Peggy Lou-Isabel Cockrell Groot, 78, of Cross Junction, Virginia, died Thursday, February 24, 2011, in Winchester Medical Center.
Mrs. Groot was born in 1933 in Fairfax County, Virginia, the daughter of the late Arthur R. and Viola May Cockrell. She was a bookkeeper with Espina Stone, retiring in 2003.
She married William Clarke Groot on February 18, 1961.
Surviving with her husband, is her daughter, Lisa Laisney and husband, Thomas, of Milton, Florida; sons, Joseph Groot of Verona, Virginia, Scott Groot and wife, Jennifer, of Cross Junction, Virginia; six grandchildren; two great grandchildren; her sister, Violet Butler of Virginia; two brothers, Arthur Cockrell of Gainesville, Virginia and Wallace Cockrell of Woodbridge, Virginia.
One brother, Chester Cockrell, preceded her in death.
Services with Omps Funeral Home, Amherst Chapel, will be private.
The family will receive friends on Wednesday evening, from 5:00-8:00 PM, at Omps Funeral home, Amherst Chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice.
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