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Elizabeth Sue McGuire, 58, died Aug. 4, 2000, while vacationing in Puerto Rico.

She was a long-time resident of Manassas. She was a Radford

University graduate who taught English as a Second Language at Centreville

High School and she enjoyed spending her free time with her four grandsons.

She was a member of the Preceptor Gamma Beta Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.

She is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Simpson

of Culpeper; one sister, Ann Abeille of Braintree, Mass.; one brother, James

Simpson II and his wife of Placentia, Calif.; two daughters and sons-in-law,

Kim and Randy Smith of Manassas and Angie and Marc McCoy of Manassas; three

nephews; three nieces; and four grandsons, Garrett and Bronson Smith of

Manassas and Bradley and Shane McCoy of Manassas.

Visitation will be from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at the Blasius-Baker

Funeral Home, 9320 West St., Manassas. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday

at Grace United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Janet Engler officiating.

Interment to follow at Stonewall Memory Gardens.

Vernie Alice Neal, 67, of Manassas,

died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000, at her home.

She was a member of Soul’s Harbor Church of God, Manassas.

Survivors include her husband, James E. Neal; three children,

Nancy A. Coleman of Manassas, Ronnie A. Puckett of Timberville and James

E. Puckett of Manassas; two brothers, Raymond Smith of Manassas and Lewis

Lowery of Craigsville; three sisters, Virginia Jacobs of Christiansburg,

Dorine Tweedlie of Concord, N.C. and Faye Schimmel of Alexandria; 17 grandchildren,

28 grandchildren; and two unborn great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today and

Wednesday at Price Funeral Home, 9609 Center St., Manassas. Funeral services

will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Soul’s Harbor Church of God, 8900 Portner

Ave., Manassas, with the Rev. D. Tony Willis and the Rev. William Synan

officiating. Interment will be Stonewall Memory Gardens, Manassas.

James Joseph Gannon, 64, of

Springfield, died Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000, at INOVA Fairfax Hospital, Falls

Church.

He was a 1955 graduate of Calvin Coolidge High School,

Washington, D.C., where he was quarterback. He retired from Washington Gas

& Light as a general foreman with more than 38 years of service. He

served in the U.S. Army with the 101st Airborne.

Survivors include his wife, Eileen M. Gannon of Springfield;

four sons, James Gannon of Herndon, Glenn Gannon of Occoquan, Michael Gannon

of Springfield and Sean Gannon of Alexandria; two brothers, Thomas Gannon

of Maryland and Peter Gannon of Delaware; two sisters, Helen Cook of Maryland

and Louise Calman of Delaware; and one grandson, Zachary Joseph Gannon.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. Wednesday

at Price Funeral Home, 9609 Center St., Manassas, where funeral services

will be at 11 a.m. Thursday with the Rev. Dr. Billy G. Tatum officiating.

Interment will be at Quantico National Cemetery, Triangle, with military

honors.

Jo Ann Massie Brooks, 68, of

Manassas, died peacefully at her home Sunday, Aug. 6, 2000.

She was a loving mother and homemaker.

Preceded in death by her husband, Isaac H. Brooks, she

is survived by six children, David Ray Brooks and wife Virginia of Manassas,

Twila Brooks Quillen and husband Kimmel of Manassas, Isaac Robert Brooks

and wife Faye of Manassas, Deborah Brooks and husband Richard of Beckley,

W.Va., Diana Brooks Morris and husband James of Yorkshire and Ronald Price

Brooks and wife Latisha of Manassas; one brother, Daniel Ray Massie of Coolridge,

W.Va.; and four sisters, Melda Pettry of Westlake, Ohio, Violet Bullard

of Beckley, W.Va., Mary Rose Allen of Dothan, Ala. and Lura Jean McMillan

of Lebanon, 21 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7-9 p.m. today at

Price Funeral Home, 9609 Center St., Manassas. Funeral services will be

at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Battlefield Baptist Church, 4361 Lee Highway, Gainesville,

with the Rev. K.G. Skinner officiating. Interment will be at National Memorial

Park, Falls Church.

Audrey Berry Davis, 92, of

Manassas, died Aug. 4, 2000, at Prince William Hospital, Manassas.

She is survived by two daughters, Juanita Peters and Yvonne

Lansdowne, both of Manassas; five sons, Douglas Davis of Falls Church, Carol

Davis of Warrenton, Charles Davis of Manassas, Walter Davis of Manassas

Park and Thomas Davis of Washington, D.C.; four daughters-in-law; eight

grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; 11 step-grandchildren; one foster

son, Thomas Underwood; and many other relatives and friends.

The family will receive friends at 9 a.m. Aug. 15, at Ames

Funeral Home, 8914 Quarry Road, Manassas, where funeral service will be

at 10 a.m. with the Revs. Douglas and Mary Baltimore officiating. Interment

will be at Arlington National Cemetery.


 

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