We are sad to announce that on October 19, 2021, at the age of 84, Geneva Sykes Boone (Portsmouth, Virginia) passed away. Family and friends are welcome to send flowers or leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, John Sykes and Ellen Sykes; and her siblings, James "Tom" Sykes, Herbert "Dean" Sykes, Myles Sykes, Mabel Sykes Spears of Virginia and Bernice Williams.

She is survived by : her sibling Christian; her husband Haywood; her children, JoAnn Hampton (Kevin) of Tyler, TX, Vanessa Boone, Dorothy Marie Boone of Portsmouth, VA and Robert Augustus Boone of Baltimore, MD; her grandchildren, Larry D. Boone, Constance D. Hampton-Potts (Robert), Miles Avery Hampton, Shanell N. Boone, Kirstin E. Boone and Robert A. Boone II; her sister Susanna Sykes-Bremby; her brother-in-law Richard Williams; and her close friend Jacqueline Morton.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Fisher Funeral Home