Violet Elizabeth Glass

Violet Elizabeth Glass

Violet Elizabeth Glass, 82, of Faber, died Saturday morning, October 17, 2009, at the home of her daughter in Faber.

Violet was born December 19, 1926, in Orange County, a daughter of the late John Willis Wayland and Daisy Butler Wayland.

Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bernard Eugene Glass; a brother, Eugene Wilson Wayland; and a grandson, Edward Lee Wright Jr.

She was a retired employee of Comdial with over 20 years of service and a member of Bybees Road Baptist Church, Troy, Virginia.

She is survived by her daughter, Virginia Asbell and her husband, Tim, of Faber; two sons, Edward Lee Wright and his wife, Brenda, of Faber, and Michael W. Wright and his wife, Emily, of Ruckersville; a sister, Flora Johnson and her husband, Charles, of Palmyra; four grandchildren, Shelia Carter, Barbara Renee Wright, Sherry Dickerson and her husband, Sean, George Tomlin, and Timothy Asbell Jr.; five great-grandchildren, Brittany Hensley and her husband, Toby, Michael A. Wright, Jasmine Patterson, Steven Dickerson, and Derrick Feggans; one great-great- grandchild, Aubrie Hensley.

A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Tuesday, October 20, 2009, at Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel in Lovingston with the Reverend Jim Lundy and the Reverend Chuck Boone officiating. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. in the Bybees Road Baptist Church Cemetery, Troy.

The family will receive friends from 7 until 9 p.m. Monday, October 19, 2009, at the funeral home and all other times at the respective residence.

Arrangements by Wells/Sheffield Funeral Chapel of Lovingston. 434-263-4097.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.