A Norfolk native, Debra resided all of her life in the Tidewater area. She served as a receptionist, office manager, and billing specialist in the healthcare field for many years. To her friends and family, she was referred to as Debbie and was an avid sports fan. She particularly took pleasure in following the Washington Redskins and Nascar driver Tony Stewart. She enjoyed spending her free time civil war reenacting and bowling but her greatest passion was music and singing karaoke. She was preceded in death by Her mother, Betty A Lambert, and Father, Howard A Lambert.
Left to cherish her memory are her children, Dennis C. Grudzinski, Christina M. Byrd and Heather M. Davenport - 8 grandchildren, Lexis R. Grudzinski, Carley N. Grudzinski, Nicholas A. Grudzinski, Devlin C. Grudzinski, Aidan K Alred, Randolph G. Byrd, Stoney F. Doetch Jr. Addilynn G. Davenport and her only brother Stephen H. Lambert.
The family will gather at Smith & Williams Funeral Home, 4889 Princess Anne Road, Virginia Beach, Virginia on Saturday, April 21, 2018 from 2 to 6p.m. Interment will be private at Forest Lawn Cemetery at a later date.
Flowers may be sent to the funeral home on the date listed above.
The family would like to acknowledge the care and support provided by Bon Securs/DePaul Hospital and Smith and Williams Funeral Home.
