Carole Paige Hogg Sorensen

Carole Sorensen, 83, of Great Bridge, entered into Eternal Rest on August 31, 2025 after a 15- year battle with lymphoma.

Born in Newport News, Virginia to the late Eva Perkins Upshur and Granville F. Hogg, Sr., Carole was raised on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and graduated from Northampton High School in 1960 as Valedictorian of her class. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Education from Longwood College, where she was a member of the Pi Omega Pi Honor Society. After college, Carole began a career as a secretary to the Assistant Vice President of Norfolk and Western Railway in Roanoke, Virginia. She later accepted a position as a secretary to the Senior Vice President of Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company. It was here that she met the love of her life, Bob, and they married in 1971. During their 52 years of marriage, Carole and Bob lived in several states across the country, including Mississippi, Washington, and Virginia, ultimately settling in Chesapeake in 1987. They joined Great Bridge Baptist Church, where Carole developed deep and meaningful friendships through the Pairs & Spares Sunday School class. Carole was a beloved wife, sister, aunt, stepmother, and friend. Her kind and loving spirit was a source of comfort to all who knew her. Her deep and abiding faith in the Lord provided her with the strength, determination and grit to persevere through life’s trials. Carole will be remembered for her warm smile, and her ability to bring joy and comfort to every moment. She hosted many Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, and no meal was complete without her blackberry cobbler. In her later years, Carole was surrounded by the love and support of her late husband and the many friends, family, and church members who showered her with food, prayers and companionship. Their prayers, visits, and immense generosity made it possible for her to live and pass on her own terms, with dignity and peace.

The family extends heartfelt gratitude to the many friends and church family who took the time and effort to prepare a meal or drop off a favorite dish or came by to visit and lift her spirits. Special thanks are also given to Dr. Mauser and Dr. Cross for their dedicated care, and to the compassionate staff of Comfort are Home Health and Hospice, especially her three special girls, Taniqua, Pennie, and Jacqueline, whom Carole considered family. Carole was preceded in death by her husband, Robert “Bob” Sorensen. She is survived by her brother, Granville F. Hogg, Jr., and wife Gwyn Coghill of Northampton County, Virginia’s Eastern Shore; her stepson, Chris Sorensen and wife Donata of Richland, Washington, and her nieces Jennifer Hogg and husband Tom Packett of Charlottesville, Virginia and Mataline Donovan of Los Angeles, California.

A service to celebrate Carole’s life will be held at Briggs Funeral Home on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Carole will be laid to rest with her husband in the Albert G. Horton, Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery in Suffolk, Virginia.