Mary Fleming

Mary Harvey Fink Fleming, 78, former resident of Bowie and most recently Memphis, TN, died February 27 in Annapolis. Mrs. Fleming was born Feb. 14, 1935, in Yonkers, NY, the only child of the late Alfred Vought Fink and the late Barbara Gray Myers Fink. Mrs. Fleming was employed by the U.S. Civil Service with her last assignment being a Civilian Staffing Specialist at Andrews Air Force Base in Clinton before her retirement in 1987. She lived in the DC metro area for over 30 years, graduating from Bladensburg High School in 1953, moving to California, and later returning to raise her family in Bowie. Mrs. Fleming was a member of the Reading Blount Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and as a young girl, unveiled a monument to Major Blount as his youngest direct descendant. Mrs. Fleming was preceded in death by two sons, Lawrence Harvey Moore in 1959, and John Blount Fleming in 2002. Survivors include her son, V. Clifford Fleming, Jr. of Bowie; two daughters, CAPT Leslie A. Moore, MSC, USN, of Alexandria, VA; and Holly L. Fleming Waldman of Crofton; and three grandsons. Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 27, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Bowie with Rev. Leslie M. St. Louis officiating. Funeral services will later be held in Washington, NC at Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, where Mrs. Fleming was a lifetime member, followed by interment in the churchyard alongside her ancestors dating back to the 1700's. In lieu of flowers, the family would like to have donations sent to RISE for Autism, at http://www.riseforautism.com/M.php where a memorial webpage has been created in honor of Mrs. Fleming.