Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
John Bell
Dec 1, 2006
John Joseph Bell, 91, of Colonial Heights died Friday, December 1, 2006. He was born in Monesson, PA the son of the late Ivan and Mary Belichick. Mr. Bell was a graduate of Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA and he went on to earn his Masters Degree from The Ohio State University and completed Post-graduate work at several other...
Raymond Hevener
Nov 30, 2006
Raymond E. Hevener, Sr., age 69, of Chester, VA died on November 30, 2006. He was born in Washington D.C. He was the owner & operator of Hevenerâ??s Tire and Automotive in Chester. He served the Chesterfield Quarterback League, was a Chesterfield Volunteer recipient and Rotary international Paul Harris award recipient. He is survived by his wife, Thelma Williams Hevener;...
Page Traylor
Nov 30, 2006
Page Jones Traylor, age 66, of Chester, died from complications due to Pancreatic Cancer on Thursday, November 30, 2006 at VCU Health Systems. She was a member of Chester Baptist Church in Chester, VA. She received her undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary and obtained her graduate degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. Ms. Traylor was a member...
Marie Bumgardner
Nov 29, 2006
Marie Bumgardner, age 63, of Chester, VA, passed away on November 29, 2006. She was born in Radford, VA, the daughter of the late Ernest A. Fisher. She was also preceded in death by her son, Jeffery Scott Bumgardner; her grandson, David Berkley Call; and a brother, Danny Lee Fisher, Sr. Marie had been a resident of Chester since 1976....
James Lowry
Nov 29, 2006
James Monroe Lowry, 77, of Chester died on Wednesday, November 29, 2006 at Johnston Willis Hospital. He was the son of the late Richard A. and Bertie Lowry and the husband of Betty R. Lowry. He was a retired SFC (E-7) from the United States Army after 22 years of service and saw service in Vietnam. He was also a...
Lawton Jr. Turner
Nov 28, 2006
Lawton M. Turner, Jr., 77, went to be with the Lord on Nov. 28, 2006. He was the son of the late Mamie Ragsdale Turner and Lawton M. Turner, Sr. He is survived by cousins, George Ragsdale and wife, Mary Emma, Helen Harmon Shurm, Edwin â??Buddyâ? Ragsdale and wife, Wainetta, Coleman and Julian Ragsdale, Emeline Ragsdale, Mary Scott Ragsdale and...
James Csarnogusky
Nov 28, 2006
James â??Skiâ? Steven Csarnogusky 70, of Petersburg died November 28, 2006. He was the son of the late George and Elizabeth Csarnogusky. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army after 21 years of active duty with service in two wars Korea and Vietnam. He was an airborne rigger instructor at West Point, New York and also Fort Lee, Virginia...
Lucietta Armstrong
Nov 28, 2006
Lucietta Riggan Armstrong, 96 born Feb. 7, 1910 in Surry County, NC died at Riverview on the Appomattox Nursing Home, Hopewell, on Tuesday, November 28, 2006. She was the daughter of the late James Thomas and Dora Augusta Riggan. She was the widow of John Maffitt Armstrong from Wilmington, NC. She is survived by her daughters, Barbara A. Janosik (Phil)...
Anne V. Riggan
Nov 27, 2006
Anne Ruth Varga Riggan 94, of Petersburg, died November 27, 2006 at Parham Road Health & Rehabilitation Center in Henrico Co. She was a native of Prince George Co., and daughter of the late John and Anna Yuhas Varga. She was the widow of Nash S. Riggan, Sr. She was a member of the Washington Street Methodist Church and a...
Rita Yost
Nov 27, 2006
Rita J. Yost, age 60, of Chester, VA went to be with her Lord on November 27, 2006. She is preceded in death by her parents, Charles H. and Ruby S. Farmer of Bluefield, WV. She is survived by her son, Jeff Yost of Chester; her daughter, Erin B. Yost of Chester; three grandsons, Jacob A. and Chase M. Yost,...
Ruby Mitchell
Nov 27, 2006
Ruby Evans Mitchell, 83 of Colonial Heights, died November 27, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of the late Eugene Heartwell and Ora Sadler Evans. She was the widow of Rufus E. Mitchell. She was retired from Brown & Williamson after 30 years. She is survived by two sons, Phillip Mitchell of Colonial Heights; Mark Mitchell...
Iii, W. Maifeld
Nov 26, 2006
Wakefield VA FREDERICK "FRITZ" WILLIAM MAIFELD III, age 62, a resident of E. Church Street, Wakefield died Sunday Nov. 26, 2006. He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Rebecca "Becky" Atkins Maifeld; a son Frederick "Freddie" W. Maifeld, IV; sister Sharon M. Dunn and her husband James H. Dunn of Rocky Mount NC; two nephews, Mark Dunn and...
Doris Hamm
Nov 26, 2006
Doris Pond Hamm, 77, of Ettrick, passed away Sunday November 26, 2006 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Meredith M. & Ruth Butler Pond. She was a life long member of Epiphany Baptist Church in Matoaca. She was also a member of the American Legion Post 136 Auxiliary, Matoaca Womanâ??s Club,...
Anita Carter-Slowe
Nov 26, 2006
Anita Denise Carter-Slowe, age 34, of Richmond, VA, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 26, 2006. Anita was born in Richmond, VA, the daughter of Carlyle and Barbara Carter of Richmond. She is also survived by her husband, Andre P. Slowe; two daughters, Raven and Shequita Carter; her grandmother, Catherine L. Robinson; a brother, Anthony Carter and...
Shawn Futrell
Nov 26, 2006
Shawn Austin Futrell, 6 years of age, passed away on November 24, 2006. He was a first grade honor student at Dinwiddie Elementary School. He is survived by his mother, Julie Futrell and father, Shawn Ellison Futrell; maternal grandmother, Mary Adams and husband, Ken; maternal grandfather, Carson Bosher; paternal grandmother, Sharon Bush and husband, Doug; paternal grandfather, Roger Futrell and...
Robert Lewis
Nov 25, 2006
Robert Alfred Lewis, 82, of Richmond died Saturday, November 25, 2006. He was born in Petersburg and was the son of the late Benjamin F. and Daisy Goodman Woodward and husband of the late Barbara Cranor Lewis. He will be remembered for his giving spirit, gentle smile and the wonderful music he brought to this world. He is survived by...
Bill Blanchard
Nov 24, 2006
William â??Billâ? Blanchard, 89, of Hopewell, passed away Friday November 24, 2006, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was the son of the late Kyle A. and Isabel Harrison Blanchard and was preceded in death by a sister Harriet Lowder and a granddaughter Lindsey Blanchard. He was a retired postal worker with the United States Post Office...
Faye Butler
Nov 23, 2006
Faye Rose Butler, Chester, VA died Thursday, November 23, 2006. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harvey C. Butler, III; her sister, Rita Fern Rose and her parents, Desoto and Della Carty Rose of Caney Ridge, Dickenson County, VA. She is survived by her children, Bradford Everett and wife, Debbie of Atlanta, GA, Billy E. Bookout, Jr. and...
L. Williams
Nov 23, 2006
Dendron, Virginia L. Thurman Williams, 97, a lifelong resident of Dendron, VA, died Wednesday, November 22, 2006. Born on December 10, 1908 in Dendron, he was the only child of the late Luther Thomas Williams and Bertha Holdsworth Williams. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 67 years, Audrey Bishop Williams, who died on July 16, 2006. Mr. Williams...
Irene Highsmith
Nov 22, 2006
Irene Horner Highsmith, 81, of Hopewell, widow of Maurnice Edward Highsmith, died Tuesday, November 21, 2006. A lifelong resident of Hopewell, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Jennings Horner and Cora Boettcher Horner Chester. Together with her husband, Mrs. Highsmith operated the Red Front Meat Market in Hopewell before working as a bookkeeper with Strosnider Chevrolet. She also...
