Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
E. Bradshaw
Apr 26, 2010
Emily Freda Wilkins Bradshaw passed away on Monday, April 26, 2010. Born August 3, 1921 in Isle of Wight County and reared in the Windsor area, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Selma Butler Wilkins. Freda was a 1940 graduate of Windsor High School and enjoyed their annual class reunions. She met her husband, Junius in 1943...
George Vaughan
Apr 26, 2010
George Wayne Vaughan, 58, of Petersburg, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at his residence. A lifelong resident of the city, he was the son of Lois Marie Harrell Vaughan and the late George Spencer Vaughan. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his son, George Wayne Vaughan, Jr.; daughters, Jennifer Marie and Carrie Marie; sister, Diane Bryant of...
Robert Brand
Apr 26, 2010
Robert â??Dr. Bobâ? Lee Brand, 72, of Prince George died on Monday, April 26, 2010 following a long struggle with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. He was preceded in death by his parents, Harry Tucker Brand, Sr. and Ollie Mae Mullins Brand and five siblings. Dr. Brand attended Bridgewater College and transferred to the University of Virginia where he graduated in 1959....
Rudolph Hotz
Apr 26, 2010
Rudolph Louis Hotz, 93, a resident of Little Sisters of the Poor in Richmond, VA and former resident of Petersburg, passed away Monday, April 26, 2010. Born in Chesterfield County, he was the son of the late Charles Edward and Anne Marie Blaha Hotz. He was a lifelong member of St. Joseph Catholic Church, a long-time member and Past Grand...
Clyde Blaha
Apr 23, 2010
Clyde Drexel Blaha, 56, of Charles City County, died Friday, April 23, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Blaha was a native of Hopewell, Va. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank John and Virginia Brown Blaha , a brother, Frank Blaha, Jr. and a half brother, Charles V. Huff. He was the owner of Blaha Towing Company, Inc,...
Genevieve Wagner
Apr 22, 2010
Genevieve Steele Wagner, age 91, of Chester, VA, passed away Thursday, April 22, 2010. She was born in Natrona, Heights, PA, the daughter of the late Samuel and Laura Massalski Steele and the widow of Nicholas A. Wagner. Ms. Wagner was an avid bridge player and loved African violets. She had a wonderful sense of humor, and always loved being...
Jr., E. Holley
Apr 22, 2010
Paul Edward Holley, Jr., 71, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Thursday April 22, 2010. Born in Blacksburg, VA, he was the son of the late Paul Edward and Alice Chance Holley. After serving in the U. S. Navy, Mr. Holley made his residence in Richmond, VA, where he served as a Richmond City Police officer for 15 years. He went...
Isabelle Brown
Apr 20, 2010
Isabelle Vaughan Brown, of Riverside, California, passed away April 14, 2010, after a battle with Alzheimerâ??s disease. Formerly of Chester, Virginia, Isabelle was 85 years old. She was born January 20, 1925, in Lillybrook, West Virginia. Her family soon moved to Virginia, where she lived most of her life. She married her first husband, John William Sebra, a decorated World...
Lillie Daniels
Apr 19, 2010
Lillie Elliott Painter Daniels, age 92, of Richmond, VA, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2010. She was born in Halifax, VA., the daughter of the late Alexander M. and Bessie Talley Elliott. She is the widow of Ernest L. Daniels. Ms. Daniels was a long time member of Kingsland Baptist Church and a retired LPN. She was also predeceased by...
Mary Quick
Apr 18, 2010
Mary Mawyer Quick, 72, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2010. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Marie and Fletcher Mawyer, Sr., her daughter Cheryl Q. Batten and son Robert F. Quick. She is survived by son, Thomas W. Quick; granddaughters, Angela M. Quick and Melissa A. Quick and fiancé, Henry Turner, Jr.; great-granddaughter,...
Stephen Smith
Apr 18, 2010
Stephen A. Smith, 28, a 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, passed away in Japan. He was predeceased by his grandfather, James E. Smith, U.S. Marine veteran, John Hancock, Commander in the U.S. Coast Guard and grandmother, Elizabeth LaPrese. He is the son of Gregory V. Smith, former U.S. Army veteran, and Janet Elizabeth Bailey. He is also survived...
William Elliott
Apr 18, 2010
William Samuel Elliott, age 83, of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, April 17, 2010. He was born in Oxford, NC, the son of the late Zeblon V. and Lonie Wilkerson Elliott. Mr. Elliott was a member of Rivers Edge Bible Church for 25 years, and also served as a past deacon. He was a retired SFC with the U. S....
Hiroko Lumblo
Apr 16, 2010
Hiroko Katori Lumblo â??Juneâ?, 77, of Petersburg died on Friday, April 16, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was a retired seamstress and a long time resident of Petersburg. Mrs. Lumblo was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent Lumblo and her son, James Lumblo. She was survived by her daughters, Lynn Huffman and her husband, Roy and Teresa...
John Mckinney
Apr 16, 2010
John Thomas McKinney, age 1, of Chester, VA, passed away Wednesday, April 14. He is survived by his parents, Jeff and Jamie McKinney; brother, Jeff McKinney, Jr.; grandparents, Marcia McKinney and Scott Edwards, Edward and Linda Stearrett, and Carol and Kevin Dunkley, all of Chesterfield, VA; great grandparents; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. The family will receive friends at...
Almyra Burrow
Apr 15, 2010
Almyra Virginia Beazley Burrow, age 90, of Salem, VA, passed away April 15, 2010. She is survived by her husband of 70 years, Capt. John Wesley Burrow. She is also survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Frank and Lynn Burrow of Signal Mountain, TN, and Richard and Janet Burrow of Roanoke. Mrs. Burrow is also survived by nine grandchildren; nine...
Carol Moore
Apr 14, 2010
Carol Alexander Moore, 73, of Hopewell, VA died Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Gastonia, NC and had spent the last 48 years as a resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by her parents, Walter Franklin and Viola Hubbard Alexander, two sisters, Mishelle Alexander, Janice A. Griffin and a brother, Walter Eugene...
Jr., H. Burrow
Apr 14, 2010
Joseph Henry Burrow, Jr., 100 years old, of Disputanta, VA died Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Burrow was born in Disputanta, VA and had been a lifetime resident of the Prince George County and Richmond, VA area. He was the former owner of Burrow Auto Parts. Mr. Burrow was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph Henry...
Ethel Selden
Apr 14, 2010
Ethel Phillips Selden, 85, of Dinwiddie, went to be with the Lord Wednesday, April 14, 2010. She was the daughter of the late James Wesley and Sallie Mayton Phillips and the widow of Howard R. Selden. Ethel was a retired employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco Co. and a dedicated member of Western Heights Baptist Church. She is survived by...
Gordon Bennett
Apr 13, 2010
Gordon Clowe James Joseph Bennett, 87, died peacefully on Tuesday April 13, 2010 after protracted illness. Gordon was born December 17, 1922 in New York City the younger son of James and Mary Clowe Bennett. His older brother Edward Bennett and younger sister Sally Chomen have both predeceased him. After Pearl Harbor he enlisted in the United States Army and...
Russell "Dave" Crockett
Apr 13, 2010
Russell E â??Daveâ? Crockett, 79, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, April 13, 2010 at his residence. He was the son of the late Willis L. and Mary Ruark Crockett. He was predeceased by his brother Bobby J. Crockett. Russell was the owner of Pats Store and Station in Prince George County and a member of the Masonic Lodge Berlin 46 in...
