Carol Ann Hawkins, 83 of Woodbridge VA and formally of Abilene, Texas died on May 5, 2021 at Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center. She was born in 1937 to the late Charnel and Margaret Harlow. Carol enjoyed reading, painting, crocheting, puzzles, and gardening. But her favorite pass time was spending time with her loving family. […]
Marilyn Elizabeth Stuart, age 79, died Saturday, May 8, 2021 at her home in Manassas, VA.
She was born in Middleton, MA to the late Dell and Clara Greeke. Marilyn was raised in Massachusetts, but after marrying her late husband, moved to Virginia where she raised her children.
ALTA MARIE WOOD WINE, on Saturday, May 8, 2021 at 5:00 p.m., passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ after a long, vibrant life of 99 years. She was born on Second Creek near Ronceverte, West Virginia on March 27, 1922. She moved to Virginia in 1931. On September 12, […]
Mary Alice Furr, 84, of Concord, passed away Friday, May 7, 2021 in Manassas, VA.
Alice was born April 17, 1937 in Concord to the late Jesse Herman Shue and Stella Mae Chamberline Shue. She was also preceded in death by husband, Billy Floyd Furr, and infant daughter, Patsy Louise Furr.
Margaret Gloria Purtell, age 91 of Manassas, VA died on May 8, 2021 at Prince William Medical Center. She was born on April 1, 1930 to Sam Patrick and Della Tournour Wallan in Endicott, New York. She married the love of her life on September 2, 1950 and they enjoyed 66 years of marriage. Margaret was a woman of faith and had a way of making friends out of strangers. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul Joseph Purtell; her son and daughter-in-law Patrick J. and Sharon Purtell; her son-in-law George Sanders; her brother Joseph Wallan and her sisters Frances Shaughnessy and Mary Butler. Survivors include her children Christine Purtell, Jane Sanders, Samuel Purtell (Jennifer), Mary Elliott, Michael V. Purtell (Linda) and James F. Purtell (Kathleen). She is also survived by 13 grandchildren, Michael Sanders (Ann), Paul James Elliott, Kimberly Sanders, Matthew Elliott (Heather), Danielle Purtell Sims (Todd),Catherine Purtell, Courtney Purtell, Jamie Purtell, Nicole Purtell, Joseph Phipps, Patricia Jean Allen, Brittany Beach and Amanda Beach and 8 great grandchildren Dylan Evans-Elliott, Hannah Elliott, Patrick Purtell, Jonathan Sanders, Mia Sims, Nicholas Sanders, Emma Hargis and Hazel Zint. The family will receive friends at Pierce Funeral Home and Cremation Service, 9609 Center St. Manassas, VA on Monday, May 17, 2021 from 4-7 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 11:30 AM in All Saints Catholic Church, 9300 Stonewall Road, Manassas, VA. Interment Quantico National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory to St. Jude’s Hospital.
Elizabeth Faye Griffin, age 85, of Montclair, VA passed away on April 24. Beloved wife of the late Robert Griffin for 60 years. Loving mother of Nancy Conrad, Beth Griffin, and Amy Griffin ( Kenny Kile), and cherished grandmother of Tyler Conrad. Survived also by beloved in-laws, nieces and nephews, and other extended family.
Faye was born in Norfolk VA to John Wesley Horton and Mary Elizabeth Horton, and was a sister to the late John Wesley Horton, Jr. She attended Nursing School on a full scholarship at DePaul Hospital and worked as an RN on the pediatric unit at hospitals in Illinois and Virginia before pausing her career to raise her family. When her girls were almost all grown, she returned to nursing, bringing her caring and wisdom to 20 years at Mount Vernon Hospital.
Lemuel David Jones, III “Dave” died on May 3, 2021 of noncovid lung disease. He was 79, born on September 6, 1941. He is survived by his wife, Martha Wilcher Roberts, his daughter Jenny Somosky, his grandsons Stephen and Michael, and great grandsons Cooper and Reid. He was preceded in death by his father Lemuel David Jones, Jr., his mother, Miriam Grace Gilbert Jones Snyder and his son Lemuel David Jones, IV, “Lenny”, who tragically drowned in 1986.
Born in the era of hot rods and shade tree mechanics, Dave grew up passionate about cars and fascinated with internal combustion engines. At 15 he was working in gas stations all around his hometown of District Heights, Maryland, absorbing the lore and learning the intricacies of auto mechanics. After a brief stint at the Washington Navy Yard, he began a long career at the Naval Research Lab as a technician teamed up with a group of scientists. If they could design it, Davey could make it. He retired from NRL in 1995 to a quiet life in Woodbridge, Virginia with his wife Martha. (Earlier marriages to June Folsom and Janet Butler had ended in divorce.)
William Thomas Bartlett was born into this world September 9, 1940. He traveled on to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ and Our Heavenly Father, on May 7, 2021.
He was preceded in death by his father Lloyd Bartlett, his mother Doris Duncan, his brother James, his sister Ellie Compton, and his son William T. Bartlett Jr.
