Daughter of Bill and Lillian Rosser. She grew up in Whitakers, NC and graduated as her class Valedictorian from Whitakers High School. She attended East Carolina University, where she graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Music in 1967. She worked her way through college with 3 scholarships and serving as a church organist. She continued graduate studies at East Carolina University. She married her husband of 50 years, Tommy in 1967 and then moved to Portsmouth, VA and started a family. She worked as Choir Director/Organist at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Norfolk, VA and then at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Norfolk, VA. She also taught private piano/organ/voice lessons. The family moved to Peachtree City, GA in 1983 and she continued working as a Choir Director/Organist at Holy Trinity Church for the last 37 years in addition to teaching piano/organ/voice lessons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas B Stroud, Jr.; and brother, William Octavius Rosser III (Billy). Surviving are her children, Andrea Stroud Napier (John) of Macon, GA and Chris Stroud of Peachtree City, GA; grandchildren, Jack Napier and Stroud Napier; and sisters, Janet Rosser Tolan, of Rocky Mount, NC and Beverly Rosser Reitzel, of Weaverville, NC.
Daughter of Bill and Lillian Rosser. She grew up in Whitakers, NC and graduated as her class Valedictorian from Whitakers High School. She attended East Carolina University, where she graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Music in 1967. She worked her way through college with 3 scholarships and serving as a church organist. She continued graduate studies at East Carolina University. She married her husband of 50 years, Tommy in 1967 and then moved to Portsmouth, VA and started a family. She worked as Choir Director/Organist at St. Paul's Catholic Church in Norfolk, VA and then at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Norfolk, VA. She also taught private piano/organ/voice lessons. The family moved to Peachtree City, GA in 1983 and she continued working as a Choir Director/Organist at Holy Trinity Church for the last 37 years in addition to teaching piano/organ/voice lessons. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas B Stroud, Jr.; and brother, William Octavius Rosser III (Billy). Surviving are her children, Andrea Stroud Napier (John) of Macon, GA and Chris Stroud of Peachtree City, GA; grandchildren, Jack Napier and Stroud Napier; and sisters, Janet Rosser Tolan, of Rocky Mount, NC and Beverly Rosser Reitzel, of Weaverville, NC.
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