NELSON COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - Gladys (Wade) Tomes Fitzgerald, 18 Mar 2004
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Source: The Daily Progress, Saturday, March 20, 2004

Gladys Tomes Fitzgerald, 85, of Rice Ave., went to be with her Lord on 
Thursday morning March 18, 2004. She was a recent resident of Augusta Nursing 
and Rehabilitation Center. She was born April 10, 1918, in Schuyler, Va., 
(Nelson County), the daughter of the late Robert W. Wade and Leslie Estelle 
Craig Wade.
She was a life-long member of Basic United Methodist Church and for many years 
she had a beautician business in her home.
Mrs. Fitzgerald was an avid bowler in the Waynesboro and Staunton Bowling 
leagues and she loved to play Bingo and cards. She was a faithful Atlanta 
Braves fan. She loved to play piano and she enjoyed the flowers she grew in 
her yard and home. She was a devoted wife, mother and grandmother and her life 
was her family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, 
Grover William Tomes; her sister, Lucille Wade Currier; and two brothers, 
Joseph Wade and Spurgeon Wade.
She is survived by her husband, Elwood I. Fitzgerald, who is retired from 
Crompton Shenandoah with 37 years of service; three daughters, Charlotte Tomes 
Hodge and her husband, John M. Hodge, of Lyndhurst, Sandra Tomes Evans of 
Gainesville, Ga., and Dianna Tomes Helmick and her husband, Will Helmick, of 
Staunton; a step-son, Randy R. Fitzgerald and his wife, Mona Fitzgerald, of 
Waynesboro; a step-daughter, Diane Rebecca Lucas of Waynesboro; her brother, 
Robert Wade of Schuyler; her sister, Virginia Wade Short of Vinton; six 
grandchildren Anthony and Mark Hodge, Brandan and Paul Whitmer, Kimberly Paige 
Coffey and Leslie Estelle Helmick; four step-grandchildren, Dallas and Eric 
Fitzgerald and Chris and Angela Lucas; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at the Waynesboro Chapel of Reynolds Funeral 
Service at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, 2004, with the Rev. Loretta Benninghove 
and the Rev. Billy Coffey officiating. Burial will follow in Augusta Memorial 
Park.
Active pallbearers will be Mark Hodge, Anthony "Tony" Hodge, Paul Whitmer, 
Randy Fitzgerald, John Hodge, Lewis Whitmer, Will Helmick and Dean Coffey. 
Honorary pallbearers will be, Jess Bridge, Sonny Robinson, Maynard Patterson, 
Geraldine Quick, Glenn and Jean Miller, Eric Fitzgerald, Dallas Fitzgerald, 
Charles E. Fitzgerald, Brandan Whitmer, Kimberly Coffey, Leslie Helmick and 
Daniel Tomes Hodge.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, March 22, 2004, at 
the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Waynesboro First Aid Crew, P.O. Box 
1427, Waynesboro, VA 22980.
This obituary may be viewed online at www.reynoldsfuneralservices.com.


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