STACEY DENISE ROOTS OF PETERSBURG, VA, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE AUBREY ROOTS, SR AND ALICE ROOTS, LATE SISTER ADDIE WILMORE AND LATE BROTHER NATHANIEL ROOTS WAS BORN MAY 9, 1971. SHE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON AUGUST 27, 2026, AT UVA HOSPITAL.

STACEY WAS BAPTIZED AT ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH IN AYLETT, VA AT AN EARLY AGE. SHE SUNG ON THE CHOIR AND SERVED ON THE YOUTH USHER MINISTRY. IN 2006, SHE MOVED TO FAYETTEVILLE, NC AND ATTENDED JESUS’ PEACE MINISTRIES WHERE SHE SERVED ON THE GREETERS MINISTRY. IN 2018 STACEY RETURNED TO VIRGINIA WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL HER PASSING.

SHE LEAVES TO HONOR HER MEMORIES A SON, KHAMERON ROOTS OF PETERSBURG, VA, FOUR BROTHERS, EARL GRESHAM OF BUFFALO, NY, AUBREY ROOTS, JR OF RUTHER GLEN, VA, MOSES ROOTS (DEBBIE) OF HANOVER, VA AND AARON ROOTS (KORITA) OF RUTHER GLEN, VA. TWO SISTERS, HATTIE TROUBLEFIELD (JAMES) OF RAEFORD, NC AND LIZZIE JONES OF FAYETTEVILLE, NC. CHERISHED FRIENDS DWAN & MARJUERITE STARKS AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS AND FRIENDS.