Peggy Sheets

Wakefield, Virginia
Peggy Oâ??Neal Sheets, 64, a resident of Rocky Hock Rd., Wakefield, was lifted from her battle with cancer on Tuesday, August 14, 2007. Born in Bladen County, North Carolina she was the daughter of the late Robert Haywood, Jr. and Georgia Thompson Haywood. Peggy was a homemaker. She was predeceased by her husband, William McKinley
Sheets, Jr. According to their children, Mom and Dad were like â??salt and pepperâ?, completely different, but always together. They were born on the same day one year apart, and died on the same day eight years apart.
She is survived by her daughter, Terry Sue Fanney and her husband, Norm, of Wakefield; two sons, Robert William Sheets and his wife, Teresa, of Hampton, and Edward Sheets of Wakefield; grandchildren, Briana and her husband, Ray, Cody, Marisa, Joseph, Jessica, and Emily; and one great-grandchild, April; two brothers, Tommie Haywood and Bobby Haywood, and several nieces and nephews. She was also predeceased by a sister, Queen Ester Benoche, and a brother, James Allen Haywood.
Funeral services will be held Friday, August 17, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. in the Purviance Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, with the Rev. Jim Jones officiating. Interment will follow in the Sheets Family Cemetery, Wakefield. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, Petersburg Unit, 1117 Fort Hayes Drive, Petersburg, VA 23805. J. Brian Carroll with the Purviance Chapel assisted the family with arrangements. Condolences may be posted on our website at www.jtmorriss.com .