Christine Adell (Marshall) Douglas passed from this earthly life on Thursday, September 26, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Vera Adell Hall and Albert Holman Marshall. Christine was the wife of the late Calvin Board Douglas, who passed away in 1988. Christine accepted as her Savior, Jesus Christ, and was baptized at Ivy Memorial Baptist Church on July 5, 1938. She became a member of Hilton Baptist Church on May 19, 1944, and has served there in various capacities over the next 68 years.  She had a love and devotion to her Lord God, her Bible, her church, her ministries, and her church family over that period and it carried her through this life and prepared her as she looked forward to the next.

Christine’s professional life began as a secretary to the Comptroller of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company for several years. Following that, she accepted a position at Hastings-Raydist, Inc. (now Teledyne Hastings) in 1950. She served as Secretary to the President and as Director of Administration, retiring in 1993 after 43 years of service. She loved her work and the people, many of whom have remained lifetime friends following her retirement.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her two brothers, Virgil Harrison Marshall and wife Evelyn of Charlottesville, Virginia, and Albert Holman Marshall and wife Edith of Norfolk, Virginia, and two sisters, Elvira Jane Thomas of Seaford, Virginia,  and Roberta Blanche Midkiff of Newport News.

Christine is survived by her loving and devoted daughter, Carolyn Adell Douglas Schaubach, and her husband, James Franklin “Frank” Schaubach; two loving grandsons, Douglas Scott Schaubach and Bryan Marc Schaubach and his wife Olivia; four great-grandchildren whom she adored, Heather Lee Schaubach and husband Tony, Micah Trevor Schaubach, Ryan Seth Schaubach, and Chloe Evelyn Schaubach. She was blessed with many special nieces and nephews who brought much love and happiness into her life, Candace and Ronnie, John Albert (Jam) and Wayne, Dell and David, Cecilia and Fred, Marilyn, Harry and David, Anne, James (deceased) and Anne,  David and Annette, Betty (deceased), Billy (deceased) and Judy, Keith and Donna, Amy and Fred.

She always believed that she was blessed with a very special mother-daughter relationship and bond with her daughter Carolyn and that love and inspirational blessings constantly flowed between them.

A special blessing in her life were her neighbors and friends, Jenny and Bob, Joanie, Jane and Bill, Tom and Betty, Hazel, Barbara and David of Texas, who always referred to her as their “Virginia Mom,” Bonnie Witman of Sacramento, CA and Dr. “B” and Mary of Dallas, Texas, and many others.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 1, 2024, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. with a funeral service, officiated by the beloved Reverend Linwood Wells, following at 12:00 p.m. at Hilton Baptist Church, 101 Main Street, Newport News, Virginia. Interment will follow immediately after the service at Peninsula Memorial Park.

Arrangements are under the care of Peninsula Funeral Home, 11144 Warwick Blvd., Newport News, VA 23601.