Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Alan Lubman
Feb 25, 2006
Alan Herbert Lubman, 59, of Petersburg, died Saturday, February 25, 2006. Born in Petersburg, he was the son of the late Harry and Blanche Adler Lubman. Mr. Lubman was the owner and operator of Lubman Music in Petersburg. He is survived by his wife, Paige A. Lubman and his son, Joseph I. Lubman. Mr. Lubman was a Past President of...
M. P. Ellis
Feb 25, 2006
Frances P. Ellis, 87, of Dinwiddie County, a retired Fort Lee civil service employee, died February 25 in John Randolph Medical Center of respiratory failure as a result of an infection. Mrs. Ellis was married for 52 years to Ben A. Ellis, who died in October 2005. Born Mary Frances Pond, she was a native of Petersburg and the daughter...
Olive Vergara
Feb 24, 2006
Olive Symbaline Vergara, 83, of Hopewell, died Friday, February 24, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mrs. Vergara was a member of St. James Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Oscar & Hattie Lindfors and a daughter, Frances L. Vergara. She is survived by her husband Russell V. Vergara, one daughter, Rosalyn P. Vergara, a son...
Leonard, Corsentino
Feb 24, 2006
Lt. Col Leonard J. Corsentino, U.S. Army Retired, 80, of Petersburg, died Friday, February 24, 2006. He was born the son of the late John and Mary P. Corsentino. LTC Corsentino first entered the military in December 1943, following graduation from High School. He was selected for the Army Specialized Training Program. Following the abolishing of the Army College Program...
Betty Rushmore
Feb 23, 2006
Betty Lou Rushmore, age 76 of Richmond, VA, died Thursday, February 23, 2006. Miss Rushmore was born and spent most of her life in the Petersburg area. She was a member of Monumental Baptist Church and the Kingdom Seekers Sunday school class. She was preceded in death by her parents, John E. and Mamie Powell Rushmore; two sisters, Patsy R....
Robert Lynch
Feb 23, 2006
Robert ?Bob? Edward Lynch, 46, of Charles City, died Thursday, February 23, 2006 at his residence. He is survived by his son, Seth Lynch; a sister, Pat L. Brewington and eight nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held Monday, February 27, 2006 at 1 p.m. at the Petersburg Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home and...
Opal Alley
Feb 22, 2006
Opal Blevins Alley, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, February 22, 2006 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Anawalt, West Virginia and was a resident of this area for many years. Mrs. Alley was a member of Powers Memorial Baptist Church and a retired clerk from Appomattox Dry Cleaners. She was the daughter of the late Minter F. &...
Nancy Wright-Wilson
Feb 21, 2006
Nancy ?Granny? B. Wright-Wilson, age 67, of Richmond, VA passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2006. She had lived in the area for forty plus years and was retired from C & P Telephone Company. She was also a member of several local organizations such as the Fellowship Baptist Church for 20 plus years, the Telephone Pioneers of America, and the...
Margaret Rayner
Feb 21, 2006
Margaret Oleyar Rayner, 67, of Prince George died Tuesday, February 21, 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Rayner was born in Prince George and had been a lifelong resident of the Hopewell/Prince George area. She was a member of Nazareth Lutheran Church and was the Director of Transportation for the City of Hopewell School System. Mrs. Rayner was preceded in death...
Trudy Creech
Feb 20, 2006
Trudy Lynn Creech, 40, of Hopewell, went to be with the Lord on Monday, February 20, 2006, after fighting a brave battle with cancer. She was a member of Calvary?s Love Ministries. She was preceded in death by her father, George Earl Creech. She is survived by two daughters, Ashley Wiseman Murphy and Brooke Wiseman Murphy of Hopewell; her beloved...
Alvin Morgan
Feb 19, 2006
Alvin Franklin ?Speed? Morgan, 82, of Petersburg, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2006. Born in Prince George County, he was the son of the late William Henry and Lucye Morris Morgan. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. Mr. Morgan was the retired owner of Al Morgan Oil Company and had worked in the...
Col E. Blair
Feb 17, 2006
COL Bruce E. Blair, U. S. Army (Retired), 84, of Petersburg, passed away Friday, February 17, 2006. Born in Akron, Ohio, he was the son of the late Everett M. and Wynona Clause Blair. COL Blair had 35 years of distinguished service in the U. S. Army, serving in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. He was preceded in death by his...
Eva Davis
Feb 17, 2006
Eva Daniel Davis, 83, of Chester, went to be with her husband, Thomas W. Davis, Friday, February 17, 2006. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Herman C. and Viola Kelly Daniel. Mrs. Davis retired after over 25 years of civil service at Fort Lee. She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Kathleen Pollok and...
Sr., E. Bryant
Feb 15, 2006
Eugene E. Bryant, Sr., age 79 of Richmond, VA died February 15, 2006. Mr. Bryant was a retired carpenter and had lived in the area all of his life. He was preceded in death by a wife, June Dixon Bryant. He is survived by three children, Eugene E. Bryant, Jr. of Richmond, Bonnie Bryant Nalepa of Chesterfield, VA, and Mark...
Dorothy Mayton
Feb 14, 2006
Dorothy Adeline Mayes Mayton, 88, of McKenney, widow of Bernard W. Mayton, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2006. Born in Dinwiddie County, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur W. and Nannie Wray Mayes. She is survived by her sons, James W. ?Jim? Mayton and wife, Ellen of Colonial Heights, B. Wayne Mayton and wife, Connie of Hopewell, and...
Virginia Berryman
Feb 14, 2006
Surry, Virginia Virginia Edwards Berryman, 86, passed away Monday, February 13, 2006 at Louise Obici Memorial Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. Born in Surry County she was the daughter of the late George M. Edwards and Nola Polland Edwards. Virginia was a homemaker and a devoted assistant to her husband?s carpentry business. She was a member of Moore?s Swamp Baptist Church,...
Mildred Hash
Feb 14, 2006
Mildred F. Hash of Chester, VA, died at University Park, in Richmond, VA on February 14, 2006. She was born on May 8, 1918, in Jenkinsjones, WV. She grew up in Elkhorn, WV, and was the daughter of the late John E. and Anna Vernon Franklin. She was a member of Elkhorn Methodist Church, and the Ladies Guild. She was...
Stanford Herr
Feb 13, 2006
Stanford Frederick Herr, 90, of Chester, formerly of Lancaster, Pa., passed away on February 13. He was preceded in death by his wife of nearly 60 years, Hazel Pettway Herr. He is survived by his daughter, Diane Atkinson & husband Bill and sister-in-law Lois Pettway, three granddaughters, Diana O?Daire, Suzanne Tiller, Beth Fogg, and their husbands, as well as five...
Ada H. Holt
Feb 13, 2006
Ada Lucille Helmick Holt, 73, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2006 at her home with her family by her side. Born in Baker, WV, she was the daughter of the late William Lee Helmick and Ada Kessner Helmick. She had worked for Safeway Food Stores for a number of years. Lucille is survived by her loving husband, Horace Holt; two...
Mildred Schorer
Feb 11, 2006
Mildred Schorer, age 89, of Chester, VA passed away on Saturday, February 11, 2006. Mrs. Schorer had lived in the Chester area for over 25 years. She was a member of St. Ann?s Catholic Church, the Village Women?s Club, Hopewell Garden Club, and the Antique Study Group. She is survived by her husband, Clifford J. Schorer, Sr. of Chester; three...
