Gloria Franchelle Watkins

GLORIA FRANCHELLE WATKINS, OF 1404 BLYTHEWOOD LANE SUFFOLK TRANSITIONED SUNDAY, APRIL 10,2022 AT HER RESIDENCE. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THOMAS CHAPMAN AND THE LATE GLORIA JUANITA CHAPMAN.SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER BROTHER THOMAS CHAPMAN. SHELLY ATTENDED SUFFOLK HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT SMITHFIELD PACKING COMPANY ON THE CUT FLOOR & GWALTNEY OF SMITHFIELD IN THE CAFETERIA. SHELLY WAS A LOVING AND CARING PERSON. SHE NEVER MET A STRANGER. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES: A DEVOTED HUSBAND, KEEFE WATKINS -SUFFOLK, VA A LOVING DAUGHTER LATOYA CHAPMAN (ELLIS) -SUFFOLK, VA TWO SONS: KEEFE CHAPMAN, SR. - SUFFOLK, GREGORY JARRETT -FRANKLIN, VA GRANDSON – KEEFE CHAPMAN, JR -NEWPORT NEWS, VA SISTERS: YOLANDA WILLIAMS & LYNELL CHAPMAN -SUFFOLK, VA BROTHERS: ANDREW WALKER (PAULINE) SUFFOLK, VA GILBERT CHAPMAN-CITRUS HEIGHTS, CALIFORNIA TIMOTHY CHAPMAN (SARANETTE) SUFFOLK, VA KELVIN CHAPMAN (DIANE) SUFFOLK, VA TYRONE CHAPMAN (ELMIRA) SUFFOLK, VA DARNELL CHAPMAN(DANA) SUFFOLK, VA SISTER-IN-LAWS: CHERYL CHAPMAN, SMITHFIELD, VA BERNADETTE MELTON(BILLY) GATES, NC, CAROLYN BOONE (TODD) RICHMOND, VA BROTHER-IN-LAWS: WAYNE WATKINS(BARBARA) SUFFOLK, VA STERLING WATKINS, SUFFOLK, VA, SPECIAL SISTERS: LYNN WRIGHT -SUFFOLK, VA PAM RUFFIN -PORTSMOUTH, VA & SYLVIA PARRISH (MEME) -PORTSMOUTH, VA AUNTS: ROSA JOHNSON, JUDY WIGGINS, & MEARL BOONE (ROBERT) -ALL OF SUFFOLK, VA UNCLES: NATHANIEL WALKER (LINDA) -SUFFOLK, VA BRUCE JONES -NEW JERSEY, CHRIS DARDEN (CANIESHA) -SUFFOLK, VA & JAMES COWLING -SUFFOLK, VA AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND FRIENDS. A PUBLIC VIEWING WILL BE HELD 2-7 P.M. FRIDAY, APRIL 15, 2022 IN THE MELVIN J. BLOWE CHAPEL. A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD 1:00 P.M. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 2022 AT SWEET HAVEN HOLY CHURCH OF GOD, CARROLLTON, VIRGINIA. PROFESSIONAL SERVICES WITH DIGNITY HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO CROCKER FUNERAL HOME, INC. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Gloria Franchelle Watkins, please visit our flower store.