Alice Christine Bland, of Mathews, went home to be with her Lord; her husband, Joseph Christian Bland; her two sons, Joseph Phillip and Larry Douglas Bland, and her many brothers and sisters on Friday, March 9, 2012.

Christine was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church and a member of the Ladies’ Bible Class. Christine retired from Best Products in Hampton. She was a volunteer at Riverside Walter Reed Hospital in Gloucester for 16 years.

She is survived by two grandsons, Christopher Bland of Mathews, and Eric Bland of Williamsburg, and two great-granddaughters, Lauren Bland and Sarah Call.

The family received friends Monday, March 12, 2012, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Foster-Faulkner Funeral Home, Mathews. A graveside service was conducted on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at 11 a.m. in the Ebenezer Baptist Church Cemetery, Harcum.

Memorials may be made to the Mathews Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 723, Mathews, Va. 23109.