DEBORAH DENISE HINES-ROSCOE BORN ON APRIL 17, 1963, IN NORFOLK, VA WAS SENT TO HER ETERNAL HOME ON OCTOBER 3, 2025, AFTER BATTLING A LONG-TERM ILLNESS. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BV HER PARENTS EDNA PARKER AND LARRV HINES, HER BROTHER RENARD "UNCLE HEAW" HINES.

AFTER HER GRADUATION FROM BAYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL, DEBBIE ATTENDED VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMPLETED HER BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION AND WORKED AS AN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION TEACHER WITH NORFOLK PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNTIL HER EARLY RETIREMENT. HER DEDICATION TO HER STUDENTS AND HER DESIRE TO BRING TO THOSE IN NEED EPITOMIZED HER JOYFUL, GENEROUS NATURE, AND FREE SPIRIT.

DEBBIE, AS SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED, WAS A SHINING LIGHT IN THE LIVES OF ALL WHO HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF KNOWING HER. HER JOURNEY ON THIS EARTH WAS ONE MARKED BY LOVE, COMPASSION, FREE SPIRIT, POSITIVE, HUMOROUS AND UNIQUE PERSONALITY. SHE LOVED WORKING WITH CHILDREN, COOKING/EATING AND FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE WAS A LOVING PERSON AND LOVED BY EVERYONE!!!

HER PASSING HAS LEFT A VOID IN THE HEARTS OF HER FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND MANY MORE WHOSE LIVES WERE TOUCHED BY HER. THE FAMLY ASK THAT YOU REMEMBER HER NOT FOR THE WAY HER LIFE ENDED, BUT THE WAY IT WAS LIVED, AND FOR THE PROFOUND IMPACT IT HAD ON THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO HAD THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING HER.

DEBBIE LEAVES TO TREASURE HER MEMORIES: HER HUSBAND: ELMER "SHORTMAN" ROSCOE (CHESAPEAKE); 3COUSINS/BONUS SISTERS: CAROLYN, LISA AND SELENA BALDWIN (NORFOLK), JUSTIN PARKER (HALF-BROTHER), THREE NIECES: RONICE HAYNES, KIASIA PARKER, MALEAH PARKER (NORFOLK); ONE NEPHEW JELANI PARKER (NORFOLK), SIX SPECIAL FRIENDS: WENDY JOHNSON, ROSTA COLLINS, MINNIE ROSCOE, TAMMY WORTH, TRINIA MITCHELL AND EUGENE DAVIS; AND HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS.

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