Virginia Brooks

Sugar Grove, Va.

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.

To share memories of Virginia Brooks, please visit www.seaverbrown.com. Care for Virginia’s family has been entrusted to Seaver-Brown Funeral Service & Crematory, 237 East Main Street, Marion, Va. 24354.