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Obituary for Jacqueline Leath "Jackie" Blencowe (Leath)

Jacqueline “Jackie” L. Blencowe, 70, of Weems, Virginia, died on August 24, 2014, after a several year battle with acute Leukemia. She was the daughter of the late Joseph W. and Winfree M. Leath.

Surviving are her husband of 48 years, William T. Blencowe; her son, Joseph T. Blencowe, his wife, Anna, and their two children, Joshua and Sophia Blencowe of Arlington, Virginia; and her son Todd W. Blencowe and his wife, Carrington, also of Arlington, Virginia. Jackie is also survived by a loving family of first cousins, Judith S. Dixon, Joan M. DeChaine, Jean M. Berkeley, James B. Stone, Jr., Katherine R. L. Mann, and Mary Archer M. Lewis, as well as her aunt and uncle Maude Leigh G. and Malcolm S. Mann. She was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents, Eddie Wister and Hallie Dearen Mann.

Jackie attended Thomas Jefferson High School in Richmond, Virginia, where she was a member of the Alpha Theta Chi Sorority, and graduated from John Marshall High School. After high school, she attended Longwood College and graduated in 1965. She was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sorority.

Jackie taught in the Henrico County School System for six years. After the birth of her children, she worked as a parish secretary at Church of the Creator, an Episcopal Church in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

Her family moved to the Northern Neck in 1983, and Jackie began working for the Town of Kilmarnock. After two years, her family moved to Hammond, Louisiana, where she worked in an administrative position for the Hammond Square Mall. Jackie and her family moved back to the Northern Neck in 1988. Almost immediately upon her return to the area, she rejoined the staff of the Town of Kilmarnock as Town Clerk and continued to work in this role until her retirement in February 2012.

Jackie was an avid mahjong player and an active member of Rappahannock River Yacht Club. She held various roles over the past 25 years as a member of Grace Episcopal Church. Jackie loved spending time with her family and taking trips to the beach and to the Blue Ridge Mountains, especially Shrine Mont, a conference and retreat center serving the Episcopal Diocese of Virginia.

Memorial services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 28, at Grace Episcopal Church, Kilmarnock.

Memorial contributions may be made to RGH Oncology Department, P. O. Box 1449, Kilmarnock, VA 22482 or Shrine Mont, Attn: Development Office, P. O. Box 10, Orkney Springs, VA 22845 or online at www.shrinemont.com http://www.shrinemont.com.

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