NELSON COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - Nell (Reed) Embrey, 21 Dec 2003
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Source: The Daily Progress, Thursday, December 24, 2003

Nell Reed Embrey, 90, of Lovingston, (Nelson County), died Sunday, Dec. 21, 
2003, at her residence.
Born in Amherst on March 25, 1913, she was a daughter of the late Walter 
Pierce Reed and Nell Dearborn Reed. Most of her childhood was spent in 
Victoria, Va. After attending Sweet Briar College she worked for about 10 
years in Baltimore, where she met her husband, Austin C. Embrey. In 1948, they 
moved back to his home in Lovingston.
Her husband preceded her in death in 1988.
In addition to being a correspondent for the Lynchburg News and other local 
papers, she was active on behalf of numerous community causes. She was also a 
member of Trinity Episcopal Church at Oak Ridge, where she sang in the choir 
and served in many capacities including the Vestry and Altar Guild.
Survivors include a sister, Clarke Faudree of Bassett; two daughters; Samantha 
Embrey of Takoma Park, Md., and Susan Coleman and her husband, Clarence, of 
Murfreesboro, Tenn.; a son, Walter Reed Embrey and his wife, Jane, of Roanoke; 
and three grandchildren, Mary Catherine Freeman, Sally Embrey and Reilly 
Embrey.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26, 2003, at Trinity 
Episcopal Church, with the Rev. Judy Parrish officiating.
The family will receive friends following the service at the Embrey home. 
Interment will be held at a later date in the Amherst Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials take the form of donations 
to Trinity Episcopal Church, in care of Gerald H. Doll, Treasurer, 1161 Thomas 
Nelson Hwy., Lovingston, VA 22949 or The Hospice of The Piedmont, 1490 Pantops 
Mountain Place, Suite 200, Charlottesville, VA 22911.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Wells/Sheffield Funeral 
Chapel of Lovingston.


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