Dorothy "Dot" Lee Weaver

Dorothy Lee Weaver passed away on 16, June 2019 at her home in Spotsylvania County, Virginia at the age of 87 years old. She was born on 9 March 1932 in Mint Spring, Augusta County, Virginia. Daughter of the late Carter T. Weaver and Myrtle V. Sorrells Weaver Hester of Alexandria, Virginia. She is preceded in death by one child, Denise Lee Bunch in 1969; and one sister Kathryn Louise Weaver Hook in 2015 and brother-in-law Thomas Mitchell Hook in 2017. She is survived by four nieces: Deborah (Bruce) Drees, Michele (Jeffrey) Shockey, Melissa Hook, and DeeAnne (Michael) Eaton; four great nieces Laura (Mark Mindigo) Drees, Susan (Glenn) Armstrong, Emily Shockey, and Jessica (Michael) Williams; three great nephews Danny Eaton, Will (Charlotte) Eaton and Matthew Eaton; one great-great niece Sophia Armstrong; and one great-great nephew Chase Williams. She graduated from Mount Vernon High School, Fairfax County, Virginia, June 1949, where she was a cheerleader, played basketball and softball, and was voted Varsity Queen, School Beauty, Most Popular, and Best All Around. She attended the first National Convention of the Future Homemakers of America in Kansas City, MO in 1948. After graduation, she joined basketball and softball teams in the Alexandria City League, Virginia. Dorothy was employed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for 10 years; the U.S. Department of Defense, and a secretary on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C. She retired as an Administrative Assistant in Personnel. After retiring from the Federal Government, she was a Genealogist. She researched and published five books of her family history, cemeteries, and census records. She helped many others with their family history. In researching her own family tree, she discovered a link to her Native American roots, which she was very proud of with her Native American name being Morning Dew. She was a member of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Mine Run Chapter, Spotsylvania County, Virginia since June 1978; former member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, James M. Ricketts, Co., H. 4th Infantry, Virginia, CSA, Chapter JEB Stuart #2404; member of the Augusta County, Virginia Historical Society; the Blue Ridge Band of Cherokee; and the National American Indian Enrollment Agency. A funeral service will be held at 11 am on Monday, June 24, 2019 at Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Fredericksburg. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Alexandria.