Shaun Sanders Sr. gained his wings Sunday, March 29, 2020. He was born on Friday, November 28, 1975 in Chesapeake, Virginia to Arthur Sanders Sr. and Willie Mae Sanders. Growing up in the South Norfolk and Georgetown sections of Chesapeake, Shaun earned the nickname “Rock”. Growing up he was a true athlete; playing football, baseball and basketball. He would tell me that his first love was baseball, but he chose football in high school. Shaun graduated from Indian River High...

Zy'ron Quadir Jermain Sanders born July 28, 2001 at Newark Beth Israel Hospital, to Mother Siddeequah Ashanti Overton and Father Ron Sanders of Newark NJ. He attended pre k at the age of 5. Soon after Zy'ron started grade school in Newark, NJ where he excelled in sports and academics and sword through various school districts through New Jersey and finishing his education at Norview High School in Norfolk Virginia At the age of 9, Zy'ron accepted Allah as his Savior and...

Please keep his family in prayer as they prepare for his services.

Cecelia LaVerne Payne passed away early Monday morning in her home surrounded by her loving family. Cecelia was born on June 21, 1935 in Miami, Florida. Cecelia's jobs included Community Hospital, William T. Hall Nursing Home and she retired from City of Portsmouth. Cecelia was a faithful member of Grace Episcopal Church in Norfolk. Her hobbies were spending time with family.   On May 8, 1954, she married Elkay Payne and from this union they were blessed with 7 children;...

Brian Hays, age 68, passed away peacefully on Sunday February 2, 2020 in his home, surrounded by family. He was loved very much by his family and all who knew him. Brian was a charter member of Parkville Baptist Church, an Army veteran who served in Germany during the Vietnam war and was a local 122 Union Sheet Metal Worker for Bethlehem Steel. He loved history, sports, music, classic cars and coin collecting; but most of all, he loved his girls. He was a great man and will be sorely...

Magnolia Hicks was born on April 18, 1929 in Seminole County, Florida. She was a trailblazer and a servant leader. She worked for the Pennsylvania State Hospital where she retired as a nurse. Prior to moving to Virginia, she was a long time member of a church in Germantown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) and later became a faithful member of Morris Chapel Baptist Church in Philadelphia for 5 years, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Vernon L. Thompson. While there she became a member of the...

On Friday morning, January 17, 2020, God called his beloved servant, Odessa H. Darden to eternal rest. Odessa was born on July 17, 1927 to the late Charlie and Mamie Hamlin in Leaksville, NC. She was the third of six children. She was predeceased by her siblings: Beatrice Anthony, Claudius Hamlin, Vessie Jones, Yvonne Minor and Catherine Williams; daughter, Veronica "Ronnie" Freeman and son-in-law, Nathaniel "Bobby" Freeman. After relocating to Norfolk, VA with her...

"Aubrey S. Salley Jr., age 41, born February 19th, 1978, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 11th, 2020 at home. He was a graduate of Warwick High School of 1996. Aubrey was a hard worker with a beautiful heart and kind spirit. He is survived by his mother Victoria Redcross, Stepfather Maxwell Redcross, Father Aubrey Salley Sr., Stepmother Ursula Salley, his son Aubrey McKinely Spence, Step-daughter Zariah Spence, His sister Monique Redcross, Step-sister Ashley Adams and many...

Doris L. Pope passed away quietly on January 9, 2020 with family by her side. She was born on December 17, 1937 in Norfolk, VA to the late Floyd and Ruth Pope.  She was the eldest of 7 children. She was an employee of McDonalds on the Navy Base in Norfolk for over 30 years.  She is predeceased by both parents, predeceased by brothers, Leslie, George, Glenn and James Pope, sister Audrey Pope and son Curtis Edmonds. She attended Norfolk Public Schools and...

Baby William Andretti McLellan was born on November 5, 2019 in Norfolk, Va. At the time of his birth only God could know the number of lives he would touch, the effect he would have on those lives or the number of hearts that would break when He called him to rest on December 22, 2019. William leaves to cherish his memory his parents, Cherish Cox and William McLellan, maternal Grandparents, Marvin and Erica Cox, paternal Grandmother, Sheryl Boone, Grandfather, William McLellan and...