gardiner, Massachusetts. Mr. Buffo served as an Aircraft Maintenance mechanic in the U. S. Navy , was Post Commander of Post 637 V.F.W. in Hopewell and was employed in the mail room of Hopewell News for many years. He was preceded in death by his...
Jr., E. Curtis
May 20, 2010
Clarence Edward Curtis, Jr., age 82 of Chester, VA passed away on Wednesday, May 19, 2010. He is survived by his beloved wife of 60 years, Vernelle Curtis; a daughter, Daphne Curtis; a daughter and son-in-law, Marian and William Perkinson; a son, Clarence E. Curtis, III (Trip); a granddaughter, Ashley Curtis; a sister, Duane Curtis Harrell; two step-granddaughters, Mandy and...
Harry Dunbar
May 19, 2010
Harry Floyd Dunbar, age 83, of Chester, VA., passed away Tuesday, May 18, 2010. He was born in Hopewell, VA, the son of the late Wilbert Preston and Mary V. Adams Dunbar. Mr. Dunbar was also preceded in death by his wife, Eva Barker Dunbar. He was retired from Dupont as a Chemist after 35 years, attended St. Barnabas Episcopal...
Patrick Aument
May 19, 2010
Patrick Earle Aument, 71, of Richmond, died, Wednesday, May 19, 2010. He was born in Prince George Virginia and was a retired Research Scientist with Phillip Morris. Mr. Aument was the son of the late Earle C. and Helen Malon Aument. Surviving are his wife Elizabeth (Bette) M. Aument his brother-in-law, Thomas H. Galderise, nieces, Michele G. Schulte, Micaela G....
Jean Stevens
May 18, 2010
Jean Gott Stevens, 55, of Varina, VA, left us to go home and be with Jesus on Friday, May 14, 2010. She was born on May 20, 1954, in Accokeek, MD., to Irene C. (Renie) and the late James S. (Jimmie) Gott. Jean is also survived by Robert D. Stevens, her daughters, Jennifer S. Harris (Mark Harris), Michelle L. Gilroy,...
Benita Foussekis
May 18, 2010
Benita Krumel Foussekis, age 84, of Richmond, VA., passed away Monday, May 17, 2010. She was born January 10, 1926 in Hopewell, VA. She was a devoted wife to Arthur J. Foussekis, and a loving mother to Carol Mozes of Colorado Springs, CO, and to Arthur B. Foussekis of Colonial Heights, VA. Funeral services will be private. In lieu of...
Dale Johnson
May 18, 2010
Dale Virginia Johnson, 76, of Prince George, passed away Tuesday May 18, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Eugene Q. & Annie BoCock Butler and a brother Charles Eugene Butler. She was a retired guard at John Tyler Community College and also worked at Phillip Morriss prior to John Tyler. She was a loving mother and held...
Mildred Dewolfe
May 18, 2010
Mildred I. DeWolfe, 88, died Tuesday, May 18, 2010 in the Chippenham Hospital. She was a life-long resident of this area and a member of the Hopewell Church of the Brethren. Mrs. DeWolfe was preceded in death by her parents James and Lula Mason Craven, her husband William A. DeWolfe, two sisters Ethel Jones and Betty Adams and three brothers...
Elisabeth Appleby
May 17, 2010
Elisabeth â??Ilseâ? Margarette Krauss Appleby, 83, of Hopewell, died Saturday, May 15, 2010. Mrs. Appleby was preceded in death by her parents, Peter and Willelmine Mennel Krauss and her husband, Edmund Eugene Appleby. She was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church, Hopewell, and Crosspoint Lutheran Church, El Paso. TX. Survivors include two daughters, Dawn M. Lero of El Paso, TX...
Mary Lloyd
May 17, 2010
Mary â??Gwenâ? Lloyd, age 77, of Chester, VA, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2010. Mrs. Lloyd was preceded in death by her husband, Irvin Lloyd. She is survived by her son, Dennis Hamm and wife, Sandra; a daughter, Gloria Creasy; a brother, Walter White and wife, Nancy; three grandchildren; and several great grandchildren. The family will receive friends at...
John Davies
May 17, 2010
John Dudley Davies, 84, of Petersburg, died Monday, May 17, 2010. Mr. Davies was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia to the late J.P. and Bonnie Swiger Davies. Mr. Davies was a United States Army Veteran, having served in World War II, as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne, and earned a Purple Heart. He graduated from West Virginia University, School...
