Edythe Spruill

Edythe B. Spruill Edythe B. Spruill 96 passed away Friday November 29, 2013 at the Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was born April 6, 1917 in Wakefield, Virginia to the late Richard Henry Benson and the Ada King Benson, and was preceded in death by her husband William D. Spruill. She was a former resident of Dendron, Virginia for many years but made her home in Colonial Heights for the past 10 years. Mrs. Spruill was a member of Dendron United Methodist Church where she served faithfully in the United Methodist Women's Society. She loved reading, working with flowers and was talented in sewing and crafts. She is survived by two sons William D. Spruill Jr., and wife Beverly, David B. Spruill and wife Janet, daughter Ellen S. Watko and husband Alfred, grandchildren Todd and wife Angie, Craig and wife Ashlee, Troy, Lynley, and Emilie Spruill, Eric Watko, and great grandchildren Dylan, Taylor, Jansen, Grayson, Raegan Spruill She is also survived by her dear nieces and nephews. The family wishes to thank her home caregiver Angelina Sills, the Colonial Heights Health Care Center, and Dr. Michael Cohen and Kim Hall of the Crater Community Hospice for the loving care she received. A funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Wednesday December 4, 2013 in the Colonial Heights Chapel of E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes and Crematory 2033 Boulevard with the Reverend Ray Rowland officiating. Interment will follow in Blandford Cemetery Petersburg, Virginia. The family will receive friends Tuesday December 3, 2013 from 7:00-8:30 p.m. at the funeral home. Flowers are welcome or contributions may be made to Dendron United Methodist Church P.O. Box 118 Surry, Virginia 23883 or to Crater Community Hospice 3916 S. Crater Road Petersburg, Virginia 23805. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.