Nora Fowlkes Wise, 92, Former Northampton High Teacher

January 4, 2013

Nora Fowlkes Wise, 92, wife of the late Harold Chester Wise, Jr., and a resident of Richmond, formerly of Cheriton, passed away Friday, January 4, at her residence.

The funeral will be 11 a.m. Monday, January 7, at Cheriton Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Charles Peterson officiating. Interment will follow in Cape Charles Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, c/o Tom E. Rienerth, 12 King Street, Onancock, VA 23417.

A native of South Hill, Mrs. Wise was the daughter of the late Henry Lee Fowlkes and the late Rosa Glass Fowlkes. She graduated from Madison College. Prior to retiring from Bank of America, she was a teacher at Northampton High School. She was a member of Cheriton Baptist Church and First Baptist Church of Richmond, a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Ye Accawmacke Garden Club.

Mrs. Wise is survived by a son, Harold “Pat” Chester Wise, III, and his wife, Vicki, of Eastville, two daughters, Elizabeth W. Newhall and her husband, Jim, of Hilton Head Island, SC, and Virginia W. Bell and her husband, David, of Troutville, and a sister, Barbara Copley of Richmond; five grandchildren, Allie Jett and her husband Patrick, Wesley Jett, Jason Bell and his wife Sarah Katherine, Suzanne Bell, and Courtney Wise; four great-grandchildren, Emmaline Bell, Landrie Bell, Emory Bell and Madison Wagner.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.doughtyfuneralhome.com.

Arrangements were made by Wilkins-Doughty Funeral Home in Cape Charles.