Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
James Johnson
Apr 9, 2005
James Preston Johnson, 59, of Hopewell, died Saturday, April 9, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Washington, D.C. Mr. Johnson served in the U. S. Army during the Vietnam War, was an Electrician with E.I. Dupont and a member of the International Brotherhood Electrician Local # 1423. He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Vickie...
David Surdam
Apr 8, 2005
David Wayne Surdam, 52, of Chesterfield County, passed away Friday, April 8, 2005. He was born the son of Juanita H. and the late Bernard A. Surdam. He was an employee of the Water Department at Petersburg and later transferred to Dinwiddie County as Chief Operator for the Water Authority for a total of 29 years. He is also survived...
Arthur Jr., Deal
Apr 8, 2005
Arthur K. Deal, Jr. 83, of Colonial Heights, widower of Ann Felts Deal died Friday, April 8, 2005. He was born the son of the late Arthur K and Myra Kidd Deal. He was also predeceased by his brother Delrin Lee Deal. Mr. Deal was a veteran of the United States Navy serving in World War II, and also served...
Lorraine Taylor
Apr 8, 2005
Lorraine Miller Taylor age 63 of Dewitt died Friday, April 8, 2005. She was the daughter of the late Dorse and Sella Hayes Miller, the widow of Robert B. Taylor, Sr. and was a former employee of Dinwiddie Public Schools. She is survived by her daughter, Mary T. Gartman; two sons, Robert B. Taylor, Jr. and Dorse E. Taylor; two...
Peggy Titmus
Apr 8, 2005
Peggy Parrish Titmus, 72, of Dinwiddie, widow of Carl L. ?Tippie? Titmus, passed away Friday, April 8, 2005. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of Raymond Lee and Mattie Williams Parrish. She was a member of Third Presbyterian Church and a retired employee of Owen Printing Company with 50 years service. She was preceded in death by two brothers...
Ernest Lockett
Apr 7, 2005
Ernest Lee Lockett, Jr., 90, of Colonial Heights, formerly of Petersburg, passed away Thursday, April 7, 2005 at his residence. Born in Dinwiddie County, he was the son of the late Ernest Lee and Willie Crowder Lockett. He was the retired owner of Ernest Lockett Sign Company, a longtime member of Elm Street Baptist Church, a 59 year member of...
Gladys Ashbrook
Apr 6, 2005
Mrs. Gladys Honaker Ashbrook, 79, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, April 6, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Honaker, VA. and had been a resident of this area for many years. Mrs. Ashbrook attended the Church of the Nazarene and was a retired office secretary with Titmus Optical Company. She was preceded in death by her parents,...
Janet Harrison
Apr 5, 2005
Janet Harris Harrison, 53., of Prince George, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005 in Johnston Willis Hospital, Richmond, VA. She was born in Petersburg and had been a life long resident of this area. Mrs. Harrison was a member of Beta Sigma Phi, Laureate Beta Alpha Chapter for 25 years, a member of Colonial Heights Baptist Church, and was office manager...
Harold Daniels
Apr 5, 2005
Harold Lloyd Daniels, 79, of Hopewell, died Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Middleton, West Virginia and had been a long time resident of the Hopewell area. Mr. Daniels was a U.S. Navy veteran, having served during WWII. He was a truck driver while living in West Virginia before coming to Hopewell to work for...
Earnestine Alexander
Apr 5, 2005
Earnestine Buchanan Alexander, of Richmond, died April 5, 2005. She was the widow of Rennie Wilson Alexander. She is survived by her son Richard T. Alexander and his wife, Katie, of Chester; daughter Joyce Lee Heath and her husband, William, of Richmond; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; niece and nephew and special friends. Funeral services will be conducted Friday, April 8th...
Little Valverde
Apr 5, 2005
Little Angel Valverde, of Petersburg died Tuesday, April 5, 2005. He was the son of Gildardo and Cheri Ann Valverde and is also survived by Paternal Grandparents; Jose Dolores and Maria Socorro Valverde of Chihuahua, Mexico; Maternal Grandparents, Donald and Gail Martin of Hopewell and Michael and Karen Myrick of Petersburg. Condolences may be registered at www.jtmorriss.com
Clarence Parrish
Apr 4, 2005
Clarence W. ?Wimpy? Parrish, 78 of Dinwiddie Co. died Monday, April 4, 2005. He was a native of Petersburg and the son of the late Raymond Lee and Mattie W. Parrish. He was a retired Vice President of Owen Printing Co. He was a member of Blandford Lodge # 3 A.F. & A.M. He was preceded in death by his...
Gertrude Harvell
Apr 4, 2005
Gertrude Carwile Harvell, 89, of Petersburg, widow of Otto Harwood Harvell, passed away Monday, April 04, 2005. Born in Prince Edward County, VA, she was the daughter of the late William C. and Mattie Cobb Carwile. She was a longtime member of St. Marks United Methodist Church and a retired office manager with Hopewell Builder Supply. Mrs. Harvell is survived...
Franklin Dewberry
Apr 3, 2005
Donald Franklin Dewberry, 67, of Hopewell, died Saturday, April 2, 2005 in Southside Regional Medical Center, Petersburg. He was born in Hopewell. Mr. Dewberry was a retired instrument Technician with Honeywell. He was preceded in death by his parents Charles S. and Bessie Lee Dalton Dewberry and two brothers, Howell S. Dewberry and Marvin T. Dewberry. Surviving are a sister,...
Katie Glass
Mar 31, 2005
Katie Augusta Drake Glass, 87, of Virginia Beach, died, March 31, 2005 at her residence.She was born in Hopewell, Virginia and was a former resident of Park Avenue.. She was a retired secretary with Civil Service at Ft. Lee, a member of the Hopewell Garden Club, a member of St. John?s Episcopal Church serving as secretary and was a volunteer...
Nelson Roark
Mar 31, 2005
Nelson Eugene Roark , 79, of Chester, died Wednesday March 30, 2005 . He was a retired employee of Firestone and a veteran of World War 11 . He is survived by his wife, Margaret H. Roark, Chester; son Robert W. Roark and wife Christine, of Chester; daughter Sandra Thomas and husband, Clayton of Greensboro, N. C.; four grandchildren and...
Laura Woehr
Mar 31, 2005
Laura Dickinson Woehr, 89, of Hopewell, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in New York, the daughter of the late Floyd E. Dickinson and Anna Terpening Dickinson, and was the widow of Frederick A. Woehr, Sr. Mrs. Woehr was a faithful and very active member of First United Methodist Church in Hopewell where...
Dan Mccoig
Mar 31, 2005
Dan Macey McCoig, Sr., 72, of Chester, Va. died, Thursday, March 31, 2005 at his residence. He was born in Jefferson County, TN. Mr. McCoig served in the U. S. Air Force during the Korean Conflict, a retired millwright for Honeywell Corp. and was a member of the Masonic Lodge # 231 Morristown,TN. He was preceded in death by his...
Maria Golden
Mar 31, 2005
Maria Schafer Golden, 88, of Hopewell, widow of Earman Edward Golden, died Thursday, March 31, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Jena, Germany and was the daughter of the late George Kurt and Marie Vorbach Shafer. She started the Hopewell congregation of the New Apostolic Church by having services in her home. She also volunteered for...
Pearl Horne
Mar 29, 2005
Pearl Beatrice Harrison Horne, 99, of Colonial Heights, died March 29, 2005 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was a native of Prince George County and the daughter of the late Charles H. & Mary Elizabeth Durphy Harrison. She was the widow of Morris T. Horne, Sr. She was a former member of Memorial United Methodist Church. She...
