Anna Mae Fenwick

Anna Mae Fenwick, 85, of St. Inigoes, Md., peacefully passed away at her residence on February 14, 2012. Family and friends will unite on Saturday, February 25, 2012 for visitation at 10 am until time of Mass of Christian Burial at 11 am at St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, 16922 St. Peter Claver Church Rd., St. Inigoes, Md. with Reverend Scott Woods officiating. Interment immediately following at St. Peter Claver Church Cemetery. Anna was born on January 28, 1927 in St. Inigoes to the late Samuel Shubrooks and Juliet Milburn-Bennett. During her youth, Anna attended St. Mary’s County Public Schools and moved on to become employed at St. Mary’s College of Maryland located in St. Mary’s City, Maryland where she remained until her retirement.
For more than 40 years she was blissfully joined in Holy Matrimony to the late Charles Melvin Fenwick and together, the two of them raised seven children.
As an exemplary Christian, Anna always attended Sunday church service and supported countless religious activities hosted by local churches. For decades she attended Mt. Zion United Methodist Church in St. Inigoes, Maryland where she was a member of the Women’s Choir.
Later in life, when she could no longer attend church services and activities on her own, she joined St. Peter Claver Catholic Church in St. Inigoes, Maryland, where she attended faithfully as her health permitted, with her daughter with whom she also resided.
Maintaining her quiet, caring, and generous composure, she took great pleasure in giving to anyone who needed a helping hand. She also spent an immense amount of time enjoying and caring for her children, grandchildren, and other local children. Anna enjoyed past-times including dancing and entertaining family and friends.In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Melvin Fenwick; one child, Vincent Fenwick; one sister, Lucy Lee; four brothers: Joseph Smith, Clarence Shubrooks, Robert Shubrooks, and James Shubrooks; four grandchildren: Nita Fenwick, Irlene Dickens, Verlene Dickens, and Dana Collins, Jr.
Anna leaves to cherish her memories four daughters: Annette Dickens (James) of St. Inigoes, MD, Sylvia Martin (Arthur) of Virginia Beach, VA, Cordelia Martin of Lexington Park, MD, and Beverly Fenwick of St. Inigoes, MD, three sons: Melvin Fenwick (Patricia) of St. Inigoes, MD, Morris (Maxine) of Lexington Park, MD, and William (Sherrie) of Park Hall, MD: one sister: Catherine Chisley of Lexington Park, MD; and one brother: Leonard Shubrooks of St. Inigoes, MD. Anna leaves behind more than forty grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also leaves behind a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends, too numerous to mention. Anna is also survived by sister-in-laws Daisy Fenwick, Idolia Shubrooks, Regina Slaughter, and Shelby Fenwick, and one brother-in-law Jessie Fenwick and a special family friend, David Thompson helped care for her and assist her family during her lengthy illness.