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Hazeltine Shirley <I>Potter</I> Strother

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Hazeltine Shirley Potter Strother

Birth
Richmond City, Virginia, USA
Death
24 Oct 2014 (aged 90)
Burial
Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Charles Brooks Farber (1919-1999).

Dale Crabtree (48146935)-
STROTHER, Hazeltine Shirley Potter Farber "Teeney or Tina," of Richmond, decided to have her spirit be with her Lord on October 24, 2014. Tina was born in Stuart Circle Hospital in Richmond on January 3, 1924 to Hazeltine Childrey (Wattson) and Shirley Brockett Potter. She grew up close to her mother in the home of her grandparents, Lillie Eudora (Gunn) and William Gray Wattson, who was president of Hollywood Cemetery for 30 years. She attended Richmond Professional Institute from 1942 to 43, where she won honors in dress design, and then Parson's School of Design in New York City in the summer of 1943. Tina married Charles Brooks Farber of Baltimore, Md. on February 28, 1944 in the UVA Chapel in Charlottesville, Va. on the day of his graduation and commission into the U.S. Navy. She and Brooks joined the Episcopal church before they were married. They moved many times, all over the country, before she returned to Richmond with her children. Tina attended Centenary United Methodist Church as a child, where she sang music under the direction of Edouard Nies-Berger, with three other young girls. When too ill to attend church, she listened to Dr. Adams of First Baptist on the radio with her grandmother. In her retired years, when too ill to attend St. Stephen's Episcopal, where she kept her membership, she listened to First Baptist on television. Her professional life started in 1962 as a science lab aide in Baltimore County, and moved on as a research assistant in the genetics department of Johns Hopkins University under the renowned Drs. McKusick and Renwick of Glasgow, Scotland. She relocated her family to Richmond and started work at MCV's Biometry Department, and later to the Bridge Division of the Department of Highways and Transportation. There, she was responsible for writing and assembling a coding guide for inspection and maintenance for data entry, retrieval and update by field engineers. The data was prepared in compliance with state and federal requirements for the Bridge Division. She retired after 20 years of faithful service. Tina's second marriage was held at Centenary United Methodist Church. She married French Davidson Strother on January 1, 1984. In addition to her tumultuous travels with her family across the country, Tina vacationed in Hawaii one summer alone, and went to England with some close friends. As a mother, Tina faced unusual hardships. Her first child, Charles Brooks Farber Jr., was born in Richmond, Va. and passed away at seven years of age in El Paso, Texas. Tina will be buried at Hollywood Cemetery in her family's plot. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in her honor to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church, or to the Friends of Hollywood Cemetery.
Charles Brooks Farber (1919-1999).

Dale Crabtree (48146935)-
STROTHER, Hazeltine Shirley Potter Farber "Teeney or Tina," of Richmond, decided to have her spirit be with her Lord on October 24, 2014. Tina was born in Stuart Circle Hospital in Richmond on January 3, 1924 to Hazeltine Childrey (Wattson) and Shirley Brockett Potter. She grew up close to her mother in the home of her grandparents, Lillie Eudora (Gunn) and William Gray Wattson, who was president of Hollywood Cemetery for 30 years. She attended Richmond Professional Institute from 1942 to 43, where she won honors in dress design, and then Parson's School of Design in New York City in the summer of 1943. Tina married Charles Brooks Farber of Baltimore, Md. on February 28, 1944 in the UVA Chapel in Charlottesville, Va. on the day of his graduation and commission into the U.S. Navy. She and Brooks joined the Episcopal church before they were married. They moved many times, all over the country, before she returned to Richmond with her children. Tina attended Centenary United Methodist Church as a child, where she sang music under the direction of Edouard Nies-Berger, with three other young girls. When too ill to attend church, she listened to Dr. Adams of First Baptist on the radio with her grandmother. In her retired years, when too ill to attend St. Stephen's Episcopal, where she kept her membership, she listened to First Baptist on television. Her professional life started in 1962 as a science lab aide in Baltimore County, and moved on as a research assistant in the genetics department of Johns Hopkins University under the renowned Drs. McKusick and Renwick of Glasgow, Scotland. She relocated her family to Richmond and started work at MCV's Biometry Department, and later to the Bridge Division of the Department of Highways and Transportation. There, she was responsible for writing and assembling a coding guide for inspection and maintenance for data entry, retrieval and update by field engineers. The data was prepared in compliance with state and federal requirements for the Bridge Division. She retired after 20 years of faithful service. Tina's second marriage was held at Centenary United Methodist Church. She married French Davidson Strother on January 1, 1984. In addition to her tumultuous travels with her family across the country, Tina vacationed in Hawaii one summer alone, and went to England with some close friends. As a mother, Tina faced unusual hardships. Her first child, Charles Brooks Farber Jr., was born in Richmond, Va. and passed away at seven years of age in El Paso, Texas. Tina will be buried at Hollywood Cemetery in her family's plot. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in her honor to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, First Baptist Church, or to the Friends of Hollywood Cemetery.


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