Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Mary Gill
Jan 20, 2010
Mary Marable Land Gill, 103, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry Carter and Cornelia Spratley Land, husband Raymond Willis Gill and siblings Edwin Land, Lewis Land, Henry Carter Land, Jr., Dillard Land, Robert Hunt Land, Connie Hardenbergh and Warren Williams. Mary graduated from the...
Nancy Fisher
Jan 19, 2010
Nancy Mayton Fisher, 56, of Dinwiddie County, died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Margie Rinker Mayton and Joseph Nelson Mayton, Sr. She worked as a 911 Dispatcher for Dinwiddie County Public Safety before her courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Fisher was preceded in death by her step-son, Dustin Allen Fisher. She...
Patricia Hoylman
Jan 19, 2010
Patricia Ann Hoylman, 84, of Dinwiddie, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Owen B. and Eloda Elzada Mason Ingraham. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul A. Hoylman and four children Russell, Timothy, Donnie and Ruth Hoylman, and son-in-law Carter Andrews. Patricia was a loving mom, grandmother, and...
George Schmeltzer
Jan 19, 2010
Schmeltzer, George W. (Pappy), age 76, went to be with the Lord on January 19, 2010, after a long battle with heart disease. He was born and raised in Altoona, PA. He served our country in the Army from 1954 â?? 1958. He was stationed in Germany for 3 years. He is survived by his wife, Shirley Schmeltzer; four children,...
James Mason
Jan 18, 2010
James Allen Mason, 81, of Matoaca, passed away Monday, January 18, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Stanley Allen and Colleen Faulkner Mason. He is survived by three sisters, Colleen Perkinson, Mary Olleen Hoyle and Rose Marie Mason. Funeral services will be private. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com .
Catherine Hill
Jan 17, 2010
Catherine Louise Hill, 88, of Chester, formerly of Perry Hall, Maryland, passed away Sunday January 17, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Joseph & Hermina Houlabar Petrof. She was a member of the Perry Hall Womanâ??s Club and the Girl Scouts of America. She is survived by her loving husband of 61 years, Alvin D. Hill; daughter, Katheryn...
Jr., Douglas Rollings
Jan 17, 2010
Graham Douglas Rollings, Jr., 51, resident of Spring Grove, died Sunday, January 17, 2010 at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell. He was a member of Claremont Baptist Church in Claremont. He is survived by his mother, Brenda B. Stephenson of Hopewell; his father, Graham D. Rollings, Sr. of Richmond; a brother Paul Daniel Harte and wife, Amy Edwards Harte...
Gwendolyn Owen
Jan 17, 2010
Gwendolyn Davis Owen, 92, life long resident of Petersburg, passed away on Saturday January 16, 2010. She was preceded in death by her parents Charles Wesley Davis, Jr., & Frances Inez King Davis, husband; Raymond McGill Owen, brothers; Charles Fortescue â??40â? Davis & Walter McIlwaine Davis. She was a long time member of St. Paulâ??s Episcopal Church, sang in the...
Kathleen Beville
Jan 16, 2010
Kathleen Clarke Beville, 91, of Dinwiddie, passed away Saturday January 16, 2010. Born in Dinwiddie, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Archer and Clara Jones Clarke. She was predeceased by her husband, Pleas Rainey Beville and two infant children. Mrs. Beville was a loving mother and a devoted wife and grandmother. She worked for many years in the...
Dorothy Carter
Jan 13, 2010
Dorothy H. Carter, 87, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Carter was a native of Dinwiddie Co. and was predeceased by her parents, Rosser Boswell and Maggie Sledd Hawks, & two sons, Gary L. & Thomas E. Carter. She was a retired Civil Service employee of Fort Lee and a member of...
Dorothy Holt
Jan 13, 2010
Dorothy Mustian Holt, 76, of Petersburg, died Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Petersburg, VA and daughter of the late Claude and Sadie Mustian. She was predeceased by a son Kenneth Lee Holt. She is survived by her husband, Herman F. Holt, Jr.; son, Donald W. Holt of Colonial Heights; a daughter,...
Frances Bucciantini
Jan 12, 2010
Frances Klewicka Bucciantini, 86, of Brooklyn, New York, died Sunday, January 10, 2010. She was a retired secretary for the Board of Education of New York City. Mrs. Bucciantini was preceded in death by her husband, Adamo Bucciantini and two sons, Thomas Joseph Bucciantini and Robert Adam Bucciantini. Surviving are six grandchildren Joseph Bucciantini, Michael S. Bucciantini, E. Marie Bucciantini-Wiles...
Sr. B. Quicke
Jan 12, 2010
James B. Quicke, Sr. 81, of Petersburg, widower of Betty Gray Quicke, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He was a native of Prince George County and son of the late Henry L. and Cassie M. Ratley Quicke. He was predeceased by a grandson David James Weese. He was a retired employee of the City of Petersburg. He is survived...
Sr., C. Moore
Jan 12, 2010
Thomas Callender Moore, Sr., 81, of Petersburg, widower of Barbara Spurr Moore, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. He was a native of Petersburg born the son of the late William J. and Ella Callender Moore. Mr. Moore was a past member of the Country Club of Petersburg, Second Presbyterian Church and a retired Insurance Executive. He is survived by his...
Mary Stewart
Jan 12, 2010
Surry Mary Sowards Stewart, 78, of Alliance Road in Surry, died Tuesday, January 12, 2010. She was born on April 30, 1931 in Hurricane, WV, the daughter of the late Everette W. and Marie McCallister Sowards. She was also predeceased by her step-mother, Frances Blake Sowards. She was married for 59 years to the late Nicholas Washington Stewart and is...
William Freismuth
Jan 10, 2010
Chesterfield resident William M. Freismuth died on January 8, 2010. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. in 1919, Mr. Freismuth lived in Toms River and Fair Haven, NJ, Gordonsville, VA, Elizabeth City, NC, and Lucy Corr Village in Chesterfield, VA. A Navy veteran, he witnessed the attack on Pearl Harbor, his job with AT&T led him to help restore overseas telephone services...
Lillian Gainey
Jan 10, 2010
Smithfield, Virginia Lillian Clark Gainey, 87, a resident of Smithfield, passed away Sunday, January 10, 2010, in her home. She was the widow of Ellis Cleon Gainey. Born March 15, 1922, in Sussex County, she was the daughter of the late Henry Thomas Clark and Marion Lucille Gay Clark. Mrs. Gainey was a resident of Petersburg for 45 years and...
Elsie Bess
Jan 9, 2010
Elsie Morris Bess, age 81, of Port Haywood, VA, formerly of Chester, VA, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010. She was born in Madison, GA, the daughter of the late Robert B. and Nora Anderson Morris. Mrs. Bess was a past member of the Matthews Womenâ??s Club and a retiree of Dupont Spruance Plant, Chesterfield after approximately 37 years...
Allen Martin
Jan 7, 2010
Allen Lynwood Martin, 68, of Chester passed away peacefully at his residence surrounded by family on Thursday, January 7, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was a native of Ironto, VA born the son of Arno Martin and Madeline Wren. Mr. Martin was a retired superintendent with ICI Americas and a member of the Bermuda Optimist Club. He...
Inez Beville
Jan 7, 2010
Inez Hunt Beville of Dinwiddie, VA departed this life on Thursday, January 7, 2010. She was the daughter of the late Roley L. and Georgianna Hunt and the widow of John Dee Beville. She was a retired Dental Assistant from Medical Services at Fort Lee, a published poet, a member of West End Baptist Church for 69 years and an...
