Gene Leys

Gene Wilkinson Marshall Leys, 86, of Colonial Heights, passed away on Friday, April, 2, 2010 at Colonial Heights Health Care Center. She was the daughter of the late Homer F. and Mary "Mamie" Sutherland Wilkinson. Mrs. Leys was preceded in death by her husband, George "Scotchie" Campbell Leys, and her first husband, Howard Edward Marshall Jr. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Petersburg. She is survived by her children, Flora Gene Marshall Perkinson and husband, Joseph Daniel Perkinson of Colonial Heights, Benjamin Scott Marshall and wife, Pamela Cheyne Marshall of Richmond, and Mary Elizabeth Marshall of Colonial Heights; seven grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Marjorie Johnson of Richmond. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, April 6, 2010 in the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard with Dr. Dan Hale officiating. Interment will follow in Blandford Cemetery, Petersburg. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:00 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Flowers are welcome or contributions may be made to a charity of your choice.