This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Weaver, Brown, Mims, Lay Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/8699 Message Board Post: Rockdale Reporter, Thur., 9 June 2005 Virginia Weaver, 82, of Lexington died Wednesday, June 1, 2005 in Richards Memorial Hospital in Rockdale. Funeral services were held Sunday, June 5, 2005 at Lexington Faith Temple Church in Lexington with Rev. Randy Whited officiating. Burial followed in Lexington Cemetery. She was a resident of Lexington for the past 70 years and a member of Lexington Faith Temple Church in Lexington. Mrs. Weaver was born April 21, 1923 in Holland to William Audrey and Velma Luene (Mims) Brown. She owned the Weaver Restaurant in Lexington 14 years. Mrs. Weaver was also a professional dog groomer until she retired in 2002. Mrs. Weaver married Marcus Lay in 1941 in Lexington and then later married Wallace I. Weaver on Jan. 16, 1946. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Marcus Lay on July 26, 1944 and second husband, Wallace I. Weaver; parents; great-grandchild, Sloan Bexley. Survivors include two daughters, Joyce Jones and husband Wayne of Lexington. Pat Buetow and husband Billy of Lexington; brother, W.A. Brown of Lexington; sister, Nell Poston of Lexington; three grandchildren, Cathy Schroeder, Cindy Bexley and Christi Perry; nine great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandchild. Pallbearers included Reagen Schroeder, Christian Schroeder, Holden Schroeder, Jordan Bexley, Julian Bexley, Kane Kleinschmidt and Ethan Kleinschmidt. Honorary pallbearers were Tim Kleinschmidt, Tom Kleinschmidt, Bob Belyeu and Amos Quinney