On June 30th, 2023, our very deeply loved Mother, Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, Niece, cousin, and friend Marsha Eloise Copeland-Whitfield was chosen to go to her forever home to be with Our Lord and Savior to gain her much deserved Wings. Marsha was born August 28th, 1961, in Omaha, NE to the late yet Great Walter J. Copeland and Darlene Sims...
On Friday, June 30, 2023 our dearly beloved Florence Florida Bell Lane, 92 departed this life at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. Florence was born November 25, 1930 to the late Jeff and Florence Ann Turner Bell in Sedley, Virginia. She was married to the love of her life the late Bertel (BT) Lane on December 23, 1950. Deceased...
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, And a time to die; A time to plant, And a time to pluck what is planted; A time to kill, And a time to heal; A time to break down, And a time to build up; A time to weep, And...
Robert Vann Lawrence was born on January 25, 1966, in Suffolk VA born to the late John Henry Lawrence and Lucille Lawrence. Robert Vann Lawrence was called home on June 27,2023 at Obici hospital. Robert was a graduate of Suffolk High school, while in school he played on the football team as a running back. He attended the College Career...
Clara Marion Darden, 71, of Sierra Drive, Suffolk, Virginia transitioned Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at her residence. She was born August 20, 1951 in Suffolk, Virginia to Marion B. Barnes and the late Henry Copeland. Besides her father, she was preceded in death by her husband Kevin Darden, daughter, Shaherah Porter Perry, brother, Harry W. Barnes and nephew Derrick Barnes....
Thomas Chapman, born to Anne Virginia Chapman and Thomas Jones. on June 26, 1941 departed this life on Sunday, June 25, 2023 at Sentara Obici Hospital, Suffolk, Virginia. Thomas was a native of Nansemond County, VA. He was a member of Macedonia Baptist Church, Suffolk, VA. He relocated to Asbury Park, N.J in 1971, where he became employed at Monmouth...
Missionary Gloria R. Riddick born September 3rd, 1944, raised in Suffolk, VA, went to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 25th, 2023. She was preceded in death by her parents the late Tom and Martha Ruffin, her sisters: Fannie and Louvenia Ruffin, her brothers: James McCoy, Roy Lee, Tom Jr., George Thomas, and Robert Ruffin, her nephew: Kaaron Ruffin....
Ruby Skeeter, 74, of King Street, Portsmouth, Virginia transitioned Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at her residence. Professional services with dignity have been entrusted to Crocker Funeral Home, Inc.
Joyce Ann Wilkins, 66, of 944 Smoke Tree Lane, Virginia Beach, Virginia 23452 transitioned Sunday, June 18, 2023 at Sentara Princess Anne Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Mamie Corbett Wilkins and Maryland Wilkins, Sr. Besides her parents she was preceded in death by her brothers, Willie Wilkins, Sr and Maryland Wilkins, Jr; sisters Ruth E. Hill and...
Deaconess Sylvia Ellen Reid was born in Brooklyn, New York on July 22nd, 1969, to Arthur James Keenan and Margie Ham Keenan. She was raised in Washington DC but finished high school in South Carolina. She graduated from Hannah-Pamplico High School in 1989. She then attended business school for a few months before she began working as a Home Health...