Alice
Alice Roberta Hannah Lloyd
Alice Roberta Hannah Lloyd, 1923—2020
Alice Roberta Hannah Lloyd passed away peacefully in Pasadena
, California,
on
April 24
, 2020
.
A long-time resident of South Pasadena, Bobbie Lloyd moved to
a
retirement community in Pasadena
in 2002
. She passed away with her son Frank at her bedside.
She wa
s a strong woman--always
social, cou
rteous
,
and welcoming
.
Bobbie was
especially
proud of her Virginia heritage and her family. She was born in Palmyra, Virginia, on July 7, 1923.
Her mother was Cora Bell Wills Hannah, Fluvanna County
, Virginia,
Commissioner
of the Revenue
, and a presence throughout the
small town of Palmyra and the
region
.
Her father was William Nathaniel Hannah, a lawyer in Palmyra and also Commonwealth Attorney for
Fluvanna County
.
Bobbie
attended
Longwood College, and had a lifelong love of music
,
books, gardening
,
and travel.
Alt
hough she often described herself as “a country girl from Virginia,” she had a long career as a specialty research librarian.
She was also an essential member of her church, St. James Episcopal Church in South Pasadena,
where she
served on the Altar Guild
and sang in
the choir.
Married in 1940 to William Emmons Lloyd, Bobbie was the proud mother of four children, and grandmother of ten. Hannah Lloyd, daughter, is now a counselor in Roanoke, Virginia. Son William E. Lloyd, Jr., was an attorney
who
passed away in 2009. Son John
Wills
Lloyd of Charlottesville is
p
rofessor
e
meritus
of
e
ducation at the University of Virginia. Her youngest son Frank
S. Lloyd
is an art dealer and exhibition curator in Los Angeles. Throughout her life, Bobbie was
deeply
devoted to her family, as a strong and steady presence in the lives of her parents, siblings, children
,
and grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the William Emmons Lloyd and Alice Roberta Hannah Lloyd Endowment for the Altar Guild at St. James Church,
1325 Monterey Road, South Pasadena, CA 91030
.
Private f
uneral services will be held at the family plot at
Lyle’s Church
C
emetery
,
Wilmington
, Virginia.
Sheridan Funeral Home
of
Kents
Store, Virginia, is in charge of arrangements.
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