Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Matthew Collins
Mar 17, 2007
Matthew Michael Collins, 29, of Hopewell,VA died Saturday, March 17, 2007 at his residence. He was born in Kalamazoo, MI. Matthew was a research services associate with McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA and was a part time student at VCU, working towards his masterâ??s degree in social work. Surviving are his parents, Russell Allen and Regina â??Cookieâ? Tatalajski Collins...
Betty Wadkins
Mar 15, 2007
Betty G. Wadkins, age 66, of Chester, VA passed away on Thursday, March 15, 2007. She was born in Atlanta, GA the daughter of the late Warren William and Edith Stearns Gates and the widow of James T. Wadkins. She is survived by daughters, Pamela E. Nides and husband, Jeff of Norfolk, VA and Mary Michel Hinton and husband, Bryant...
Mary Mills
Mar 15, 2007
Mary Ella Mullins Mills, 78, of Dinwiddie passed on Thursday, March 15, 2007. Mary devoted her life to her family and caring of her daughter, Linda. She gave love and encouragement to Linda every day. Maryâ??s sweet and caring personality was an inspiration to all. She is survived by her daughters; Linda Faye Mills, and Mary Ann Sheffield and her...
Mary Kuenning
Mar 15, 2007
Mary Therese Kuenning of Petersburg died in her home on Thursday, March 15, 2007. She was 88 years old. She came into this world 18 June, 1918, in â??Little Italyâ??, Manhattan, daughter of Sicilian immigrants, Domenico Scalia and Maria Chisari. Mary had two sisters, Anna and Helen, and a brother who died at 14. After her father died, boldly Mary...
James Williamson
Mar 14, 2007
James Newell Williamson, 94 of Petersburg, Virginia, died March 14, 2007. He was the son of the late Edward Bland Williamson and Lucretia Worsham Williamson. He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Mildred Gill Williamson and two sons, James Newel Williamson, Jr. and his wife, Melanie Moore Williamson and Raymond Gill Williamson and his wife Helen Williamson; five...
Dale Grimmer
Mar 13, 2007
Dale Davis Grimmer, 82, of Matoaca, widow of Sterling L. Grimmer, passed away Tuesday, March 13, 2007. Born in Petersburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late John Maurice Davis, Sr. and Emma Brooks Davis. She is survived by her children Kay Grimmer, Anne (Don) Temple, Bill (Loretta) Grimmer, and Peggy (Jack) Hayes. She leaves her grandchildren Katie (Danny)...
Emma Vonetes
Mar 13, 2007
Emma Lou Bibos Vonetes, 83, of Petersburg, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007. She was the widow of John G. Vonetes. She was a member of St Elpis Greek Orthodox Church in Hopewell, the Ladies Philoptochos Society of Richmond and Daughters of Penelope of Hopewell, Chapter 224. She and her husband owned and operated the first family style restaurant in Petersburg...
Nelson Huber
Mar 13, 2007
Disputanta, Virginia Nelson Miles Huber, Jr., 83, a resident of Disputanta, Va. and husband of the late Marian Holdsworth Huber, died Monday, March 12, 2007. Born June 20, 1923 in Surry County, he was a son of the late Nelson Miles Huber and Myra Johnson Pierce. He had retired from the Chesterfield plant of Allied Chemical after 23 years. He...
Elizabeth Nelson
Mar 13, 2007
Elizabeth Boswell Nelson, 80, formerly of Dinwiddie, died Tuesday, March 13, 2007 at UAB Hospital, Birmingham, AL. Burial was March 17, 2007 at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Sylacauga, AL. Mrs. Nelson was the daughter of the late Henry Allen and Mary Gill Boswell and the widow of J.O. Nelson. She is survived by two brothers, Horace I. Boswell of Chesterfield and...
Sr., B. Riggan
Mar 13, 2007
Waynesboro, Virginia Retired EPA Scientist Passes at Age 92 Wilson B. Riggan, Sr., PhD passed away on March 11, 2007 at Avante Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Waynesboro, VA. Dr. Riggan had resided there since the death of his wife, Edna Downs Riggan, in December 2000. Predeceased also by his brother, David T. Riggan and a sister, Mary D. Irving,...
Oliver Rudy
Mar 13, 2007
Oliver D. â??Skitchâ? Rudy passed away on March 13, 2007, at Johnston Willis Hospital in Chesterfield County, Virginia. The family he loved was by his side. He is survived by his wife, Jill, the love of his life. He was preceded in death by his mother Ernestine W. Rudy and his father Oliver W. Rudy. Survivors include his daughter Lynn...
Betty Jamerson
Mar 12, 2007
Betty Jean Jamerson, age 65, of Chesterfield, VA passed away on Monday, March 12, 2007. She was born in Halifax, VA the daughter of the late Eugene and Eunice Franklin Hill. She served 19 years at G.E. Life and Annuity and was a 30 year member of Redemption Ministries. She is survived by her husband of 36 years, Harold H....
Ira Jr. Hepburn
Mar 12, 2007
Ira Spurgeon Hepburn, Jr. age 81, of Chesterfield, VA died on Monday, March 12, 2007. He was born in Richmond, VA, on March 30, 1925, the son of the late Ira S., Sr. and Marion Virginia Cogbill Hepburn. He is survived by his wife of 58 years, Katherine Davis Hepburn; a son, David H. Hepburn and wife Holly of Lynchburg,...
Carolyn Cogle
Mar 11, 2007
Carolyn Bowe Cogle, 60 of Dinwiddie, VA was called to be with the Lord on Sunday, March 11, 2007. She was born in Petersburg, VA , the daughter of Carlton E. and Marie S. Bowe. Carolyn was a faithful Christian and long standing member of Pine Grove Baptist Church. She was a loving, devoted wife, mother, daughter, and friend. Carolyn...
Barbara Cormany
Mar 11, 2007
Barbara Pulley Cormany, 76, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2007. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Algie Marshall and Maybelle Kitchen Pulley. She is survived by her sons, C. Scott Cormany and Thomas Marshall Cormany both of Petersburg; sister, Erline Sullivan of Austin, TX; brother, Algie M. Pulley, Jr. of ?, CA; nieces and...
Jr. Deforest Sweetser
Mar 11, 2007
Douglass DeForest Sweetser, Jr., age 76, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away Sunday, March 11, 2007. He was born in Boston, MA the son of the late Douglass D. Sr. and Mildred Downs Sweetser and was a previous resident of Paignton, Devon, U.K. He is survived by two daughters, Suzanne Long and husband Tom of Laurel, MD and Robin Deel and...
Dorothy T.
Mar 11, 2007
Dorothy Tomlin Cox, 66 of Dinwiddie Co., died Sunday, March 11, 2007. She was a native of Petersburg and the daughter of the late William H. and Ethel Clark Tomlin. She was a employee of Brown & Williamson Tobacco company for 13 years, retired from VDOT after 11 years of faithful service. She was preceded in death by her brother...
Mary Willey
Mar 10, 2007
Mary â??Sugieâ? Marlowe Willey, age 66, of Hopewell, VA, died on Saturday, March 10, 2007. She was born in Conway, SC, the daughter of the late Eddie and Ruth Blackwell Marlowe. She was the widow of Donald Willey. Mary was retired from civil service with Fort Lee and was a long time member of Hopewell Pentecostal Holiness Church. She more...
Paul, Taylor
Mar 9, 2007
Paul Taylor, Jr., of Chesterfield, VA, passed away peacefully at home with his loving wife of forty four years at his side. Paul was a loving husband, father, and grandfather. Besides his wife, Virginia Elizabeth Taylor, he is survived by his sons, Franklin Edward Taylor and wife Elizabeth Ann and Ronald Wilson Taylor; grand daughter Kimberly Anne Dice and husband...
J. Morriss
Mar 9, 2007
Waverly, Virginia Jasper Carlton â??J.C.â? Morriss, Jr., 61, a resident of Waverly, VA., passed away Thursday, March 8, 2007 at Parham Road Healthcare in Richmond, Virginia. Born August 1, 1945 in Petersburg, VA., he was the son of the late J. Carlton Morriss, Sr., and Emily Varga Morriss. J. C. was a 1964 graduate of Waverly High School, served his...
