Ronald Lee Eakin

Ronald L. Eakin passed away on December 2, 2018 due to a short illness. He was born July 28th, 1940 in Butler, Pa. to Earl E. Eakin and Marjorie Eakin, both of whom predeceased him. He lived in the small town of Prospect Pa. until the age of thirteen when the family moved to Butler, Pa. where he graduated from high school in 1958. He then went on to Penn State University, graduating in 1963. While at Penn State he was a football manager, worked in the sports department of the campus radio station and was a member of Theta Delta Chi fraternity. After a brief career in radio he was employed by the Internal Revenue Service in Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1967 he left the IRS to attend the American University Washington College of Law, graduating in 1970. The District of Columbia Court of Appeals offered him the opportunity to become the first Motions Clerk. After 6 months on the job the Honorable John Worth Kern III, Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals selected him to be his law clerk. During this time, he relocated to Manassas Va. where he eventually entered the private practice of law which he continued for 46 years. In Manassas he was a member and past president of the Manassas Battlefield Kiwanis Club and elder in the Manassas Presbyterian Church. Eakin is survived by his wife Nita of Manassas, daughter Cynthia Cann and husband Steve of Alexandria Va.; son Mark and partner Lori Reed of Manassas, stepson Michael Sloper and wife Jennifer Sloper of Simpsonville S.C., sister Susan Must of Manassas and niece Casey Simpson and nephew Josh Must, sister in law Mary Beth Eakin of Jacksonville, Fl; grandchildren Halle and Taylor Cann of Alexandria, step grandchildren Carson and Bennett Sloper of Simpsonville. In addition to his parents he was predeceased by brother James Earl Eakin and sister Janice Eakin Campbell. Services will be held at the Manassas Presbyterian Church, 8201 Ashton Ave. Manassas, Virginia 20109 at 11am on Friday December 14th, 2018. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the church in memory of Ronald L. Eakin or donations can be sent to the Serve, Program of NVFS located at 10056 Dean Drive Manassas, Virginia 20110. Condolences may be sent to: www.piercefh.com

Ronald Lee Eakin

July 28, 1940 - December 2, 2018