NEWPORT NEWS - On January 10, 2022 God welcomed our mother Marsha Woolard into heaven. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years Kenneth Ray Woolard, Sr. Marsha Sloate Woolard was born in Port Arthur, Texas in 1936 to her parents Lawrence Edwin and Ethel Marie Sloate. She retired as a banker from Wachovia which is now Wells Fargo.

She survived by one son Kenneth "Kenny" Woolard, Jr.; one daughter Irene A. Dethlefs (Mike); four grandchildren, Robert David Allen (Cassandra), Marsha Marie Emerson (David) Ashley D. Shanks (Jonathan), and Kristin Dethlefs; one great-grandchild Sebastian Dethlefs; one brother Ed Sloate; one brother-in-law Lorenzo "Taby" Woolard (Marilyn); two sisters-in-law, Betty "Puggy" Woolard, and Sandra Woolard; nieces and nephews, Tyna Sloate, Larry Sloate (Angie), Rhonda Sentra, Allyson Woolard Clem, Timmy Ballance, Dennis Ballance, Amy Walker, Cindy Gauldin and Terry Wash Taylor; as well as other nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews; and her loving dog, Ginger. She was preceded in death by her brother Kermit Sloate; her brother-in-law Wade Woolard; and her sister-in-law Evelyn Woolard.

The family would like to extend a heart full of gratitude to Riverside Regional Medical Center for the care of our mother.

W. J. Smith & Son Funeral Home is providing the arrangements for Momma. A graveside service will be held at 11 AM on Saturday, January 15, 2022 at Peninsula Memorial Park.

My Brother Kenny and I would like to thank you for the love we have shared together as family and friends.

When this pandemic is over we will celebrate Momma's life at our home in Yorktown in a grand old Hawaii tradition. Until then Aloha to you Momma we will see you again in Heaven.