Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Bessie, Wilkes
Mar 7, 2005
Bessie Jane Wilkes, 80, of Petersburg, died Monday, March 7, 2005 in Southside Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wilkes was born in Meherrin, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joe Ben and Annie Skinner Waddell, a daughter, Carolyn Pulling, and her husband Bud Wilkes. Mrs. Wilkes is survived by three sons, William Nyquist, Robert Nyquist, Joseph Fletcher, 2...
Nicole Garguilo
Mar 7, 2005
Nicole Demaison Garguilo 76 of Petersburg, died March 7, 2005. She was a native of Limoges, France and had been a resident of Petersburg since 1957. She was the daughter of the late Francois Demaison and Marie-Louise Loiseau Demaison. Mrs. Garguilo was preceded in death by her sister, Madeline Demaison Pouget. She was a retired partner of Mitchell Wiggins &...
Laura Skerritt
Mar 7, 2005
Laura Virginia Skerritt, 82, of Petersburg, passed away Monday, March 7, 2005. Born in Petersburg, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Flossie Potts Skerritt. She worked as a medical records librarian at the old Petersburg Hospital before moving to Louisiana where she worked for many at the Touro Infirmary. Following her retirement, she returned to Petersburg...
Birdie Moody
Mar 7, 2005
Birdie P. Ridout Moody 81 of Petersburg, died March 7, 2005. She was a native of Mecklenburg Co, VA and the daughter of the late James W. Parham, Jr. and Eva Reekes Parham. She was retired from Brown & Williamson after 23 years of service. She was a member of Livingstone Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Neil...
Joyce Berry
Mar 7, 2005
Joyce Sessums Berry, 65, of Hopewell, passed away Monday, March 07, 2005. Born in Blackstone, VA, she was a daughter of the late David L. and Martha Watson Sessums. She is survived by her loving husband, Walter Lee Berry; a daughter, Tammie Berry Bailey and husband, James C. of Prince George; three sons, Bruce W. Berry and wife, Vicki, Kenneth...
Olga Jones
Mar 6, 2005
Olga Peter Jones, 68, of Hopewell, died Sunday, March 6, 2005 in Johnston Willis Hospital in Richmond. She was born in Painesville, OH and had been a resident of this area for many years. Mrs. Jones was a retired bookkeeper for Allied Signal Corporation. She was the daughter of the late William and Olga Sugar Peter. Mrs. Jones is survived...
Edna Stone
Mar 4, 2005
Edna O. Stone, 98, of Thaxton, Va, died Friday, March 4, 2005. She was the widow of Dock P. Stone. She is survived by her son Malcolm Durward Stone of Chester, Va. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 6, 2005, Graveside at Greenwood Cemetery, Bedford, Va. The family is being served by the Chesterfield Chapel of...
Thomas Brockwell
Mar 4, 2005
Thomas Calvin Brockwell, 80, of Disputanta, died Friday, March 4, 2005 at John Randolph Medical Center in Hopewell. He was the son of the late Thomas E. and Maude Emory Brockwell, and was preceded in death by brothers George Brockwell and James E. ?Snapper? Brockwell, Sisters Virgie Brockwell Redmond, Elvia Brockwell Jones and Louise Brockwell Cogle, brothers Timothy L. Brockwell,...
Robert Thrower
Mar 4, 2005
Robert Exler Thrower, 77, of Petersburg, Virginia, passed away on March 4, 2005 at Walnut Hill Convalescent Center.. He was retired from the United States Army and worked for the United States Government. He was preceded in death by his parents, John and Ethel Thrower. Mr. Thrower is survived by his wife, Doris Thrower, two sons, Douglas E. and David...
Ronald Flatt
Mar 3, 2005
Ronald Wayne Flatt, 57, of Bristow, Virginia, died Thursday, March 3, 2005 at his residence. Mr. Flatt was born in New Burnswick, NJ. Mr. Flatt served in the US Air Force during the Vietnam War. He was a member of Veterans of Foreign War Post 2653 in Berlin, NJ. and a Shift supervisor at Federal Aviation Administration. Mr. Flatt was...
Mary Heartwell
Feb 28, 2005
Mary Erma Heartwell, 91, of McKenney died peacefully February 28, 2005 after a short battle with cancer. She was the daughter of the late Frank and Myrtie Beville and the widow of Thomas Goode Heartwell, Sr. She is survived by daughter Anne B. Roberts of McKenney, son and daughter-in-law Thomas G. and Caroline Heartwell of Prince George, granddaughter Debora R....
Jr., H. Baugher
Feb 28, 2005
Oscar Henry Baugher, Jr. M/Sgt, (Ret) 75, of Hopewell, died, February 28, 2005 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Baughter was born in Urbana, MD. He served in the U. S. Army during WWII, Korea and the Vietnam Conflict, a retired Deputy Sheriff for the City of Hopewell, a member of the VFW Post 637, the American Legion Post #146,...
Mary Thompson
Feb 27, 2005
Mary Lou Dingess Thompson, 74, of Hopewell, died Sunday, February 27, 2005 at her residence. Mrs. Thompson was born in Griffithsville, WV. She was a retired operator for Allied Chemical Corp., a graduate of Marshall University, a member of Sandfork Missionary Baptist Church, and the Allied Chemical Retiree?s Club. Mrs. Thompson was preceeded in death by her parents, Bernie C....
Elsie Hendricks
Feb 26, 2005
Elsie Sacra Hendricks, 88, formerly of Hopewell died February 26, 2005 at Eden Pines in Petersburg. She was born in Ashland the daughter of the late Willard and Ida Sacra. Mrs. Hendricks was a member of First Baptist Church in Hopewell and retired from Wyatts Florist of Hopewell. She was preceded in death by her husband Lloyd C. Hendricks and...
Loveday Bishop
Feb 25, 2005
Loveday Sweet Bishop age 84 of Rivers Edge, Prince George, died Friday, February 25, 2005. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Francis Bishop; her parents, Zeb V. Sweet and Margaret Tucker Sweet Sasser; her step-father, Garland C. Sasser, Sr. and her brother, Garland C. Sasser, Jr. She is survived by a daughter, Carole B. Lyman of Matoaca;...
Marion Steele
Feb 24, 2005
Marion A. Steele, of Chester, died February 24, 2005. He was 66 years old. Marion Archibald Steele was born in Nashville, Tennessee, September 9, 1938. He was the son of Mary Daniel Foulkes and the late Marion Archibald Steele. He was a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1960, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering...
Jr., E. Shafer
Feb 24, 2005
Wilson E. ?Ned? Shafer, Jr., 67, of Richmond, died Thursday, February 24, 2005. He was a member of American Legion Post 125, Manchester Moose Lodge 699, and Old Dominion Legion of the Moose 148. He is survived by his son, Russel Edward Shafer; daughter, Judith Marie Shafer; brother, Richard Lawrence Shafer; grandchildren Morgan Lee, Sofia Charlotte, and Sara Clare Shafer...
Jr. B. Daniels
Feb 21, 2005
Arthur Barron Daniels, Jr., 40 died Monday, February 21, 2005. He was owner of A.B. Daniels Construction Co. He was an alumnus of Richard Bland College and VCU. He was predeceased by his father Arthur Barron Daniels, Sr. He is survived by his mother, Shirley T. Daniels; sister, Shawna D. Henderson of Powhatan; brother, Bryant Daniels of Colonial Heights; niece,...
Charles Hoskin
Feb 21, 2005
Charles P. Hoskin, 82, widower of Dorothy D. Hoskin, of Chester, Va., departed this life February 21, 2005. He is survived by four sons; Jacque P., widower of Diane Coover, of Midlothian; Ricky D. and wife, Gayle Russell, of Chesterfield; Scott C. and wife, Shirley Miller, of Powhatan; and Todd W. and wife Bonnie Brewer, currently living in Switzerland; one...
Ruby Mccoy
Feb 19, 2005
Ruby Burrow McCoy, 93, of Prince George, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2005 in John Randolph Nursing Home. She was born in Burrowsville, VA. And was a former resident of Old Richmond Ave., Richmond. Mrs. McCoy was a retired Kindergarten teacher at Trinity United Methodist Church, Richmond, a volunteer at St. Mary?s Hospital, Richmond, a former member of St. Matthews Episcopal...
