Grace Virginia Clark Malone, 102, of Winchester, Virginia, died Wednesday, April 6, 2016, at Evergreen Nursing Home in Winchester.

Mrs. Malone was born in 1913, in Frederick County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Tovella and Margaret Clark.  She started her working career with Apple Candy Company on Amherst Street, and then went to work at National Fruit for many years.  Later on, she was the owner of Malone Grocery in Clear Brook.  Mrs. Malone was a member of Calvary Church of The Brethren where she attended most of her life.  She was a member of “Super 60” at Rosedale Baptist Church and “Women’s Work” at Calvary Church of the Brethren.  She was a past member of Clear Brook Volunteer Fire Department, Auxiliary.  She was very active in various church activities.  She loved to tend to her garden and cook.

She married William H. Malone on October 4, 1930, in Winchester, Virginia.  He preceded her in death on September 27, 1975.

Surviving is her daughter, Lucille M. Shifflett and her husband, Elwood, of Stephenson; son, Ray Malone and wife, Sue, of Falling Waters, West Virginia; grandchildren, Ronnie Malone, Brett Boyd and wife, Sharon, Terry Boyd and wife, Teresa, Sylvia Hollinger and husband, Bruce; J. R. Malone and wife, Tina, Melissa Hose and her husband, Roger; 11 great grandchildren; four great great grandchildren, with one on the way; and her sister, Gertrude Clark Messick of Stephens City, Virginia.

Two sisters, Dorothy Whitacre, Helen Racey and three brothers, Roy, Harry and Clifton Clark, preceded her in death.

The family will receive friends on Sunday, from 2:00-4:00 PM, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel.

A funeral service will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Monday, at Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, with Pastor Chuck Davis and Pastor Edward Schraff officiating.  Interment will be in Green Hill Cemetery, Stephens City, Virginia.

Serving as pallbearers will be Ronnie Malone, Brett Boyd, Terry Boyd, Seth Boyd, Andrew Frey and Bruce Hollinger. Honorary pallbearers will be Kenny Lloyd, John Galloway, David Sunderlin, Roger Burkhart and David Owings.