Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Stanley Savedge
Feb 27, 2007
Elberon, Virginia Stanley Burt Savedge, 95, passed away Monday, February 26, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. Born March 19, 1911 he was the son of the late Richard Savedge and Martha Barfield Savedge. Mr. Savedge was predeceased by his wife, Virginia James Savedge. He was a retired carpenter having worked for Ocean Electric, and a member of...
Joyce Geddings
Feb 27, 2007
Joyce Cox Geddings, of Chester, VA passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2007. She was born in Petersburg, VA the daughter of the late Joseph F. and Mary Wilkinson Cox. Mrs. Geddings was a member of the Chester United Methodist Church for 36 years, a lifetime member of the Chester Womenâ??s Club, the Village Womenâ??s Club and a member of...
Geraldine Hayter
Feb 27, 2007
Geraldine Leigh Hayter, of Chester, VA, died on Tuesday, February 27, 2007. She was born in Sioux Falls, SD, the daughter of the late Edward and Amanda Dau Wespler. Mrs. Hayter was a member of Chester Presbyterian Church, and had worked on several committees. She was also a docent with Maymont House. Geraldine was a past recipient of the Unsung...
Estelle Goodman
Feb 27, 2007
Estelle Bookbinder Goodman, 88 of Virginia Beach, died Tuesday, February 27, 2007.She was born in Newport News, VA .and was a resident of Sherwood Dr, Hopewell from 1949 until her move to Virginia Beach with her son in 2003. She was a member of Congregation Brith Achim, Petersburg, sisterhood of Brith Achim, Hadassah and past board member of Beth Sholom...
Ann Mccoy
Feb 26, 2007
Ann Chandler Brandon McCoy, of Richmond, passed away Monday February 26, 2007. She was predeceased by her parents, Crawley & Edna Chandler, a son, William C. Brandon and a brother Crawley Chandler, Jr. She was born and raised in Church Road, Dinwiddie County and graduated from Midway High School. She attended Smithdeal Massey Business College and RPI prior to entering...
Elizabeth Elkins
Feb 26, 2007
Elizabeth Wiest Elkins, 92, of Hopewell, died Monday, February 26, 2006. She was born in Baltimore, Md. Mrs.Elkins was a member of the Ladies Auxiliary, Post #622, Petersburg. She was preceded in death by her parents, Milton and Elsie May Keeney Wiest, and her husband, Joseph Merrill Elkins. Surviving is her son Marvin L. Elkins of Pembroke Pines, Florida. Funeral...
Hugh Bostic
Feb 25, 2007
Hugh Ray Bostic, age 66, of Richmond, VA passed away on Sunday, February 25, 2007. He was born in Forest City, NC and owned an excavation company in the Richmond area for most of his life. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Patricia Lee Bostic and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Selvey of Forest City, N.C. He...
Doris Brock
Feb 25, 2007
Doris Bishop Brock, age 84, of Colonial Heights, VA, died Sunday, February 25, 2007 in Petersburg, VA. She was born in Petersburg, the daughter of the late Thomas and Eva Wilkerson Bishop. Mrs. Brock was a current member of St. Marks United Methodist Church, Petersburg, and a former member of the Blandford Methodist Church for sixty plus years. She spent...
Jane Babb
Feb 25, 2007
Ivor, Virginia Jane Insley Babb, 65, died Saturday, February 24, 2007 at Tandem Healthcare in Windsor, VA. She is survived by her husband of 18 years, C. Donald Babb. Born June 19, 1941 in Messick (Poquoson), VA, she was the daughter of the late Gilbert J. and Alice L. Hopkins Insley. Mrs. Babb was a former member of Poquoson Baptist...
Pauline Matthews
Feb 25, 2007
Pauline Weston Matthews, 91, a longtime resident of Hopewell and Prince George County, passed away Sunday February 25, 2007. Mrs. Matthews was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Griffin Matthews. She is survived by her son, James O. Matthews and wife, Martha, of Charlotte, NC, her daughter, Brenda M. Taylor and husband, Bob, of Arnold, MD, sisters, Edith W....
Grayson Morris
Feb 24, 2007
Grayson Fairbanks Morris, 95, of Hopewell, died Saturday, February 24, 2004. He was born in Richmond and was a resident of Hopewell for most of his life. Mr. Morris was a Navy veteran of World War II, a member of the Central Virginia Engineers Club, the Antique Auto Club of America, a former vestryman at St. Johnâ??s Episcopal Church and...
Mertie Ashworth
Feb 23, 2007
Mertie Florence Denson Ashworth, 97, of Hopewell, died Friday, February 23, 2007 in Colonial Heights Convalescent Center. Mrs. Ashworth was a member of Abundant Life Pentecostal Holiness Church in Prince George County, was a former member of Hopewell Pentecostal Holiness Church and a volunteer for many years with Meals on Wheels. She was preceded in death by her parents, Vernon...
Katherine Bell
Feb 22, 2007
Katherine (Kaye) Bell, 93 of Colonial Heights died Thursday, February 22, 2007. She joined the love of her life and husband of 69 years, John J. Bell who died December 1, 2006. She was the last to survive of the 13 children of Anna Smarega and Andrew Zeleznak, Sr., of Koppel, PA. â??Kaydeeâ? as she was called by her family...
Mary Harrison
Feb 22, 2007
Mary Virginia Harrison, 94, widow of Robert H. Harrison, Sr., died Friday, February 2, 2007. Born in Petersburg, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Shortt, Sr. and Virginia Indiana Shortt. Mrs. Harrison worked for eleven years at Walnut Hill Elementary School and was a longtime member of St. Marks United Methodist Church. She was preceded in...
Pauline M. Southward
Feb 22, 2007
Pauline M. â??Peggyâ? Dunlevy Southward of Powhatan died Thursday, February 22, 2007 after a valiant struggle with complications from a stroke, in St. Francis Medical Center. Born and raised in Chester she was the daughter of the late McKinley O. and Lillian Dunlevy. Peggy enjoyed fishing on the Outer Banks, working in her herb garden and taking trips to historical...
William Knight
Feb 22, 2007
William Anderson Knight 1930 â?? 2007. Mr. Knight is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mary Lee Smith Knight: four children; William A. Knight, Jr., Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Samuel Foman Knight, Chesterfield; Sally Haviland Knight, Colonial Heights; and Virginia Lee Spiers, Dinwiddie: five grandchildren, Jennifer Dawn Helm; Samuel F. Knight, Jr., Rebecca Erin Knight; Marshall Andrew Spiers; and Georgia Lee...
Corey Winters
Feb 21, 2007
Disputanta, Virginia Corey Austin Winters, age 9, was taken by the angels to be with Jesus on Tuesday, February 20, 2007, after a courageous battle with childhood leukemia. He was surrounded by his loving family at his home in Prince George County. Born in Suffolk, VA. Corey spent most of his life in Surry and was a student at Surry...
Edith Smith
Feb 21, 2007
Edith Minor Smith, 78, died February 21, 2007 after a brief illness. She was born July 28, 1928 in Henderson, N.C. to the late Vernon G. and Sally C. Minor. She is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Roy M. Smith, Jr. She is survived by three children, Donald Smith, Nancy Washabaugh and Steven Smith and his...
Aubrey Shuler
Feb 21, 2007
Aubrey Delino Shuler, 71, of Hopewell died Tuesday, February 20, in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Chesterfield County and had been a lifelong resident of Hopewell. Mr. Shuler served in the U. S. Army and was a retired auditor for Virginia Department of Transportation. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lyle and Belle Liverman Shuler,...
Lydia Wright
Feb 20, 2007
Lydia Carr Wright, 68, formerly of Hopewell, died Tuesday, February 20, 2007 in Heritage Hall in Blackstone, VA. She was born in Hopewell, where she spent most of her life. Mrs. Wright was a retired telephone operator. She was the daughter of the late John F. & Pearl Chavis Carr and the widow of Harold Wright. Mrs. Wright is survived...
