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Joyce George

January 30, 1926 — July 3, 2022

Colonial Heights

Joyce Phillips George, age 96, of Colonial Heights, Virginia, died Sunday, July 3, 2022. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, Samuel Walter George Jr.; parents, Joseph Benjamin Phillips and Ruth Jackson Phillips; and a sister, Jacqueline Phillips Allen.

She is survived by her two sons, David Walter George and Mark Joseph George of Virginia Beach, Virginia; grandson, Michael David George and wife, Angel Harper George; two great-granddaughters, Charlotte Avalon and Cailey Joyce George of Colonial Heights, Virginia; grandsons, Edward Walter George and David Walter George Jr. of Charlotte, NC; and several nieces, nephews, and other extended family members.

She was raised in Colonial Heights and graduated from Petersburg High School and Mary Washington College. She was a member of the Methodist Wesley Foundation and Victory Chorus. She was also a member of Highland United Methodist Church where she sang in the choir for many years, was a member of the United Methodist Women and the Sunshine Bible Sunday School Class, a member of United Daughters of the Confederacy Petersburg Chapter #155,  where she served as president for seventeen years, a member of the Ladies Memorial Association of Petersburg, president for five years, the Blandford Cemetery Foundation, and the Colonial Heights Historical Society.

A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2022, at the Colonial Heights Chapel of the E. Alvin Small Funeral Homes & Crematory, 2033 Boulevard Colonial Heights, Virginia 23834. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, July 8, 2022, at the funeral home. Interment will be private. Condolences may be registered at www.ealvinsmall.com.

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Friday, July 8, 2022

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