David Lee Elam, 53, of Suffolk died Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at Sentara Obici Hospital.

A funeral service will be held at noon Monday, July 2, at Union Missionary Baptist Church. Interment will be in Carver Memorial Cemetery.

A wake will be held 6 to 7 p.m. Sunday at Crocker Funeral Home.

Mr. Elam retired as an insulator with the Newport News Shipyard and Norfolk Naval Yard.

Locally, he is survived by a sister, Linda Holland of Carrsville.