Willie Norfleet

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Willie O’Neal Norfleet, 58, of 1161 Nansemond Parkway, Lot 115, Suffolk, died Saturday, April 18, 2009 at his residence. He was a native of the Holland section of Suffolk and the son of the late Leroy and Flossie Doris Warren Norfleet. He was also predeceased by his brother, Leroy Norfleet Jr.
He retired as a policeman at the Naval Base in Norfolk due to illness. He also worked with the Fish Window Cleaning business. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, Suffolk.
He leaves to cherish his memory his wife, Sabrina Norfleet; two daughters, Jada Norfleet and Mia Norfleet, both of Suffolk; one son, Reginald Norfleet, of Franklin, Va.; one grandchild, Siniyah Norfleet; five sisters, Evelyn Griggs, of Virginia Beach, Margaret McGriff, of New Jersey, Betty Jean Norfleet, of Baltimore, Md., Florine (John) Yarborough, of Virginia Beach and Edna Walden (Kenneth), of Suffolk; his mother-in-law, Margaret Newby; sisters-in-law, Judy Wiggins, Margaret Newby, Vicky Newby Howell; brothers-in-law, Floyd Newby Jr., Don Newby, John Newby, Charles Newby and Vinson Newby (Barbara); aunts, Lucille Perkins, of Petersburg, Va., and Dale Norfleet, of Franklin; and a host of nieces, nephews, great-nieces, great-nephews, other relatives and many friends.
A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, April 24, 2009 at Mount Sinai Baptist Church officiated by the Rev. Dr. Joseph Goode, pastor. Interment will be in Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery. Crocker Funeral Home, Inc. is handling the arrangements. Condolences may be extended to the family at www.crockerfuneralhome.com.