Janet Sloan Parkinson

Janet was a long time resident of Charlottesville, VA, and most recently lived in Virginia Beach, VA, with her daughter for the past year. She grew up in Staunton, VA, and graduated from Robert E. Lee High School, attended St. Joseph’s College in Emmitsburg, MD, and received a Secretarial Diploma from Elizabeth Brant School of Business, in Staunton, VA. She was an Executive Administrative Assistant, civil service, employed by the Naval ROTC, University of Virginia, in Charlottesville for 46 years, and retired in 2010.

Janet was a devoted member of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Charlottesville, and also a member of the Third Order of the Dominican Laity; she made her final promises on February 4, 2009, as a member of the Lay Fraternities of St. Dominic. She served as a Eucharistic Minister for Mass, and was very involved with activities at St. Thomas.

Janet was so special to everyone she met, and radiated your heart with her beautiful smile. Her kindness was a natural part of her positive and cheery personality. She was a wonderful mother who raised her two children with such love and adoration, and had a very full life with many friends, wonderful neighbors, and the many friendships she formed with the navy employees and students at UVA. She was known as ‘Mrs. P’, and she was loved and adored by all she served, including midshipmen, and everyone in the Navy command at UVA. She loved to travel, read, swim, involvement with church, attend local arts events, and spending time with family and friends. She was a wonderful lady with so much love and kindness, and will be truly missed.

Janet is preceded in death by her daughter, Janet Ann Parkinson, of Charlottesville; brother-in-law, Henry T. Sours of Richmond, VA; brother, William Terrell Sheehan, Jr. of Staunton, VA; grandparents, J. Sloan and Bertha W. Kuykendall, of Romney, WV; uncle and aunt, James Sloan and Emily L. Kuykendall, of Winchester, VA; uncle and aunt, Robert W. and Mary Ray K. Armstrong of Charlottesville, VA; and nephew, C. Randolph Beard Jr., of Essex Fells, NJ.

She is survived by her, daughter, Linda Parkinson Lacy and her husband, David J. Lacy of Virginia Beach, VA; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Terrell S. and C. Randolph Beard of Vero Beach, FL; sister, Elizabeth S. Sours of Richmond, VA; grandchildren, Jessica Lacy of Newport News, VA, and Joseph Lacy of Chesapeake, VA; great-grandchildren, Kyle Schiestel of Newport News, and Peyton Lacy, of Virginia Beach, VA; nieces, Deborah Ames Beard of Vero Beach, FL, and Mary Ellen Beard of St. Augustine, FL; special family members, Rich Schiestel of Newport News, VA, and Sarah Ratliff of Virginia Beach, VA; and other friends and extended family are left to cherish her memory.

A special thanks to the staff of Harbourway Assisted Living Facility in Virginia Beach, VA, for their loving care, encouragement, and happiness they provided to her over the past year.

The visitation with family will be Monday, May 14, 2018, from 6–8pm, at Teague Funeral Home in Charlottesville, VA. The funeral service will be Tuesday, May 15, 2018, at 11am, at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Charlottesville, VA. Interment will be Wednesday, May 16, 2018, at 2pm, at Colonial Grove Memorial Park in Virginia Beach, VA.