Gilbert Ray Worley

Ray Worley, age 84, born to Bessie and Gilbert Frazier Worley. Raised in Dunn Loring,Virginia, he attended Fairfax HS and American University. After seminary studies in Texas and New Jersey, he worked with Christian education programs and prison ministries in Texas. He also earned a Ph.D. from Florida State University in Adult Education. He served as president of the Dunn Loring Improvement Association, Inc., and in 2008, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and the FCPS Office of Adult and Community Education (ACE) recognized G. Ray Worley for his contributions to education, dedicating a community meeting room in his honor at Dunn Loring Center. He also served as a member of the Adult and Community Education Advisory Committee, presiding as its chair for most of his 29-year tenure on the committee. The Washington Post and the Fairfax Federation of Civic Associations recognized him as Fairfax County Citizen of the Year in 2004, citing his advocacy for adult education. He is survived by his wife, Estella Worley; son G. Ray Worley II and wife LeAnne, children Taylor, Joshua, and Hannah; daughter Bess Worley II and husband Scott Amman, children Clara & Joseph; a sister, Brownie Plaugher; sister-in-law Joann Worley; brother-in-law, Robert Nolan, and an extended family of nieces, newphews, greats and great-greats, cousins, family friends, and neighbors in Dunn Loring. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the ACE Foundation, c/o G Ray Worley Scholarship Fund, www.ace-foundation.org, or the Columbia Foundation, Columbia Baptist Church, 103 W. Columbia St, Falls Church, VA, 22046.