Lilburn Trigg TALLEY

TALLEY, Lilburn Trigg, 85, a radiologist who had been president of the Virginia Chapter of the American College of Radiology, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at home in Millwood. The cause of death was complications due to Alzheimer's disease. Interment will take place at the family plot in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, at 12 noon Tuesday, September 22. A memorial service will be held at Christ Church, Millwood, at 12 noon Wednesday, September 23. Dr. Talley was born November 30, 1923 in Richmond, a son of the late Dr. Daniel Doak Talley Jr., one of Virginia's first radiologists, and Anne Hays Myers Talley. He graduated from St. Christopher's School in 1942, joined the U.S. Navy that November, and was called to active duty while at the University of Virginia in May 1943. He was commissioned an Ensign and served as a naval aviator until the end of World War II. In 1945, he was a PBY pilot awaiting orders for the Battle of Tokyo when the war ended. He joined the United States Naval Reserves in November 1945 and was honorably discharged as Lt.jg. in November 1954. In 1948, Dr. Talley received a B.S degree from the University of Virginia, where he was president of the student body, a manager of the football team, and a member of the 13 Society, the Thomas Jefferson Eating Society, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Sigma social fraternity. Dr. Talley graduated in 1954 from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and served his internship in medicine there. He completed his residency in radiology and a post-graduate fellowship in radiation therapy at the University of Maryland in 1958. He entered the practice of radiology in 1959 at the Medical College of Virginia, and subsequently joined his father's Richmond radiology group, which in 2006 celebrated its 100th anniversary. In 1962, Dr. Talley became the fourth radiologist in Winchester, the first in that medical community trained in oncology. In 1983, he was the first Winchester radiologist to be elected a Fellow of the American College of Radiology. He retired in 1990. During the following decade, he was an active member of the board of directors of the Foundation of the State Arboretum at Blandy Experimental Farm, where he played a prominent role in integrating the Boyce institution more closely with the University of Virginia. He also served on the board of directors of Belle Grove Inc., a National Trust for Historic Preservation Property, and was a vestryman of Cunningham Chapel Parish. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Nancy St.Clair Talley; a brother, Edmund Myers Talley of Richmond; and four sons, Lilburn Trigg Talley Jr. of Washington, D.C., William St. Clair Talley of Richmond, Edmund Myers Talley II of Catonsville, Md., and Robert Armstrong Crockett Talley of Alexandria. Also among his survivors are their wives, Denise von Gersdorff-Talley, Elizabeth Wilkins Talley, Carolyn Anne Cronin, and Frances Cromartie Talley, along with his grandchildren, Nancy von Gersdorff-Talley, Alexandra von Gersdorff-Hearn, William St. Clair Talley Jr., Hays Wilkins Talley, Benjamin Cronin Talley, Scott Cronin Talley, Robert Crockett Talley, Spencer Cromartie Talley, and Julia Frances Talley. A brother, Dr. Daniel Doak Talley III, a prominent Richmond radiologist, preceded him in death. Rather than flowers, the Talleys will be grateful for contributions to a local Hospice, to Blandy Experimental Farm of theUniversity of Virginia (the State Arboretum of Virginia), Cunningham Chapel Parish, the Squam Lakes Association, or to charities chosen by their friends.

This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.