Mildred Chandler Rakes Ellicott, 98, passed away on November 8, 2019. She was born in Draper, North Carolina and was a resident of Hampton. Mildred was a self-employed hairdresser for 30+ years. She was a member of Tidewater Primitive Baptist Church, in Norfolk.
Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus and Princella Chandler; husbands, Charles E. Rakes (1972) and Charles B. Ellicott (1991); siblings, Kathleen Edwards, Edith Spain, and Clayton and Earl Chandler; and grandson, Corey Midkiff. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Rakes Midkiff; son, Curtis E. Rakes; grandchildren, Jay (Susanne), Michael (Valarie) and Christopher Rakes, Jared Midkiff (Sarah), and Taralyn Rowe (Eric); great-grandchildren, Shawn and Steven Rakes, and Madilyn and Emily Rowe; numerous nieces and nephews; and brother, Eugene Chandler of Danville, VA.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 at Peninsula Funeral Home. A funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Parklawn Memorial Park.
Published in Daily Press on Nov. 13, 2019
Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus and Princella Chandler; husbands, Charles E. Rakes (1972) and Charles B. Ellicott (1991); siblings, Kathleen Edwards, Edith Spain, and Clayton and Earl Chandler; and grandson, Corey Midkiff. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Rakes Midkiff; son, Curtis E. Rakes; grandchildren, Jay (Susanne), Michael (Valarie) and Christopher Rakes, Jared Midkiff (Sarah), and Taralyn Rowe (Eric); great-grandchildren, Shawn and Steven Rakes, and Madilyn and Emily Rowe; numerous nieces and nephews; and brother, Eugene Chandler of Danville, VA.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 at Peninsula Funeral Home. A funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Parklawn Memorial Park.
Published in Daily Press on Nov. 13, 2019
Mildred Chandler Rakes Ellicott, 98, passed away on November 8, 2019. She was born in Draper, North Carolina and was a resident of Hampton. Mildred was a self-employed hairdresser for 30+ years. She was a member of Tidewater Primitive Baptist Church, in Norfolk.
Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus and Princella Chandler; husbands, Charles E. Rakes (1972) and Charles B. Ellicott (1991); siblings, Kathleen Edwards, Edith Spain, and Clayton and Earl Chandler; and grandson, Corey Midkiff. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Rakes Midkiff; son, Curtis E. Rakes; grandchildren, Jay (Susanne), Michael (Valarie) and Christopher Rakes, Jared Midkiff (Sarah), and Taralyn Rowe (Eric); great-grandchildren, Shawn and Steven Rakes, and Madilyn and Emily Rowe; numerous nieces and nephews; and brother, Eugene Chandler of Danville, VA.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 at Peninsula Funeral Home. A funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Parklawn Memorial Park.
Published in Daily Press on Nov. 13, 2019
Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, Rufus and Princella Chandler; husbands, Charles E. Rakes (1972) and Charles B. Ellicott (1991); siblings, Kathleen Edwards, Edith Spain, and Clayton and Earl Chandler; and grandson, Corey Midkiff. She is survived by her daughter, Sandra Rakes Midkiff; son, Curtis E. Rakes; grandchildren, Jay (Susanne), Michael (Valarie) and Christopher Rakes, Jared Midkiff (Sarah), and Taralyn Rowe (Eric); great-grandchildren, Shawn and Steven Rakes, and Madilyn and Emily Rowe; numerous nieces and nephews; and brother, Eugene Chandler of Danville, VA.
The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 15, 2019 at Peninsula Funeral Home. A funeral service will begin at 2:00 p.m. at the funeral home with interment to follow at Parklawn Memorial Park.
Published in Daily Press on Nov. 13, 2019
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