Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Harvey Wee" Holt
Aug 4, 2006
Sedley, Virginia HARVEY "Pee Wee" HOLT I, 71 passed away August 4, 2006, in Sandston VA with his family by his side. Born in Greensboro NC, he was the son of the late Esko Edward Holt, Sr., and Annie Edwards Holt. PeeWee retired after 47 years as a boilermaker at Capital City Iron Works in Richmond; was a member of...
Louis Webb
Aug 3, 2006
Louis E. Webb, Sr., 75, of Hopewell, Virginia, died August 3, 2006 in Lynchburg General Hospital. He was born in Spray, NC. and was a retired S/Sgt. with the U. S. Army during the Korea War and the Vietnam Conflict. Mr. Webb was preceded in death by his parents, James A .and Maggie Gaulding Webb. Surviving are his wife, Sylvia...
Larry Gilmore
Aug 3, 2006
Larry Clenton Gilmore, 59, of Prince George, died Thursday, August 3, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Hopewell and was a lifelong resident of this area. Mr. Gilmore served in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam Conflict. He was a retired Industrial pipe fitter for Hercules, Inc, a member of the Prince George Ruritan Club,...
Joan Whitley
Aug 1, 2006
Zuni, Virginia Joan Hamlett Whitley, 71, passed away Monday, July 31, 2006 at her home in the community of Black Creek with her family by her side. Born in Edgecombe County, NC she was the daughter of the late Jesse Clinton Hamlett and Elsie Rose Hamlett. Joan loved birdwatching and flowers, was an avid gardener, and loved to read. She...
Thomas Sinclair
Jul 31, 2006
Thomas Sinclair, age 92 of Chester, VA died on Sunday, July 30, 2006. He was born in Petersburg, VA to the late Andrew & Mollie Fuller Sinclair. He was a World War II Navy Combat Veteran and served on the USS Fletcher. He was also retired from Dupont. Mr. Sinclair was preceded in death by his wife, Audrey Sinclair, sister,...
Louise Fink
Jul 30, 2006
Mrs. Louise Ward Fink went home to her heavenly Father on July 29, 2006. She was born in Johnstown, PA on January 11, 1915 to Louise Ward and Stephen Palusko. She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph S. Fink; sister, Delpha (Dotty) Kant and grandparents, Louisa (Maurer) and John Ward. The Fink family came to Petersburg in 1947....
Woodrow Griffin
Jul 30, 2006
Dolphin, Virginia Woodrow Wilson Griffin, 91, passed away Saturday, July 29, 2006 at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell, Virginia. He was a resident of Hopewell Health Care Center and Dolphin, VA. Born in Wakefield, Virginia he was the son of the late Walter and Alma Epps Griffin. Mr. Griffin was an avid fisherman and gardener. He was predeceased by...
Janis Carr
Jul 29, 2006
Janis Akers Carr, 86, died Saturday, July 29, 2006 in The Windsor Nursing Home, Richmond. She was born in Richmond and was a former resident of Park Avenue., Hopewell. Mrs. Carr was preceded in death by her parents, Charles T. and Laura Ellis Akers and her husband, Edward Joseph Carr. Surviving are three nieces, Laura Ellis McBride of Quinton, VA.,...
Inez Minter
Jul 28, 2006
Inez Shuler Minter, 82, of South Hill, formerly of Hopewell, died Friday, July 28, 2006 in Community Memorial Health Center, South Hill, VA. Mrs. Minter was born in Franklin, NC and had been a resident of Hopewell for many years, prior to moving to South Hill. She was preceded in death by her parents, Sam and Nannie Guffee Shuler and...
Annie Rollings
Jul 28, 2006
Annie Elvira Burkett Rollings, 93, of Anchorage, Kentucky, went home to be with her Lord Jesus on Thursday, July 27, 2006. Born in Wakefield, Virginia on August 3, 1912 she was the daughter of the late Abram Joseph Burkett and Frances Walker Burkett and the eldest of ten children. She was a member of New Life Church, Goose Creek Rd.,...
Troy Rathbone
Jul 27, 2006
Troy Rathbone, age 69, of Richmond, VA died Wednesday, July 26, 2006. He was retired from Phillip Morris. He was predeceased by his parents Willie & Lola Rathbone. He is survived by his wife, Carolyn S. Rathbone; and several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 29, 2006 at the Petersburg Chapel...
Doris Goodwin
Jul 27, 2006
Doris Tuck Goodwin, age 78, loving wife and mother, has gone to heaven to be with her Savior. She married William T. Goodwin on April 4, 1948 in Richmond, VA. She devoted herself to caring for her husband of 40 years and their three sons. After her sons were older, she began a second career in Nursing and provided patient...
Kathleen Daniels
Jul 26, 2006
Kathleen Elizabeth Daniels, 72, died Wednesday, July 26, 2006 in Southside Regional Medical Center. She was born in West Virginia and had been a resident of this area for a number of years. Mrs. Daniels was a member of Liberty Baptist Church, a volunteer at John Randolph Medical Center, a teacher at Broadway Baptist Christian School and then a Teachers...
George Hanzlik
Jul 26, 2006
George Raymond Hanzlik, 71, of Petersburg, passed away Wednesday, July 26, 2006. Born in Prince George County, he was the son of the late Wesley H. and Emily Glazier Hanzlik. Mr. Hanzlik retired from Smurfitt-Stone, Hopewell, after 36 years of service and was a lifelong member of Church of the Sacred Heart, New Bohemia, where he served as Chairman of...
Harvie Harrell
Jul 25, 2006
Harvie Carroll Harrell, 87, a lifelong resident of Petersburg and widower of Eunice Elder Harrell. He was born October 7, 1918, a son of the late Barley Lee and Lillie Tudor Harrell. Mr. Harrell was a World War II veteran serving in the U. S. Army Air Force for 4 ½ years which earned him the Bronze Star for meritorious...
D. Hayes
Jul 24, 2006
Dr. Edward Daniel Hayes, 66, of Claremont died Monday, July 24, 2006 at his residence. Dr. Hayes was a retired Lieutenant of the U.S. Navy, having served during the Vietnam Era, and was a retired Professor for Richard Bland College. He was preceded in death by his mother, Rita Coakley Hayes. Dr. Hayes is survived by his wife, Martha â??Martyâ?...
Emma Pulley
Jul 24, 2006
Emma Barnes Pulley age 68 of Petersburg died on Monday, July 24, 2006. She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Dan F. Pulley; two sons, Dan F. Pulley, Jr. and Garland Page Pulley of Prince George; one daughter, Cheryl F. Pulley of Prince George; four grandsons, Kurt Austin Pulley, Dustyn Edward Winstead, Tyler James Winstead and Steven Tanner...
Jason Powers
Jul 22, 2006
Jason Neil Powers age 23 of Chesterfield died Saturday, July 22, 2006. He is survived by his parents, John & Sheri Powers; his brother, Michael Adam Powers & his wife Megan; his sister, Christyn Nicole Powers & her fiancée, Raymond L. Ryman, III; maternal grandparents, William & Carolyn Wingold; paternal grandmother, Eva Mae Powers; great-grandmothers, Rosa Lee Wingold & Orma...
Annie Thrift
Jul 22, 2006
Annie Laurie Clarke Thrift, 94, a lifelong resident of Dinwiddie County and widow of Henry Bolling Thrift, Sr., passed away Saturday, July 22, 2006. She was the daughter of the late John Scott and Nora Hawkins Clarke and was preceded in death by a son, William Clarke â??Rickâ? Thrift; a daughter, Mildred Joan Thrift Carr; and a grandson, William Clarke...
Virginia Hancock
Jul 22, 2006
Virginia Hogarth Hancock, 77, of Hopewell, passed away Saturday July 22, 2006. She was the daughter of John & Nora Brown Hogarth and was predeceased by her loving husband Dewey S. Hancock. She was a member of First Christian Church, and a volunteer at John Randolph Hospital. She is survived by a son; Keythe Hancock & wife Cynthia of Prince...
