Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Benjamin Wells
May 4, 2006
Benjamin Carleton â??Peteâ? Wells, 69, of Sutherland, passed away Thursday, May 04, 2006. Born in Dinwiddie County, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin and Annie Vaughan Wells. He was a lifelong member of Ocran United Methodist Church, a retired machinist, working for many years at the E. E. Titus Machine Shop in Petersburg and was well known...
Inez Durphey
May 4, 2006
Inez Jackson Durphey, 95, of Center Line, Michigan, died peacefully on May 4, 2006, at Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Michigan, surrounded by her children and grandchildren. She was born November 19, 1910, to Charles & Bessie (Moody) Jackson, in Butterworth, Virginia. Mrs. Durphey was a homemaker who was instrumental in the move of ther family from Virginia in 1951 to...
David Spain
May 3, 2006
David Gary â??Buddyâ? Spain, Sr., 53, of Richmond, passed away Wednesday, May 03, 2006. He was the son of the late David L. and Joanne Tate Spain and the husband of the late Judy M. Spain. He is survived by his sons, Earl W. Spain and David G. Spain, Jr.; grandchildren, Zackary Spain, Cody Spain, Chelsea Spain, and David Leary...
Bobby Sommerfeldt
May 2, 2006
Ivor, Virginia Bobby Lee Sommerfeldt, 50, husband of Connie Lynn Kerr Sommerfeldt, passed away suddenly on Monday, May 1, 2006 at Southampton Memorial Hospital in Franklin, Virginia. Born March 24, 1956 in Japan, he was the son of Laverne Sommerfeldt of Disputanta and the late Hiroko Otsuka Sommerfeldt. He retired as a Machinists Mate Chief Petty Officer with the U....
Archie Kendrick
May 2, 2006
Archie James Kendrick, Sr, 84, of Hopewell passed away Tuesday morning, May 2, 2006 in River View on the Appomattox Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was preceded in death by his parents, Millard James and Pattie Towler Kendrick and his wife Rosa H. Kendrick. He is survived by two daughters, JoAnn K. Nye and her husband Kenneth, Pat K. Jenkins;...
John Johnson
May 2, 2006
John K. Johnson, of Deltaville, VA went home to the Lord on May 2, 2006. He was born in Allentown, PA on August 3, 1926, the son of Richard and Frances Johnson. He grew up in Chester, VA and has been living in Deltaville since 1990. He saw action in the Pacific in 1944 on the U.S.S. Auburn where he...
Eugene Turner
May 2, 2006
Eugene Milton Turner, 77, of Dinwiddie, widower of Laura M. Turner, died Tuesday, May 2, 2006 at John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Surry County and was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie L. Turner, Sr. and Daisy Amos Turner and a twin sister, Eunice T. Francis. He was retired from Allied Chemical Corp. He is survived...
Gene Fuccella
May 1, 2006
Gene Darcey Fuccella, age 83, of Chester, VA died Monday, May 1, 2006. She was born in Huntington, WV and moved to the Richmond area early on in life. Her accomplishments include: graduate of Thomas Jefferson High School and Virginia Tech University; member of Richmond board of realtors; National Association of Realtors; Virginia Association of Realtors; Past President of Chester...
William Clark
May 1, 2006
Mr. William Theodore Clark, 62, of Hopewell, died Sunday, April 30, 2006 at his residence. Mr. Clark was born in Buena Vista, Virginia. He was a retired driver for UPS, a veteran of the United States Navy serving in Vietnam, and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mr. Clark was the son of...
Jr. L. Mayes
May 1, 2006
William Lester Mayes, Jr. age 82 of Petersburg died Monday, May 1, 2006. He was the son of the late William Lester, Sr. and Marie Gibbs Mayes and was also preceded in death by a sister, Mildred Jamerson of Appomattox. He is survived by his wife, Doris G. Mayes; four children, Ann Wright, Shirley Cornett and her husband John, James...
Jr. Bryant
May 1, 2006
Sidney Alfred Bryant, Jr., 78, of Chester, VA, died Sunday, April 30, 2006 at John Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Bryant was a retired maintenance worker for Firestone, served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was a member of Broadway Baptist Church, He was preceded in death by his parents, Sidney A. and Christine Truslow Bryant and a...
Shirley Maxey
May 1, 2006
Shirley Holmes Maxey, 71, of Chesterfield, VA died May 1, 2006. After a long and courageous battle with Parkinsonâ??s Disease, she is finally at peace with the Lord. Mrs. Maxey was preceded in death by her parents, Raymond T. Holmes, Sr. and Alma Turner Holmes, and a brother, Stanley R. Holmes. She is survived by her husband of forty-six years,...
Clara Jones
May 1, 2006
Mrs. Clara Marie Jones, 72, of Hopewell, died Sunday, April 30, 2006. She was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her parents Harry L. and Lonieta West Berger. Mrs. Jones is survived by her husband of 55 years, Harold Lloyd â??Budâ? Jones of Hopewell, two sons, James Robert Jones, and wife Teresa, of Prince George,...
Paul Cobb
Apr 30, 2006
Drewryville, Virginia Paul A. Cobb, Sr., 72, a resident of Drewryville, VA., passed away Saturday afternoon, April 29, 2006. Born September 30, 1933 in Southampton County he was a son of the late Albert Ellis Cobb and Virginia Grizzard Cobb. Paul was a retired farmer and he attended the Capron Home Fellowship. An avid hunter he was a member of...
Jr. H. Hall
Apr 30, 2006
Robert H. Hall, Jr., CLU of Richmond, 77, died April 30, 2006. He was a native of Petersburg and son of the late Katherine B. Hall & Robert H. Hall, Sr. .He was preceded in death by grandmother Frances R. Brockwell and several aunts and uncles. Bob began his career in Petersburg with The Equitable Life Assurance Society of New...
Troy Hall
Apr 29, 2006
Troy Eugene Hall, 71, of Chester, passed away Saturday April 29, 2006. He was a retired machinist from Honeywell Fibers Division Plant in Chester and was a member of Kingsland Baptist Church. He was the son of the late John Beecher & Arla May Frame Hall. He leaves to cherish his memorial his loving wife of 53 years Mabel L....
James Williams
Apr 27, 2006
James Rex Williams, 55, of Prince George, died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at his residence. He was the son of Jean Smith Williams and the late James Stanley Williams.. Along with his mother, he is survived by his daughters, Anna Williams Beck, and Amy Bell and husband Brian, and six grandchildren. A funeral service will be held in the Petersburg...
Howard Harrell
Apr 27, 2006
Retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Howard Gray Harrell, 76 of Dewitt passed away Thursday, April 27, 2006. Born in Sussex County, Virginia he was the son of the late Ollin T. Harrell and Lura Harrell Wallace. In addition to his service in the U.S. Navy he was a retired boiler operator for Park 500 Phillip Morris. He was...
Robert Cates
Apr 27, 2006
Robert Christopher Cates, 82 died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at his residence. Born in Petersburg he was the son of the late Clarence Davis and Sarah Maude Kinker Cates. He was preceded in death by his wife, Bernice S. Cates, his sisters, Alice Juanita Hays and Janet Mason Cates. He is survived by his daughter, Cheryl Ann Antosh and husband,...
Ivan Christoffel
Apr 27, 2006
Ivan Christoffel, 85, of Hopewell, VA died Thursday, April 27, 2006 at his residence. He was retired from Allied Chemical Corporation in Hopewell, where he worked as a Research Chemist and Supervisor for 20 years; and was retired from A.H. Robins Company of Richmond, VA, where he served as a Patent Agent for 18 years. Mr. Christoffel was a World...
