Portsmouth – Walter Ezekiel Cuffee, 87, of Holly Hill Lane departed peacefully with his children at his bedside early Monday morning, September 8, 2008 at 3:14 a.m.

He grew up in West Munden. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and upon his return home he married, Esther Louise Freeman and from this union six children were born. He retired in 1989 as a Taxi Driver for Eastside Cabs of Norfolk.

He was predeceased by his parents, Ezekiel and Blanche Cuffee, four sisters, Mary, Flossie, Ruth and Blanche, and one brother, William. He leaves to cherish his memory a sister, Louise Cuffee Freeman of Chesapeake; five daughters, Mary of Chesapeake, Hermione of Portsmouth, Barbara (Johnny) of Norfolk, Ella of Huntsville, Al, Janet (Stanley) of Grifton, NC and a son, Walter E. Cuffee, Jr. of Chesapeake; eighteen grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren, a host of relatives and friends.