Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Phyllis Holt
Apr 9, 2009
Phyllis Ann Holt, 75 of Hopewell, died April 9, 2009. She was a life-long resident of Hopewell. She was employed at John Randolph Medical Center in the house keeping department and was a member of the choir at First Baptist Church. Miss Holt was preceded in death by her parents Horace Taylor and Virginia Lipscomb Holt. Surviving are two sisters,...
Robert Barber
Apr 7, 2009
Robert Edgar Barber, Sr., age 82, of Carson, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. He was born in Mullens, West Virginia, son of the late Hugh and Lettie Dixon Barber. He was also preceded in death by a son, Robert E. â??Bobbyâ? Barber, Jr. Mr. Barber enjoyed yard work and was good with his hands. He was an...
Jr. T. Stout
Apr 7, 2009
George Tennant Stout, Jr., 85, of Church Road, Virginia, passed away Tuesday April 7, 2009. He was predeceased by his parents George T. Stout, Sr. & Mildred B. Cooper Stout and a son Richard Lee Stout.. George was a veteran of the United States Navy and served his country during WWII. He was an avid hunter and loved to drive...
Dorothy Grigg
Apr 6, 2009
Dorothy Adkins Grigg, age 83, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Monday, April 6, 2009. She was born in Matoaca, Virginia, daughter of the late Richard and Elsie Adkins. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John L. Grigg and brothers, Percy and Hubert Adkins. Mrs. Grigg was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother. She was...
James Jr. Wagner
Apr 6, 2009
James â??Jimâ? Buchanan Wagner, Jr., 63, of Prince George died on Monday, April 06, 2009. He was the son of Helen Burley Wagner and the late James Buchanan Wagner, Sr. Jim had a passion for sports having played Lacrosse for Woodlawn High School in Maryland and later played soccer for Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania. He furthered his pursuit in academics...
Maggie Tuck
Apr 6, 2009
Maggie Lynch Tuck, age 74, of Chester, VA, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2009. She was born in Bedford, VA, the daughter of the late, Edgar and Janie Brown Lynch. Maggie was retired from Wachovia Bank in Chester after 30 years of service. She was also a retailer of antiques in the Chester area for many years. Maggie was...
Blanche Ellis
Apr 3, 2009
Blanche Seymour Ellis, 94, of Colonial Heights, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Thursday April 2, 2009. She was predeceased by her parents Willie E. & Bessie Johnson Seymour; her husband, Lawrence W. Ellis, Sr.; a daughter, Margaret Stamos; sisters, Bernice L. Westmoreland, Mary T. Dyson and Florence Rose; a brother, Leslie Seymour and a grandchild, Jerilyn Banning...
Cortlandt Joyner
Apr 3, 2009
Cortlandt Hunter Joyner, 73, of Virginia Beach, formerly of Chester, passed away on Thursday, April 2, 2009. He was born in Hopewell, son of the late William Briggs Joyner and Martha Gibbs Joyner. Cortlandt graduated from Hopewell High School and later from Capital Engineering Institute in Washington, D.C. He retired in 1990 from IBM after 30 years, most of which...
Mary Nunnally
Apr 3, 2009
Mary Ball Nunnally, 94, of DeWitt, widow of George B Nunnally and Parham B. Nunnally, passed away Friday, April 3, 2009. Born in North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Lucy West Ball. She is survived by her children, William H. Nunnally and wife, Marie of Jarratt, George T. Nunnally and wife, Bernice of Sutherland, Charles...
Rose Mueller
Apr 2, 2009
Rose L. Mueller, 61, of Chester, Virginia, passed peacefully at her residence on Thursday, April 2, 2009 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was preceded in death by her father, Wilton Pulley and mother Ruth Turner. She is survived by her devoted husband of 40 years, Kenneth; sons, Kenny, Mikie, Timmy and Dylan; and grandchildren, Carlie, Michael, Justice, Emily...
Brayden Nall
Apr 1, 2009
Brayden Eddie Nall, 3 months old, of Chester, Virginia, went to be with our Lord after a courageous and valiant battle. Brayden is survived by his loving parents, Heather E. Nall and Phillip B. "Brad" Whitmore of Chester and Chesterfield; grandparents, Eddie and Nancy Nall of Chester and Richard and Michelle Whitmore of Chesterfield; aunts, Megan Nall of Chester and...
Mary Johnson
Mar 31, 2009
Mary Alice Johnson, age 75, of Prince George, Virginia, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2009. She was born in Queens, New York, daughter of the late Michael and Delia Robinson. She was also preceded in death by her husband, COL Robert P. Johnson and her brother, Paul Robinson. Mrs. Johnson was a dedicated military wife for almost 30 years....
Janet Collier
Mar 31, 2009
Waverly Janet Padgett Collier, 74, of Waverly passed away at her home on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Born on December 16, 1934 in Prince George, she was the daughter of the late Isham J. and Geneva Sheffield Padgett. She was the widow of Horace Ray Collier after 55 years of marriage and a longtime member of Carsley United Methodist Church....
Mary Glass
Mar 31, 2009
Mary Latimer Horton Glass, 76, of DeWitt, died on Tuesday, March 31, 2009. She was born in Columbia, South Carolina, daughter of the late Dr. Julius Broyles Horton and Jessie Clarkson Horton. Mary graduated from Sullins Junior College, Bristol, VA, and from the Medical College of Virginia School of Medical Technology. She retired from Southside Regional Medical Center as a...
Mary Lewis Rose
Mar 31, 2009
Waverly, Virginia Mary Ellen Lewis Rose, 84, of Waverly, the widow of Franklin W. Rose, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at Southside Regional Medical Center in Petersburg. Born in Mt. Airy, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Green Lewis and Margaret Hatcher Lewis. She was predeceased by a sister, Margaret Kearney Bourne, and three brothers, Frank Lewis,...
Alberta Crosby
Mar 30, 2009
Alberta Lee Crosby, 74, of Chester, Virginia, passed away on Tuesday, March 24, 2009. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of the late, Tanner and Inez Helsley. Mrs. Crosby was a graduate from Humes High School and a member of Decatur Trinity Christian Church in Memphis, Tennessee. She worked in the tax preparation industry for Jackson Hewitt and later...
Ruth Hyre
Mar 30, 2009
Wakefield, Virginia Ruth Summers Hyre, 85, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009 at Waverly Health Care Center in Waverly. She was the widow of Randall Lee Hyre. Born November 5, 1923, in Ragland AL, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Lindy Mae Higgenbothem Summers. In 1944, Ruth joined the U.S. Navy. Serving her country proudly, she was...
Paul Sr. Josey
Mar 30, 2009
Paul Calvin Josey, Sr., 86. of Hopewell, died Monday, March 30, 2009, at his residence. He was born in Prince Edward County, Virginia, and was preceded in death by his parents, P. A. and Bertha Sapp Josey. Mr. Josey, a retired carpenter with Allied-Signal Corporation, served in the U. S. Navy during World War II. He was a member of...
Debbie Stewart
Mar 28, 2009
Debbie Barrett Stewart, 52, of Sutherland, departed Saturday, March 28, 2009 in Dinwiddie. She was a native of Sutherland and daughter of the late Max Harold Jr. and Ruth Lesley Dortch Barrett. She was predeceased by her husband Oliver C. Stewart. She is survived by her son, Brandon Stewart of Petersburg; brothers Robert Barrett and wife Cristie of Raleigh, NC,...
Lawrence Blake
Mar 28, 2009
Local attorney, Lawrence Lonny Blake, son of the late Lawrence Earl Blake and the late Frances Rawson Blake, passed away at his home in Prince George County on March 28, 2009. Lonny was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on December 10, 1941. His father, a toolmaker and founder of Revere Mold and Engineering, moved the family to Colonial Heights, Virginia in...
