L. Catherine W. Covington

L. CATHRINE W. COVINGTON Laura Catherine Willis Covington of Easton, MD. died Friday October 14,2005 at the Pines Genesis Elder Care in Easton, MD where she spent her last days enjoying the staff, new friends and family. She was 101. Born in Trappe, MD on July 1, 1904, she was the daughter of the late Charles Francis and Laura Woodland Ross Willis. After completing high school she received a degree in teaching at Towson State Normal School in 1922 where she excelled and was at the top of her class. She taught school for two years in Talbot County and on April 19, 1924 she married Edward E. Covington of Centreville. They lived in the Queen Anne’s County area where they farmed for many years and later pastored the Burrisville United Methodist Church for 30 Years. After Mr. Covington died in August of 1968 she made her home in Easton before residing with her daughter in Silver Spring, MD in the late 1980’s. She was a member of the Burrisville United Methodist Church and the Starr Methodist Church where she taught Sunday School. She will be remembered for her Bible teaching and as a scholar of the Bible. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and a cherished grandmother. Mrs. Covington is survived by four daughters, Margaret L. Tolson of Grasonville, Dolly C. Taylor of Starr, Mary C. Payne of Salisbury and Sarah C. Crooke of Silver Spring, MD; three sons, Rev. Charles E. Covington of Georgetown, DE, Henry Covington of Centreville, and Alfred B. Covington of Parsonsburg, MD; 25 grandchildren, 40 great-grandchildren and 9 great- great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by two sons, Joseph A. Covington and Thomas W.R. Covington; a brother; Charles F. Willis, Jr.; and a sister, Margaret Stevens. Family and friends may call on Sunday October 16, 2005 at the Starr Methodist Church in Starr, MD. from 2PM to 4PM. Funeral services will be held at the Centreville United Methodist Church on Monday October 17, 2005 at 2PM. Burial will be at Chesterfield Cemetery, Centreville, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Restoration of the Old Starr Methodist Church do Jane Potter 2317 4H Park Road, Centreville, MD 21617

L. Catherine W. Covington

October 14, 2005