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Excerpted from the Stoy Family of Northern Virginia database (http://www.robertstoy.com/database/index_database.htm): Mary Alice Ankers was born 1 February 1915 in Virginia.1,2 She was the daughter of Robert Emerson Ankers and Alice S [-?-].1 Mary Alice Ankers died 30 July 1994 at age 79 (last residence was Fork Union, Fluvanna County, Virginia). Mary Alice Ankers appeared on the 1920 federal census of Henrico Co, Virginia, in her parent's household. She appeared on the 1930 federal census of Fairfax Co, Virginia, in her parent's household. She graduated from The Limestone Springs Female High School, class of 1933. This became the current Limestone College, Gaffney, South Carolina. She was mentioned in the obituary of Robert Emerson Ankers in April 1965. She was a member of the Women's Missionary Union of the Fork Union Baptist Church and had performed missionary work in Ireland. Her obituary stated: "Fork Union - Ms Mary Alice Ankers, 79, a retired teacher and farmer."

 

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