Anne Risher

Anne Hume Nash Risher

Anne Hume Nash Risher, 89, died on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, at her residence. She was born on Feb. 8, 1921, in Norfolk, Va. She moved to Charlottesville at an early age and considered Charlottesville her home until moving to Lynchburg in 1950.

Anne attended local and private schools in Charlottesville and graduated from St. Margaret's School in Tappahannock, Va. During WWII she was active in the Red Cross. She also worked in a munitions plant in Radford, Va.

After WWII, Anne became President of the University League, now the Junior League of Charlottesville. While President, she founded "The Opportunity Shop". It was a success from the start. The shop receives donated clothes and sells them to the public, with proceeds going to deserving charities.

On April 10, 1948, she married John Calhoun Risher; they moved to Lynchburg in 1950. Soon after coming to Lynchburg, Anne was made chairman of the Cot Committee, an organization that helped low income patients obtain hospital admission. She was a member of the Florence Crittendon Board for many years. When the Lynchburg General Hospital moved to its present location, she and a group of ladies founded the Lynchburg General Hospital Womens' Auxilliary. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

She is survived by her husband John Risher, her daughter Alice Risher Painter, and son-in-law James W. Painter, of Los Alamos, N.M. Anne also had three granddaughters, Lauren Painter, Amy Albright and husband Ian, and Anne Corbin and husband Aaron; and five great-grandchildren, Eliana, Teana, and Lacy Albright, and Daniel and Jonas Corbin.

A memorial service will be held at 11 am on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, at St. John's Episcopal Church, 200 Boston Avenue, Lynchburg, Va .

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

Friends may send condolences to the family at www.hillandwood.com.