Joe D. FAULL

WILLIAMSBURG - Joe Douglas Faull, Commander U.S. Navy (retired), died peacefully on Dec. 1, 2009, at Patriot's Colony Convalescent Center in Williamsburg.
He was born May 6, 1925 in Oklahoma City, Okla. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota and his Masters from George Washington University, and was a graduate of the U.S. Naval War College.
He will be remembered for his 26 years of active service to the U.S. Navy. Before his retirement from active service in 1968, he commanded two destroyers, the Barney and the Hartley. Later he served as an aide to General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. He assisted with the building of six aircraft carriers, as an engineer, with the Department of the Navy until his retirement from civil service in 1987.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth "Betty" Cofer Faull.
He is survived by a daughter, Nancy Lynne Miller of Kill Devil Hills, N.C. and her husband, Douglas; a son, Douglas Cecil Faull of Fairfax, Va. and his wife Cheryl; a grandson, Shawn Douglas Ross Faull of Fairfax; and a sister, Sacra Faull Vaughan of Decatur, Ga. and her husband, Rex.
In celebration of his life, the family will hold a memorial service at Patriot's Colony, 6000 Patriots Colony Drive, Williamsburg, at 1 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 11. Arrangements are being made for interment at Arlington Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to The Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute, Kansas Masonic Foundation, P.O. Box 1217, Topeka, KS 66601-1217. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.