Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Ethel Peffer
Jan 1, 2007
ETHEL SHEFFIELD PEFFER, age 82, a lifelong resident of Waverly VA died Dec. 31, 2006. She was the widow of Jesse James Peffer, SR and the mother of the late Jesse J. Peffer JR. Born on Aug. 7, 1924 in Sussex County, she was the daughter of the late John William Sheffield and Laura Emory Sheffield. She was a member...
Bradford Lepelley
Dec 31, 2006
Bradford (Brad) F. Lepelley, 57, of Prince George, died Sunday, December 31, 2006 after a long battle with metastasized prostate cancer. Born February 19, 1949 in Somerville, Mass., he was the son of the late John and Margaret McPhee Lepelley. He was a Vietnam Veteran and retired from Frito-Lay. He was also an active member of the Hopewell Moose Lodge...
Bessie Midgett
Dec 31, 2006
Bessie Mae Midgett, age 92, of Hopewell, VA, died on Sunday, December 31, 2006. She was born in Pitt County, NC, and had lived in the Hopewell area since 1967. She had attended the Assembly of God Church in Hopewell. Surviving are her six children, Joseph Padgett of Roanoke, VA, Gene Padgett of Pennsylvania, Nell Conney of Chesapeake, VA, Jerry...
Joyce Harvey
Dec 30, 2006
Joyce Cheatham Harvey, age 74, of Chester, VA, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2006. She was born in Campbell County, VA, the daughter of the late Thomas A. and Irene Jones Cheatham of Gladys, VA. Mrs. Harvey was a Graduate of Longwood University, and taught Business Education one year in Brookville High School, Lynchburg, VA. She also taught for...
Barbara Grant
Dec 29, 2006
Barbara Lee Grant, age 70, of Disputanta, VA, died on Friday, December 29, 2006. She was born in Hopewell, VA, the daughter of the Late Elmo and Susie Lee. She was a loving Mother and Grandmother, and current member of Prince George Christian Church. Barbara was the widow of George G. Grant, and was also preceded in death by a...
Deanna Hare
Dec 29, 2006
Deanna Lynn Hare, age 63, of Dinwiddie, VA, died on Friday, December 29, 2006. Ms. Hare had been a resident of Dinwiddie for twelve years. She was born in Michigan, and spent most of her life there. She was a loving Mother and Grandmother, and her family was very important to her. She is survived by a daughter, Julie H....
Bernidine Pierce
Dec 28, 2006
Bernidine Elvira â??Evaâ? Pierce, 85 of Colonial Heights, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 28, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Dominic and Anna Buccilli. She was the widow of Joseph A. Pierce, Sr. She was a retired employee of 23 years with A& P. She is survived by four daughters, Jane Lee (Charles) of...
Howell Paul
Dec 28, 2006
Howell G. Paul, age 82, of Richmond, VA passed away on December 28, 2006. He was born January 29, 1924 in Bath, NC, the son of the late Lenord L. and Annie Cartwright Paul. He played Double AA Baseball for Washington State, served at the New Holland Camp of Civilian Conservation Corps and served in the U.S. Merchant Marines in...
Stephen Stanley
Dec 28, 2006
Stephen M. Stanley, 46, of Chester, passed away Thursday December 28, 2006 surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Carlton & Juanita Rowe Stanley. He was a member of the Chester Outreach Church of the Nazarene, an ordained minister of the Nazarene Church, a Pittsburg Steelers fan, retired carrier from the Richmond Post Office, and...
Everette Freeman
Dec 28, 2006
Everette E. Freeman, Jr. of Lawrenceville, VA widower of Lorraine Clarke Freeman, passed away on December 28, 2006 at 88 years of age. He and his family founded Freeman Motor Co. and Freeman Auto Parts in Lawrenceville, VA. He was an elder for many years at the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He is survived...
Adele Reiter
Dec 28, 2006
Adele Hanzlik Reiter, 91, of Dinwiddie County, widow of George J. Reiter, Sr., passed away Thursday, December 28, 2006. Born in Prince George, she was the daughter of the late Joseph E. and Frances Machat Hanzlik. In addition to her husband, Mrs. Reiter was preceded in death by a daughter, Doris Reiter. She is survived by a daughter, Frances Harrison...
Guy Swindell
Dec 28, 2006
Guy Clement Swindell, 83, of Hopewell died Thursday, December 28, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Stonewall, North Carolina and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. Mr. Swindell was a member of DuPont Lodge #289 AF&AM and a retired construction worker with A. T. Piner Construction Co. He was the son of the late...
Wayne Marvan
Dec 27, 2006
Wayne Roger Marvan, age 63, passed away Wednesday, December 27, 2006. He was the son of the late Frank and Irene Gorak Marvan. After serving in the U. S. Army Mr. Marvan began working in the telephone industry and he retired from Ameritech Telephone Co. in Illinois after 30 years of service. He enjoyed working with his hands around the...
Velma Talbott
Dec 25, 2006
Velma Gray Talbott of Colonial Heights passed away Monday, December 25, 2006. Born in Little Washington, NC, she was the daughter of the late Frizell Haddock and Mattie Irene Potter. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her step-father, J. W. â??Jessieâ? Potter and a grandson, Adam E. Talbott. Mrs. Talbott was raised in Petersburg and...
Edsel Fitzgerald
Dec 25, 2006
Edsel E. Fitzgerald, age 76, of Chester, VA, died on Monday, December 25, 2006. He was the husband of 52 years of the late Esther Grey Davis Fitzgerald. Mr. Fitzgerald was born in Montebello, Nelson County, VA, the son of the late Robert Fulton and Della Snead Fitzgerald. He served his country in the United States Navy during the Korean...
Patricia Moore
Dec 24, 2006
Patricia Ann Moore, of Smithfield, VA passed away Sunday, December 24, 2006. She was born November 9, 1942 in Los Angeles, California. She was preceded in death by her mother, Louise Laufer Neumann. Patricia was a Registered Nurse for over 30 years and worked in Intensive Care Units in VA, GA, and FL. Patâ??s dedication to nursing was evident by...
Diane O'Berry
Dec 23, 2006
Diane Williamson Oâ??Berry, 63, of King William County departed this life on Saturday, December 23, 2006. She was the daughter of the late Ripley Williamson, Sr. and Elizabeth Eason Williamson and the widow of James Earl â??Jamieâ? Oâ??Berry. She is survived by her children, Robert Bruce Helfrich, III and wife, Kathryn, Susan Christine Quick and Brittina Oâ??Berry Layne and husband,...
Dillard Yeatts
Dec 22, 2006
Dillard Jefferson Yeatts, 73, formerly of Chester, Virginia, passed away peacefully at his home in Dinwiddie on Friday, December 22, 2006, surrounded by his family after a long courageous battle with lung cancer. Dillard was a faithful member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church where he was â??the word made fleshâ? to countless souls. He is survived by his devoted...
Cecil Canterbury
Dec 21, 2006
Pearisburg, Virginia Cecil Clyde Canterbury, 81, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2006 at McGuire Veterans Hospital in Richmond, VA. He leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 36 years, Bertha Osborne Canterbury. Born in Union, WVA he was the son of the late Cecil Crockett Canterbury and Alpha Bertie Martin Canterbury. He was a veteran of the U. S....
George Jr. Robertson
Dec 21, 2006
George Edward Robertson, Jr., 79 of, Dinwiddie County, devoted husband, father, and grandfather, passed away December 21, 2006. Born in Salem, VA, he was the son of the late George Edward Robertson, Sr. and Thelma Smith Robertson. He was the retired owner of P & R Business Machines Corporation, a member of the Petersburg Civitan Club, a Life Member of...
