Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Frank Sr. Davis
Aug 31, 2006
Frank D. Davis, Sr., age, 75, of Winter Park, Florida, died August 31, 2006 in Winter Park. He is survived by his loving wife of 51 years, Armeta, and children, Victoria Willoughby of Orlando, Fl., Frank, Jr. (Stefani) of Oviedo, Fl., and Jennifer Frantz (Bill) of Oviedo, Fl. He is predeceased by his son, Kevin. Frank was also blessed with...
Emory Stallard
Aug 31, 2006
Emory Eugene Stallard, 70, of Chesterfield County died August 30, 2006 in a Chattanooga, TN hospital after a very brief illness. Born in Coeburn, VA he was preceded in death by the love of his life and wife, Frances S. Stallard; his parents John D. and Orpha Powers Stallard; five brothers; two sisters; and one granddaughter. Emory was a member...
John Spence
Aug 31, 2006
John Spence of Prince George County died on Thursday, August 31, 2006 at his residence. He was a native of Logan, West Virginia and the son of the late Ezra and Nellie Spence. He was a member of Washington Street United Methodist Church and a retired Civil Engineer at Fort Lee. He was active in the Boy Scouts and served...
Mathew Munford
Aug 30, 2006
Mathew Munford, Jr., 82, a retired farmer of Chesterfield died Wednesday, August 30, 2006 in Hopewell, VA. He was the son of the late Mathew Munford, Sr. and Susie Belle Coombs Munford. He is also preceded in death by his first wife, Victoria Caintic Munford; daughter, Mildred Munford; son-in-law, John F. Cotter and sisters, Ida Holland and Mary Sue Newcomb....
Bobby Litton
Aug 30, 2006
Bobby Joe Litton, age 71, of Chester, VA, went to be with the Lord Monday, August 28, 2006. He was a retired Richmond Police Officer and member of Calvary Baptist Church in Colonial Heights. Mr. Litton was the son of the late Ernest and Ruth Bird Litton. He is survived by his wife, Betty Phillips Litton of Chester; one daughter,...
Margaret Blankenship
Aug 29, 2006
Margaret Lane Blankenship of Chester, formally of Ettrick, entered into eternal rest on 29 August, 2006. Born August 6, 1922 in Charlotte County, VA, she was the daughter of the late Colie and Kate Lane. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Harold Blankenship. Mrs. Blankenship retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company after over 30 years...
Mae Joyner
Aug 29, 2006
Windsor, VA Mae B. Joyner, age 76, died Monday, August 28, 2006. Born in Isle of Wight County, she was the daughter of the late Charles L. & Anna Cobb Braswell. She was a member of Woodland United Methodist Church and attended Tucker Swamp Baptist Church.. Mae had retired as a Licensed Practical Nurse for Obici Hospital in Suffolk. She...
Col. E. Dyson
Aug 28, 2006
Colonel (RET) William E. Dyson, passed away August 28, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born November 30, 1930 the son of the late Daniel Dyson and Nina Hill Dyson. On September 15, 1955 he married Frances Nanette Ramsey who predeceased him after a long and happy marriage. She is buried in Arlington National...
Mary Piasecki
Aug 28, 2006
Mary Quinn Piasecki, 78 of Dinwiddie Co., passed away Monday, August 28, 2006 at Southside Regional Medical Center. She was a native of Golt, MD and the daughter of the late Thomas and Nellie Moffett Quinn. She was retired from the Richmond/Petersburg Turnpike Authority. She is survived by a son, Michael Piasecki and wife Liz of Altavista, VA; three daughters,...
Jr. M. Wood
Aug 27, 2006
Clark McDowell Wood, Jr. 85, of Dinwiddie County, died Sunday, August 27, 2006 at home. He was born May 30, 1921 in Chesterfield County the son of the late Clark McDowell Wood, Sr. and Lois Jenkins Wood. He was preceded in death by his sisters Edith Wood Gay and Jeannette Wood Southall. Mr. Wood was a retired accountant. He was...
James Gray
Aug 25, 2006
James Robert Gray, 64, of Petersburg, formerly of Folsom, CA died Friday, August 25, 2006. He was the son of the late Marcus Calvert Gray and Ruby Pauline Cothron/Cothran. Mr. Gray served his country in the U.S. Army for over 25 years where he served two tours in Vietnam and was awarded two Purple Hearts. He is survived by a...
Frances Brantley
Aug 24, 2006
Ivor, Virginia FRANCES STEPHENS BRANTLEY, 78, a resident of Ivor, VA, died Wednesday, August 23, 2006 at Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk. Born on August 16, 1928 in Yancyville NC, she was the daughter of the late William Osborn Stephens and Mary Lea Morgan Stephens. Frances was a 1955 graduate of Obici School of Nursing and worked at Louise Obici Memorial...
Paula Perez
Aug 24, 2006
Paula Perez, age 82, of Ponce PR, died on Thursday, August 24, 2006 in Claremont, VA. She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in April of 1924, the daughter of the late Jose M. Perez and Concepcion Gordian. She worked as a Nursing Assistant, Kindergarten Teacher, and Property Owner/Manager, all in the Ponce area. She is survived by a daughter,...
Anne Cooke
Aug 21, 2006
Dr. Judith Anne Cooke, 59 of Mechanicsville, VA died Monday, August 21, 2006 in Richmond Community Hospital. Dr. Cooke was born in Somerset, KY and was a former resident of Hopewell, VA. She was a graduate of William & Mary where she also received her Masters degree. She earned her PhD from Virginia Tech. Dr. Cooke was a supporter of...
Mildred Doyle
Aug 21, 2006
Mildred Tross Doyle will celebrate her 89th birthday in heaven. She departed this life on August 21, 2006. She was the daughter of Kenneth Lake Hoyle and Lena Gertrude Clark. â??Nannie Millieâ? was born September 24, 1917 in Ettrick, Virginia. She was preceded in death by two husbands; Elmo A. Tross and Lloyd O. Doyle; daughter, Rose Marie Tross; son-in-law,...
Sr. E. Mayhew
Aug 21, 2006
Giles E. Mayhew, Sr. age 83 died peacefully in his home in Church Road on Monday, August 21, 2006. He had been in failing health for several years but had declined rapidly since the death of his beloved wife of 63 years, Adell, in September, 2003. Although he was born in Pittsylvania County, he had resided in Dinwiddie County most...
Everett Sr. Kidder
Aug 21, 2006
Everett C. Kidder, Sr. passed away at his home in Petersburg, Virginia, on August 24, 2006. Born July 21, 1908 at Quincy, Massachusetts, he was 98 years old. He resided in Petersburg for the last 43 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Velma Damon Kidder, of Scituate, Massachusetts, his father, Clinton H. Kidder and mother, Delphine Prario...
Vella Cooke
Aug 21, 2006
Vella Withers Cooke, 102, of Hopewell died Monday, August 21, 2006 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born in Somerset, KY and had been a long time resident of Hopewell. Mrs. Cooke was a retired Assistant Manager of Somerset Department Store. She was the widow of Ret. Lt. Col. Ellis A. Cooke. Her daughter, Judith Anne Cooke, passed away...
Henry Layne
Aug 20, 2006
Henry Lee Layne, 78, of Colonial Heights, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2006 at his residence. Born in Richmond, he was the son of Maude Adams Elson and the late John Henry Layne. He was a veteran of World War II and Korea serving with the Merchant Marines and the U. S. Army. Mr. Layne retired from Brown & Williamson...
Sr. S. Covington
Aug 20, 2006
Oliver Stuart Covington Sr., 92, of Petersburg, passed away at his residence Sunday August 20, 2006. He was the son of the late Thomas & Virginia Cox Covington. He was also the former co- owner operator of Covington Brothers Feed & Seed & was a member of Christ & Grace Church. He is survived by his wife Mary Lanier Covington,...
