Obituaries

Jul 21, 2020

Elizabeth (Betty) Tilton

November 13, 1951 – July 21, 2020

Betty Tilton, 68, passed away peacefully on the morning of July 21 st after a hard fought battle with colon cancer.

Betty was born on November 13, 1951 in Palacios, TX, to Robert Earl Price and Frances Price. As the daughter of a...

Jul 19, 2020

Services will be private.

Jul 15, 2020

James Crockett Kennedy, 79, of Aldie, Virginia went to be with his Lord and passed away at his home on July 15th sunrise morning surrounded by his loving family.

James was born July 22, 1940 to Corby and Edith Kennedy in Jolo, West Virginia.  He was the eldest of 6 children.

After high school, James...

Jul 14, 2020

Thelma was born February 12, 1931 in Ashburn, Virginia and she resided in Leesburg, Virginia most of her life until she departed this world for Heaven at age 89 in Winchester, Virginia on July 14, 2020. She is survived by her three daughters: Dolores Howser, Della Farris and husband Bob, Donna Cawthron and husband Steve; her five grandchildren: Michelle...

Jul 11, 2020

Services will be private.

Jul 10, 2020

Family will receive friends on Thursday, July 16, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church, 46833 Harry Byrd Hwy, Sterling, VA 20164 where a Mass will begin at 12:00 pm.  Interment will follow at Sterling Cemetery.

Jul 8, 2020

Virginia Ann Tilghman Button, age 91, passed peacefully at her home on Wednesday July 8, 2020, surrounded by her daughters, Deborah Ann Button O'Donnell Virgilio, Pamela Owens Button, and Melissa Totten Longosz. She is preceded in death by her husband Jack, son Jeb, and sister Bonnie.  Ann is survived by her three daughters, 10 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren....

Jul 6, 2020

Dr. Gilbert (Gil) Howlett Smith passed away on Monday, July 6, 2020 after a brief battle with pancreatic cancer.  He was 81 years old.  Gil was born in Cornwall, New York on July 25, 1938.

As a boy growing up in Monroe, New York Gil excelled in sports playing football, basketball and baseball.  At the age of...

Jul 6, 2020

Thomas Mack Powell, 70, of Crenshaw Co, AL, went to be with the Lord peacefully on July 6 th after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer.

Tom was born on February 13 th , 1950 to B.W. and Mauouida Powell in Crenshaw Co, Alabama .  He served his country honorably in the United States Marine Corps for...

Jul 2, 2020

 Louise Julia (Leesburg, VA), July 24, 1924 – July 2, 2020 

 Louise Julia passed in her sleep on the evening of July 2   nd   after a long battle with the afflictions of age and Covid-19. She was 95, and lived a life consumed by a relentless devotion to her family and to making friends everywhere she went. 

 She is survived by her...

Jul 1, 2020

Steve Sarajian (also fondly known to friends as "Big Steve") was born on October 5, 1965. He died suddenly at his home in Sterling on July 1, 2020. Although he was only 54, he lived a full and happy life.

Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Steve lived in New Milford, NJ before the family moved to Sterling,...

Jul 1, 2020

Helen Marchese, went home to be with the Lord on July 1, 2020.  Helen was born on July 11, 1929, the youngest of three children born to parents Barbara and John Milone, in Brooklyn, New York.  After high school Helen finished business school and began working as an executive assistant for a shipping line in New York city.

Jul 1, 2020

The world has lost a wonderful father, brother, uncle, cousin, friend and soon to be a granddaddy. Timothy "Timmy" Lee Owens, 55, of Leesburg, Virginia passed away suddenly on July 1st, 2020.  Beloved son of the late Billy Owens and Ettie Payne Fox and step-son of Wayne Fox.  Timmy spent the majority of his life residing in Leesburg, Virginia where...

Jun 27, 2020

Rev. Marthell Hicks, Jr. passed away on June 27, 2020. Marthell was born on November 18, 1958 at Altus Air Force Base in Altus, Oklahoma, the second child of Marthell Hicks, Sr. and Estella E. Hicks. He graduated from Friendly High School in Fort Washington, MD class of 1976 and Grambling State University in Grambling, LA class...

Jun 27, 2020

Kathryn Winter Harper Polen, 52, of Leesburg, Virginia passed away on June 27, 2020 after a long illness.  Kathy was preceded in death by her parents, Billy and Sandy Harper, and her husband Allen Polen.  She is survived by her sons Adam Polen and Caleb Polen, her sister Amy Harper, and her aunts and cousins.

Kathy graduated...

Jun 26, 2020

Frances Leona Frye Austin, 90, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Friday, June 26, 2020, at Heritage Hall Nursing Facility, having died from COVID-19 after being sick for seven days. Frances was the thirteenth sibling of eighteen children born to parents Ode Elton Frye and Virgie Mae Barnhouse Frye.  She was predeceased by her parents and...

Jun 25, 2020

A sweet Spirit, Mary Margaret Hill, 88 of Stafford, VA entered into eternal peaceful sleep on June 25, 2020. She was born on July 31, 1931 in Wilmington, NC to the late Norman Burns, Sr and Geneva Larkins.  Margaret, as she was called by her family was a very precocious child.  At the age of 10, Mary moved to...

Jun 24, 2020

Mrs. Rose Riemer Lowe of Ashburn, VA (age 92) passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. She is predeceased by her husband of 47 years, Marion Lee Lowe, her sister Regina Riemer, her brother Roberto Reimer.  She is survived by her children Richard Lowe (Karen) and Paula Anne Lowe and grandchildren Kevin Lowe and Michele Lowe.

Rose...

Jun 24, 2020

Oscar Ernesto Cortez, nació en El Salvador el 9 de Julio de 1961, falleció en Reston, Virginia, el 24 de Junio del 2020 a la edad de 58 años. Le sobreviven su papá Benjamín Cortez, su esposa Rosa Maria Cortez, sus hijos Odir Cortez, Oscar Alejandro Cortez, Criz Cortez Flores, sus hijas Helen Cortez y Rosa Del Carmen Flores...

Jun 24, 2020

Larry Elgin Edwards, 72, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family Wednesday, June 24, 2020 at the Capital Caring Adler Center in Aldie, Virginia.  His passing went exactly the way he planned, just like the rest of his life. Larry was predeceased by his parents Shelton Nelson and Grace Lee Edwards.  Larry is survived by his wife Joanne Edwards, his...