Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Margaret Young
Aug 23, 2007
Margaret Ruth Young, age 78, passed away on August 23, 2007. Born in Skelton, WV, she was the daughter of the late Everett Andrew Fitzpatrick and Virginia Woods. She was preceded in death by husband Winfred Young, sisters, Thelma Toney, Jean Petit, Nina Bateman, and daughter Karen Johnston. Mrs. Young is survived by son James L. Murphy, of Chester, VA;...
Arlo Jeter
Aug 22, 2007
Arlo Kennon Jeter, 75 of Petersburg, died Wednesday, August 22, 2007. He was the son of the late Richard Edward and Ruby E. Hoverstock Chappell. He was a retired employee with Smurfit Stone Paper Co. He served in the Korean War with the U.S. Army and was retired from the U.S. Army Reserve. He was a member of the First...
Andrea Brooks
Aug 22, 2007
Andrea Marie Donnell-Brooks, age 68, of Chester, VA, died on August 22, 2007. Born in Fort Wayne, IN, she was the daughter of the late Henry J. and Devota Johnson Donnell. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Henry K. Donnell. Andrea was retired from the Petersburg Public School system as a guidance counselor and teacher, fields in...
Jimmy Bryant
Aug 20, 2007
Windsor, Virginia JIMMY NORMAN BRYANT, SR. , 64, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Marshall Lee Bryant, Sr. and Frances Gay Atkins. Jimmy was a retired auto mechanic and an avid outdoorsman who loved to work with his tractor. He is survived by his...
Johnnie Reese
Aug 19, 2007
Johnnie Aileen Reese, 81, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2007. Born in Lafayette County, Mississippi, she was the daughter of the late G. Grant and Daisy Belle Hawkins Robertson. Mrs. Reese was preceded in death by a brother, James Walter Robertson. She is survived by her husband, Preston Lewis Reese of Petersburg; sons, James L. Reese, Floyd A....
Richard Puryear
Aug 19, 2007
Richard William Puryear, 66, of Chesterfield County, devoted husband and faithful friend to many, was called to God on August 19, 2007. He was preceded in death by his father, George Puryear; his mother, Garnet Snellings; and his sister, Annette Langston. He is survived by his wife of nineteen years, Bobbi Puryear; his niece, Sheri Langston; and his step son...
Margaret Ager
Aug 19, 2007
Margaret Ager, age 73, of Locust Hill, VA, died August 19, 2007. Born in Petersburg, VA, she was the daughter of James and Caroline Lewis. Margaret was preceded in death by a husband Francis O. Andrews. As a young mother, she was the chief of transportation for the family, whether it was to boy scouts, baseball practice, or dance lessons....
Jimmy Bryant
Aug 19, 2007
JIMMY NORMAN BRYANT, SR. , 64, passed away Sunday, August 19, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk. Born in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Marshall Lee Bryant, Sr. and Frances Gay Atkins. Jimmy was a retired auto mechanic and an avid outdoorsman who loved to work with his tractor. He is survived by his wife, Connie...
Margaret Harris
Aug 18, 2007
Margaret Elizabeth Harris, 89, of Hopewell, died August 18, 2007 after an extended illness. She was born on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, but lived most of her life in Hopewell and was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was predeceased by her husband Henry Martin Harris. She leaves to cherish her memory, three daughters, Marjorie Dixon of...
William Jenkins
Aug 17, 2007
Jenkins, William â??Billâ? Claude 75, of Chester, VA went to join the Lord on August 17. after a battle with cancer. He is preceded in death by his Son-Franklin Lee Jenkins, Granddaughter-Samantha West, Father-Charles Arthur Jenkins, Mother-Sallie Ellen Dunn Jenkins, Brothers-Robert Bruce Jenkins of Bluff City, TN, and Kermit â??Tommyâ? Edward Jenkins of Bristol, TN. Bill is survived by his...
Edward Daniel
Aug 17, 2007
Edward Maurice Daniel, 79, of Hopewell, died Friday, August 17, 2007. He was born in Oxford, North Carolina. Mr. Daniel was a retired Inspector for Honeywell Corp and a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church.. He was preceded in death by his parents, Albert W. and Nellie Nelson Daniel and his brother, Ralph Daniel. Surviving are his wife, Margaret Davis...
James Atkinson
Aug 17, 2007
Ivor, Virginia James Lenard Atkinson, 86, passed away Friday, August 17, 2007 at Sentara Norfolk Hospital. A native of Southampton County, Virginia he was the son of the late John Conley Atkinson and Bettie Bailey Atkinson. Lenard served his country with the U.S. Army during World War II and was a recipient of the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and three...
Peggy Sheets
Aug 15, 2007
Wakefield, Virginia Peggy Oâ??Neal Sheets, 64, a resident of Rocky Hock Rd., Wakefield, was lifted from her battle with cancer on Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Born in Bladen County, North Carolina she was the daughter of the late Robert Haywood, Jr. and Georgia Thompson Haywood. Peggy was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, William McKinley Sheets, Jr. According...
Mary H. Baird
Aug 15, 2007
Mary Edith Harwell Baird, 83, of Petersburg, Virginia, died August 15, 2007 at Chippenham Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband of 45 years, Floyd Winfield Baird. Mrs. Baird was the daughter of the late Edna King and William Daniel Harwell. She is survived by a daughter, Rosemary Baird Lester and her husband, Bill, of Carson; sons,...
Hazel Poarch Batte
Aug 14, 2007
Hazel Virginia Poarch Batte A funeral for Hazel Virginia Poarch Batte will be held at Asbury United Methodist Church in McKenney Friday at 11:00 AM. Mrs. Batte who was 96, died August 14. Her husband, Henry Barner Batte died in 1995. Mrs. Batte came to McKenney to teach after graduating from Longwood College and spent the rest of her life...
John Bacon
Aug 14, 2007
John Fitzgerald Bacon, age 37, of Richmond, VA, died on Sunday, August 12, 2007. He was born in Bristol, TN, the son of the late Robert J. and Betty Wix Bacon. John had worked at the McDonalds restaurant located in Chesterfield Meadows for approximately 12 years. He is survived by a grandmother, Betty Wix of Bristol, TN; aunts, Hazel Bacon...
Mildred Payne
Aug 13, 2007
Mildred Geraldean Reiners Payne, 87, of Petersburg, widow of Michael Hollivey Payne, Jr., passed away Monday, August 13, 2007. Born March 28, 1920 in Portsmouth, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Fredrick and Bessie Marek Reiners. She was a 1938 graduate of Petersburg High School and a former employee of the Arnold Pen Company in Petersburg. She...
Ida Mcneil
Aug 13, 2007
Mrs. Ida Hoyt Stotesberry McNeil, 94, a longtime resident of Hopewell Virginia, died peacefully after a period of declining health on Sunday, August 12, 2007, surrounded by family and friends. She was a faithful member of the Cawson Street Church of Christ, Hopewell, VA, for over 65 years and a devoted Christian, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and homemaker. She will...
Bettie Gaston
Aug 13, 2007
Bettie Roper Gaston passed away on August 13th, 2007 at the age of 92. Bettie grew up in Petersburg, Virginia, the youngest daughter of Paul and Jessie Edwards Roper. She attended Bryn Mawr College and the Philadelphia School of Music and became an accomplished pianist. Bettie married John M. Gaston Jr. in 1941, and after the end of World War...
Walter Williams
Aug 12, 2007
Walter Charles Williams, 69, of Hopewell died Sunday, August 12, 2007 in the Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. Mr. Williams was born in Hammond, In and following his military retirement made his home in Hopewell, VA. He was a member of VFW Post #637, American Legion #146, Prince George Masonic Lodge AF&AM, the ACCA Temple and retired from the U.S....
