Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Jr. J. Ellis
Oct 6, 2005
Andrew J. (Doodlebug) Ellis, Jr. age 46 of Colonial Heights died Thursday, October 6, 2005. He was the son of the late Andrew J. Ellis, Sr. and Hazel Talley Ellis and is survived by his wife, Karen A. Ellis; his son, William B. Ellis; two sisters, Jacqueline Doyle and Deborah Jones; four brothers, Jimmy, Johnny, Michael and Craig Ellis; seven...
Herbert Wells
Oct 5, 2005
Herbert Hamilton ?Bubba? Wells, 85, of Dinwiddie County, departed from this life on October 5, 2005 at his residence. He was preceded in death by his parents, Lewis L. and Effie L. Wells, and one daughter, Barbara Jean Wells. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. wells attended Monumental Baptist Church and was retired from John A. Gill Wholesale Grocery. He...
Elsie Everett
Oct 5, 2005
Elsie Poole Everett, 69, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, October 5, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was a native of Sussex County and the daughter of the late Arnold Travis (Mike) and Ruth Mayes Poole. She was a former registered respiratory therapist at John Randolph Hospital and was a member of Fort Grove United Methodist Church, Stony Creek. She...
Barbara Dyson
Oct 4, 2005
Barbara Procise Dyson 73 of Sutherland died Tuesday, October 4, 2005. She was the daughter of the late Richard E. and Alice Pritchett Procise. She was a member of the High Street United Methodist Church and a past member of Dinwiddie Volunteer Rescue Squad Ladies Auxiliary and a retiree of Brown & Williamson after 33 years of service as an...
Minnie Burton
Oct 4, 2005
Dendron, Virginia MINNIE HILL BURTON, 95, widow of Garland Cole Burton, Sr., died Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in Yorktown, Virginia. Born November 19, 1909 in Prince George County, VA., she was the daughter of the late James Hill and Minnie Lee Livesay Hill. Mrs. Burton was a resident of Surry County most of her life and for the past 20...
Larry Madison
Oct 4, 2005
Larry Woodford Madison, Sr., 62, of Chester died Friday, September 30, 2005 in Little Rock, AR at the UAMS Hospital after a long battle with Multiple Myeloma cancer. He was a native of Richmond and was the son of the late Charles Wilson and Elnora Virginia Bradley Madison, Sr. He was the founder of Larry W. Madison and Associates, former...
Ruth Branch
Oct 4, 2005
Ruth Minshew Branch, 97, died Tuesday, October 4, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Homerville, GA and had been a resident of Hopewell since 1923. Mrs. Branch was a retired operator from Tubize. She was preceded in death by her parents, Isaac and Sara Belle Griffis Minshew and her husband George H. Branch. Mrs. Branch is...
Harry Pletcher
Oct 3, 2005
Pastor Harry B. Pletcher, age 77?On October 3, 2005, God said, ?Well done thy good and faithful servant, you have fought a good fight, enter into the joy of thy salvation and eternal bliss.? He is survived by his loving wife of 52 years, Evelyn Aleksy Pletcher; daughter, Diane Coghill and husband, William; granddaughters, Lori and Alycia Coghill, and Jennifer...
Evelyn Hunter
Oct 3, 2005
Evelyn Mason Hunter, 100, formerly of Hopewell died Monday, October 3, 2005 in Westminister Canterbury in Richmond. She was born in Spotsylvania County, VA and had made her home in Hopewell from 1928 until moving to Richmond. Mrs. Hunter was the last surviving founding member of the Board of Directors of John Randolph Medical Center, she was a member of...
Doris P. Tipton
Oct 2, 2005
Doris F. Porter Tipton, 71, of Crestwood, Kentucky, formerly of Petersburg, Virginia, died Sunday, October 2, 2005 at the Episcopal Church Home. She is preceded in death by her parents, Robert Elliot and Judith Dowdy Francis and her husbands, Bernard Porter and Albert Tipton. Mrs. Tipton was a member of Livingstone Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughters, Sylvia...
Janesse Renee
Oct 2, 2005
Janesse Burkley Renee, 61, of Colonial Heights, died Sunday, October 2, 2005. in the Medical College of Virginia. She was born in Washington, D.C. Ms. Renee was a retired systems analyst with the Department of Defense, a member of Xi Gamma Omicron Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi and a volunteer with the Chesterfield Christmas Mother. She was the daughter of...
Clyde Boze
Oct 1, 2005
Mr. Wilbur Clyde Boze III, 30, of Ford, died Saturday, October 1, 2005. He was an electrician with Iluka Resources Titanium Plant. He was a loving husband, devoted father and friend and was a member of Hawkins Memorial Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his devoted wife Carol Dawn Boze, a son Jacob Clyde Boze, a daughter Lauren Sydney Boze,...
Janet Alley
Sep 30, 2005
Mary Janet (Campbell) Alley, died September 30, 2005 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Daughter of the late Helen Jones & Robert Louis Campbell of Williamsburg and Yorktown Virginia. Born September 26, 1926 in Hagerstown, Md., she lived in the peninsula area until 1948 when she married the late, Lofton H. Alley of Richmond, Virginia. She traveled Europe and Japan as an...
David Carter
Sep 30, 2005
David Alvin Carter, 79, of Petersburg, died Friday September 30, 2005. He was the son of the late Samuel Ewers & Mamie Frye Carter and was predeceased by a brother Samuel E. Carter Jr. He was employed with Allied Chemical for 18 years and retired from Petersburg Public Schools where he taught Chemistry. Mr. Carter was a charter member of...
Philip Hamlet
Sep 29, 2005
Philip Daniel Hamlet, 49, of Midlothian, passed away Thursday, September 29, 2005. Born in Richmond, he was the son of M. Evelyn Hamlet and the late Clyde Daniel Hamlet. He was a U. S. Army veteran and an employee of the Virginia Department of ABC. In addition to his mother, Mr. Hamlet is survived by his wife Cynthia Hamlet; his...
James Kinton
Sep 27, 2005
James William Kinton, Jr., 57, of Chester, died from a brief battle with cancer, on Tuesday, September 27, 2005. He was the son of the late Cassie K. Rutland and James W. Kinton, Sr. Mr. Kinton was the owner of Bermuda Inn for twenty-six years. He is survived by his devoted wife of 38 years, Ruth Fields Kinton; two daughters...
Ginny Davis
Sep 26, 2005
Surry, Virginia GINNY FOWLER DAVIS, 45, a resident of Surry, VA, died suddenly on Saturday, September 24, 2005 at her home. Ginny was born on March 8, 1960 in Boykins, VA, and she loved antiques and collectibles. She was a loving mother, wife and grandmother. She is survived by her husband of 24 years, Sam R. Davis; a daughter, Jamie...
Anna Hawks
Sep 24, 2005
Anna Felts Hawks, 85, of Petersburg died Sunday, September 25, 2005. She was a life long native of Petersburg and the daughter of the late Joseph Alexander and Olan Virginia Biggs Felts. She was predeceased by her husband James Henry Hawks, Jr., son James H. Hawks, III, sister Louise Felts and brother Joseph Felts. She was a lifelong member of...
Zella Jordan
Sep 22, 2005
Zella Marie Estelle Jordan, 84, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, September 21, 2005 in Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond. Mrs. Jordan was born in Willow Branch, Indiana and had made her home in the Hopewell area since 1983. She was a member of Wesley United Methodist Church, a retired Licensed Practical Nurse, and a dedicated homemaker. Mrs. Jordan was the daughter...
Harriett Michalek
Sep 22, 2005
Harriett Leonard Michalek, 71 of Petersburg died Thursday, September 22, 2005. She was a native of Carson, VA and the daughter of the late Roper Thomas and Elsie Magee Leonard. She was the widow of George J. Michalek. She is survived by two brothers, John T. Leonard of Disputanta; R.T. Leonard, Jr. of Petersburg; two sisters, Betsy L. Critz of...
