Belinda Lynette Chandler-Fitchett

BELINDA LENETTE FITCHETT, AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS PENNY, DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON NOVEMBER 18TH AT 10:17 AM AT MERITUS HOSPITAL, AT THE AGE OF 54. BELINDA WAS BORN IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO HER LATE MOTHER EVONNE LINK AND FATHER B. CHANDLER. SHE WAS LOVINGLY RAISED BY HER PARENTS, GEORGE AND HELEN BALLOU OF CHARLES TOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, WHO SURVIVES HER. BELINDA IS ALSO SURVIVED BY HER SIBLINGS: TWO BROTHERS, MARK BALLOU (WIFE LAURA) OF KILLEEN, TEXAS, AND HERMAN MUSE (WIFE KHADIJAH) OF FREDERICK, MARYLAND; AND ONE SISTER, LAKEISHA DAVENPORT (HUSBAND CLAUDE) OF MARTINSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA. BELINDA SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IN SOUTH BOSTON, HALIFAX COUNTY, AND LATER CONTINUED HER YOUNG ADULTHOOD IN ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND. SHE WENT ON TO BUILD A FULL AND VIBRANT LIFE IN HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND, WHERE SHE CREATED AND NURTURED HER FAMILY. BELINDA EARNED HER ASSOCIATE'S DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY AND WAS FURTHER PURSUING STUDIES IN LAW. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, SHE DEDICATED HER HEART AND HER WORK TO CARING FOR BOTH THE ELDERLY AND CHILDREN —A CALLING SHE FULFILLED WITH DEEP COMPASSION. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER 11 BELOVED CHILDREN: JERROD ARMSTRONG (HAGERSTOWN, MD), JAMES CHRISTIAN I|| (HAGERSTOWN, MD), JEROME CHRISTIAN (HAGERSTOWN, MD), JORGE BALLOU (HAGERSTOWN, MD), BRIANA BALLOU (CHARLES TOWN. WV), SHAUNTIKA MOREL, (HUSBAND, DEVONTE MOREL) (HAGERSTOWN, MD), TYASIA CHANDLER (HAGERSTOWN, MD), DAJAH FITCHETT (HAGERSTOWN, MD), JAH-NASIA FITCHETT (HAGERSTOWN, MD), MAURIANA FITCHETT (HAGERSTOWN, MD) AND NATHANIAL FITCHETT I|II (HAGERSTOWN, MD). SHE ALSO LEAVES BEHIND 20 CHERISHED GRANDCHILDREN: JEROME JR., JORDAN, AVERY, AND ALAYSHA OF JEROME; JAKIH AND JAZELLE OF JORGE; JAYCE, SAIYANA, AND SIENNA OF BRIANA; DEZMOND, JAYCEON, LONDON, DEVONTE JR., PARIS, AND DRAKO OF SHAUNTIKA; KE'MANI AND KHALIL OF TYASIA; MONTERIUS OF DAJAH; CEVON'TAE OF JAHNASIA; AND ELITE OF MAURIANA. BELINDA, KNOWN FONDLY AS PENNY, IS FURTHER SURVIVED BY SEVERAL AUNTS AND UNCLES, INCLUDING KIT BALLOU (MUSHY), ROSE BALLOU, BERNICE BALLOU, DEBORAH BALLOU, AND LINDA BALLOU. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER UNCLES CHARLIE BALLOU (SUNNY) AND ALBERT BALLOU. IN HER EARLY 30S, WHILE LIVING IN MUAGUANSVILLE, PENNY BEGAN HER DEVOTED WALK WITH CHRIST. SHE OFTEN SHARED THAT IT WAS DURING THAT TIME SHE FIRST FELT "BUTTERFLIES" FOR HIM, KNOWING HER SPIRITUAL JOURNEY HAD TRULY BEGUN. PENNY WAS BAPTIZED MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT HER LIFE, WITH HER FINAL BAPTISM TAKING PLACE ON JUNE 17, 2023. HER FAITH REMAINED A GUIDING LIGHT AND A SOURCE OF STRENGTH UNTIL HER PEACEFUL TRANSITION. BELINDA LENETTE "PENNY" FITCHETT WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR HER UNWAVERING LOVE FOR HER FAMILY, HER COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT, HER DEDICATION TO SERVICE, AND HER STEADFAST FAITH. HER PRESENCE WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED, BUT HER LOVE AND LEGACY WILL CONTINUE TO SHINE THROUGH ALL WHO WERE BLESSED TO KNOW HER.