Ralph Michael "Mike" Wise
Class of 1963
 

The Virginian-Pilot, (Norfolk, VA) February 14, 2004

Ralph Michael Wise, 58, of the 100 block of Channing Ave., passed away Thursday morning, Feb. 12, 2004. He was the operations manager for Sentry Services Corporation and formerly owned and operated R.M. Wise Inc., trading as Oil Supply Services. He was born in Gastonia, N.C., and was the son of the late Nell Rose Mauney Wise and Walter Stern Wise.

Mr. Wise was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, was raised in the Lutheran church and attended Cradock Baptist Church in Ports- mouth. He had also served his country in the U.S. Army Reserve.Survivors include his wife, Ernestine "Teena" Nix Wise; two daughters, Erin Michelle Wise and Teena Kirsten Wise, both of Portsmouth; a brother, Steve Wise Sr. of Portsmouth; and a grandson, Hunter Michael Vaerewyck of Portsmouth.

A church service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday in Cradock Baptist Church, Afton Parkway and Harris Road, Portsmouth, by Pastor James R. Woodland. Burial will follow in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Cox Funeral Home, Norfolk, on Sunday from 4 to 5 p.m.

Condolences may be offered to the family through www.dmvobits.com/cox.