Evelyn Taylor Wilfong

Evelyn Wilfong Evelyn Taylor Wilfong of Frederick County, Virginia, died August 24, at home. Mrs. Wilfong was born in Shouns, Tennessee, in 1934, the daughter of Dessie S. Taylor and the late Wade Watson Taylor. She married the love of her live, Jack Linton Wilfong, Sr. on September 12, 1952. She and her family lived in Springfield, Virginia from 1956 to 1988. During that time she worked both part time and full time for Melpar Corporation and then at Atlantic Research Corporation in Alexandria, Virginia, and was always available as a loving wife and mother. She often went with her late husband Jack when he traveled for his job and they continued to travel throughout the United States after their retirements. She and Jack moved to Winchester in 1988 when Jack, Sr. and Jack, Jr. opened Winchester Lawn and Garden. She loved to help out at the store where all the employees and many customers called her "Granny." Surviving with her mother of Mountain City, Tennessee, is her son, Jack L. Wilfong, Jr. and wife, Robbin, of Winchester, Virginia; daughter, Nancy W. Hayes and husband, Chip, of Burke Virginia; four grandsons, Albert M. Hayes, IV, Adam L, Wilfong, Sam T. Wilfong, Patrick W. Wilfong; two great grandchildren, Ezekiel Wilfong and Albert M. Hayes, V; her brother, Carroll W. Taylor and wife, Kathleen, of Annandale, Virginia and nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be conducted on Thursday, at 7:00 PM, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, with Reverend William White officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Memorial Park Mausoleum, Mountain City, Tennessee. The family will receive friends prior to the service from 5:00-7:00 PM at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Blue Ridge Hospice, 333 West Cork Street, Suite 405, Winchester, Virginia, 22601. Please view obituaries, tribute wall and guestbook at www.ompsfuneralhome.com. A funeral service for Evelyn Taylor Wilfong will be conducted at 8:00 pm Friday August 27, 2010, from the Chapel of the Johnson County Funeral Home, Mountain City Tennessee, with Mr. Mike Smith officiating. Pallbearers will be, Albert Marion Hayes IV, Adam Linton Wilfong, Samuel Taylor Wilfong, Patrick Wayne Wilfong, Elijah David Hearin, Thomas Taylor Hearin, Caitlin Taylor Dietze, Jason Allen Dunn.Honorary pallbearers, Courtney Nicole Dietze, Brynne Karen Dietze, Alison Virginia Dietze, Jeremy Douglas Dunn. The family will receive friends from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Friday prior to the funeral service. Interment will be at the Sunset Park Mausoleum, Mountain City Tennessee, at 11:00 A.M. Saturday August 28, 2010. Johnson County Funeral Home is in charge locally for the Wilfong family. Johnson County Funeral Home www.johnsoncountyfuneralhome.com 1141 Cold Springs Road, Mountain City, TN 37683 423/727-7111 1141 Cold Springs Road Mountain City, TN 37683 Phone: (423) 727-7111 Fax: (423) 727-7109 www.johnsoncountyfuneralhome.com