Lucille Lewis Armstrong

Lucille Lewis Armstrong, age 90, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2013, at UVA Medical Center, Charlottesville. Born October 14, 1922, in Culpeper to Dr. Maryan Buford Lewis and Maude Lucille Parr Lewis, Lucille made her life as a homemaker after graduating from Longwood College. She was also past-President of the Culpeper Garden Club where she was a member for 50 years, chair for the Culpeper Baptist Church Flower Committee, and was a member of the A.A.U.W. Lucille taught math in Ashland, VA in the early years and worked at Rochester Ropes for several years.

Surviving Lucille is her husband of 66 years, Dr. Thomas W. Armstrong, Jr., children; Thomas Weedon Armstrong, III and his wife Marie, Maryan Armstrong Kearney and her husband Timothy, Betsy Armstrong Spencer and her husband Dave, grandchildren; Kenneth Armstrong and his wife Ashley, Bradley Armstrong and his wife Megan, Robbie Kearney, Andrew Kearney and his wife Christina, Will Kearney, John Kearney, Ben Spencer, Jack Spencer, three great-grandchildren; Katelyn Armstrong, Kyle Armstrong, Caleb Kearney and daughter-in-law, Mollie Moore Ketelhut.

In addition to her parents, her brother, Willie Parr Lewis, sister, Francis Lewis Farrar, son, Dr. Lewis Parr Armstrong and daughter-in-law, Kyle Lovett Armstrong precede Lucille in death.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, July 2nd, at Clore-English Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at the Culpeper Baptist Church, 318 S. West Street, Culpeper, with Dr. Rev. Wayne Bernardo and Rev. Jerry Hutchinson officiating. Interment will follow in Fairview Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the St. Luke’s School Foundation, 1211 E. Grandview Avenue, Culpeper, VA 22701, Culpeper Baptist Retirement Community, 12425 Village Loop, Culpeper, VA 22701, or the Culpeper Baptist Church Building Fund, 318 S. West Street, Culpeper, VA 22701.

Condolences mat be offered through clore-english.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Clore-English Funeral Home, 11190 James Monroe Highway, Culpeper, VA 22701.