Dr. Matthew Lyle Lacy II

LACY, Dr. Matthew Lyle II, died August 19, 2008 at the Masonic Home of Virginia. Dr. Lacy was born on May 10, 1920 at the Manse at "Old Glade" in Washington County, Va., the third child of Rev. Clarence Read Lacy Sr. D.D. and Sallie Wilson Lacy. He attended public schools in Washington and Rockingham Counties, graduating from Mt. Clinton High School in 1937. He attended Hampden-Sydney College, graduating in 1941. He taught in Dinwiddie County High Schools for 18 months. He attended the Medical College of Virginia in April 1943, received his M.D. degree in March 1946, and was commissioned a 1st Lieutenant in the Medical Corps, A.V.S. He served his internship and surgical residencies in Lewis Gale Hospital, Roanoke Virginia from April 1946 to January 1948 at which time he resumed active duty in the army. He was assigned to the staff of the Medical Field Service School San Antonio, Texas for two years and served as Assistant Chief of Surgery at Fort Lee Station Hospital from November 1949 to June 1950, at which time he was discharged from active duty. He served in the residency program at McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital, Richmond Virginia from July 1950 to June 1954. He practiced General Surgery at Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia from 1954 to 1988, where he served as Chief of Staff on two occasions and as Chief of Surgery for the last 25 years. He served on the Board of Directors of Blue Shield of Virginia for about 15 years and as Chairman of the Board from 1969 to 1973. He was active in Freemasonry from 1956 until his death, serving as Master of the South Hill Lodge No.297 in 1960 and again in 1992. He was active in the Grand Lodge of Virginia in various offices and was Grand Master in 1979. He was a member of the York and Scottish Rites and many other appendant bodies. He was a ruling elder and Sunday School teacher in South Hill Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his wife, the former Elise Mae Brite of Farmville, Virginia; three sons, M. Lyle Lacy III of Danville, Virginia, Robert Bruce Lacy of Concord, N.C., and John Wilson Lacy of Chester, Virginia, their wives, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held on Tuesday, August 26 at the Richmond Scottish Rite Valley, 4204 Hermitage Road, Richmond, Va. The service will begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium, with a reception to follow in the dining room. For additional details, contact Robert W. "Bob" Carpenter Sr., Valley Secretary, 804-264-2050. Memorial contributions may be made to Hampden-Sydney College or to the Masonic Home of Virginia.


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