Harry Lee Carrico

CARRICO, Harry Lee. The Honorable Harry Lee Carrico, former Chief Justice and Senior Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia and Jurist in Residence at the T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond, departed this life on January 27, 2013. The second of five children, Justice Carrico was born on September 4, 1916, in Washington, D.C., to the late William Temple Carrico and Nellie Nadalie Willett Carrico. Justice Carrico was predeceased by his first wife, Betty Lou Peck Carrico; his brother, William Temple Carrico Jr.; and sisters, Sophie Anne Carrico and Mildred Jane Carrico Watts. He was also predeceased by his father-in-law, Bruce Brackenridge; sisters-in-law, Sandy Rossi and Kay Carrico; brothers-in-law, William Ross Peck and Richard Watts; and his nephews, Michael Booker and Kenneth Watts. He is survived by his wife, Lynn Brackenridge; his daughter, Lucretia Ann Carrico and her husband, Wallace L. Cliborne; his sister, Virginia Elizabeth Carrico Booker and her husband, David; granddaughter, Ann Temple Irby Roberts and her husband, David; grandson, Robert Lee Irby and his wife, Elizabeth Forys; great-grandchildren, Ross and Katharine Roberts and Iris and Jay Forys Irby; his mother-in-law, Mary Ann Rossi; brothers-in-law, Rob and Scot Brackenridge and Scot's wife, Maggie, and their two children; and sister-in-law, Marian J. Peck. He is also survived by seven nephews and four nieces, two step-granddaughters and three step-great-grandchildren. As a husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother, son, mentor and in all his relationships, he demonstrated unconditional love and devotion throughout his life. He is dearly loved and will be sorely missed by family, colleagues and friends. Justice Carrico will lie in state at the Virginia Capitol beginning Wednesday, January 30, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Thursday, January 31, 2013, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 1, 2013 at the Henry M. Cannon Memorial Chapel at the University of Richmond. Interment will be at 3 p.m. in the family plot in the Warrenton Cemetery in Fauquier County, Virginia. In lieu of flowers, please make gifts to the Harry L. Carrico Memorial Fund in care of The John Marshall Foundation, 209 W. Franklin Street, Richmond, Virginia 23220. Condolences may be offered at woodyfuneralhomeparham.com