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DATE: January 5, 2007
PAGE: UNK
SECTION: Obituaries
EDITION: Final

OBITUARIES

Rodrick William "Roddy" McKendree   

HAMPTON - Rodrick 'Roddy' William McKendree, 55, died Wednesday,
Jan. 3, 2007.  A native and lifelong resident of Hampton, he was 
a 1969 graduate of Kecoughtan High School and a 1972 graduate of 
the Newport News Shipyard Apprentice School.  He had been 
employed with the civil service at the Yorktown Naval Weapons 
Station for the last 29 years. He was a member of Hampton Baptist 
Church.  Over the years, Roddy had served as Assistant Troop 
Master of Boy Scout Troop 21 and Co-Director of Cue Camp Virginia 
at Jamestown. He loved taking care of his family and friends, 
fishing, cooking, and being quite the prankster. He was a 
devoted son, husband, father, brother, neighbor, and best 
friend affectionately known as 'Buffalo.'  Survivors include 
his parents, Roland and Beth McKendree; his wife, Susanna 
McKendree; his daughter, Juli D. McKendree; his son, William R. 
McKendree, all of Hampton; and two sisters, Kathryn Ann Mayes 
and her husband, Rodney, of Yorktown and Rolanda Stearns and her 
husband, Lee, of Burke, Va.; as well as a wealth of nephews. 
A funeral service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday, 
Jan. 6, at Hampton Baptist Church by Dr. Charles R. Smith 
and the Rev. James T. Dunn III. A reception will follow the 
service at the church.  Memorials may be made to the 
Northern Virginia Cued Speech Association, P.O. Box 2733, 
Fairfax, VA 22031-2733 or www.nvcsa.org or Hampton 
Baptist Church, 40 N. King St., Hampton VA 23669. 

Arrangements by R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home.