Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Guy Burns
Oct 9, 2008
Guy Deaner Burns, 85, of Chesterfield, left this world on Thursday October 9, 2008. He was the son of the late Alma Deaner Burns. He was employed by Dupont as a Pipe Fitter and retired after 42 years of dedicated service at the age of 58. He was retired for 27 years and loved every minute of it. Guy was...
Mary Powell
Oct 8, 2008
Ivor Mary Nannie Powell, 88, of Ivor passed away on Wednesday, October 08, 2008 at Consulate Healthcare in Windsor. Born May 4, 1920 in Ivor, she was the daughter of the late George C. and Lizzie Felts Powell. She was also predeceased by a brother, George C. Powell, Jr. She was a lifetime member of Ivor United Methodist Church and...
Lillian Heretick
Oct 8, 2008
Lillian Slagle Heretick, 77, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, October 8, 2008. She was a life-long resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Heretick was a retired office manager for Family Practice, a member of St. James Catholic Church, Senior Friends at John Randolph Medical Center, TOPS, and past member of the Catholic Daughters of America. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
James Dickerson
Oct 7, 2008
James F. Dickerson, age 54, of Chesterfield, VA, died on Tuesday, October 7, 2008. He was born in Elizabeth, NJ, the son of Mary Comiskey Dickerson and the late Frank Dickerson. Mr. Dickerson is survived by his loving wife, Elena M. Dickerson; daughters, Jennifer Eschbach and husband Brian of Colonial Heights, and Alyssa Dickerson of Chesterfield; four brothers; two sisters;...
James Dickerson
Oct 7, 2008
James F. Dickerson, age 54, of Chesterfield, VA, died on Tuesday, October 7, 2008. He was born in Elizabeth, NJ, the son of Mary Comiskey Dickerson and the late Frank Dickerson. Mr. Dickerson is survived by his loving wife, Elena M. Dickerson; daughters, Jennifer Eschbach and husband Brian of Colonial Heights, and Alyssa Dickerson of Chesterfield; four brothers; two sisters;...
Garland Sr. Almarode
Oct 7, 2008
Garland Travis â??Rodâ? Almarode, Sr., 67 of Hopewell died Tuesday, October 7, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Hopewell and had been a life long resident. Mr. Almarode was a retired pipefitter. He was preceded in death by his parents, Oma F. and Susie Walker Almarode and a son, Terry Wade Almarode. Mr. Almarode is survived...
Alfred Timperio
Oct 6, 2008
Alfred John Timperio, 55, of Colonial Heights, died Friday, October 3, 2008 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. He was a construction worker for Jones Construction Co. Mr. Timperio was the son of the late Carl Louis and Eleanor Nichols Timperio. He is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Timperio of Colonial Heights, a daughter, Eleanor Timperio of...
Philip Long
Oct 6, 2008
Spring Grove Philip Wayne Long, 68, of Spring Grove passed away Sunday, October 5, 2008 at MCV. Born in Petersburg on January 12, 1940, he was the son of Mrs. Clyde Stockner Long and the late Roy Long. He was a graduate of Prince George High school and he served in the United States Marine Corp. He was a retired...
Sara Woodfin
Oct 5, 2008
Sara Lea Woodfin, age 58, of Amelia, VA, died on Sunday, October 05, 2008. She was born in Richmond, VA, the daughter of the late Milton C. Woodfin. Sara Lea was a past member of Sherbourne United Methodist Church, Chester. She was a loving and caring person and will be missed by all who knew her. She is survived by...
Frances Tilghman
Oct 5, 2008
Frances Langston Tilghman, age 79, of Chester, VA, went to be with her Lord on Sunday, October 05, 2008. She was born in Kinston, NC, the daughter of the late William P. Langston and Eunice Mercer Langston Hill. Frances was a retired auditor with the Virginia Department of Taxation and a past member of Cosby Memorial Baptist Church. She is...
Horace Collier
Oct 5, 2008
Waverly Horace Ray Collier, 74, of Waverly passed away Sunday, October 5, 2008 at his home. Born on February 13, 1934, he was the son of the late Horace H. and Gladys Bishop Collier. He was retired from Allied Signal after 32 years of service and later joined the Surry Sherriffâ??s Department as a deputy and served 10 years. He...
Nancy Strawmyer
Oct 5, 2008
Nancy France Strawmyer, age 78, of Chester, VA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 05, 2008, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Jeanette, PA, the daughter of the late Thomas W. and Margaretta Crock France. Mrs. Strawmyer was also preceded in death by her husband, James E. Strawmyer. She was a member of Bermuda Hundred United Methodist...
Jean Brintley
Oct 4, 2008
Jean Wynn Brintley, 78, of Warren St., Petersburg, VA died Saturday, October 4, 2008 at Southside Regional Medical Center after a short time of illness. She was born on November 12, 1929 in Petersburg, VA. She worked for Allied Chemical for 30 years before retiring. She was the daughter of the late Leonard Rogers Wynn and Annie Alma Rogers. She...
Helen Traylor
Oct 4, 2008
Helen T. Traylor, 88, of Petersburg passed away on Saturday, October 4, 2008. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roscoe Charles and Lillian Ann Hubbard Turner; husband, Charles Lee Traylor and grandson, David Matthew Traylor. Helen was a member of Elm Street Baptist Church in Petersburg. She was a loving and caring mother, grandmother and friend. She is...
Geraline "Gerry" Graham
Oct 1, 2008
Geraline â??Gerryâ? Snead Graham, 76, of Chester passed away on Wednesday, October 1, 2008. She was the daughter of the late Ulysses Flym and Sallie Peters Snead. Gerry was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She leaves to cherish her husband, Letcher Graham; children, Sally Marie Graham Martin and husband, Hilton; David Allen Graham and wife, Cami; grandchildren, Mary...
Thomas Turley
Oct 1, 2008
Thomas Boyd Turley, age 87, of Chesterfield, VA, died on Wednesday, October 01, 2008. He was born in Abingdon, VA, the son of the late James E. and Bessie Rhudy Turley. Mr. Turley was also preceded in death by his wife, Rosalie H. Turley. He was retired after 35 years of service with Dupont, and was a WWII veteran with...
Virginia Teachey
Oct 1, 2008
Virginia Eileen Teachey, 61, of Enon, died Wednesday, October 1, 2008 in Medical College of Virginia Hospital in Richmond. Mrs. Teachey was a member of the Cawson Street Church of Christ in Hopewell. She is survived by her husband, Joel Ray Teachey of Enon, three daughters, Glenda K. Teachey of Enon, Melissa E. Farris and her husband Jesse of Hopewell,...
Teresa Smardon
Sep 28, 2008
Teresa Mary Smardon of Spring Grove, 68, died September 27, 2008 in a Hopewell Hospital. She is the wife of Gary W. Smardon. The body will be cremated and services are private. Purviance Chapel, J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home in Wakefield, VA.
Linwood Kelly
Sep 27, 2008
Linwood Earl Kelly, 63, of Hopewell, passed away Saturday September 27, 2008 surrounded by his loving family and friends. He was predeceased by his parents Gurney William & Eusebia Wade Kelly, a brother, Roland Kelly, three sisters, Elenor Jean Soring, & Georgia Carol Hill, Patricia Ann Hunter. He retired from the United States Army in 1985 after 20 years of...
Elva Lockhart
Sep 27, 2008
Elva Nadine King Lockhart, 78, of Chester, VA departed this life to join her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 26, 2008. Born in Covington, VA, she was the daughter of the late Connie H. and Mary Pearl King. She is survived by her beloved husband of 59 years, Roy E. Lockhart, Jr. Elva was retired from Firestone Synthetic Fibers...
