Sussex-Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Pulliam, Lois V. Murphy, 2014 

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LOIS VIRGINIA MURPHY PULLIAM 
06-06-1925 - 05-30-2014

  Lois Virginia Murphy Pulliam, 88, of Dallas Texas died peacefully Friday, 
May 30, 2014, surrounded by her loving family.

  Lois was born on June 6, 1925 in Dendron, Va. to Robert Lee and Mary Lucille 
(Cotton) Murphy of Wakefield, Virginia.  Lois attended Wakefield High School 
and Pan Am Business College in Richmond, Virginia.  She worked for Fannie Mae 
in Richmond for several years before she married F. Preston Pulliam in 1945. 
During the course of their marriage they resided in Arlington, Alexandria, and 
Warrenton, Virginia.

  Lois’s most cherished childhood memories included the times she spent with 
her beloved brother, Lawrence.  Later, Lois devoted herself completely to the 
raising of her three daughters.  She took great pleasure in visiting and 
caring for her four grandchildren.

  Lois enjoyed traveling around the world, including trips to England, 
Austria, and Hong Kong.  Seeing the Great Wall of China was another highlight 
of her life.  She volunteered for many years at the Warrenton Thrift Shop, 
Fauquier Hospital, and the Red Cross Blood Bank.

  In 2004, Lois moved to Dallas, Texas where she resided at The Plaza at 
Edgemere.  She had extra attention from caring friends, Evalina Herrien and 
Vicki Winkler.  In December 2013, she moved to the extraordinary care home of 
June Weismer where she was attended by loving caregivers Terry, Gladys and 
Rose, along with more extraordinary attention from the Hospice Plus team 
headed by Christy Samuel.

  Lois is survived by her three daughters and spouses, Deborah and Michael Del 
Colliano of Alexandria, VA; Nancy and Rodger Sanders of Dallas, TX; Mary and 
Harold Davis of Chadds Ford, PA; grandchildren, Ross Pennington, Grace 
Sheehan, Dillon and Marguerite Davis.  She will also be dearly missed by her 
former husband, F. Preston Pulliam of Winchester, Virginia.

  The private service will be held at R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home, 11414 
General Mahone Hwy, Wakefield, VA 23888 on Friday, June 6, 2014 with burial to 
follow at Wakefield Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, donations should be made: 
The Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Dallas Chapter Office, 4144 N. Central 
Expressway, Suite 750, Dallas, Texas 75204.


Lois Virginia (MURPHY; Mrs. F. Preston) PULLIAM, of Dallas, TX, 
former Fannie Mae employee, 
b. 6 Jun 1925, Surry Co., d. 30 May 2014, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 6 Jun 2014, 
R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home obit 

*Her parents are also buried there.  Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Her ex-husband (1922 - 2014) was buried in his native Woodville, 
   Rappahannock Co. 


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