Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Sr., W. Creech
Jul 19, 2005
Allen Wray Creech, Sr., 63, of Hopewell died Tuesday, July 19, 2005 after a heroic 6 year battle with cancer. He was a native and life long resident of Hopewell and was preceded in death by a son, Allen W. Creech, Jr.; mother, Louis Collins Creech; and father, Jesse Braxton Creech. He is survived by his loving wife, Earlene Forehand...
Elizabeth Mcdowell
Jul 18, 2005
Mrs. Elizabeth Butler McDowell, age 87, of 1817 W. Princeton Rd, beloved wife, mother and grandmother,Petersburg died July 17th, 2005. She was a native of Petersburg and born on June 5, 1918, the daughter of the late Charles Richard and Mary Temple Butler. She is survived by her husband Colonel(US Army, Ret) James E. McDowell, three sons, the Reverend J....
Ivan Butterworth
Jul 18, 2005
Ivan McDowell ?Mac? Butterworth, 90 of Dinwiddie, died Monday, July 18, 2005. A native of Dinwiddie, he was the son of the late Hamilton David and Gertrude Thomas Butterworth. He was preceded in death by his brothers George Lunsford Butterworth and Hamilton David ?Cooner? Butterworth, Jr. He was retired President and co-owner of B.T. Hargrave Co., Inc. In his younger...
Virginia Melandie Bowe Shell
Jul 17, 2005
Virginia ?Ginny? Melandie Bowe Shell, 49, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Friday, July 15, 2005. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of Carlton E. and Marie Story Bowe. A loving and devoted wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, and friend, Ginny was a member of West End Baptist Church, Dinwiddie and also attended Smyrna Baptist Church, Dinwiddie, and New Covenant Church...
Ruth Dana
Jul 17, 2005
Ruth Goulder Dana, 86, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Petersburg, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, July 15, 2005. She was born May 25th, 1919 to Clinton and Mary Eanes Goulder in Petersburg, VA. She was retired from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company with 41 years service. Ruth was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, Colonial Heights....
Edith Perkins
Jul 17, 2005
Edith Norkett Perkins, 79, of Richmond, died Friday, July 15, 2005. She was the daughter of the late Alice Benfield and William L. Norkett. and predeceased by her sons Terry Long and Charles Long; four sisters Annie Noles, Faye Thomas, Ruth Payne, Pauline Sutton; and two brothers Clarence and Kenneth Norkett. She is survived by her husband Merritt L. Perkins,...
Annie Mathis
Jul 16, 2005
Mrs. Annie Lee Mathis, 87, of Brighter Living, Hopewell, died Saturday, July 16,2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Bedford, Va. and was a resident of Hopewell for most of her life. Mrs. Mathis was a member of First Baptist Church and was a retired secretary with the Hopewell Recreation Department. She was preceded in death by...
Sr., D. Poole
Jul 16, 2005
Roy Donald Poole, Sr., 74, of Dinwiddie County, took his walk with the Lord on the morning of July 16, 2005. A native of Sussex County, he was the son of the late Edward Donald Poole and Emma Virginia Magee. Mr. Poole was preceded in death by his loving wife, Annie Ruth Poole, and by his grandson, Robert E. ?Bob?...
Marguerite Bowman
Jul 14, 2005
Marguerite Chandler Bowman 87, of Petersburg died July 14, 2005 at Mayfair House. A native of Petersburg she was the daughter of the late Irvin C. and Alma Blanks Chandler and was the widow of Kenneth Davie Bowman. Marguerite retired from Petersburg General Hospital after twenty years of service. She is survived by her two daughters, Bonnie B. McDevitt of...
Leila Lamm
Jul 12, 2005
Leila Bailey Lamm, 90, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in Hopewell Health Care Center. Mrs. Lamm was born in Claremont, VA and had been a lifelong resident of Hopewell. She was a member of St. John?s Episcopal Church and a retired registered nurse, having retired from the Hopewell School System in 1950. Mrs. Lamm was preceded in death...
Jr. F. Maxey
Jul 12, 2005
Leonard Ferguson Maxey, Jr., 83, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, July 12, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Maxey was born in Buckingham County, VA and moved to Hopewell in 1950. He was a U.S. Air Force Veteran, having served during WWII. Mr. Maxey was a member of First Baptist Church, was a former member of the Hopewell Optimist Club,...
Sr. M. Earl
Jul 12, 2005
Richard Morrison Earl, Sr., of Petersburg, went to be with the Lord Tuesday, July 12, 2005. He was the son of the late Everette Homer and Esther Brady Earl and the widower of Jeanette Burnette Earl and preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Earl Coleman and a brother, Robert Earl. Mr. Earl was a retired supervisor at Bellwood and...
Jack Thomasson
Jul 11, 2005
Jack Wade Thomasson, 67, of Hopewell, died Monday, July 11, 2005 at John Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Thomasson made his home in Hopewell for most of his life. He was a retired U. S. Army Lt. Colonel having served in Vietnam, a member of the Dupont Lodge #289 AF&AM, the Hopewell Rotary Club. He also served on the Electoral Board,...
Nancy Williams
Jul 10, 2005
Nancy Caroline Williams of Hopewell died Sunday, July 10, 2005. She was the widow of Garrett Williams and was employed at Farrell?s Jewelry for twenty-five years. Survivors include her son, Terrence Phillip Williams; daughter, Kimberly Beth Pinkleton; brothers, Howard Chambers, Robert Chambers, David Chambers, Gary Chambers and predeceased by McArthur Chambers; grandchildren, Caila and Bryant Pinkleton. Funeral services will be...
Mary Smith
Jul 10, 2005
Mary Ann Sheffield Smith, 75, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Sunday, July 10, 2005. Born in Alexandria, VA, she was the daughter of the late Charles Samuel and Jane Adams Sheffield. Mrs. Smith was preceded in death by a daughter, Bonnie Kaye Smith and her husband, John A. Smith. She is survived by four sons, John Wayne Smith and wife,...
Wanda Land
Jul 8, 2005
Wanda Rachel Thompson Land, age 76, of Petersburg, Virginia, died Friday, July 8, 2005 at Caldwell Hospice and Palliative Care in Lenoir, N.C. She was born October 21, 1928 in Caldwell County, N.C. to the late Greene Barlow and Vera Hass Thompson. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by an infant son, Ralph Greene Land and...
Kathleen Raiford
Jul 8, 2005
Kathleen Bradshaw Raiford, 89, of Ivor, VA, widow of Walter H. Raiford, Sr., passed away Friday, July 8, 2005 at East Pavilion Nursing Home, Franklin. Born in Sedley, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Henry and Delzine Raiford Bradshaw. Mrs. Raiford was a member of the Corinth Friends Meeting in Ivor where she was a member of the...
Nancy Brown
Jul 8, 2005
Nancy Lee Brown, 48, of Prince George died Friday, July 8, 2005. She was born in Asheville, NC and was the daughter of the late Charles L. and Dorothy Garretson Brown. She was a graduate of Hampton High School, Hampton, VA and was a member of the Hopewell Ward of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She is...
Sr. David Kvasnicka
Jul 8, 2005
Mr. Paul David Kvasnicka, Sr. 75, passed away Friday July 8, 2005 , at his residence in Prince George County. He was a native and lifelong resident of Prince George County and was the son of the late Paul and Libbie Horak Kvasnicka. Mr. Kvasnicka was a member of Gary?s United Methodist Church, the Carson Ruritan Club for 47 years,...
Grover Brannan
Jul 7, 2005
Grover Cleveland Brannan, Jr., 54, of Petersburg died Thursday, July 07, 2005 at Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born in Hopewell and was the son of the late Grover Cleveland Brannan, Sr. and Hilda Curtis Brannan. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a foster brother, Robert Dale Poole. He is survived by a son,...
