Marie Mayfield

Published 10:27 pm Friday, February 25, 2011

February 22, 2011

Marie Mayfield, 82, of 4216 Pughsville Road, Suffolk, Va., died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011 at Maryview Hospital, Portsmouth, Va. She was a native of Nash County, N.C., and the daughter of the late Leroy Jones and Pearl Wright. She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Mayfield.

Marie Mayfield

She was employed as a bus driver for Suffolk Public Schools. She was a member of Poplar Run Baptist Church and its senior choir.

She is survived by two stepdaughters, Adell Peoples (William), of Suffolk, and Jo Ann White (James), of Chesapeake, Va.; four stepsons, Hermon Mayfield (Cornelia), Donald Mayfield (Marcell), Keith Mayfield, all of Suffolk, and Kevin Mayfield (Judy), of Chesapeake; one sister, Helen Knight, of Richmond, Va.; two brothers, Calvin Evans, of Portsmouth, Va., and Atren Evans, of Richmond, Va.; devoted nephews, Garry Evins (Lynda), Terry Evins, both of Suffolk; grandson, Cris Peoples; and a host of other relatives and friends.

A funeral service will be held at noon Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 at Poplar Run Baptist Church, officiated by the Rev. James Williams. Interment will be in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011 from 7 to 8 p.m. at Crocker Funeral Home. Condolences may be extended to the family at www.crockerfuneralhome.com.