CHESAPEAKE, VA - David Lee Harvey, age 78, passed away at home on Monday, July 15, 2019. He was born on July 13, 1941 to the late Champ Clark Harvey and Edna Ellen (Meadows) Harvey.

David was a retired construction worker, who worked on different projects throughout Virginia, Maryland, and Guantanamo Bay Cuba. He also served his country seven years, 1960 to 1967, in the United States Marine Corps.

David was a member of the Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church, in Amelia, Virginia.

He was preceded in death by a sister, Shirley Schau; an infant grandson, Joshua Champ; three son-in-laws, Paul Walker, Richard Holland, and David Morgan; and four brother-in-laws, Charles Pettry, Albert Morgan, Elder David Bailey, and Lee Schatzley.

Those left to cherish his memory include his wife of 54 years, Alreda Mildred Harvey; three daughters, Kara Lynn Harvey Regula and her husband Jeff, Deborah Ann Walker, and Suzanne Marie Harvey; six grandsons, Christopher Baker, Stephen Baker, Jacob Holland, Joseph Harvey, Anthony Walker and Jeremy Walker; a granddaughter, Lindsey Walker; three great-grandsons, Matthew Baker, Damion Baker, and Cameron Baker; four brothers, Paul Harvey of Barberton, Ohio, Danny Harvey of Midlothian, Texas, Donnie Harvey of Akron, Ohio, and Teddie Harvey of Orlando, Florida; and four sisters, Patty Pettry Bailey of Streeter, West Virginia, Ella June Ford of Beckley, West Virginia, Judith Hartwell of Baker, West Virginia, and Jane Schatzley of Lafayette, Indiana.

Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, July 20, 2019, at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel. Burial will follow in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6 – 8 PM.

“Little children, grace, love and peace be with you who giveth life and who is with you until the end of this world. Amen.”

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the American Cancer Society in David's memory at https://donate3.cancer.org.

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