Sandra Godwin

Former area resident, 71

ANNANDALE, Va. - Sandra S. (Dickerson) Godwin, 71, of Annandale died of cancer Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, at her home.

Memorial services were Monday at United Baptist Church in Annandale.

She was born Oct. 22, 1941, in Wyoming to Carrol and Phyllis (Simpson) Dickerson.

She married Graham J. Godwin Jr. He died April 3, 2002.

Survivors include her daughter, Michelle of Washington, D.C.; son, Michael, granddaughter, Zoe, and grandson, Jonas, of Lees Summit, Mo.; and brothers, Floyd, of Grand Island, Neb., Charles of Lubbock, Texas, and John of Glendale, Ariz., and their families, which include many nieces and nephews.

She grew up in Sumner, Neb. After high school, she moved to the Washington, D.C., area where she met and married her husband of 40 years, Graham J. Godwin Jr.

She enjoyed a long career with the Fairfax County Public School system. She was an ever-faithful member of the United Baptist Church, and the First Baptist Church of Annandale which preceded it, for many decades.

She enjoyed crafting, quilting, reading the comic strips and doing the puzzles in the daily newspaper. What she really loved more than anything, however, was spending time with her family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

Memorials are suggested to Capital Caring Hospice, 2900 Telestar Court, Falls Church, VA 22042, or the American Cancer Society, 124 Park St. NE, Vienna, VA 22180.