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Obituary: Evelyn Mae Williams Spinks, 81

Evelyn Mae Williams Spinks, 81, of Leesburg, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013.

Evelyn was born Monday, July 18, 1932, in Taylorstown, VA. She was a daughter of the late Willard Alza Williams and the late Ada Elizabeth Painter Williams. Evelyn was a lifelong resident of Loudoun. She was a life member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church and was a former Sunday school teacher.

Although Evelyn was a wonderful homemaker, she also was employed by Mr. G’s Cleaners, the Leesburg Florist and Jerry’s Florist as a counter clerk.

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She will be remembered as a gracious, sweet and kind woman who loved gardening, singing, reading, spending time with her family and friends, and worshiping God.

She was the wife of the late Robert Lee Spinks, who passed in September 2008.

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She leaves her family to cherish her memory, including her daughter, Brenda Spinks Collins of Lovettsville, VA; sisters: Mary Spinks of Inwood, WV, and Betty Hood of Walkersville, MD; two grandsons Samuel and Grant Collins of Lovettsville; and her beloved friend Linda Payne of Leesburg.

Funeral services were held Oct. 2 at Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church in Leesburg, Virginia, with the Pastor Elfie Finn-McKenzie officiating. Interment followed in Union Cemetery, Leesburg.

Memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, Capital Caring, 2900 Telestar Court, Falls Church, VA 22042, or Loudoun Association for Retarded Citizens (LARC), PO Box 243, Leesburg, VA 20178.

Online condolences may be made to the family at www.loudounfuneralchapel.com.


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