Mary Louise Wall DODGE

Mary Louise Wall Dodge

Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Wall Dodge of Lynchburg, died on June 28, 2008, at Lynchburg General Hospital after a brief illness. Born in Silver Creek, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Harold Ernest Wall Sr. and Agatha Grace Kunzler Wall of Cleveland, Ohio. She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Verl Dodge and brothers, Carl Edward Wall of Willowick, Ohio, and Harold Ernest Wall Jr. of Nashville, Tenn. She is survived by daughters Lynn Louise Dodge, and Laurie Jean Dodge Hibbert and her husband, Thomas A. R. Hibbert, of Apex, N.C. and their children, Margaret Lynn Hibbert Thomas and her husband, Brian Grant Thomas, and Charles Dodge Hibbert and his wife, Colleen Bove Hibbert, and one great-granddaughter, Hannah Kathleen Hibbert, all of Concord, N.C., and sister-in-law Georgeanne G. Wall of Nashville, Tenn., and several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Dodge was a graduate of Sandusky, Ohio, high school, and attended Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C. She was a member of St. John's Episcopal Church.

Mr. and Mrs. Dodge moved to Lynchburg in 1960 when Mr. Dodge took a position with Old Dominion Box Company. Always active in civic affairs, Mrs. Dodge was a member of the Lynchburg Woman's Club, and served on the Board of Family Services and the United Way Board of Directors. For 48 years, she was an active member of the League of Women Voters. In 1975 she became one of the first women in Lynchburg to obtain a real estate license. She enjoyed a 25 year career with Snead, Payne, McCausland and Ford Garbee Realtors. She was a past President of the Lynchburg Board of Realtors (1981), twice was a winner of the Salesman of the Year Award and was Realtor of the Year for 1981. She served on the State Board of the Virginia Association of Realtors. She taught the Realtors Ethics course for many years. She was also active at the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center. In 1986, she was honored as a Woman of Achievement for Business and Industry in the inaugural year of the YWCA Academy of Women Awards Program.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to the Free Clinic of Central Virginia, Inc. (1016 Main St. Lynchburg, VA 24504), the Salvation Army (2215 Park Ave., Lynchburg, VA 24501), the American Lung Association (3512 Brambleton Ave., Suite 3, Roanoke, VA 24018), or a charity of your choice.

The family will receive friends at the home on from 4 to 7 p.m., Monday, June 30, 2008. A memorial service will be held at a later date.

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Whitten Funeral Homes and Cremation Service/Park Ave. Chapel is serving the Dodge family.