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Mary Sue Hamersley Yancey, 97, resident of Sunnyside Retirement Community for 14 years, died at Sunnyside on Sunda y, May 30, 2010.
She was born on Feb. 23, 1913, in Charlotte County, Va., to the late Wilfred Leslie and Mary Paris Hamersley. She married Bernard Eiler Yancey of Elkton on Aug. 22, 1936, and lived at "Hilltop" for 60 years. Mr. Yancey died in 1968.
Mrs. Yancey received a BS from Harrisonburg State Teacher's College in 1934, where she was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Aeolian Club, an honorary music organization. She taught English, French, Latin and drama at Elkton High for 21 years and received a MA from Madison College in 1963. While teaching at Elkton High School, she directed numerous plays and musicals and led student travel groups to Europe.
She is survived by daughters, Mary Eiler Yancey Southerly and husband, Norman, of Port Republic; Sarah Yancey Keightley and husband, Bob, of St. Louis, Mo.; and son, Bernard Hamersley Yancey and wife, Gay, of Elkton; niece, Virginia Phalen of Harrisonburg; 10 grandchildren, Thomas Southerly of Fairfax, Richard Southerly of Harrisonburg, Pamela Sheets of Harrisonburg, Andrew Southerly of Wichita, Kan., Cynthia Morgan of Port Republic, Tina Regan of Richmond, Amy Shinohara of Ridgefield, Conn., John Skidmore of Anchorage, Alaska, Eric Yancey of Richmond, and Matthew Yancey of Harrisonburg and 16 great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Craddock Hamersley Boswell, two nephews and one niece.
She was a member of the Elkton Presbyterian Church since 1946, where she was the first woman elder and served as organist for more than 40 years. She taught Sunday school classes for 60 consecutive years and in 1992 was presented an Honorary Life Membership in Presbyterian Women of the Presbyterian Church, USA.
At Sunnyside Retirement Community, she served as a Bible study teacher and member of the Chaplain's Advisory Committee for Meredith Chapel.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests expressions of sympathy be made in her memory to the Sue Yancey Family Scholarship (honoring aspiring educators), Rockingham Education Foundation Inc., 100 Mount Clinton Pike, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 or to the Elkton Presbyterian Church Youth Scholarship Fund, Elkton Presbyterian Church, 104 Ashby Ave., Elkton, VA 22827.
The graveside service will be private. A memorial service will be conducted at Meredith Chapel, Sunnyside Retirement Community, on Sunday, June 6, 2010, at 1:30 p.m. by the Rev. Anne M. Ross, Chaplain Paul O'Gorek, and the Rev. Thomas L. Johnson.
The family will receive friends following the memorial service.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.kygers.com.
Arrangements are by Kyger Funeral Homes.
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