Anne Holt Hamill Tenser

TENSER, Anne Holt Hamill, of Troutville, Va., died Sunday, March 1, 2009. Mrs. Tenser was born September 1, 1924 to the late George Edwin Holt Sr. and Myrtle Hensley Holt in Martinsville, Va. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Wilson Webb Hamill; a daughter, Nancy Hamill Georgius; a stepson, David William Tenser; a nephew, R. Wilkins Hamill III; and her only sibling, George Edwin Holt Jr. Surviving are her husband of 32 years, James H. Tenser; her daughter, Susan Hamill Smith and her husband, Michael M. Smith; and their son, Jeffrey Smith, of Richmond, Va.; a granddaughter, Allison Hamill Blake; and her stepfather, John R. Georgius of Charlotte, N.C.; a stepdaughter, Lindy Tenser Filz and her husband, George Filz, of Blacksburg, Va., and their daughters, Sara and Sonya; two nephews, Robert S. Holt and his wife, Helen, of Midlothian, Va., and George Edwin Holt III and his wife, Betty, of Marietta, Ga.; sister-in-law, Elizabeth Stoner Holt of Fincastle, Va.; and a brother-in-law, Andrew L. Tenser Jr. and his wife, Ann, of Rockville, Va. A memorial service will be held at Fincastle Presbyterian Church on Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Rodney D. Wilson officiating. A visitation and reception will follow the service at her home. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to the Fincastle Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 144, Fincastle, Va. 24090, for the refurbishment of the Fellowship Hall, or to a charity of your choice in her memory. Arrangements by Oakey's East Chapel and Crematory, Roanoke, 540-977-3909.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.