Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Richard Jr. Anderson
Apr 14, 2008
Richard Linton Anderson, Jr., 81 of Spring Grove, Virginia passed away on April 14, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center, Hopewell following an extended illness. He was a retired Lieutenant from the Hopewell Bureau of Police. Mr. Anderson was a WWII Navy Veteran and a survivor of two North Atlantic convoy runs to Murmansk, Russia. He was born on March...
Alvie Ret. Lumbus
Apr 11, 2008
Alvie J. Lumbus, 74, of Hickory NC, formerly of Petersburg, passed away Friday April 11, 2008. He was predeceased by his wife of 22 years, Phoebe Lois Lumbus, his parents, Raymond A. & Katherine F. Bartels Lumbus, and a brother, George Lumbus. Mr. Lumbus was a retired Logistics Management Specialist for the United States Army Material Command. He and his...
James Allen
Apr 11, 2008
James Thomas Allen, 80, of Hopewell went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 11, 2008. He was the son of the late Rufus Cook Allen, Sr. and Girlie Turner Allen and was the husband of 54 years to the late Janie Lucille Allen. James was a graduate of Thomas Dale High School, retired from Dupont and a long...
John Goodrich
Apr 10, 2008
John â??Sonnyâ? Elliott Goodrich, 58, of Hopewell, died Thursday, April 10 2008 at his residence. He was a life-long resident of Hopewell. He was the son of the late James Lawrence and Rosemary Bolt Goodrich. Surviving are his wife, Brenda Harlow Goodrich of Hopewell, four daughters, Rebecca G. Miller & husband Timothy of Dewitt, Heather S. Talley of Hopewell, Megan...
Joan Avery
Apr 9, 2008
Joan Anita Avery, 57, of McKenney, departed this life on Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at her residence with her family at her side. She was the daughter of the late Howard W. and Rose J. Ellis. Joan was a dedicated employee of Colonial Heights Health Care Center for 16 years who enjoyed taking care of others. She is survived by...
Edward Lambert
Apr 7, 2008
The Rev. Edward Lambert went home to be with our Lord on Monday, April 7, 2008. He was born in Toronto, Canada. He was preceded in death by his parents, Theodore and Ann Lambert and his wife, Olga B. Lambert. Rev. Lambert graduated form Moody Bible Institute, Southwest State College and Union Theological Seminary. He and his wife were Missionaries...
Homer Marsh
Apr 6, 2008
Homer Stanley Marsh went home to be with his Heavenly Father on Saturday, April 5, 2008. He was preceded in death by his father, Wharton Tecumseh Marsh; mother, Mary Edith Marsh; brother, Morris Marsh and his wife Jane, all of Springfield, OH. Mr. Marsh dearly loved his children, and grandchildren. Surviving are a devoted daughter, Barbara; sons, John and his...
Leoni Brunner
Apr 5, 2008
Leoni Anne Brunner, age 78, of Chester, VA, died on Saturday, April 5, 2008. She was born in Bulach, Switzerland, the daughter of the late Hans and Anna Frei. Mrs. Brunner was also preceded in death by her husband, Hans Brunner. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, and was very active in her familyâ??s lives. She...
Robert Carroll
Apr 5, 2008
Waverly, Virginia Robert Carroll, 80, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2008 at Waverly Health Care Center in Waverly, VA. Born September 1, 1927 in Isle of Wight County, VA he was the son of the late Harry Clay and Fannie Harrell Carroll. He served his country during WW II as a hospital orderly in the U.S. Army; was a member...
Benny Muncy
Apr 4, 2008
Dendron, VA The Honorable BENNY WADE MUNCY, age 80, a resident and mayor of Dendron, died peacefully in the hospice unit at McGuire VA Hospital in Richmond on Thursday, April 3, 2008, after a 3-1/2-month battle with brain cancer. Born April 14, 1927, in Draper, NC, he was the son of the late Clarence and Lucille Rodgers Muncy. He was...
Mary Brockwell
Apr 4, 2008
Mary Frances Howerton Brockwell, 86, of Petersburg, Virginia, passed away April 4, 2008, after a period of declining health. She was the widow of James T. Brockwell, Sr. She lived a good Christian life as a devoted wife, Mother, and friend to many. â??Francesâ? was born in Petersburg, Virginia, and was the daughter of the late James Lee and Barbara...
Henry Rawlings
Apr 3, 2008
Henry W. Rawlings, known to many as â??Jakeâ? died on Thursday, April 3, 2008 at Maria Parham Hospital in Henderson, NC at the age of 90. He was born in Wakefield, Virginia, but lived most of his life in Hopewell, Virginia. Jake was a member of Company E of The Old First Virginia National Guard which later became the 176th...
Linda Eastep
Apr 2, 2008
Linda Leigh Pruitt Eastep, fondly known as â??Momma Eâ? went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 in Southside Regional Medical Center. â??Momma Eâ? was born in Charlottesville, VA and had been a long time resident of the Prince George area. She was an active member and the organist at Salem United Methodist Church in Burrowsville...
Jr. L. Whirley
Apr 2, 2008
Roy Lee Whirley, Jr., 73 of Petersburg, passed away April 2, 2008 at St. Maryâ??s Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer for two years. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 30 years Donna Ree Hicks Whirley, parents, Roy L. Whirley, Sr. and Annie Juanita Bennett Whirley and a step- son James Mitchell. He was a...
Billie Leonard
Apr 1, 2008
Billie Jordan Leonard, 88, of Lake Chesdin, Sutherland, passed away at her home on April 1, after a long battle with Alzheimers Disease. She was born in Campbell County to the late James E. and Gertrude Cardwell Jordan. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters, Eula Conner, Margaret Padgett, and Sadie Conyers, and brother,...
Lady Montgomery
Apr 1, 2008
Mrs. Lady Maude Montgomery, 91, a former resident of Hopewell, Virginia for many years, died Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at a Temple, Texas nursing home following many years of declining health. Lady was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Col (Ret) Waldo W. Montgomery, Sr. and her granddaughter, Lisa Lynn Montgomery. She is survived by two children, Mrs. Doris...
Dorothy Merryman
Mar 31, 2008
Dorothy Eloise Hoon Merryman, 87, of Hopewell, died Monday, March 31, 2008, at her residence. Mrs. Merryman was preceded in death by her parents, Otto Blaine and Bertha Catherine Neely Hoon, and her husband, Garmen E. Merryman. She was a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church and was actively involved with visitation and meals for homebound members of her church....
Ramona Cole
Mar 30, 2008
Ramona S. Cole, 49 of Prince George, passed away March 30, 2008 at Medical College of Virginia. She was a native of Prince George County and the daughter of the late Finley Lee and Lucy A. Saunders. She was a member of the Unity Baptist Church. She is survived by a daughter, Tiffany Starkey and husband, Zach; granddaughter, Rebecca Morris;...
Robert Sr. Hartnett
Mar 29, 2008
Robert V. â??Mikeâ? Hartnett, Sr. 85, of Petersburg died Saturday, March 29, 2008. He was the son of the late Timothy Michael and Esther Hastings Hartnett and the widower of Geneva Cheek Hartnett, whom he was married to for 48 wonderful years. Mr. Hartnett was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, the former owner operator of General Home Improvement Company...
Kathryn Forti
Mar 27, 2008
Kathryn DiCarlo Forti, 90, of Colonial Heights Health Care Center, and formerly of Hopewell, died Thursday, March 27, 2008 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born July 17, 1917 in Washington, D.C. the daughter of the late Imnocenzo and Marie DiBartolomeo DiCarlo. She was preceded in death by her husband, Gene Forti, two sisters, Emily Teti and Violet Iacangelo,...
