Sussex-Surry-Buckingham County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Rollings, Martha E. Anderson, 2012 

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MARTHA ELLA ANDERSON ROLLINGS 

  DENDRON - Martha Anderson Rollings, 82, of Dendron, retired assistant 
superintendent of Surry, passed away on Jan. 22, 2012.

  She was born in Andersonville, in Buckingham County, to the late Herbert 
Greenway and Alma Abernathy Anderson.  She was the widow of Norman Gregory 
Rollings.

  She is survived by her daughter, Faye Rollings-Carter and her husband, 
Thornton; a brother, Dr. Powell Anderson of Dillwyn; sister-in-law, Florence 
Anderson of Pomona, N.Y.; two sisters-in-law, Carol C. Rollings and Clarice E. 
Rollings of Dendron; three step-grandchildren; two step great-grandchildren, 
numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

  She was also preceded in death by her stepmother, Vida Abernathy Anderson; 
and her brother, Charles A. Anderson.

  She graduated from Buckingham Central High School, entered State Teachers 
College (now Longwood University), at age 14, graduated with honors at age 18, 
and began her career in education which lasted 45 years.  She taught at 
Culpeper High School, Wakefield High School, Waverly High School, Surry 
Academy (where she also served as headmistress), and at Surry County High 
School where she served as assistant principal, associate principal and at the 
central office as director on instruction and assistant superintendent for 
instruction.  In 1994, she received an Alumni Achievement Award from Longwood 
University and in 2007, she was honored by the Surry County Business and 
Professional Women’s Organization.  In 2010, she was honored by the Gamma 
Epsilon Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma.  She served as treasurer of Dendron 
United Methodist Church for more than 35 years and also as Sunday school 
teacher and trustee; a charter member of the Dendron Historical Society; 
member, secretary, vice president  and president of the Gamma Epsilon Chapter 
of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International; member of APVA; and was active in 
other civic and community activities.

  The family will receive friends from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, 
at the Wakefield Chapel of J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home.  A funeral service 
will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, 2012, at Dendron United Methodist 
Church with the Rev. Ray Rowland officiating.  Burial will follow in Wakefield 
Cemetery.

  In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Martha Rollings Education 
Foundation Scholarship Fund, c/o EVB Bank, P.O. Box 246, Surry, VA 23883.


Martha Ella (ANDERSON; Mrs. Norman G.) ROLLINGS, retired educator, 
b. 3 Sep 1929, Andersonville, Buckingham Co., d. 22 Jan 2012, Richmond, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 26 Jan 2012, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Jan. 24, 2012 

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

Her husband's obit ("Sussex-Surry Dispatch," Feb. 20, 1969) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/obits/r452n2ob.txt 

Her parents were buried in an ANDERSON family cemetery, Andersonville. 


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and re-formatted by File Manager. 

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