Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Neil Moody
Mar 12, 2010
Neil Randolph Moody, 89, of Petersburg died Friday, March 12, 2010. He was predeceased by his parents Robert L. â??Bobâ? and Lillie May Williamson Moody, wife Birdie Parham Moody, a brother Calvin L. Moody and sister Vernelle M. Fisher. He was an active member of Livingston Baptist Church and served as a deacon. He was an expert auto mechanic and...
Jean Melvin
Mar 11, 2010
Jean Mahone Melvin, 81, a lifelong resident of Petersburg and widow of Kenneth Mercer Melvin, passed away Thursday, March 11, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents, Richard Thompson and Annabel Worthington Mahone and her sister, Anne Mahone Nicely. She was a lifelong member of Covenant Presbyterian Church and a retired employee of the Virginia Employment Commission. Mrs....
Mary W. Thorpe
Mar 11, 2010
Waverly Mary Frances Welch Thorpe, 83, passed away on Thursday, March 11, 2010. Born on May 14, 1926 in Bedford County, she was the daughter of the late Frank B. and Mary Sowder Welch. She was the widow of James Andrew Thorpe, Sr. She was a devoted member of Waverly Baptist Church serving in many capacities over the years and...
John Madar
Mar 10, 2010
John Madar, 78 of Petersburg, died Wednesday, March 10, 2010. He was the son of the late Michael and Susan Magura Madar. He is survived by his wife, Mihoko Era Madar; daughter, Susan Madar; son, John J. Madar and wife, Ginesa; two grandchildren, Sydney and Kendal Madar; two sisters, Mary Oâ??Connor and Joan McHugh; brother, Michael Madar; and other loving...
Pei Zhou
Mar 9, 2010
Pei De â??Victor Chowâ? Zhou, 87, a native of Shanghai, China and a Petersburg resident passed away on March 9, 2010. He is survived by his son, Peter Chow of Chesterfield, VA and two daughters, Mabel Chow Wei of Long Island, NY and Susan Chow of Millington, NJ; one brother, Johnson H. Chow of Galion, OH and two sisters, Lily...
Emma Wilson
Mar 8, 2010
Emma Jennings Hinson Wilson, 99, died Monday, March 8, 2010 in Dinwiddie Couny. Born in Sussex County she was the oldest of 14 children of the late James William Jennings and Annie Belle Harrison Jennings and the last surviving. She was preceded in death by her husbands George E. Hinson and R. Kenneth Wilson, Sr. and two grandsons, Greg Davis...
Shirley Stevens
Mar 8, 2010
Shirley Dennis Stevens, born on September 29, 1921 in Ettrick, VA, went to be with his heavenly father on Monday, March 8, 2010. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served in World War II and the Korean Conflict. He retired after 37 years of civilian service in the Commercial Accounts Department of Fort Lee U.S. Army Base....
Ella H. James
Mar 8, 2010
Ella Marie Hubble James, 94 of Colonial Heights, died Monday, March 8, 2010. She was born on October 22, 1915, in Victoria, Virginia. She was the fourth child of John Ransome Hubble and Mary Amanda Buchanan. She was predeceased by all five of her siblings and a granddaughter Tricia Whitaker White. Ella was a graduate of Blackstone College and Madison...
Benjamin Sr. Uzel
Mar 7, 2010
Benjamin T. Uzel, Sr., 85, of Chesterfield Co., died unexpectedly on Sunday, March 7, 2010. He was born in Dinwiddie to the late Frank and Mary Glaser Uzel, and was preceded in death by five brothers and two sisters. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Rose Elko Uzel; two sons, Ben Jr., of Colonial Heights, and Paul,...
Hubert Taylor
Mar 6, 2010
Hubert Daniel Taylor â??Booâ? of Richmond went home to be with the Lord on March 6, 2010 at the age of 85. He retired from Reynolds Metal Company after 35 years of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, William Hubert Taylor and Lena Marie Taylor and his brothers, Howard and Arthur Lee Taylor. He is survived by...
Allard Caudill
Mar 6, 2010
Mr. Allard C. Caudill, age 71, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, March 06, 2010. He was born in Knott County, KY, the son of the late Earl and Minnie Sawyer Caudill. Mr. Caudill was also preceded in death by a grandson, Travis Lund and a brother, Lester L. Caudill, Sr. He was retired from Allied, after 32 years of...
Betty Brown
Mar 5, 2010
Betty Lou Brown, 81, of Prince George County went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 5, 2010. She was a Prince George school bus driver for 29 years and a member of Highland United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roy, Sr. and Bessie Vogtman Scott and her husband of 62 years, Calvin D....
Rickey Wilcher
Mar 5, 2010
Mr. Rickey Wilcher, age 58, of Chester, VA, died on Friday, March 5, 2010. He was born in McMinnville, TN, the son of the late Howard V. and Hattie Ogle Wilcher. Mr. Wilcher was a retired SFC with the U. S. Army. He is predeceased by his daughter, Casey Noelle Turner; and brothers Paul and James Wilcher. He is survived...
Molly Higbee
Mar 4, 2010
Molly Combs Higbee, 48, of Hopewell, VA passed away Thursday, March 4, 2010 at her residence. She was born in Goldsboro, NC and had made her home in Hopewell for several years. Molly was a Latin Instructor and Senior Advisor at Appomattox Regional Governor School for the Arts and Technology for the past four years. Prior to her tenure at...
Margaret F. Wells
Mar 3, 2010
Margaret Alise Fisher Wells, 89, of Dinwiddie County, departed from this life on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clarence Joseph Fisher and Ora Lee Moore Fisher Maitland, husband of 65 years Herbert Hamilton â??Bubbaâ? Wells, and one daughter, Barbara Jean Wells. Mrs. Wells attended Monumental Baptist Church, Petersburg and retired...
James Covington
Mar 3, 2010
James W. Covington, 86, of Hopewell, VA passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Jimmy was born in Nottoway County, VA and had been a long time resident of Hopewell, VA. He was the son of the late Aubrey Luther and Mary Hill Davie Covington . Jimmy was the youngest of eight children and in addition to his parents, he was...
Jr., C. Moore
Mar 3, 2010
Richard Clement Moore, Jr., 64, died on March 3, 2010. He was the son of the late Richard Clement Moore and Mary Virginia Johnson Moore. He was predeceased by his only child, Richard Clement Moore, III. He is survived by his wife of forty years, Jessica Collins Moore of Wakefield and his brother Austin N. Moore and wife Peggy of...
Geraldine Cahill
Mar 3, 2010
Geraldine Clark Cahill, 98, a former resident of Elyria, Ohio, passed away Wednesday, March 3, 2010, in Colonial Heights, Va. She was born in 1911 in Lorain, Ohio. She graduated from St. Joseph School of Nursing in 1933, in the last graduating class held there. Ms. Cahill retired from Aliex Corporation, where she was employed as an Occupational Health Nurse....
Leroy Berryman
Mar 2, 2010
Leroy Wilkins Berryman, 89, of Surry passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at Consulate Health Care of Windsor. A native of Surry County, he was preceded in death by his parents, Madison W. and Bessie Stroud Berryman and his wife, Elizabeth Galloway Berryman. Mr. Berryman was a member and former deacon of Surry Baptist Church; a past secretary of...
Jimmy Powers
Mar 2, 2010
Jimmy Alan Powers, age 52, of Concord, NC passed away on Monday, March 1, 2010. He was born in Hopewell, Virginia, and was retired from Philip Morris. While employed with Philip Morris, he worked at the Richmond and Cabarrus, NC locations. Mr. Powers was the loving son of the late Junious L. Powers, Sr. and of Dolly V. Powers of...
