Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Mary Baxley
Feb 6, 2007
Mary Bowman Baxley, 85, of Hopewell, widow of Gilbert W. Bowman, Sr. and William H. Baxley, Sr., passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Bowman was preceded in death by a son, Gilbert Warren Bowman, Jr... She was a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church and retired from the Food Service Department of John Randolph Hospital and...
Hugh Crowder
Feb 6, 2007
Hugh Watkins Crowder, 82, a lifelong resident of Sutherland, passed away Tuesday, February 06, 2007. He was the son of the late Percy W. and Susie Watkins Crowder and was also preceded in death by his daughter, Linda Lee Crowder. Hugh was an active member of Ocran United Methodist Church for sixty-one years. He served on the Administrative Board of...
William J. Smith
Feb 5, 2007
William â??Smittyâ? Jackson Smith, age 60, of Chester, VA passed away on Monday, February 5, 2007. He was born in Danville, VA the son of the late Robert William and Zelma Corum Smith. Mr. Smith was a Vietnam veteran of the U.S. Army and was a retired employee of Deluxe Check Printers after 25 years of service. He was a...
Vernon Jennings
Feb 5, 2007
Waverly, Virginia VERNON ASHBY â??SONNYâ? JENNINGS, 76, passed away Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, VA. Born in Waverly he was a son of the late Vernon Franklin Jennings and Olive West Jennings. Sonny graduated from Waverly High School in 1949 and served his country in the U. S. Air Force as a Radio Operator in...
Christine Amabile
Feb 5, 2007
Christine Daniel Amabile of Colonial Heights, formerly of Petersburg, entered into eternal rest on Monday, February 05, 2007 after a long, courageous battle with Parkinsonâ??s disease. She was the youngest daughter of the late Herman C. and Viola Kelly Daniel of McKenney, VA. Christine attended Longwood College and was a graduate of John Tyler Community College. She retired from the...
Cabal Eley
Feb 4, 2007
Cabal Astor Eley, of Petersburg died February 4, 2007. He was born August 17, 1912 in Isles of Wight County. He was the son of the late Mary Bradshaw and George Fenton Eley. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Margaret Grinstead Eley; sisters Helen Robins, Evelyn Smith and Martha Spouce, brothers Oscar, George, John and...
Jeanette Stinnett
Feb 3, 2007
Mrs. Jeanette Harley Stinnett, 78, of Hopewell, died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007 in Riverview on the Appomattox. She was born in Richmond, VA. Mrs. Stinnett was a member of St. James Catholic Church and the Womans Club of Hopewell. She was the daughter of the late Walter and Lillian Clarke Harley. Surviving are her husband, Phillip Burks Stinnett of Hopewell;...
Janie Andrews
Feb 3, 2007
Janie S. Andrews 61, of Matoaca passed away Saturday February 3, 2007. She was the daughter of Mary Todd Skinner and the late Buck Skinner. She is survived by her loving husband Leslie M. Andrews, Jr., â?? Bubbaâ?., of Schrumâ??s Auto Service, daughter; Donna Michelle Davis, son; Skipper Andrews & wife, Jennifer, daughters; Penny Love Brooks and husband, Clyde Wayne...
Mary Cannady
Feb 3, 2007
Mary Lou Cannady, 87, of Petersburg, passed away Saturday February 3, 2007. She was the daughter of the late Algeon Warren & Cora Phipps Cannady. She leaves to cherish her memory her brother John P. Cannady of California, one niece, three nephews, four great nieces, nine great nephews, one great-great niece and one great-great nephew. A funeral service will be...
Mary Harrison
Feb 2, 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...
James Garner
Feb 2, 2007
James Paul Garner, 66, of Petersburg, passed away Friday, February 02, 2007. Born in North Carolina, he was the son of the late James Charles and Pauline Ellis Garner. Mr. Garner served in the U. S. Navy aboard the USS Laffey. Following his service in the Navy, he worked at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company for 21 years and later...
Margaret Kyle
Feb 1, 2007
Margaret Cavanaugh Kyle, 80 of Prince George, widow of William Alfred Kyle, Sr., died February 1, 2007. She was the daughter of the late John F. and Frances G. Weeks Cavanaugh. She was a longtime member of Monumental Baptist Church and a member of the National Association of Military Retirees. She is survived by her two daughters, Cynthia Kyle Meade...
Russel Newkirk
Jan 31, 2007
Russel Andrews Newkirk, 93, of Hopewell died Wednesday, January 31, 2007 in Riverview on the Appomattox. Mrs. Newkirk was born in Norfolk, VA and had been a long time resident of Hopewell, having formerly lived on North 3rd Avenue. She was a member of First Baptist Church and a retired receptionist for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home. Mrs. Newkirk...
Velma Flory
Jan 31, 2007
Velma Louise McAdams Flory, age 67, of Chester, VA passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2007. She was born in Shepherd, TX the daughter of the late Oscar Benjamin and Erna Louise Pierce McAdams. Mrs. Flory is survived by her husband Charles Russell Flory; children, Charles Ray Flory, James Flory, Russell Flory, Virginia Flory, and Denise Bowyer; eight grandchildren; seven...
Herbert Mitchell
Jan 30, 2007
Herbert Mitchell, 66, of Petersburg, died January 30, 2007 at his residence. He was the son of the late Herbert Mitchell and Rosa Williams. He was a professional football player as a Running Back for the Oakland Raiders from 1969-1971 and also an active member of the Screen Actors Guild since 1973. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen B....
James Kump
Jan 30, 2007
James Kump, Sr., 90, of Prince George County, beloved husband of Lydia, departed on his journey on Tuesday, January 30, 2007. He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank Kump, Sr. and Mary Nedvyet Kump; sons, James Kump, Jr. and William Burnett Kump; siblings, Mike, Joseph, Frank, Jr., and Karel Kump, Mary Wolf and Ann Kvasnicka. He was a...
Veronica E. Cifelli
Jan 28, 2007
Veronica â??Veeâ? Elizabeth Cifelli, age 88, of Chester, VA passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2007. She was born in Newhaven, Connecticut, the daughter of the late Charles and Katherine Gillespie Smith. She was the widow of Michael Cifelli, Sr. Mrs. Cifelli had been a member of St. Johnâ??s Episcopal Church of Chester for 33 years. She is survived by...
Doris Hazelwood
Jan 27, 2007
Doris â??Hildaâ? Hazelwood, 78, of Hopewell, VA surrendered her fight with Breast Cancer on Saturday, January 27, 2007, to be with the Lord. She passed away peacefully in the comfort of her home. Hilda, born in Franklin, NC, became a resident of Hopewell at the age of 12. She was the daughter of the late James H. Carelock and Mattie...
Mary Stone
Jan 25, 2007
Mary L. Stone, 86, of Hopewell died Thursday, January 25, 2007 in Hopewell Health Care Center. Mrs. Stone was a native of Roanoke, Virginia. She was the widow of Samuel Boone Stone. Mrs. Stone is survived by a daughter, Connie E. Franks, a son, James â??Mickeyâ? Stone, four grandchildren, Jason and Rachel Franks, Mary Heather Stone, James Michael Stone, Jr.,...
Emma Branch
Jan 25, 2007
Emma Lea Powell Branch, age 90, a resident of the Corinth Community near Ivor, died Thursday, January 25, 2007 in Franklin, VA. She was the widow of Paul Branch, her husband of 57 years until his death on July 16, 1993. Born on May 9, 1916 in Southampton County, she was the daughter of the late Samuel J. & Mary...
