He was born in Nelson County on May 11, 1917, a son of the late Napoleon D. Fitzgerald and Rose Ella Coffey Fitzgerald.
He was a member of Beech Grove Christian Church and a retired merchant and antique dealer.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth G. Truslow Fitzgerald; three sons, Roger Fitzgerald, Donald Fitzgerald and Toby Fitzgerald, all of Beech Grove; two brothers, Tucker Fitzgerald of Lynchburg and Raymond Fitzgerald of Beech Grove; one sister, Mrs. Effie Hicks of Nitro, W. Va.; a sister-in-law, Lillie Fitzgerald of Lynchburg and Cora Taylor of Alexandria; and three grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Beech Grove Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. J. D. Farries and Kaye Edwards, with interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Bill Harris, Shelton Stevens, Russell Bayne, Luther McGann Jr., Roger Coffey, Forest Bryant Jr., Uel Gardner and Guy Williams Towler.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mervin Diehl, Norman Eppard, Worthy Thompson, Wayne Fitzgerald, Warren Fitzgerald, Ed Garfield, Ed Bragen, Les Graves, Bill Wiggins and Richard Meeks.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Preston Parr Funeral Home in Roseland.
Additional honorary pallbearers will be Basil Campbell and George Micklos.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: August 6, 1982
He was born in Nelson County on May 11, 1917, a son of the late Napoleon D. Fitzgerald and Rose Ella Coffey Fitzgerald.
He was a member of Beech Grove Christian Church and a retired merchant and antique dealer.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth G. Truslow Fitzgerald; three sons, Roger Fitzgerald, Donald Fitzgerald and Toby Fitzgerald, all of Beech Grove; two brothers, Tucker Fitzgerald of Lynchburg and Raymond Fitzgerald of Beech Grove; one sister, Mrs. Effie Hicks of Nitro, W. Va.; a sister-in-law, Lillie Fitzgerald of Lynchburg and Cora Taylor of Alexandria; and three grandchildren.
A funeral will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Beech Grove Christian Church, conducted by the Rev. J. D. Farries and Kaye Edwards, with interment in Beech Grove Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Bill Harris, Shelton Stevens, Russell Bayne, Luther McGann Jr., Roger Coffey, Forest Bryant Jr., Uel Gardner and Guy Williams Towler.
Honorary pallbearers will be Mervin Diehl, Norman Eppard, Worthy Thompson, Wayne Fitzgerald, Warren Fitzgerald, Ed Garfield, Ed Bragen, Les Graves, Bill Wiggins and Richard Meeks.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow at Preston Parr Funeral Home in Roseland.
Additional honorary pallbearers will be Basil Campbell and George Micklos.
Waynesboro News Virginian-date of paper: August 6, 1982
Family Members
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James Robert Fitzgerald
1873–1953
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Hoy Woodson Fitzgerald
1907–1973
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Tucker Floyd Fitzgerald
1909–1999
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Raymond Ralph Fitzgerald Sr
1911–1987
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Effie Elizabeth Fitzgerald Hicks
1915–2008
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William B Fitzgerald
1870–1891
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Cornelia Bell Fitzgerald Dodd Fitzgerald
1870–1913
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Charles Napoleon Fitzgerald
1875–1949
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Lillie Mae Fitzgerald Dodd
1877–1951
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Luvenia Fitzgerald Franklin
1879–1936
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Adaline Fitzgerald Meeks
1881–1951
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Gertrude Ella Fitzgerald Meeks
1885–1959
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Eliza Jane "Lizzie" Fitzgerald Fitzgerald
1888–1943
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Cora Lee Fitzgerald Taylor
1891–1986
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Mary Lula Fitzgerald Taylor
1893–1942
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Daisy Taylor Carr
1896–1922
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McKinley Donald "Mack" Taylor
1899–1924
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