Hampton City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rich, Adron Lee June 11, 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Faye Satterthwaite f.e.satterthwaite@cox.net June 17, 2007, 1:08 pm Daily Press, Newport News, VA June 13, 2007 Hampton - Adron Lee "Ham" Rich, 65, went to be with the Lord peacefully at home on June 11, 2007, after battling esophageal cancer. He was born in Hampton, VA. He retired from the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company after 44 years. He attended First Friends Church in Hampton. Ham was voted Greatest Crabber Fan in 2005, and loved Bluegrass festivals. Ham loved his family, and was the best husband, father, PaPa, and brother there was. Ham Rich was preceded in death by his son, Alan Rich, his parents, Adron and Viola Rich, and his sister, Ida Mae Bentall. He leaves to cherish his memoris his loving wife of 45 years, Sondra "Annie" Rich; his children, Debbie and Randall Gannon, Steve and Sherry Rich, Cathy and Michael Crowther; his sisters, Doris Rich, Frankie Shye, and Judy Frye; his beloved grandchildren, Amy, Brandon, Holly, Chelsea, Miranda, Alana, and his little man Beau; and great-grandchildren Adrianna and Preston. A celebration of life service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 15, at Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home, 2551 N. Armistead Ave., Hampton, followed by burial in Parklawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Friends are encouraged to visit www.mem.com to share memmories and words of comfort with the family. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/hampton/obits/r/rich22gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb