Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Jr., A. Braswell
Apr 23, 2004
James Avery “Jimmy” Braswell, Jr., 85 of Petersburg, died Friday, April 23, 2004. Mr. Braswell was born in Pine Level, NC. He was the son of the late J.A. Braswell, Sr. and Myrtie Price Braswell. Mr. Braswell was preceded in death by his wife Mary Lucille Braswell. Mr. Braswell was a civil service retiree having served as an estimator at...
Stewart Lumpkin
Apr 23, 2004
Stewart William “Paw Paw” “Doc” Lumpkin, 83, went to be with the Lord on Friday, April 23, 2004. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Ida B. Lumpkin; one daughter, Evon Gosnell; three granddaughters, Sharon Rogers and her husband Mike, Diane Jones and her husband Shawn and Linda Goodman; one great-grandson Derek Rogers; one great-granddaughter Danielle Jones; one...
Russell Hardy
Apr 22, 2004
Russell David Hardy, 74, of Petersburg, widower of Ayako Honda Hardy, died Thursday, April 22, 2004 in Southside Regional Medical Center. He was born in Ettrick and was the son of the late Harry Russell and Eva Wall Hardy. He proudly served in the U. S. Army for 20 years and retired as a Korean War veteran. He is survived...
Veronica Bishop
Apr 21, 2004
Veronica Lloyd Bishop, age 35, of Church Road died April 21, 2004. She is survived by her husband, Ernest Bishop; son, Jason A. Bishop; daughter, Brittany N. Bishop; mother, Sally Lloyd; sister Crandall Partin; brother, Neal Lloyd; niece, Courtlyn Partin; nephews, Andrew Lloyd and Colby Lake Partin; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Bobby and Louise Bishop; sisters-in-law, Brenda Mayton and Patricia Goodwyn;...
Jr., L. Fisher
Apr 21, 2004
Woodrow Lewis Fisher, Jr., 49 of Petersburg, died Wednesday, April 21, 2004. He was the son of the late Woodrow Lewis and Frances O’Dell Butler Fisher. He is survived by his three brothers, Frank Fisher of Richmond, Joseph E. Massey (Mary) and Willie Harvey Massey, all of Petersburg; sister, Betty Sue Massey of Petersburg; two nephews, Joshua and Joseph; one...
Wilton Goodwin
Apr 20, 2004
Wilton Lewis Goodwin, 89, of Hopewell, died, Tuesday, April 20, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Victoria, Va. and was a resident of this area most of his life. Mr. Goodwin served in the U.S. Army duringWWll. During his early years, he worked with his father at Goodwin Plumbing Company and later retired as a equipment...
James Ward
Apr 18, 2004
James Percy Ward, 75, of Disputanta, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2004 at his residence. He was a U. S. Navy veteran, a retired Civil Service employee with thirty-one years of service at Fort Lee, and a long time member of the Prince George Emergency Crew. Mr. Ward was preceded in death by his wife, Barbara Allen Ward. He is...
Michele Renn
Apr 16, 2004
Michele C. Renn, 33, died Friday, April 16, 2004. Mrs. Renn was employed in sales with T-Mobile. She was preceded in death by her father Richark Clark. Mrs. Renn is survived by her husband Kevin Renn, two sons, Thomas Renn, and Bradley Renn, her mother Nancy Tate, one brother Kevin Tate and a sister, Melissa Strader. The family will receive...
James Weaver
Apr 16, 2004
James Roy Weaver, 67, of Wilmington, N.C. formerly of Hopewell passed away Friday, April 16, 2004 surrounded in love by his family. Born December 22, 1936, in Hopewell, Roy was preceded in death by his parents, Francis C. Weaver and Bertha Mann Weaver. Roy and his wife Carol had recently retired to Wilmington, N.C. to enjoy the beach, the river...
Grace Ginsberg
Apr 15, 2004
Grace Turnbow Ginsberg 91 of Petersburg, died April 15, 2004. She is survived by her husband, Ben Ginsberg of 60 years; two daughters, Myra Myers of Houston, TX and Myrna Pearson of Richmond; son, Col. (USA Retired) Alvin L. Ginsberg of Oklahoma City; four grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 10:00 am Monday, April 19, 2004 at...
William Minor
Apr 14, 2004
William Daniel Minor, 83, of Hopewell, died Wednesday, April 14, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. Mr. Minor was born in Hopewell and had been a life long resident. He was a WWII veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp, serving as a T/Sgt. with the 8th Air Force, 817th Squadron, 483rd Bomb Group H in Italy. Mr. Minor was...
Opal Elliott
Apr 14, 2004
Opal Clinard Elliott, 86 of Prince George County, died Wednesday, April 14, 2004. She was always active in her church and the Petersburg Baptist Association. She was the daughter of the late Fred H. and Margaret Jester Clinard. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her first two husbands Merle Franklin Addison, Sr. and Oakley Henry...
Frank Slaughter
Apr 13, 2004
Frank Ashton Slaughter, 73, of Prince George died Tuesday, April 13, 2004 in Southside Regional Medical Center. He was a native of Petersburg and was the son of the late Preston Slaughter and Ellen Virginia Jones. Mr. Slaughter was a U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member of the Hopewell Moose and Family Lodge and...
Joseph Bisson
Apr 12, 2004
Joseph Honore Bisson, age 95 died March 12, 2004. He was the widow of the late Gladys Overstreet Bisson. A veteran of the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy, he served his country in the European Theatre in WWII. He was born April 17, 1908 in Main and lived most of his life in New Jersey. He retired from Congoleum...
Ada Fulton
Apr 12, 2004
Ada Gaye Pattison Fulton, 81 of Chester, devoted wife and mother left this life peacefully on April 12, 2004. Her husband, William F. Fulton, Sr., a longtime member of the ACF, preceded her in death. She was a native of Wytheville, VA. She is survived by her children, daughter, Carol Ann Romaine and husband Craig Scott; son, William F. Fulton,...
Andrew Eubank
Apr 11, 2004
Andrew Jackson “Jack” Eubank, 78, of Dinwiddie County, passed away Sunday, April 11, 2004. A native of Lunenburg County, VA, he was a son of the late Samuel George and Mary Morehead Eubank. He was a U. S. Army veteran, a graduate of Virginia Tech University, a retired employee of Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, and most recently retired as...
Judith Slaughter
Apr 10, 2004
Judith Carlisle Slaughter, 77, of Dinwiddie passed away Saturday April 10, 2004. She was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Carlisle and was also predeceased by her husband Lucius Slaughter. She was a retired supervisor with the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company where she was employed for over 30 years. She is survived by two sons, Pete Salvo...
Thomas Peebles
Apr 9, 2004
Thomas Briggs Peebles, 85 of Carson died April 9, 2004. He was the widower of Ella Manson Beville Peebles and the son of the late Nathaniel Proctor, Sr., and Mary Belvidere Briggs Peebles. He served in WWII as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army and was a retired employee of Georgia-Pacific. He is survived by his son, John T. Peebles...
John Hosea
Apr 8, 2004
John Robert Hosea 81, of Hopewell, passed away April 8, 2004 at John Randolph Medical Center. He was born in Pikeville, NC, the son of the late Addison and Alma Bowden Hosea; also preceding him in death was a wife, Mary Little Hosea, a son, Robert Cameron Hosea, and two brothers, Addison and Ellsworth Hosea. Mr. Hosea was a graduate...
Eunice Martinez
Apr 7, 2004
Eunice Lee Burdette Martinez, 69, of Hopewell died Wednesday, April 7, 2004 in John Randolph Medical Center. She was born in Roanoke, VA and had been a resident of Hopewell for the past 50 years. She was a retired operator for Allied Signal Corporation. Ms. Martinez was the daughter of the late Franklin and Grace Starkey Burdette. She is survived...
