Recent Obituaries
Jeffrey M. Brown
Jun 11, 2025
Jeffrey M. Brown transitioned from this life on Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at his residence.
On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Viewing will take place from 3-6pm at Shivers Funeral Chapel. At 12pm on Wednesday, June 18, 2025, a Celebration of Life will also be held at Shivers Funeral Chapel. Please keep the Brown family in your Thoughts and prayers.
Francis Ottway Mason
Jun 11, 2025
Francis Ottway Mason transitioned from this life on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 in Hampton, Va.
On Friday, June 20, 2025 viewing will take place from 3-6pm at Shivers Funeral Chapel. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 12pm on Saturday, June 21, 2025 at Union Baptist Church, 5962 Laurel Spring Rd., Spring Grove, Va. Interment will be held in the...
Catherine Eley Diggs
Jun 8, 2025
Catherine Eley Diggs transitioned from this life on Sunday, June 08, 2025 in Newport News, Va.
On Friday, June 13, 2025 viewing will take place from 3-6pm at Shivers Funeral Chapel. A Celebration of Life Service will be held 12pm on Saturday, June 14, 2025 at the chapel. Interment will follow in Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery, 14165 Racetrack Road, Ivor,...
Stacy Wise
Jun 8, 2025
Stacy Wise transitioned from this life on Sunday, June 08, 2025, in Windsor, VA.
A Celebration of Life Service will be held 12:00pm on Monday, June 16, 2025, at Shivers Funeral Chapel. A repast will follow the service at Little Zion Baptist Church, 9496 Old Stage Highway, Smithfield, Va 23430. Viewing will be held on Saturday, June 14, 2025, from 2-5pm...
Hortense Robinson Harrell
May 31, 2025
Hortense Bernice Harrell, 81, entered eternal rest in the early morning of Saturday, May 31, 2025, at Sentara Obici Hospital in Suffolk, Virginia. She was born October 23, 1943, to the late Horace and Edith Robinson of Isle of Wight County. She was a member of Campbell Chapel A.M.E. Church where she enjoyed singing in the Senior Choir and the...
Deaconess Irene Elizabeth Johnson
May 22, 2025
The Life of Deaconess Irene Elizabeth Johnson
“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father which in heaven.” Matthew 5:16
On Thursday, May 22, 2025, our beloved Deaconess Irene Elizabeth Whitney Greene Johnson transitioned at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital, Norfolk Virginia.
Deaconess Johnson was born to the late Robert Whitney, Sr., and Mrs....
Mary E. Gatling
May 21, 2025
The Life of Mary Elizabeth Ellis Gatling
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Gatling transitioned from this life on Wednesday, May 21, 2025 in Williamsburg, Va.
Mary Elizabeth Ellis Gatling was born on May 20, 1943, in Little Surry, Virginia, to the late Pearl and MaeBelle Ellis.
She attended Bruton High School in Williamsburg, Virginia and went on to dedicate over thirty years of service to...
Lori A. Davis
May 16, 2025
On May 16, 2025, God sent his Heavenly Angels to Portside Health & Rehab Center in Portsmouth, VA, to bring his daughter Lori Ann Davis to a peaceful rest in his arms. A native of Carrollton VA, and lived in Suffolk, VA. Lori graduated from Smithfield High School in 1981 . Lori was born on June 24,1962, the middle daughter...
Brenda Diane Lane
May 15, 2025
Brenda Diane Lane transitioned from this life on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at Riverside Regional Medical Center.
Brenda Diane Lane, 70 a native of Surry County, was born on August 29, 1954, to the late Jesse Lane Sr. and Clara White Lane. She was the fifth of eight children and affectionately known as Diane by family and friends.
From an early age,...
Curtis Green, Jr.
May 10, 2025
Curtis Green, Jr. transitioned from this life on Saturday, May 10, 2025.
A Memorial Service will be held 11am Thursday, June 5, 2025, at Shivers Funeral Chapel. Please keep the Green family in your thoughts and prayers.
Delcie Mae Jones
Apr 30, 2025
Obituary for Delcie Mae Jones
"A Virtuous Woman"
Delcie Mae Jones transitioned from this life on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Smithfield, VA.
Delcie Mae Jones was born on December 30, 1930, in Smithfield, Virginia. She was the eldest child of Essie Mae Johnson ad Icesome Crocker. From an early age, Delcie displayed a strong, assertive spirit — a trait that remained with...
Sarah Chapman Hatton
Apr 28, 2025
Life Story of Sarah Wallace Chapman Hatton
Sarah Wallace Chapman Hatton affectionately known as “Big Mama” transitioned peacefully on April 28, 2025 surrounded by her loving family and held by the same grace that she gave so freely in life. Born on August 4,1952 in Suffolk, Virginia to the late Booker T. Chapman Sr. and Clara C. Wooden Chapman, she attended...
Peggie L. Melton
Apr 25, 2025
Peggie Melton, a beloved mother, passed away on April 25, 2025, in Suffolk, Virginia. She is preceded in death by her mother, Nadine Edwards Melton, her father, Troy Melton Sr., and her siblings, Sherly Melton, Troy Melton Jr., Ricky Melton, Thomas Melton and son Fuller Melton.
Peggie was born to the late Troy and Nadine Melton and grew up in Isle...
Girlie E Collins Walker
Apr 24, 2025
Girlie Essie Collins-Walker, 88, of Windsor, Virginia passed away peacefully at Riverside Regional Medical Center Hospital in Newport News, Virginia on April 24, 2025. Girlie was born to the late Johnnie Collins and Girlie Baker Collins on May 06, 1936, she was one of their twelve children.
She was preceded in death by her husband of forty-nine years, Rural Lee Walker;...
Joyce C. Delk
Apr 20, 2025
On April 20, 2025, our sweet Joyce C. Delk departed this life in Sentara Obici Hospital. Joyce was born on March 12, 1949, in Whitaker, North Carolina to the late Leonard Pittman, Sr. and Elizabeth James. She was the oldest of nine children. She moved to Isle of Wight County, where she married Ernest H. Delk on June 25, 1966....
Shirley N. Newby
Apr 19, 2025
In Loving Memory of Shirley R. Newby
96 Years Loved: A Life Well-Lived and Well-Loved
“This is my story, this is my song, I am praising my Savior all the Day Long.”
Our beautiful Queen, Mother, Mama, “Mom,” Shirley Rozelia Newby, 96 years young, crossed over peacefully into her Heavenly home, early on Saturday morning April 19, 2025. When she entered the gateway...
Tasha Nicole Taylor
Apr 14, 2025
An angel, Tasha Nicole Taylor, 38, was born to earth on October 4th, 1986 in Hampton, VAto Fitzgerald Taylor and Peggy-Vance Taylor. Tasha was raised in Hampton and attended Phoebus High School graduating in 2004. In 2005, she moved to Smithfield, Virginia to reside with her family. Her unwavering dedication to higher education allowed her to obtain a Bachelors in...
Darlene Spratley
Apr 8, 2025
We recognize We recognize the power and sovereignty of God by submitting to His will in the falling asleep of our Beloved Mother, Grandmother, Aunt, Cousin, and Friend Darlene Goodwin Spratley 86, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025 at 9:05 a.m. in Hampton Health and Rehab, Hampton, VA.
Darlene, the seventh of eleven children, was born to the late Dean Vernon Goodwin...
Wayne Edwards, Sr.
Apr 3, 2025
Wayne Edwards, Sr. transitioned from this life on Thursday, April 03, 2025 in Suffolk Va.
First Sergeant Wayne Edwards, Sr. (70), a proud and dedicated member of the Virginia Army National Guard (Retired) - Battery A, 3rd Battalion, 111th Air Defense Artillery, 29th Infantry Division, entered eternal rest on April 3, 2025. Born on November 8, 1954, in Nash County, North...
Mildred Keller Robertson
Apr 3, 2025
Mother Mildred Keller Robertson at the age of 96, peacefully transitioned to be with her Heavenly Father on Thursday, April 3, 2025, at her residence with one of her faithful and loving daughters and caregiver Beretta Robertson at her bedside holding her hands.
She was born on April 18, 1928, to the late Henry Keller, Sr. and the late Lottie Ford Keller...
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