William Vernon Macnabb

William Vernon Macnabb, 77, of Williamsburg, VA, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, October 24, 2014. He is preceded in death by his parents, Vernon Clinton Macnabb and Eleanor Scarlett. He was retired from SAIC in Mclean, VA and Las Vegas, NV where he served as Vice President in the nuclear energy field. He joined the US Navy while in college and attended University of California at Berkeley, where he met Mary, his wife of 55 years. He was in the Glee Club and a member of the Octet at UC Berkeley. He graduated with a degree in Physics and an advanced degree in Nuclear Engineering. Bill and Mary moved from California to Rockville, Maryland in 1968 where they made many friends at Manor Country Club. He enjoyed golfing and spending time with friends and family. He was transferred to Las Vegas in 1986, where he retired. He and his wife Mary then moved back to Williamsburg in 2003 to be closer to family.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Little Macnabb; daughter, Katherine Macnabb Speakman and husband, Ronald D. Speakman; son, Philip William Macnabb and wife Britt Ann Macnabb; and daughter, Anne Mary Macnabb and spouse Mammad Nadjafi. He has 7 grandchildren, Sydney, Davis and Bryn Macnabb, Darius and Armand Nadjafi, and Jeremy and Danny Speakman.

He will be greatly missed but forever in our thoughts. Services will be held graveside at 2 pm on Saturday, November 1, 2014 at Williamsburg Memorial Park, and guests will be received afterwards at Mary and Bill’s home in Williamsburg. Donations to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. www.pdf.org