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Birth:          1922 Halifax, Va.
Death:          2 Oct 2021 South Boston, Virginia
Burial:         6 Oct 2021 Havre de Grace, Md.

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Mille Crenshaw Rodia, known to most of us as G.G., passed away peacefully at her 
home in South Boston on Oct. 2, 2021 at the age of 99.

Millie was born and raised in Halifax before moving to Havre de Grace, Maryland, only 
to settle back in South Boston to be close to family again. She always joked that she 
escaped her “one horse town” only to end up right back where she started.

Mille was the undeniable matriarch of the family, ensuring everyone knew who ran the 
show.
Mille married the love of her life, Ernest Rodia in 1948. They went on to have one 
child, Sheila Spicer in 1949.

In addition to her family, Millie was immensely proud of her career at the Aberdeen 
Proving Grounds as finance director. She liked to tell the story of the time she was 
picked up at her house in an Army tank during a snowstorm so that she could process 
the paychecks to the soldiers.

Millie was an avid gardener, fisherwoman and bingo player. If she wasn’t running the 
roads with her sisters, you would find her on the porch swing, waiting for some of her 
regular visitors to gossip.
Millie is survived by a daughter, Sheila Spicer and son-in-law Gwynn Spicer; sister, 
Nancy Duffy; granddaughter, Heather Bagos; grandson, Ryan Budinski; step 
granddaughters, Cindy Spicer Brown and Heather Spicer Kropp and their spouses; 
step grandson, Robert Spicer; great-grandson, Bradley Bagos; great-granddaughters, 
Presley and Mackenzie Brown; step great-grandson, Tyler Kropp; great-great-
grandson, Liam Smith; nieces Carol Privette and Betty Wheeler, Rosalie Merger and 
Angie; nephews, Stanley Radia and Ernie Rodia; and so many more beloved family 
members.
Waiting for her in heaven were mother, Ruth Osborne Crenshaw; father, Major 
Crenshaw; husband, Ernest Rodia; sisters, Katherine Satterfield, Mary Crenshaw and 
Becky Conway; brother Dorsey Crenshaw; and niece Dale Clark.

The family will receive friends at Powell Funeral Home on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, from 
6 to 8 p.m. and other times at her home.

A graveside service will be held in Havre De Grace, Maryland, on Thursday.

For memorials, consider Sentara Halifax Regional Hospice, 2204 Wilborn Ave., South 
Boston, VA 24592.

Online condolences may be made at www.powellfuneralinc.com.

Arrangements are by Powell Funeral Home, South Boston.

Parents
CRENSHAW Major ()
OSBORNE Ruth ()

Siblings
CRENSHAW Millie (1922 - 2 Oct 2021)

Marriage To RODIA Ernest Joseph (18 Jan 1918 - 29 Aug 1984)
    m. 1948 

Notes

Parents
RODIA Ernesto (Ernesto Joseph) (27 Jan 1888 - 1939)
CIRINO Angelina (6 Aug 1888 - 12 Nov 1950)

Children by RODIA Ernest Joseph 18 Jan 1918 - 29 Aug 1984
RODIA Sheila Jo ()

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