Annie Laurie Stancil, the third child of Elbert and Annie Viola Renfrow Stancil, was born Jan. 15, 1924, in Wilson, North Carolina.

Cousin Glenn Stancil recalls she was a very pretty girl.

Annie Laurie met William Henry Jones when he returned from World War II. Henry was born Sept. 30, 1920, in Norfolk, Virginia.

Henry enlisted in the Army on June 12, 1942. He enlisted at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. He was living in Beaufort County, North Carolina.

He had completed grammar school. Henry indicated he was a chauffeur in his civilian life. His enlistment was dated as six months after the end of the war.

Laurie married William Henry Jones on March 30, 1940, in Princess Anne, Virginia. They had four children: Richard Garland "Dickie," Gayle, Danny and Patricia "Pat."

They moved to Florida and then Virginia.

Annie was a clerk at Smith & Welton department store. She was a member of Coleman Place Presbyterian Church in Norfolk, Virginia.

William Henry Jones was a longshoreman and worked at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard.

William Henry died on December 13, 1988, in Hampton, Virginia.

Annie Laurie died in July 12, 1992 in Glen Burnie, Maryland. She is buried at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Norfolk, Virginia.

Richard Garland Jones died at 76 on Nov. 24, 2017, in Virginia Beach. He was a longshoreman, and owner of DT Bradleys in Farmville, Virginia.

Patricia Ann Jones Hardison died at 73 on Oct. 24, 2018, in Norfolk, Virginia. She marched on Washington and helped reform child support laws.