Individual Details
Virginia Belle McCarter
(21 Feb 1925 - 29 Feb 2020)
Virginia Brooks, age 95, passed away Saturday, February 29, 2020 at her home.
Virginia was a kind and loving lady. She enjoyed spending time in her garden, quilting, canning and making homemade wine. Mrs. Brooks loved her family – she enjoyed having everyone together to eat her good cooking. Speaking of cooking, she fed thousands of children through the years as in the Sugar Grove Cafeteria. Virginia’s gentle way will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Julian Paul Brooks; daughter, Phyllis Ann Mitchell; parents, Roy and Virgie McCarter; and several siblings.
Virginia is survived by her daughters, Bobbie Hollins and husband, Sparky of Chester, Va., Charlotte Osborne and husband, Ken of Marion, Va.; son, Rodney Brooks and wife, Susan of Sugar Grove, Va.; brother, Randolph Foster of Havre de Grace, Md.; eight grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at 11 a.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel with Pastor Ronnie Blevins officiating. Burial will follow in Slemp Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, March 3, 2020 from 6 until 8 p.m. at Seaver-Brown Chapel.
Events
| Birth | 21 Feb 1925 | Sugar Grove, Smyth, Virginia |  | ||
| Residence | 1935 | Saint Clair Bottom, Smyth, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 1940 | Saint Clair Bottom, Smyth, Virginia | | ||
| Marriage | 11 Feb 1944 | Smyth County, Virginia - Julian Paul Brooks | | ||
| Death | 29 Feb 2020 | Sugar Grove, Smyth, Virginia | | ||
| Burial | Sugar Grove, Smyth, Virginia | |
Families
| Spouse | Julian Paul Brooks (1925 - 2002) |
| Child | Barbara "Bobbie" Brooks |
| Child | Phyllis Ann Brooks |
| Child | Charlotte Lou Brooks |
| Child | Rodney Dirk Brooks |
| Father | Roy Clay McCarter ( - ) |
| Mother | Virginia Belle "Virgie" McCarter (1908 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Blaine Burke McCarter (1927 - 2012) |
| Sibling | Bernard Roy McCarter (1931 - 1999) |
| Sibling | Betty Jean McCarter (1935 - 1990) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia.
2. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Birth Records, 1912-2014, Delayed Birth Records, 1854-1911 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015).
3. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: St Clair, Smyth, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04295; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 87-19.
4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
5. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: St Clair, Smyth, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04295; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 87-19.
6. Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012), Year: 1940; Census Place: St Clair, Smyth, Virginia; Roll: m-t0627-04295; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 87-19.
7. Ancestry.com, Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015), Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia.
8. , Obituary (N.p.: n.p., n.d.).
9. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).
10. Ancestry.com, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).