Evelyn Wright George's Obituary
Evelyn was born on March 30, 1919 to John Samuel Wright and Clara Frye Wright. Her childhood was spent in Brunswick, MD with her parents and a sister, Louise Wright Cooper. She attended elementary school and graduated from :he Brunswick High School in the class of 1936. After high school she worked for a time at a clothing factory that was then in Brunswick.
In 1941 Evelyn married William Ashton George, son of Elbert and Lillian Rodeffer George and came across the Potomac to the family farm. That farmland now is the site of the Mitchell and Best housing development, Blue Ridge Glen, along with the restored stone house, barn and farm buildings on Irish Corner Road. She took up the rigors of farm life and shared in the field work, caring for the cows, chickens, and pigs as well as the gigantic garden. On April 5, 1948 they had a son, William Jr. In 1969 the farm was sold to Albert and Sheila Heider who completely restored the stone house on Irish Corner Road. An acre lot on Purcell Road was carved out from the farm: and a house built where she and William then lived. William died in 1977 from cancer. She will be fondly remembered by the five Heider family children (includes 2 sets of twins), who she helped raise from infants.
In addition to the farm duties, Evelyn was a devoted Sunday school teacher in the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church in Lovettsville for many years. She was always eager to help in elementary school functions and church functions especially the annual church supper held for years at the elementary school (now the community center) that hosted visitors from all of Loudoun County. Many people will remember her as a fixture in the Lovettsville Post Office where she served as clerk and retired from the US Postal Service in 1985.
Evelyn enjoyed her retirement and kept busy as long as she was able, with her special friends, her church, her reading, and caring for her fat, lazy cat, Tiger, who ruled the house until his death several years ago. She especially enjoyed attending the annual luncheons of her high school classes of the 1930s. Later, with mixed feelings, she watched as the farm fields of Old Loudoun became the New Loudoun. Her sadness from seeing all the farmland grow houses and all the old Loudoun names go to rest in the local cemeteries was overcome by seeing the newness around her. She adored hearing the sounds once again of young children and seeing the young families come to be the next generations of Loudoun. It was her slated wish that they cherish the land and the scenery in Lovettsville as she did. She was fortunate to celebrate her 90th birthday in her home. After several falls due to declining health, she could no longer stay in the home so she took residence at Northampton Nursing Home in Frederick, MD.
She leaves her son William Jr., nephews, Raymond Lee Cooper, David Peacock, Jimmy Peacock and a niece, Nancy Peacock Smith. Also her sister in law, Virginia George Peacock.
.There is the well known saying, "It is never the destination, it is always the journey". For her, it was never the destination. Her destination was a given, Heaven. It was, for her, the journey. Her journey included hard work, good times, bad times, caring, love, devotion, service to her God, her church, her family, and her community. So it should be for us
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