Peggy Payne Drew

Peggy Marie (Payne) Drew, age 91, passed away on September 18, 2020 at Brookside Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Warrenton, Virginia. She was born on August 18, 1929 in Hillsborough, North Carolina to David W. “Bud” Payne and Alice E. (Holt) Payne, both now deceased. She was also preceded in death by her brother Dr. Solomon C. “Sol” Payne and Clarence E. “Jack” Payne. Peggy attended Hillsborough primary and secondary schools but graduated from Hillside High School in Durham, NC in 1948. She received her BA degree in Home Economics from Virginia State University in 1952 and her MA degree in Psychology/Guidance Counseling in 1970. She married Hulon Joseph Drew in 1952, also a graduate of Virginia State University, and shortly afterward began her teaching career in Berryville, Virginia. Her first child Hulon Joseph, Jr died in infancy. In 1957 she gave birth to Michelle Marshalette and in 1963 the family moved to the Washington DC metropolitan area where she worked as a guidance counselor with the DC Public Schools until retirement in 1995. She also worked for one year (1972-73) at Roger B. Chaffee High School on the US Naval Air Station base in Bermuda. Just before retiring from the DC schools she relocated from Adelphi, Maryland to Manassas, Virginia where she resided until death. Peggy liked to travel in the US (including Alaska by cruise ship), Canada and France. When not traveling she enjoyed entertaining family and friends in her home. Peggy is survived by her daughter Michelle Drew-Coleman; granddaughters, Lorraine Marie Coleman and Denise Nicole Coleman; great-grandson Cooper Maguire Humphries; sisters-in-law Patricia (Seagrove) Payne, Jean (Allen) Payne; nieces Diahanne Payne and Jacquelyn (Payne) Rodgers; and nephews Solomon “Jerry” Payne, Dr. David H. Payne, and Phillip Payne. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Thursday, October 8 at 10 AM at All Saints Catholic Church, Manassas. The inurnment is scheduled for Saturday, October 10 at Maplewood Cemetery in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Peggy will be remembered for her love of butterflies, and elephant statuary; cooking and baking; wearing jewelry; listening to country, gospel, and R&B music; morning coffee and after-dinner tea; children and animals; African violets; hummingbirds; lottery tickets; active retirement activities such as playing bingo at All Saints and walking in Manassas Mall; and prayers to Jesus, Mary and Joseph “and all the saints and angels in heaven.” She was friendly, adventurous, generous and protective of family and friends. She will be deeply missed and never forgotten.

Peggy Payne Drew

August 18, 1929 - September 18, 2020