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Audrey Vailes Obituary
Audrey started her successful career as a star basketball player and valedictorian of her 1958 Brownsburg HS class. From there she started a family of 4 children and balanced a career at Crompton Corduroy Textiles in Waynesboro. From there Audrey and her husband Ralph opened a successful Western Auto retail business in Stuart's Draft, Va. Upon retiring, they moved to Florida to enjoy many years of avid golf and softball. In their last years, Audrey and Ralph settled in Fishersville to enjoy family.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband and soul mate, Charles Ralph Vailes. Surviving are her children, Rick Benson and wife Yong, Lorri (Benson) Tobin and husband Mike, Jan (Benson) Brenneman and husband Maury, and Reverend Dr. Randy Benson; step-children, Janet Vailes, Chuck Vailes and wife Lisa, Robert Vailes and wife Terri; 12 grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; brothers Carl and George Cox; and sister, Pauline Patteson.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 7, 2024, at McDow Funeral Home. The inurnment will be private.
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