Etta Mae Everett departed this life on November 26, 2023, at her home in Newport News, VA. Etta Mae was born on March 18, 1949, in Rockingham, NC to the late J D Everett and the late Etta B. Everett. She graduated from Lee Street High School and was an excellent basketball player. She did training in the Job Corps and then enlisted in the US Army where she served for 11 years (1970-1981) as a chief.

Etta was a member of Northhampton Christian Church where she enjoyed the food bank and attending Sunday school. She loved cooking for others and making people smile. She also enjoyed family and friends, fishing, bowling, and traveling.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband John Lindsey; siblings, Buelah Cotman, Maggie Robinson, Dorothy Little, Pauline Robinson, and Charles Green. She leaves to cherish her memories; a daughter: Lindella Jones of home; sister Gladys Fletcher of Hamlet, NC; brother David McBride of Northeastern Columbus, Mississippi; aunts, Beatrice Matis and (Dan), Shirley Ellerbe (Leonard) of Rockingham NC;a SPECIAL Nephew Matthew Little (Charlene) of Suffolk; and hosts of neces and friends.

Visitation will be from 5:30 to 6:30 PM Friday, December 1, 2023 at W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home.  A funeral service with military honors will be at 11 AM Saturday, December 2, 2023 at Northampton Christian Church, 1409 Todds Lane, Hampton, VA. Burial will be on Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 3 PM at Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, VA.