Mamie Viola Weedon Obituary (1920

Blessed are the Pure in Heart; for they shall see GodMatthew 5: 7-9 Mrs. Mamie V. Weedon, beloved wife of the late Edgar Horace Weedon, beloved daughter of the late Edgar and Fannie Scott, born on August 15, 1920, in Brookville, Maryland, departed this life on Sunday, August 25, 2013. She grew up in Brunswick, Maryland, and received her early education in Frederick.She was a woman who loved to learn.Later in her life she provided her many talented skills as a domestic employee and wrote poetry and her name was mention in the Who's Who's in Poetry 1978 and the World Treasury of Great Poems for the poem called Visions.She truly enjoyed her life and was strong in her faith.She was a faithful member of Sunnyside United Methodist Church until her health prevented her from attending.For those of us who knew Mamie, there was a change in her life that brought her joy, which was becoming an avid Tiger Woods fan.He brought her many days of happiness. Mamie was a surrogate mother to many children and loved them all.I am sure they all remember the wonderful times that shared with her and her husband.She was a woman of grace and never asked for anything.She will be missed but her memory will live on forever. She is survived by: one sister, Mrs. Edna Vaughn; one sister-in-law, Mable Scott; and one brother-in-law, John Butler; and a niece, Rosemary Naylor, who was her primary care provider that she truly loved; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and special friends, to includeVirginia (Love) Campbell, Anna Thornton, Zettie Smith., Charlene Spencer, Lorraine Ferrell and Lorraine Williams and many more. She was preceded in death by: four sisters, Rosie Giles, Agnes Miller, Martha Bullett and Mary Butler; and four brothers; Raymond Scott, William F. Scott, Edward Scott and Charles Scott. The family will receive friends from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at the Gary L. Rollins Funeral Home, 110 West South St., Frederick, MD 21701.Funeral Services will begin at 11 a.m. with Pastor Erma A. Dyson officiating. Interment will follow at Sunnyside New Life Community Church, 4521 Mountville Road, Frederick, MD 21703.