Virginia Merlie Harrison Spivey

Virginia Merlie Harrison Spivey Passed away Sunday, July 12, 2015 at the age of 102. The daughter of the late Thomas H. Harrison, Sr. and Hazel Lucille Creamer Harrison, she was born in Norfolk, Virginia, but was raised at Jackson-Field Episcopal Home for Girls and was the oldest alumni at her death. She was preceded in death by her husband, Emerson Leo Spivey, Sr. and sisters, Bertha Harrison Self, Edith Christine Wheeler and a brother, Thomas Harrison. She is survived by sons, Thomas Patrick Spivey of Emporia and Emerson Leo Spivey, Jr. and wife Olive of Greensboro, NC; two grandchildren, Andrew Gary Spivey and wife, Lisa of Huntersville, NC and Doeserena Spivey of Greensboro, NC; five great-grandchildren, Tanner Lee Cochran, Nikki Cochran, both of Richmond and Taylor Andrew Spivey, Clayton Andrew Spivey and McKenzie Lauren Spivey, all of Huntersville, NC. The funeral service will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, July 16 at Victory Fellowship Church (the former Christ Episcopal Church of which she had been a member for eighty years and was the oldest member), 200 South Main St, Emporia, Virginia. Interment will follow at Emporia Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggest memorial contributions be made to a favorite charity.