Ralph McCoy Fauntleroy

Ralph McCoy Fauntleroy silently humbled himself to the will of God and ended his earthly journey on January 24, 2011 at Bon Secours Regional Memorial Hospital after a short illness. He was born on December 5, 1957 in Essex County, Virginia to Laverta and the late Boyd Fauntleroy. He was preceded in death by his sister, Lisa Fauntleroy. Ralph joined the New Liberty Baptist Church at an early age. His family later moved to Richmond, Virginia where he became a member of Trinity Baptist Church and sang with the Trinity Male Chorus. Ralph attended the Richmond Public Schools. He excelled in football, basketball, and baseball at John Marshall High School where he received numerous trophies and awards. He also joined the ROTC at John Marshall High School. Ralph enlisted in the United States Navy in 1976. After a stint in the Navy, he later received extensive training and a certificate of Vocational Excellence in Commercial, Electrical Air Conditioner Controls from the Richmond Technical Center. He also received the ASE Refrigeration Recovery Recycling Review certification. He was employed with Keil Heating & Air Conditioning Company and also as an independent contractor at various residential and commercial sites in Richmond and Fredericksburg, Virginia. He was formally married in 1988 to the late Pandora Williams. Ralph was a kind-hearted, generous person who enjoyed telling jokes and touching hearts in surprising ways, such as taking flowers and money to elders in the community and praying for them. He was a “jack of all trades” who would readily build a deck, pave a driveway, paint a house, replace a door or repair an automobile. Ralph also had the legal savvy of a lawyer, and a great passion for legal research. He loved researching legal information at the library and it was often said that he should have been a lawyer. Ralph leaves to cherish his memory a devoted and loving mother, Laverta Fauntleroy of Richmond, VA; two sisters, Jautena Fauntleroy and Rose Giles both of Richmond, VA; two brothers, Daniel Fauntleroy and Larry Giles both of Richmond, VA; two nieces, Aleshia and Shawna Fauntleroy of Richmond, VA; two nephews, Adelmo and Anyiell Fauntleroy of Manhattan, NY; four aunts, Gloria Fauntleroy, Jean Alford and Emma Fauntleroy of Tappahannock, VA, and Ida Smith of Richmond, VA; uncle, Leslie (Shirley) Fauntleroy of Beazley, VA; great-aunt, Lucille Fortune of Tappahannock, VA; his caring friend, Edris Stafford of Fredericksburg, VA; a very dear family friend, Iretha Dabney, and a host of cousins and friends too numerous to name.

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Ralph McCoy Fauntleroy

December 5, 1957 - January 24, 2011