Jacquelyn Herron

HERRON, Jacquelyn "Jaci" Pace, 47, of the 500 block of Reedy River Road, Surfside Beach, South Carolina, died peacefully in her sleep on Friday morning, November 27, 2009, while visiting family in Chantilly, Virginia. Ms. Herron was born in Portsmouth, Va. on February 15, 1962, the daughter of James Albert Pace and Leslie Boynton. She was a graduate of Frank Cox High School in Virginia Beach and attended VCU in Richmond. After moving to Northern Virginia she met Thomas K. Herron whom she married in 1989. She worked for JKJ Chevrolet and NV Properties before joining her husband's advertising business. The couple moved to Myrtle Beach in 1993 to launch a golf travel business with the legendary Gary Player. She subsequently worked in marketing for the Myrtle Beach Resort and Surfside Realty. Active in her community and politics throughout her life, Jaci served on the Festival Committee of the Vienna, Va. Chamber and a Congressional Awards program sponsored by Virginia Congressman Frank Wolf. She was a member of the South Strand Republican Club since its founding in 1999 and organized the first SSRC GOP Cruise. In 2005 and 2006, she served as Chairman of the American Cancer Society's South Strand Relay For Life. In 2007 she co-founded and was the first President of the Grand Strand Opera Workshop. She and Tom are members of the First Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach. Surviving in addition to Tom are her mother and stepfather, Leslie and Robert BeHage of Midlothian, Va.; stepmother and stepbrother, Pat Pace Bishop and Chris Pace of Virginia Beach; mother-in-law, Josephine Herron; and sister and brother-in-law, Ann Harlan and James Herron, all of Maryland's Eastern Shore; stepdaughters, Nicole Ohanian, Pamela Herron and Courtney Schweiger; her stepgrandchildren, Jonathan and Joshua Ohanian and Samantha Jo Schweiger. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on December 6, at the United Methodist Church in Centreville, Md. A memorial service and celebration of life will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday, December 12, at the First Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach. The family requests that memorials be sent in her name to the Lupus Foundation of America (www.lupus.org), 2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 710, Washington, D.C. 20036, or to the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org), 950 48th Ave N #101, Myrtle Beach, S.C. 29577. Please sign the guestbook at EverlyFuneralHomes.com.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.