Nancy Carol Britt

Nancy Carol Britt (Mechanye) departed this life for a new experience with Christ on March 6, 2020. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Daughter of Pearl Belle and Victor Mechanye, Nancy spent her youth in Renovo, PA, and graduated from Bucktail High School in 1969. She worked for Eastman Kodak before moving to the Virginia Peninsula in 1972. Her mother introduced Nancy to her future husband of 46 years Marcus Kenneth Britt, who--unbeknownst to her--was seventeen years older than her daughter. After a whirlwind six-week courtship, Ken and Nancy married in 1973 and began raising a family the following year. Nancy leaves behind husband, Ken Britt; daughters, Cassandra B. Farrell and Katrina P. Ramaglino (Travis); grandchildren, Zachary and Samantha; sister, Helen Moran; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was passionate about her family and enormously enjoyed the role of being a grandmother to Zachary and Samantha (but she did not like playing Old Maid as she always ended up with the old maid card). Nancy leaves a wonderful legacy of love, compassion, kindness, patience, empathy, and faith for her family. Her most important contribution was her love for Christ. In this, she modeled the true Christian walk as she suffered for years from the ravages of rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome. Despite these physical challenges, she loved to give gifts to her family and friends and was a wonderful listener (she would have made a great Stephen’s minister, or counselor). Always cheerful, she laughed easily and will be greatly missed. A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Parklawn-Wood Funeral Home, 2551 N. Armistead Ave., Hampton, VA 23666. Visitation will be an hour prior, and interment will follow the service at Hampton Memorial Gardens.