Virginia Leigh Russell Corbett, 95, born April 14, 1924, in Parksley to the late Dorothy Aileen Langford and Edward W. Russell Sr., passed away Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019.
Virginia graduated from Parksley High School and Newport News Business College. She retired from the Virginia State ABC Board as an executive secretary after 30 years of service.
She was a member of the Warwick Chapter No. 43 Order of the Eastern Star and Newport News Women’s Club. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church since 1961, the VIPs, Joy Sunday School Class and the Women’s Missionary Union.
Virginia was married for 60 years to Hobert Joseph Corbett, who died in April 2008.
Survivors include her sons, Edward Joseph Corbett of Hampton and William Hobert Corbett (Amy) of Yorktown; and grandsons, Ryan Corbett, Reid Corbett, Brent Corbett and Patrick Corbett.
All family and friends of Virginia are invited to her visitation, celebration of life and interment. The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 4, at Peninsula Funeral Home. A celebration of life will follow at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Wes Taylor officiating. Interment will be held in Peninsula Memorial Park with a committal service at the mausoleum immediately after the celebration of life.
Having been a member of Temple Baptist Church for more than 50 years, the family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Faith of the Future, 235 Harpersville Road, Newport News, VA 23601.
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