Conrad, Alma

Waverly, Virginia
Alma “Sis” Jennings Conrad, 93, passed away Wednesday, February 6, 2008. Born in Sussex County she was the daughter of the late James W. Jennings and Annie Lee Belle Harrison Jennings. She was the wife of the late Alfred Eugene Conrad. She was the oldest member of Newville Baptist Church where she served as Youth Sunday School teacher and a member of WMU. A devoted wife, mother, and grandmother, she loved gardening, raking leaves, sewing, and feeding her family on Sundays.
She is survived by two daughters, Betty Harrell and husband, Wayne M.; and Doris Auton and husband, Ronald E.; four grandchildren, Ken W. Harrell and wife, Jeannie; Janet H. Monahan and husband, Kevin; Angie A. Cochran and husband, Hank; Jeffrey E. Auton and wife, Denise; nine great-grandchildren; a sister, Emma J. Wilson of Dinwiddie; two sister-in-laws; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by sisters, Ruby Drewery, Sarah Corl, Dorothy Jennings, Mary Jennings, Mabel Jennings, and brothers, Paul Jennings, Linwood Jennings, Louis Jennings, Frank Jennings, Ernest Jennings, Edgar Jennings, and Percy Jennings.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, February 9, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at the Purviance Chapel of J. T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home, Wakefield, with Pastor Randy Hawkins of Newville Baptist Church and Pastor Joy Heaton of Waverly Congregational Christian Church officiating. Interment will follow in Newville Baptist Church Cemetery, Waverly, VA. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 7:00 until 8:30 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to the Waverly Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 583, Waverly, VA 23890, or Newville Baptist Church, Edythe B. Neblett Cemetery Fund, 26499 Oakdale Rd., Waverly, VA 23890. Condolences may be posted on our website at www.jtmorriss.com.