Lucille Armistead

March 21, 1912 to August 4, 2009 Lucille Armistead, a loving wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and greataunt, of Roanoke, Va., passed away on August 4, 2009. She was born on March 21, 1912 in Atlanta, Ga., to Estelle and Davis Owen. The family moved to Roanoke when she was three. Mrs. Armistead attended Farmville College and taught elementary school in the Roanoke school district and Sunday school at the Calvary Baptist Church. She enjoyed gardening, painting and collecting antiques. For 70 years, she was a dedicated wife to Robert A. "Pete" Armistead, a graduate of VMI, who preceded her in death in 2004. At the time of her death, she was a resident of the Brandon Oaks Nursing Home in Roanoke. She is survived by her son, Robert A. Armistead Jr., of Los Altos Hills, Calif.; three grandsons, Robert Ashby Armistead III, of Los Altos, Calif., Wade Owen Armistead, of Nashville, Tenn., and Clay Thornhill Armistead, of San Francisco; and four greatgrandchildren; a sister-in-law, Jean Armistead, of Roanoke; a niece, Peggy Jean Walker, of Roanoke; a nephew, Randolph Leonard, of Seattle, Wash., and their children. She is also survived by the three daughters of her nephew, Robert Clayton Leonard, who predeceased her: Susan Leonard, of Charlotte, N.C., Ann Leonard Gregory, of Roanoke, and Sarah Leonard Blackburn, of Lexington, and her children. Graveside services will be held 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 8, 2009, at Fair View Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday, August 7, 2009, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel, 540-982-2100.