David Sease Shealy Jr.

1932 - 2017

YORKTOWN, VA - David Sease Shealy, Jr., 84, passed away surrounded by his family on Monday, January 23, 2017. He was a Yorktown resident for the last 29 years and member of Grafton Baptist Church. Mr. Shealy was born on June 29, 1932 in Richmond, VA to David Sease and Beatrice Bowen Shealy. He graduated from John Marshall High School in 1951 and proudly served his country in the US Navy, flying a P2V Neptune during the Korean War. In 1959 Mr. Shealy graduated a "Ramblin Wreck" from Georgia Tech and went on to retire as Vice President of Becton Dickinson Company in 1987. He came out of retirement to hold position of Vice president of General Biometrics until 1992. Mr. Shealy is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Judith Shealy; 3 sons, Keith Shealy and wife Brenda, William (Bill) Shealy and wife Marianne, Wayne Shealy and wife Sheri and a daughter Kristin Noel Shealy. He is also survived by 5 grandchildren, Christopher and wife Megan, Matthew and wife Typhani, Justin, Logan and Ethan; and 3 great grandchildren, Kayden, McKenzie and Kameron. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2017, in the chapel of Amory Funeral Home, Grafton with Rev. David Price officiating. Interment will follow at Peninsula Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00 pm on Friday, January 27, at Amory Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Grafton Baptist Church, P.O. Box 980, Yorktown, VA 23692, Patient Advocate Foundation, 421 Butler Farm Road, Hampton, VA 23666 or Toward the Mark, P.O. Box 1152, Yorktown, VA 23692.