Alva Linton

ALVA WAYNE LINTON, Retired Farmer and Livestock Transport ALVA WAYNE LINTON, 96 of Lovettsville, Virginia, formerly of Manassas and Fairfax County, died June 20, 2006 at College View, Frederick, Maryland. He was born March 28, 1910 in Craig County, Virginia and as a child of two came with his family to Arcola, Virginia where they engaged in farming. He attended the one room school there and in 1922 the family moved to Braddock Road in Western Fairfax. He attended the Rock Hill one room school but had to leave his education to work on the family farm. As a young man he was employed by many farmers in the Herndon and Pleasant Valley area. In the summer he traveled with the Neil Poland Threshing Machine to help harvest grain for area farmers. As the depression spread, he found employment with the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Mill in Covington, Virginia. In 1939, he returned to Braddock Road and was employed by the Horn Motor Company in Herndon. He hauled milk to Washington for the dairy farmers and supplied area farmers with gasoline during World War II. Mr. Linton started his own private trucking business which he successfully ran for 45 years. He also worked part time for Fauquier Livestock Exchange and raised Hereford cattle. He attended Pleasant Valley Methodist Church. He is predeceased by a brother, Delbert B. Linton of Braddock Road; additionally his first wife, Grace Smith of Paint Bank, Virginia and second wife, Archiebelle Grim of Berryville. He is survived by two sisters, Gladys E. Stephens, Westminster Canterbury, Winchester and Grace L. Hummer of Lovettsville, where he had made his home for the past several years. Also surviving are two step-sons, Martin and Richard Grim and a several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 5:30-9:00 P.M. Friday, June 23, 2006 at Price Funeral Home, 9609 Center Street, Manassas where funeral services will be held 12:30 P.M. Saturday, June 24, 2006. Interment will follow at Stonewall Memory Gardens, Manassas. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Manassas Volunteer Fire Department or Lovettsville Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department. Condolences may be sent to www.pricefh.com.

Alva Linton

March 28, 1910 - June 20, 2006