Sue Britton

Sue Britton (Mrs. G. Ronald), 97, of Roanoke, Va., and residing in McLean for the past seven years, passed away on Thursday, June 17, 2010. She was a graduate of Longwood College. Sue was a member of Virginia Heights Baptist Church, and had regularly attended Columbia Baptist Church in Falls Church since her move to McLean.
She was Mother of the Year (Religious Activities) in Roanoke for 1973, and was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Community Service Award from Longwood College in 1987.
Mrs. Britton was preceded in death by her husband, G. Ronald Britton; her parents, Edward Thomas Yeaman and Maude Chernault Yeaman, of Martinsville; and four brothers, Edward, Thomas, John, and Holladay Yeaman.
Surviving are two daughters, Susan Overstreet and husband, Lee, of Roanoke, and Nancy Shelton and husband, Bob, of Farmville; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Overstreet Trumbull and husband, Scott, of McLean, Tiffany Wooding Overstreet, of Richmond, Meredith Shelton Ewing and husband, Jason, of Blacksburg, and Jessica Shelton Banachowski and husband, Keith, of Columbus, Ohio; and five great-grandchildren, Brittony and Alexandra "Aly" Trumbull, of McLean, Reed and Scarlett Ewing, of Blacksburg, and Lydia Banachowski, of Columbus, Ohio.
A Memorial Service will be conducted 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 26, 2010, from Virginia Heights Baptist Church with the Reverend C. Nelson Harris officiating. Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to the Sue Yeaman Britton Scholarship Fund at Longwood University. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, June 25, 2010, at Oakey's South Chapel, 540-989-3131.