Mrs. Fannie Irene Kinsey, 88, of Petersburg, Va., formerly of the Shore, departed this life Sunday, July 10, 2022, at her daughter Barbara’s house in Petersburg.
Irene graduated from Trenton High School in Trenton, N.C. On Dec. 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.
Funeral services were held Saturday, July 16, 2022, at the chapel of Cooper & Humbles Funeral Co., Accomac, with the Rev. Ricardo Poulson Sr. officiating. Interment was in the Wharton Cemetery, Parksley.
She leaves to cherish her memories: one sister, Nora Hooker; one sister-in-law, Ernestine Purnell; one daughter, Barbara; one son, Robert; seven grandchildren; and 11 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.
Arrangements were by the Cooper & Humbles Funeral Co., Accomac.