Richard L. Hackett, 40, of Woodbridge, died March 2, 2020, in his home surrounded by his family.

A Life Celebration service will be 1pm Friday, March 6, 2020 at Mountcastle Turch Funeral Home, 4143 Dale Blvd. Dale City, VA 22193, followed by interment at Woodbine Cemetery, Manassas, VA.


On February 27, 2020, Liane Deere Ray ended her valiant struggle with frontotemporal dementia. She was born on February 7, 1962 to Myrna and Pete Deere in Nashville, Tennessee. She attended high school at St. Cecilia Academy in Nashville where she was a cheerleader. She continued her education at The University of Tennessee in Knoxville, where she swam for the school team, the Lady Volunteers. She finished her bachelor’s degree in government and politics at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and acquired a master’s degree in divinity from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington D.C. After completing her master’s degree, she served as an associate pastor at Cameron United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Virginia. She then served as the pastor at Midland United Methodist Church in Midland, Virginia.

Liane was married to her husband, Rodney Ray, for 35 years. Together, they moved from Knoxville, Tennessee to Clearwater, Florida and then to Lorton, Virginia, and settled in Woodbridge, Virginia, where they raised their son and their daughter, Christopher and Alicia Ray.


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