Libbie Moeszell Ware Obituary
CHESAPEAKE- LIBBIE M. WARE RECEIVED HER WINGS ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2021. SHE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 13, 1933 IN NORFOLK COUNTY, VIRGINIA TO LEARY SR. AND LIBBIE WILKINS. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN NORFOLK COUNTY.
SHE JOINED DIVINE BAPTIST CHURCH AT A YOUNG AGE. HER FATHER WAS THE ORGANIST AND TAUGHT HER HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO. STARTING AT THE AGE OF 12 SHE WOULD FILL IN FOR HER FATHER WHEN HE WAS UNABLE TO PLAY. SHE LATER BECAME A MEMBER OF MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH AND SERVED AS ORGANIST FOR 55 YEARS. SHE ALSO PLAYED AT OTHER CHURCHES IN THE AREA WHEN NEEDED. PLAYING THE PIANO WAS A PASSION SHE HAD IN HER HEART AND LOVED TO SERVE GOD. SHE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HER BEAUTIFUL VOICE AND SONGS SHE SUNG.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON HUDGINS DILLARD, JR, AND DAUGHTER LIBBIE T. PARKER. SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORY, DAUGHTER PATRICIA D. ROUNTREE (LAWRENCE); SONS, CHARLES B. DILLARD, DAVID S. WARE, AND DR. RANDALL M. CUFFEE; GRANDCHILDREN, MENEKE ROUNTREE, LATOYA SORRELL (TONY), JAYLIN WARE, JAREL WARE, TARIQ PARKER, AND RAYQUAN WARE; GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, LYTIA SORRELL, KESHAUN ROUNTREE, AND JADA SORRELL; NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND MANY MORE WHO LOVED AND CHERISHED HER.
A HOMEGOING CELEBRATION WILL BE HELD 11AM THURSDAY; NOVEMBER 11, 2021 AT MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH; 1705 SHIPYARD RD; CHESAPEAKE, VA 23323. VIEWING WILL BE FROM 4-6PM WEDNESDAY. BURIAL WILL BE IN GREENLAWN MEMORIAL GARDENS. MASK ARE REQUIRED FOR VIEWING AND FUNERAL SERVICE.
November 4, 2021
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