Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Mellie Cassidy
Oct 29, 2008
Mellie Dale Cassidy, 96, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, October 29, 2008. Born in Duplin County, NC on April 24, 1912, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Beulah Henderson Dale. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, and her main interest was her home and family. Mrs. Cassidy was preceded in death by her husband of...
Jr., Soney J. Pierce
Oct 28, 2008
Rev. Soney J. Pierce, Jr. walked through the valley of the shadow of death on October 28, 2008. He always said that where there is a shadow there has to be a light, and that light is Jesus Christ the light of the word. He often honored South Norfolk High School as the foundation for his education. Feeling his call...
Alma O'Berry
Oct 28, 2008
Wakefield Alma L. Oâ??Berry, 93, of Wakefield, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk. Born September 29, 1915 in Nansemond County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Riddick and Hettie Daughtrey Lassiter. She was the widow of John H. Oâ??Berry who died in 1972. Mrs. Oâ??Berry was a talented, loving person and worked all...
Margaret Mcallister
Oct 28, 2008
Margaret Armstrong Birchett McAllister, died Tuesday, October 28, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. McAllister spent many years volunteering in the community. She was a long time member of First Presbyterian church, where she sang in the chancel choir, she enjoyed being a member of the Womanâ??s Club of Hopewell for over 55 years, was a lifetime member of...
Jr., J. Luch
Oct 27, 2008
Wakefield, VA Charles John Luch, Jr., 70, of Wakefield, passed away Monday, October, 27, 2008 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk. Born on July 5, 1938 in Crabapple OH, he was the son of the late Charles John Luch, Sr. and Lela Hinkle Luch. He was retired from Beltline Railroad after 32 years of service. He had a passion for...
Maria Taylor
Oct 27, 2008
Maria Elnora Washburn Taylor, 67, of Prince George County, died Monday, October 27, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Emporia, VA and had been a resident of the Hopewell and Prince George area most of her life. Mrs. Taylor was a former Brownie and Girl Scout leader, was an active member of Merchants Hope Church and...
Lewis Collins
Oct 27, 2008
Lewis O. Collins, age 63, of Jarratt, VA, died on Monday, October 27, 2008. He was born in Richmond, VA, the son of the late Orice O. and Frances Beasley Collins. Mr. Collins was retired from Dupont after 38 years or service. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and outdoorsman, and a member of the Last Chance Hunt Club of...
Sharon Edwards
Oct 26, 2008
Sharon T. Edwards, 57, of Chesterfield, went to be with the Lord Saturday October 25, 2008. She was predeceased by her father; James Traylor, Sr., son, Robert Erb, and a sister Beverly Traylor. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She is survived by her husband Bruce Edwards; mother Viola B. Traylor, son; Ronald Erb, Jr., daughter; Joy E....
Charles Lythgoe
Oct 26, 2008
Charles W. Lythgoe, 79, of Chesterfield passed away Sunday October 26, 2008 surrounded by his loving family. He was a carpenter and the husband of Frances Lythgoe. He is survived by four sons and one daughter, Tommy, Larry, Danny, Rusty, Pam, several grandchildren, great grandchildren, and two brothers, George Sr. and Robert Sr. The family will receive friends at the...
Alice Hoza
Oct 24, 2008
Alice Hoza of Chester, VA passed away on October 24, 2008 at the Retreat Hospital in Richmond following a period of declining health. She was born in Wilkinsburg, PA to the late Donald and Jane Rambo. She is survived by her husband, Roy Hoza; Daughters, Jennifer Hoza and Tammy Cash; and a son, Richard Boyd. Alice was a member of...
Claude Whitmore
Oct 24, 2008
Claude Wayne Whitmore, 65, of Chester, passed away Friday October 24, 2008 at McGuire Veterans Hospital. He was the son of the late Hoyt A. Whitmore, Sr., and Alma Wheelhouse Whitmore, and was predeceased by a brother Ronald P. Whitmore. Wayne loved to fish, cook, and work a garden. He was a veteran of the United States Army and is...
Ray St.Charles
Oct 24, 2008
Ray B. St.Charles, age 45, of Chester, VA, died on Wednesday, October 22, 2008. He was the owner and operator of Rays Pawn and Jewelry Shop on 4 West Washington Street for 10 years. Mr. St.Charles is survived by his loving wife of 20 years, Bonnie L. St.Charles; sons, Derek J. Brazel of Hopewell, VA, and William Travis St.Charles of...
Virginia Valenti
Oct 24, 2008
Virginia S. Valenti, 80, died Friday, October 24, 2008 in Petersburg, VA after a period of declining health. She was born and resided in Dinwiddie County for many years. Mrs. Valenti called Prince George County her home for the last 10 years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Clyde B. and Louise F. Smith of Petersburg, VA and...
Jerri Taylor
Oct 23, 2008
Jerri Lynn Taylor, age 57, of Chester, VA, died on Thursday, October 23, 2008. She was born in Carlisle, PA, the daughter of James Roney, Sr. and Elizabeth Cromleigh Roney. Ms. Taylor was an employee of the Department of Defense with 35 years of service. Her last position was the Commander of Defense Depot, Richmond, VA. She was also a...
Josephine, Hall
Oct 23, 2008
Mrs. Josephine H. Hall of Petersburg, VA passed away on October 23, 2008 at the Southside Regional Medical Center following a period of declining health. She was born in Petersburg, Virginia to the late Joseph E. Hathaway and Pearl A. Hathaway. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Carl Walker Hall, Sr.; two sisters, May H....
Carol Hawkins
Oct 23, 2008
Carol Parham Hawkins, age 94, died October 23, 2008 at The Petersburg Ladies Home, in her hometown of Petersburg, Virginia. She took pride in being the first girl born on Westover Avenue in Petersburg. Her parents were I. Val Parham of Petersburg and Lucille Loyd Parham formerly of Lynchburg. She was a 1937 graduate of Randolphâ??Macon Womanâ??s College. After her...
Bernice Fisher
Oct 20, 2008
Fisher, Bernice Poppa of Colonial Heights, VA, passed away on Monday, October 20, 2008. Born in Ettrick, VA, she was the daughter of the late Vincent Henry and Fannie Granger Poppa. She is survived by her husband, James C. Fisher; her daughter, Sandra Fisher Ciofani and her husband, Richard, of Chesterfield; her sister-in-law and dearest friend, Ella Mae Fisher, of...
Sr., P. Frantz
Oct 20, 2008
Edgar Paul Frantz, Sr., 81, of Hopewell died Monday, October 20, 2008. Mr. Frantz served his country during WWII and was a retired sheet-metal worker at Allied Chemical Inc. He was preceded in death by his parents, Roland and Selma Barth Nickels Frantz; a daughter, Denise Louise Frantz and a son, Edgar Paul Frantz, Jr. He is survived by a...
Donna Saunders
Oct 20, 2008
Donna Ramsey Saunders, 55 of Dinwiddie Co., was called home by the Lord, Monday, October 20, 2008 at her residence. She was a native of Norfolk, VA and the daughter of the late John Thomas Ramsey, Sr. and Ruby Perkinson Votsis. She was a registered nurse for St. Francis Medical Center and Virginia Urology. She loved nursing and had a...
Margarita Santos
Oct 19, 2008
Margarita Camacho Santos, born February 28,1942 in Ponce Puerto Rico; passed away on October 17, 2008 at the age of 66, in Hopewell, VA. She was the daughter of Francisco Santos and Mercedes Gonzalez. In 1960 she married Alejandro Camacho Sr., a career military officer, together their union was blessed with four children. In 1972, she was blessed with her...
