Jeys, Carol Jean

Carol Jean Jeys, 68, of the Trigg community near Pearisburg went to be with the Lord on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at her home. She was born January 16, 1947 in Norfolk, Va., the daughter of the late Andrew Paul and Hazel Beatrice Stafford Higginbotham. She was a member of Riverview Baptist Church and the queen of the Luscious Red Hatters.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Kirk Douglas Jeys, Sr.Left to cherish her memory is her son and daughter-in-law, Kirk Jr. and Christina Jeys, of Chesapeake; her daughters and sons-in-law, Anita and Harold Taylor, of Chesapeake, and Shannon Bates and fiancé Bobby Quesenberry, of Pearisburg; 11 grandchildren, Ashley, Stephanie, Brittany, Michael, D.J., Summer, Joshua, Jacob, Robbie, Tyler and Anthony; one great-granddaughter, Hanna; a brother and sister-in-law, Jimmy and Kathleen Higginbotham, of Narrows; and one sister, Sherry Higginbotham, of North Carolina.

Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, October 26, 2015 at Magnolia Meadows Cemetery, 559 Springdale Rd, Trigg, with Bishop Sam Chupp and the Rev. Shaun Wilburn officiating. The family will receive friends at A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate, on Sunday, October 25, 2015 from 5 to 7 p.m.

The Jeys family is in the care of A. Vest & Sons Funeral Home, White Gate, avestandsons.com, 540-921-2985.