Alberta Loving Lindsey

LINDSEY, Alberta Loving, 82, of Richmond, who worked more than 40 years as a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Richmond News Leader, passed away on Friday, December 8, 2023. She was preceded in death by her sister, Brenda Marriott, and her parents, Carlyle and Bertha Lindsey. She is survived by her nephew, William Marriott, her brother-in-law, John Marriott, and numerous people she cared for and who cared for her.

Alberta brought a red-headed spark of life to everything she touched. She overcame adversity from the moment of her birth on September 9, 1941, when her parents were told she might never walk because of a stunted leg. She grew up to walk all over the world, from the Great Wall of China to the dusty paths of South Sudan.

She wrote about health and social services in her earlier career and retired after many years as a religion writer. Her work won numerous awards, including a D. Tennant Bryan award for the best feature story published in the Times-Dispatch in 2004 and an Outstanding Media Professional recognition by the Virginia Alliance for the Mentally Ill in 1993.

Alberta graduated from Highland Springs High School in 1960, followed by a journalism degree in 1964 from Richmond Professional Institute, now Virginia Commonwealth University.

At Southminster Presbyterian Church, she was a founding member, an elder and author of a church history. After she moved to Westminster-Canterbury Richmond, she was an active volunteer in the chapel there.

Memorial services will be held at Westminster-Canterbury on Monday, December 18 at 2 p.m.

Donations in her memory will be welcomed at Southminster Presbyterian Church, Westminster-Canterbury Foundation or a charity of your choice.

Published by Richmond Times-Dispatch on Dec. 12, 2023.