Ann Gertrude Calverley

ANN W. CALVERLEY STAUNTON, VA Ann Gertrude (Wilkerson) Calverley, 80, widow of Arthur Thomas Calverley Captain U.S. Army (Ret.), of 724 Mineola Street, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, at her residence. She was born October 20, 1934, in Augusta County, a daughter of the late Anthony Perkins and Oval Wallace (Robertson) Wilkerson. Mrs. Calverley was very active in the Women's Mission Group at Christ United Methodist Church. She loved caring for her great nieces and nephews for many years. In addition to her husband, she was also preceded in death by two brothers, Warren E. Wilkerson and Ronald Wilkerson; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Frances and Burlin Sutton and Evelyn Virginia (Wilkerson) Gibson; and brothers-in-law, Sam Knicley and Wilbert Gibson. Family members include a son, C. Edmund "Eddie" Back of Barren Ridge; a daughter, Deborah L. Reeves of Staunton; two step-sons and daughters-in-law, Douglas R. and Claudia Calverley of Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Thomas R. and Karen Calverley of Fredericksburg; six brothers, Anthony P., Jr., Carl and his wife Nancy, Frank and his wife Pluma, Burnett and his wife Charlotte, Paul, and Fred and his wife Frances; two sisters, Helen Knicley and Judy Zdinak and her husband Ed; sisters-in-law, Catherine Wilkerson and Julia Wilkerson; grandchild, Benjamin Thomas Reeves; step-grandchildren, Jennifer and Stephen Calverley, Christy Bosworth, and Kathy Hanna Corbin; and a step-great granddaughter, Gabriell Louise Corbin. A memorial service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 18, 2014, in Christ United Methodist Church by the Rev. Sarah Locke. Burial will be private in Thornrose Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers will be the United Methodist Women. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 17, 2014 at her daughter's residence and also following the memorial service Thursday in the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of the Shenandoah, P.O. Box 215, Fishersville, VA 22939 or Christ United Methodist Church, 1512 Churchville Avenue, Staunton, VA 24401. Henry Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.