HAMPTON — Ellen Virginia “Ginger” Sanford, 64, of Hampton, Virginia, died at her home March 20, 2022. She was born June 6, 1957 in Haywood County, North Carolina, the youngest daughter of Dallie Howard Martin Eldreth, Sr. and Laura F. Eldreth. She had a deep love of animals, especially her cats and pugs. She performed multiple occupations over her life to include cake decorating, waitressing, bookkeeping, and as a beloved employee of the original Buckroe Beach Fishing Pier until its demise in 2003.
Surviving in addition to her husband, Robert M. Sanford, are her daughters, Renee and Veronica, her son, Michael, her grandchildren, Joshua, Ainslei, Hayden, Rayne, and Draven, two great grandchildren Emberleigh and Paislynn, one sister, Donna Leach, as well as many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Norma J. Woody, and a brother, Dallie Howard Martin Eldreth, Jr.
Ginger requested that her cremains be returned in a private service to the Great Smokey Mountains that she called home in the event of her death. Instead of flowers, the family requests that you please do an unexpected and unsolicited act of kindness in her memory. Altmeyer Funeral Home-Riverside Chapel, 7415 River Rd., Newport News, VA 23607 is assisting with the arrangements.
