James “Jamie” Jamie Shawn Rial

Virginia Beach - James “Jamie” Shawn Rial, 47, unexpectedly passed away early Tuesday morning, March 8, 2016. He was born in Memphis, TN in March 1968 to the late John S. Rial, Sr. and Charlene B. R. Caldwell. In addition to his father, he was predeceased by his step-brother, Lee Hansen.

Left to honor his memory are his mother, Charlene B. R. Caldwell; step-father, Richard Caldwell; brother, John S. Rial, Jr. and wife Kris; niece and nephew, Rachel and Joshua Rial; grandmother, Gloria Rial Cole; great-aunt, Mary A. Ware; uncle, F. H. “Sonny” Rial and wife JoAnne; aunt, Donna Rial Jenkins; uncle, Richard Rial and wife Carole; step-mother, Marty Rial; step-sister, Lisa Hansen-Davis and children Jeremy Hansen, Brenan Davis and Ashly Davis; step-sister, Donna Turner, husband Russ and children Shelby and Derrick Ringer. Other special people in his life are Vyvyenne Martin and Robby Jenkins, along with numerous cousins, friends and co-workers.

Jamie was a heavy equipment mechanic for U.S. Government contractors for nearly 20 years of his career until mid 2015. Recently he began working for GEICO as an Insurance Service Representative.

His warm “big teddy bear” way of being, along with his laid back attitude and quick wit will be greatly missed by his loving family, friends and co-workers.

The family will receive friends from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., Saturday, March 12, 2016 at Rosewood Kellum Funeral Home with a service to begin at 11:00 a.m., celebrated by Father Mario Fulgenzi.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association at http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/local-offices/norfolk-virginia/ or the Wounded Warrior Project at https://support.woundedwarriorproject.org