Funeral services were held on Friday, January 20, 2023, at Memory Chapel of Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary, with a burial following at Mt. Hope Cemetery. Final arrangements were entrusted to Anderson Ragsdale Mortuary.
Virginia Ann Stovall was born March 12, 1945, in Los Angeles, California to the late William Monroe Bowden and MaryAnn Surano. The family later moved to Chicago, Illinois.
Virginia graduated from Francis Parkman Elementary and Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable High School in Chicago, Illinois. Virginia married her high school sweetheart, Vincent Llewellyn Chappelle, in 1963. The two were married for 10 years and from this union were born Victor William Chappelle and Desiree Ann Smith.
Virginia worked at Collins Certified Grocery store for 35 years. Later, she met and married James Stovall in 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, and moved the family to San Diego, California.
Virginia later moved to the beautiful island of Hawaii where she worked at Fort Shafter Exchange. Virginia attended Christ Temple Apostolic Church and was baptized in the name of Jesus under Elder John Hammond.
On Sunday, January 8, 2023, Virginia Ann Stovall, beloved sister, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother transitioned.
Virginia will be dearly missed by her children, family and friends: Victor Wm. (Kimberly) Chappelle, Desiree Ann (Dwayne) Smith; bonus daughter Dionnia K. Johnson (Dee Dee); grandchildren Victor Samson Chappelle, Micaela Capri Chappelle, Derek X. Bell, Chanel A. Smith, and Andrew K. Johnson; great-grandchildren Caleb Jones and Cayla Rodriguez; devoted sister Charme Y. Pickens; later-discovered four more siblings (Ancestory.com) Catherine Furlow, Nikie Slepwick, MaryBeth Lewis, and John Anthony; nephews Claude A. Pickens and Luis A. Pickens; great-niece Haley Y. Pickens; great-nephews Myles L. Pickens and Kendall A. Pickens; and a host of cousins, extended family, and friends.
Virginia treasured her special friends Jill McIntosh (San Diego, CA) and Jamie Silva (Honolulu, Hawaii).
