Vernell Tonkins Butts Obituary
We are sad to announce that on February 23, 2024, at the age of 86, Vernell Tonkins Butts of Wakefield, Virginia passed away. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
She was predeceased by: her parents, Willie Eddie and Martha Hamlin Tonkins of Wakefield, VA; her siblings, Willie "Punch" Tonkins, James "Gene" Tonkins, Sr., John "Wallace" Tonkins, Ralph Tonkins, Wilbert "Coy" Tonkins, Doris Hamlin, Josephine Gray, Gladys Debnam, Ruth Jones and Willie Ann "Honey" McBryde; and her husband Deacon James H. Butts, Sr..
She is survived by: her grandchildren, Donald "Chris" Watkins, Jr. (Shirlwin) of Chesapeake, VA, Daphne "Charlene" Watkins Jacobs (Paul) of Ann Arbor, MI, James "JayJay" H. Butts, III of Norfolk, VA, Jordyn, Jaxon Watkins of Chesapeake, VA, Quinn, Clayton Jacobs of Ann Arbor, MI and Sherena Wilford of Carrollton, VA; her brother-in-law Wayman "Anthony" Jones of Hampton, VA; her close friend Elizabeth Bailey Ricks of Petersburg, VA; her cousin Virginia Davis; and her friends, Juanita Scott of Lawrenceville, GA, Willie Mae Warren of Ivor, VA, Louise Harris of Suffolk, VA, Betty Ricks of Smithfield, VA, Elnora Welch of Hampton, VA, Barbara "Bobbie Jane" Hill of Wakefield, VA and Mary Sheppard. She is also survived by Great Nieces, Great Nephews, Cousins.
