Carmelita Seymour Stansbury, 81, of Warsaw, passed away Friday, November 10, 2017. She was born in Washington, D.C. on December 24, 1935 and was raised in Alexandria, VA.

She moved to Woodbridge in the early 60’s and started Mrs. Seymour’s Preparatory Preschool around 1973. Carmelita remained the Director of the school until she retired to the Northern Neck (Bay Quarter Shores Area) in 1985 where she opened a small preschool until 1990, when her partner of the school and spouse of 37 years, William H. Seymour passed.


Born in Germany on August 15, 1946, he was the son of the late Josef and Hedwig Schmid Biendl. On June 15, 1968, in Canterbury, England, he married his wife, the former Barbara Cook.

Ernst worked for 49 years as a Tool & Die Maker for the former Hoppmann Corporation in Culpeper and Chantilly. He played soccer for the British Embassy and continued his love of the sport through coaching in the Northern Virginia area for many years. He was also the Varsity Soccer Coach at Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield.


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