Laura Foote

Laura W. Foote VIRGINIA BEACH - Laura Withers Foote, 76, passed away peacefully after a long battle with dementia in Westminster- Canterbury Sept. 4, 2009. Born in Danville, Va., she later moved to Washington, D.C., and graduated from Mount Vernon College for Women, now known as Georgetown University. She later married her husband Capt. Everett Foote, U.S. Navy retired, on Sept. 1, 1956 after his graduation from the United States Naval Academy. They traveled extensively, and she followed her husband all over the country wherever duty called. She loved her garden and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Virginia Beach for 28 years. She was a good wife and a wonderful mother who will be deeply missed. Besides her husband, she is also survived by two daughters, who she was so proud of for earning master's degrees, Carrie Carroll and her husband Ward and Elizabeth White and her husband Scott, all of Maryland; a brother-in-law, John Foote of Virginia Beach; and four grandchildren, Hunton, Reid, Spencer and Grace, also of Maryland. A memorial service will be held Tuesday, Sept. 8, in Westminster-Canterbury Holy Trinity Chapel at 3 p.m. and a reception will follow in the Bayview Room. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Virginia Beach, 36th St. and Pacific Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 23451. H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Laskin Road Chapel, is handling arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.hdoliver.com.