Obituary for David Blackwood Marchant
David Blackwood Marchant (August 5, 1947 – September 25, 2020)
Dave was born in Norfolk, Virginia and grew up in Loudoun County, Virginia. Dave graduated from Loudon County High School. Served for 6 years in the US Navy on the Corey DD817 and was in Vietnam when the war ended. Dave made his way back to Norfolk where he met and married his wife Pat. He graduated from Old Dominion University in 1977. Dave started working in healthcare technology at Riverside and Norfolk General Hospitals and spent 40 years as a Healthcare IT Professional. Dave loved his family, golf, playing with the Tank Geezers and sailing. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus at the Church of the Visitation in Topping, Virginia.
Dave’s loving wife Pat and dog Sophie, brother Kerford and his wife Linda, two sons and their spouses, David and Crista, Michael and Amy and seven grandchildren – Morgan, Hunter, Madison, Emma, Joseph, Jack and Maggie – will miss him as he will always be remembered as a loving soul who got great joy as the best husband, friend, father and grandfather there could be.
Services for Dave will be held at the Church of the Visitation in Topping, Virginia on September 29th with a viewing at 10am and mass at 11am. Internment is at COV cemetery. Due to COVID restrictions we are only allowed 50 people in the church. All are welcome at the cemetery. Please RSVP in text to Mike at 916-889-4591.
Arrangements by Faulkner Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Bristow-Faulkner Chapel, Saluda.
Dave was born in Norfolk, Virginia and grew up in Loudoun County, Virginia. Dave graduated from Loudon County High School. Served for 6 years in the US Navy on the Corey DD817 and was in Vietnam when the war ended. Dave made his way back to Norfolk where he met and married his wife Pat. He graduated from Old Dominion University in 1977. Dave started working in healthcare technology at Riverside and Norfolk General Hospitals and spent 40 years as a Healthcare IT Professional. Dave loved his family, golf, playing with the Tank Geezers and sailing. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus at the Church of the Visitation in Topping, Virginia.
Dave’s loving wife Pat and dog Sophie, brother Kerford and his wife Linda, two sons and their spouses, David and Crista, Michael and Amy and seven grandchildren – Morgan, Hunter, Madison, Emma, Joseph, Jack and Maggie – will miss him as he will always be remembered as a loving soul who got great joy as the best husband, friend, father and grandfather there could be.
Services for Dave will be held at the Church of the Visitation in Topping, Virginia on September 29th with a viewing at 10am and mass at 11am. Internment is at COV cemetery. Due to COVID restrictions we are only allowed 50 people in the church. All are welcome at the cemetery. Please RSVP in text to Mike at 916-889-4591.
Arrangements by Faulkner Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Bristow-Faulkner Chapel, Saluda.