Harold Heuby Freeman, Sr. Obituary (1940

HAROLD HEUBY FREEMAN, SR WAS BORN ON JANUARY 5, 1940 TO THE SAMUEL FREEMAN AND ALMA JONES IN KENBRIDGE, VIRGINIA. AS A YOUTH, HE PLAYED FOOTBALL, BASEBALL AND WAS EVEN OFFERED AN OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY BASEBALL PROFESSIONALLY. BROTHER FREEMAN GRADUATED FROM LUNENBURG HIGH SCHOOL AND MIGRATED NORTH TO CONTINUE TO RAISE HIS YOUNG FAMILY. HE MADE HIS CAREER AS AN A.S.E. CERTIFIED DIESEL AUTO MECHANIC AND TRUCK DRIVER. HE BEGAN HIS WALK WITH GOD AT NEW GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN KENBRIDGE, VIRGINIA AND CARRIED THAT SAME VIGOR FOR SERVICE TO OTHERS TO NEW JERESEY. WHERE, AS A MEMBER OF ALLEN A.M.E. CHURCH, HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MEN OF FAITH MEN'S CHOIR AND SERVED AS A TRUSTEE. BROTHER FREEMAN RETIRED AS A DRIVER FOR THE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITES ASSOCIATION OF SPRINGFIELD, NJ AND CONTINUED TO SERVE HIS COMMUNITY AS A FAITHFUL AND DILIGENT MEMBER OF THE UNITY LODGE #88 A.F.&.A.M. HE LOVED READING, ESPECIALLY HIS BIBLE, FISHING, FAMILY GATHERINGS AND HEALTHY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT LIFE, THE WORD AND POLITICS. HE WILL BE MISSED AND FONDLY REMEMBERED FOR HIS BBQ BRISKET AND RIBS. BRO. FREEMAN DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 5, 2020. HE IS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS, DAUGHTER, MADREANA D. PEARSON (OTTO) OF MIDDLETOWN, NY; HIS BROTHER, JERRY FREEMAN, SR (QUEEN) OF RICHMOND, VA; CHRISTINE MAYO OF KENBRIDGE, VA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE JOYCE P. FREEMAN OF UNION, NJ; CHILDREN, VAIN FREEMAN (BRENDA) OF MIDDLETOWN, NY, HAROLD HEUBY FREEMAN, JR. (JANICE) OF MIDDLETOWN, NY, SHONDA FREEMAN (JOHN AKA "TEE") OF MADISON, AL, DEBORAH RAY OF MIDDLETOWN, NY, ANDREA FREEMAN-SMITH (SHAWN) OF UNION, NJ, DARLENE MCNEILL (DUANE) OF CHINQUAPIN, NC, TELLY TRAWICK (WAGENIA) OF WEST ORANGE, NJ, JAYSON FREEMAN, OF ELIZABETH, NJ; THIRTY GRANDCHILDREN; NINETEEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN; BROTHER, SKUYLER FREEMAN, SR (CAROLINE) OF PLAINFIELD, NJ AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. FUNERAL SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16,2020 @ 1:00 P.M. AT S.P. Jones & Son Funeral Home Chapel, 208 N. Broad St. Kenbridge, Virginia 23944; Words of Comfort, Rev. Dr. Curtis W. Bagley, Jr., Pastor of New Grove Baptist Church, Kenbridge, VA 23944 Interment: New Grove Baptist Church, 32 New Grove Road, Kenbridge, VA 23944 FACE MASKS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING OBSERVED AT ALL TIMES