Obituary for Fannie Irene Kinsey
Fannie Irene Kinsey was the youngest of three children born to Benjamin and Mildred "Odessa" Williams on December 27, 1933 in Jones County, North Carolina. Irene was a resident of the Eastern Shore until she moved to Petersburg, Virginia in January of 2009. She lived with her daughter, Barbara, and son-in-law, Lloyd, until her demise on Sunday morning, July 10, 2022.
Irene graduated from Trenton High School in Trenton, North Carolina. On December 26, 1951, she married James Hoover Kinsey. She worked as a barber along with her husband and son, Robert, as well as being a school bus driver and a teacher's aide in the Accomack County Public School System.
The Kinsey family were members of Metompkin Baptist Church until her husband, Hoover, became pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Temperanceville, Virginia. She later returned to Metompkin Baptist Church and became a Deaconess and sang with the Senior Choir. Irene had a group of close friends at church who would get together after service on most Sundays to go out to eat. Her children named this group of women "The Golden Girls." Those beautiful ladies included: Josephine Fosque, Mabel White, Julia Beckett, and Helen Core.
Irene was preceded in death by both parents; her husband, Hoover; brother, Woodrow Williams; great-grandson, Ian Kinsey; and son, Wesley.
She leaves to cherish her memories: one sister, Nora Hooker; one sister-in-law, Ernestine Purnell; one daughter, Barbara (Lloyd); one son, Robert (Rebecca); seven grandchildren, Jennifer Kinsey, Troy Giddens, Robbie Kinsey, Ashley Kinsey, Shante Blake, Bryan (Chiquita) Dickerson, and Marquice Johnson; and eleven great-grandchildren. Irene had lived in Petersburg long enough to acquire new friends, namely, Lynne Johnson, Felita Tucker, Beverley Coleman, Ann Howell, Christine Mack, and her health aides, Faye Perry, Tabetha Holmes, Regenia Clanton-Crawford and Christina Holmes.
Lovingly and sorrowfully submitted,
The Family
Irene graduated from Trenton High School in Trenton, North Carolina. On December 26, 1951, she married James Hoover Kinsey. She worked as a barber along with her husband and son, Robert, as well as being a school bus driver and a teacher's aide in the Accomack County Public School System.
The Kinsey family were members of Metompkin Baptist Church until her husband, Hoover, became pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Temperanceville, Virginia. She later returned to Metompkin Baptist Church and became a Deaconess and sang with the Senior Choir. Irene had a group of close friends at church who would get together after service on most Sundays to go out to eat. Her children named this group of women "The Golden Girls." Those beautiful ladies included: Josephine Fosque, Mabel White, Julia Beckett, and Helen Core.
Irene was preceded in death by both parents; her husband, Hoover; brother, Woodrow Williams; great-grandson, Ian Kinsey; and son, Wesley.
She leaves to cherish her memories: one sister, Nora Hooker; one sister-in-law, Ernestine Purnell; one daughter, Barbara (Lloyd); one son, Robert (Rebecca); seven grandchildren, Jennifer Kinsey, Troy Giddens, Robbie Kinsey, Ashley Kinsey, Shante Blake, Bryan (Chiquita) Dickerson, and Marquice Johnson; and eleven great-grandchildren. Irene had lived in Petersburg long enough to acquire new friends, namely, Lynne Johnson, Felita Tucker, Beverley Coleman, Ann Howell, Christine Mack, and her health aides, Faye Perry, Tabetha Holmes, Regenia Clanton-Crawford and Christina Holmes.
Lovingly and sorrowfully submitted,
The Family