Kathryn Santos Jarvis

JARVIS, Kathryn Santos, formerly of Richmond, Va., widow of Wilfred Anthony Jarvis Sr., died peacefully at her home on the evening of October 19, 2008. Mrs. Jarvis was born October 9, 1918 in Charleston, S.C., the daughter of Carroll Anthony Santos and Theodora Graddick Santos. She was predeceased by her son, Carroll B. Jarvis. She is survived by nine children, Robert B. Jarvis and his wife, Cheryl, Wilfred A. Jarvis Jr., J. Michael Jarvis and his wife, Cristy, Elizabeth J. Pritchard and her husband, George, all from Richmond, Va.; P. Emmett Jarvis and his wife, Patricia, J. Dennis Jarvis, Joyce M. Jarvis, Kathryn Nelson Anderson and her husband, Stephenson, Timothy M. Jarvis and his wife, Sally, all of Charleston, S.C. Mrs. Jarvis has 20 grandchildren, Craig A. Jarvis, Erin J. Jarvis, Caston Jarvis, Louis A. Jarvis, Sarah B. Jarvis, Carey J. Garrison, Virginia J. Atwood, Elizabeth K. Jarvis, Margaret J. Grimes, Maria C. Jarvis, J. Michael Jarvis Jr., John D. Jarvis, E. Cade Nelson, Robert P. Nelson III, Taylor N. Nelson, Susannah S. Nelson, T. Eliot Nelson, Amelia J .Nelson, Adam J. Pritchard and E. Nicole Pritchard as well as four great- grandchildren. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her honor to, The Neighborhood House, 77 America Street, Charleston S.C. 29403 or to Food For The Poor, 6401 Lyons Rd., Dept. 9662, Coconut Creek, Fla. 33073 (or visit www.foodforthepoor.org). Arrangements by James A. McAlister, Inc. 843-766- 1365.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.