Doris Proffitt Evans
Doris Proffitt Evans, of Lovingston, passed away on Aug. 5. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mel and Hattie Proffitt; and her brother, John Robert Proffitt.
Mrs. Evans is survived by her husband, Russell Lee Evans Jr. of Lovingston; two daughters, Dr. Charlotte Evans of Manassas, and Ms. Carolynn Thomason of Cary, N.C.; four grandchildren, Jenna Conner-Harris of Fredericksburg, Page Meador of Manassas, Drew Severson of Lovingston, and Bryan Thomason of Cary, N.C.; one great-grandchild, Aidan Conner Harris of Fredericksburg; her sister, Frances Harvey of Charlottesville; her sister-in-law, Katherine Proffitt of South Hill; her niece, Vickie Harvey Adkins of Earlysville; and her nephews, Robert Proffitt of South Hill, and Garth Proffitt of Boydton.
Funeral services were held Aug. 7 at Oak Hill Baptist Church, in Lovingston, with the Rev. Bryan Painter officiating. Interment followed in Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. The family received friends in the reception hall of Oak Hill Baptist Church following the service.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests making contributions to Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 248 Davis Creek Lane, Lovingston, VA 22949.
Arrangements by Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel of Lovingston.
Norman William Fitzgerald
Norman William Fitzgerald, 61, of Lorton, died Aug. 2 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. Born in Enid, Okla., July 13, 1950, he was the son of the late Ralph Earl Fitzgerald and Maybelle Lowe Fitzgerald. He had been previously employed with Fairfax Co. Water Authority as a Certified Land Surveyor and was a member of St. Christopher Episcopal Church.
He is survived by daughter, Catherine Alexander Fitzgerald of Alexandria, and her fiancé, Alex Scott Obuchowski; sister, Darlene Fitzgerald Barnett (Lewis G.) of Aydlett, N.C.; nieces, Ashley Elizabeth Barnett and her fiancé, Ward Trotter, and Lori Barnett Sweeney, MD (Eric).
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two sons, Peter Gordon Fitzgerald and Andrew Scott Fitzgerald.
A funeral service was held Aug. 6 at Byrum-Parr Funeral Home with burial following in Beech Grove Cemetery.
The family received friends Aug. 5 at the funeral home. A memorial service was held Aug. 13 at St. Christopher Episcopal Church in Springfield. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Capital Hospice, 5568 General Washington Drive, Suite A215, Alexandria, VA 22312 or online at capitalcaring.org.
Kenneth Ray Grant
Kenneth Ray Grant, 57, of Lyndhurst, went to be with the Lord at 12:29 a.m. July 20 at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville. He was born in Charlottesville, on June 11, 1954, the son of the late William Carlton Grant and Elizabeth Thompson Grant.
Kenneth was a mechanic at Whites Truck Stop. He was a diesel mechanic for over 25 years and was self-employed for many years.
He was a hard worker and didn’t have a lazy bone in his body. He will be greatly missed by his co-workers at Whites.
He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather.
In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by a brother, William Leslie Grant.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon (Kitty) Grant, they were married Nov 21, 1997 and had been together for twenty years. Also surviving are their children, Missy and Ray Campbell and their children, Hunter, Keegan and Cole; Jennifer and Chad Shirley and their children, Marisa, Kallie, Lanie and Zackie; Stephanie and Caleb Harris, and their children, Desirae and Ana; Ashley and Cameron Rudine and their children, Kaelynn and Logan; Danielle and Steven Bottenfield and their children, Tyler, Brittany and Cheyenne; Laurie and Kenny Adams and their children, Dakota and Robbie; and Angelina Grant of New York; his brother, Carl Michael Grant and his wife, Pam; three sisters, Ruth Hudson and her husband, Scott Jr., Frances Ponton and her husband, Leo, and Joyce Moon and her husband, Tim; and several special nieces, nephews and neighbors.
Funeral services were held July 26 in the chapel of Charlton and Groome Funeral Home, Fishersville, conducted by Pastor David Sandy. Burial was in Augusta Memorial Park.
Those who wish may make contributions to the family or to a favorite charity in his memory.
Family and friends may share memories and send condolences at www.charltonandgroomefuneralhome.com.
Theodora Fannie Jackson McLean
The Rev. Theodora Fannie Jackson McLean, was born April 23, 1929 in Massies Mill, Nelson County, to the late Deacon John Daniel Jackson and Deaconess Fannie Belle Smith Jackson. She departed this life July 22 at Saint Agnes Hospital, 900 South Caton Ave., Baltimore, MD 21229, after a brief illness.
The Rev. McLean was raised in a God-fearing Christian home and joined, and was active in, Oak Hill Baptist Church at an early age. Following her graduation from Nelson County Training High School in Shipman, she moved to Baltimore, Md., where she met and married Joseph Lee McLean, the love of her life. They were married in 1949 and they welcomed their only child, Joseph Lee McLean Jr., in 1952. Theodora and Joe were not blessed with any more children but they raised a foster son, Robert King.
Joe was a good husband and a good provider. He worked for Eastern Stainless Steel, from which he retired around 1983. He passed in 1985 from complications from lung problems. Theodora and Joe loved gardening and they built a home in Halethorpe, a suburb of Baltimore, where they were able to grow vegetables and fruits and share with friends and neighbors and the church.
Theodora and her husband, Joe, joined Gillis Memorial Christian Community Church of Baltimore, during the early years of their marriage. Later, in the early 1960s, when Theodora’s older sister, the Rev. Dr. Maude H. Coleman, proceeded to found Christian Unity Temple, Theodora and Joe worked diligently to found and build Christian Unity Temple.
Christian Unity Temple later joined the United Council of Christian Community Churches of Maryland and Vicinity and changed its name to Christian Unity Temple Christian Community Church Inc. and is located at 3900 Groveland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215. Theodora was elected church secretary and Joe was elected a trustee and was ordained as a deacon. Joe held his position as chairman of the deacons and trustee boards until his death and the Rev. McLean held her position of church secretary for approximately 48 years until her death.
The Rev. McLean was a registered nurse who specialized in psychiatric nursing and worked for many years for the State of Maryland at several facilities, including the Spring Grove and Rosewood Psychiatric Hospitals. She worked a number of years for the University of Maryland Psychiatric Research Center at Spring Grove Hospital. She received her RN degree from Baltimore City Community College in 1978 and also received a BS degree from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. After retiring from the State of Maryland as a nurse, she kept her nursing license current and regularly worked part-time for Catholic Charities up until her recent illness which started around April 2011. She worked at various facilities, including St. Ann’s Day Care; St. Elizabeth’s and Almost Home Day Care facilities.
From childhood, Theodora was always a caring and compassionate person; always doing everything she could to help others. Rev. McLean was always an ardent worker and supporter of Christian Unity Temple. No job was ever too menial for her to perform. She worked in the kitchen, cooking and serving meals, sang on the choirs, headed the Nurses’ Unit and the Kitchen Committee. She visited and served communion to the sick and shut-ins; did the grocery shopping, transported parishioners and others to worship services, etc. and consistently gave of her time and money without ever seeking or wanting recognition or reward. She seemingly had boundless energy and could work circles around people a generation younger than she was. As a nurse, she usually worked in a supervisory capacity and when she was on a shift, several of her co-workers were known to say, “We’re going to have to really work today because McLean (or Dora, as she was often called) is on today.”
She was exacting in seeing that all rules and orders were followed and that patients were properly cared for and that health department guidelines and rules were properly followed, no matter where she was working. Whenever the kitchen was open at Christian Unity Temple, Rev. McLean would always be the first to arrive and the last to leave. She was a stickler for seeing that everything was clean and sanitized and that food was properly stored, handled and prepared according to Health Department guidelines.
During this time of working with Christian Unity Temple, Theodora was inspired to go into the ministry and was ordained by both Christian Unity Temple and the United Council of Christian Community Churches of Maryland and Vicinity.
Theodora received a BS in Theology from the New Hope Bible Crusade College and Seminary Inc., of Baltimore, Md. She held a BS in Nursing and is listed in Who’s Who in American Nursing. She was also certified and licensed by the State of Maryland to manage and supervise a commercial kitchen and was the Food Service Manager at Christian Unity Temple.
The Rev. McLean is the sixth in a family of 10 and six of her siblings predeceased her, including three sisters, Evelyn Epps, Maude Coleman and Alice Richardson; and three brothers, Wythers Jackson, John (Nate) Jackson and Donald L. Jackson. Included among the deceased is also her foster son, Robert King. She leaves to mourn their loss her son, Joseph Lee McLean Jr.; two grandchildren, Joseph McLean III and Janelle McLean; two sisters, Eunice Chatman and Florine Robinson-Amin (Sakib); one brother, Howard E. Jackson (Gwendolyn); plus a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
A funeral service was held July 29 at Christian Unity Temple Christian Community Church Inc., 3900 Groveland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21215, with eulogy by Pastor Howard E. Jackson. Interment took place in Arbutus Memorial Park, 1101 Sulphur Spring Road, Arbutus, MD 21227.
Vaughn C. Greene Funeral Services, 5151 Baltimore National Pike, Baltimore, MD 21229, handled arrangements.
Queen Victoria Myers
Queen Victoria Myers, 46, of Madison Heights, departed this life July 28. Born a twin on April 27, 1965, she was a daughter of the late Susie T. Myers and Cosby Johnson. She graduated from Nelson County High School, where she received her certification as a Nurse’s Aide. Queen also attended Brown Job Training Center and became certified for office processor and OIC for a Home Health aide. Queen lived in Washington, D.C., and worked at George Washington Hospital, the Goodwin House in Alexandria, for Team Nurse in Madison Heights and some private duty in Amherst and Nelson Counties. She also worked at Lovingston Daycare Center, Wintergreen House Keeping as a supervisor and then at Lovingston Health Care Center before her health took a turn for the worst and had to step down from her position.
She leaves to cherish her memory four sons, Kevin Myers, Antonio Myers, both of Madison Heights, Jerry Haley Jr. (Leslie) and Larry Haley; eight sisters, Slinda Loving of Amherst, Daisy Toliver of Piney River, Nancy McClendon of Woodbridge, Elaine Braxton (Walter) of Arrington, Vivian Diggs (Charles) of Amherst, Shirley Myers (Johnny) of Piney River, Jackie Allen (Will) and Arlene Allen; eight brothers, William Jerome Myers of Charlottesville, Wayne Allen, Lincoln Allen of Amherst, William Allen, Earl Allen, Marvin Allen (Shirley), Joseph Allen and Keith Allen; a loving and devoted fiancé, Jerry Haley Sr.; mother-in-law, Ms. Christina Anderson; five sisters-in-law, Charlene Hamilton (Bobby), Patricia Hawkins (Ricky), Holly Haley (Tyronne), Phyllis Frazier-Young (James) and Sadie Braxton; brothers-in-law, Eric Haley Sr. (Marilyn), Ronald Haley, Hillary Haley Sr. (Stephanie) Lindsey; god-children, Alonzo Jones, Sherryl Myers, Emma and Chasity Myers, Sue, C.J. and Michelle Diggs; aunt-in-law, Ms. Grace Anderson of Maryland, Viola Ghoston (Bill) of Washington, D.C., Lena Ambers of Leesburg, and Mammie Hall (Nat); uncles-in-law, Raymond Ambers, Joe Ambers (Marie), Herman Ambers (Jean) and Charles Ambers; a very special patient, Queen thought of Ms. Lucille Gardner of Madison Heights, as a mother figure; very special nieces and nephews, Robert Toliver Jr., Princess (Terria) and my little sunshine, Juleala and Antwon; a number of nieces, nephews and a host of other loving family and friends.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a brother, Robert Lewis Myers and a sister, Patricia Diane Essex.
A funeral service was held Aug. 1 at Byrum-Parr Funeral Home by the Rev. Annette Diggs with burial following in Oak Hill Memorial Gardens. The body was in state prior to the funeral service. The repast followed at Elaine Braxton’s home in Arrington.
James Edward Parr ‘Jimmy’
James Edward Parr, “Jimmy,” 76, of Amherst passed away Aug. 3. Born in Amherst County April 24, 1935, he was the son of the late Edward Virgil Parr and Carrie Higginbotham Parr and step-son of Nancy Teass Parr. He served in the U.S. Army, was employed for 34 years by the Virginia Department of Transportation and retired as Superintendent of Forks of Buffalo Headquarters in 1998. Jimmy was a founding member of Pedlar Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad and was a dedicated member of Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 55 years, Mary Sale Parr; son, Gregory Edward Parr and wife, Gwen; daughter, Susan Parr Bailey and husband, Steve, all of Amherst; five grandchildren, Betsy Bailey, Caroline Bailey, Kendall Parr, Mary Kate Bailey and Brittani Parr; brother-in-law, Ralph Sale and wife, Jackie; sisters-in-law, Mildred Sharman and husband, O.C., and Geneva Watts and husband, Bud.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by sisters, Janice Arlene Parr and Beatrice Parr Burley.
A funeral service was conducted Aug. 6 at Mount Pleasant United Methodist Church by the Rev. Sal Sallinger and the Rev. Judy Morris with burial following in Mount Pleasant U.M.C. Cemetery. The family received friends Aug. 5 at the church. There was no viewing or visitation at Byrum-Parr Funeral Home.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to Mount Pleasant U.M. Church or to Pedlar Volunteer Fire Dept. and Rescue Squad.
Iona Drumheller Toms
Mrs. Iona Drumheller Toms, 103, of Frederick, Md., died July 29 at Citizens Care and Rehab Center. She was the wife of the late Bledsoe Toms who died in 1975.
She was born in Faber, Virginia, on December 17, 1907, the daughter of the late Lorenzo and Geneva Mawyer Drumheller.
Iona spent her life in Nelson County and Albemarle County Virginia until March of 2003 when she moved to Frederick with her son and daughter-in-law, Rudy and Faye Toms.
She is survived by her son, Rudolph Toms and his wife, Faye; granddaughter, Terry Paquette and her husband, Stephen; great- grandchildren, Brandi, Drew, Erin, Travis and his wife, Adele, and Jeremy; great-great-grandchildren, Jadis, Dylan, Connor, Christopher, Elisabeth and Luke; one sister, Edith Ragland of Crewe, Virginia; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Gloria Ann Ritenour in 1988.
At Iona’s request, there will be no funeral services. Her ashes will be taken at a future date to her final resting place along side her husband at Monticello Memorial Park in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Arrangements by Stauffer Funeral Home, Frederick and Stauffer Crematory Inc. Frederick.
Online condolences may be expressed to the family at www.staufferfuneralhome.com.
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