She moved to Leesburg, VA at the age of 11 with her family and was the Valedictorian of the 1956 graduating class of Douglass High School. She graduated from Virginia State College in May 1960, having been a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Kappa Delta Pi, an Educational Honor Society. She married her high school sweetheart in December 1960. Her husband served in the US Army and their family lived in Washington state, Georgia and Kentucky. When they settled in Virginia in 1976, she worked as a civil servant at the Aviation Laboratories. She retired in 2004 from the Army Training Support Center as a Logistics Management Specialist, after being responsible for management of the Armies largest system of training devices. She received many awards from all levels of Command for her work.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Virginia Tolbert of Leesburg, VA; brother, James; and sister, Thelma. She is survived by her husband; two sons; a daughter; a daughter-in-law; a brother and his wife; a sister; and three granddaughters. Visitation was held at Nelsen Funeral Home, Williamsburg, VA, on Thursday, May 1, 2014. A memorial service was held Saturday, May 31 at the Mt Zion United Methodist Church in Leesburg, VA. Interment March 23, 2015.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Virginia Tolbert of Leesburg, VA; brother, James; and sister, Thelma. She is survived by her husband; two sons; a daughter; a daughter-in-law; a brother and his wife; a sister; and three granddaughters. Visitation was held at Nelsen Funeral Home, Williamsburg, VA, on Thursday, May 1, 2014. A memorial service was held Saturday, May 31 at the Mt Zion United Methodist Church in Leesburg, VA. Interment March 23, 2015.
She moved to Leesburg, VA at the age of 11 with her family and was the Valedictorian of the 1956 graduating class of Douglass High School. She graduated from Virginia State College in May 1960, having been a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and Kappa Delta Pi, an Educational Honor Society. She married her high school sweetheart in December 1960. Her husband served in the US Army and their family lived in Washington state, Georgia and Kentucky. When they settled in Virginia in 1976, she worked as a civil servant at the Aviation Laboratories. She retired in 2004 from the Army Training Support Center as a Logistics Management Specialist, after being responsible for management of the Armies largest system of training devices. She received many awards from all levels of Command for her work.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Virginia Tolbert of Leesburg, VA; brother, James; and sister, Thelma. She is survived by her husband; two sons; a daughter; a daughter-in-law; a brother and his wife; a sister; and three granddaughters. Visitation was held at Nelsen Funeral Home, Williamsburg, VA, on Thursday, May 1, 2014. A memorial service was held Saturday, May 31 at the Mt Zion United Methodist Church in Leesburg, VA. Interment March 23, 2015.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Virginia Tolbert of Leesburg, VA; brother, James; and sister, Thelma. She is survived by her husband; two sons; a daughter; a daughter-in-law; a brother and his wife; a sister; and three granddaughters. Visitation was held at Nelsen Funeral Home, Williamsburg, VA, on Thursday, May 1, 2014. A memorial service was held Saturday, May 31 at the Mt Zion United Methodist Church in Leesburg, VA. Interment March 23, 2015.
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