Myrna Carroll McKenney Acors, 74, of Lancaster died peacefully on October 12, 2011. She was born on July 3, 1937 daughter of the late Julian Carroll McKenney, Jr. and Meredith Palmer McKenney.
She learned the tax preparation business from her grandfather while still in high school and continued in the business for over 50 years. She taught speech therapy in the Gloucester school system for seven years. Myrna managed the Kilmarnock branch of the Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Savings and Loan and was the bookkeeper at the Southern States grain elevator in Kilmarnock. She was the Founder and Broker of Acors Real Estate and later Area Real Estate Associates. A graduate of the Realtors Institute of UVA, in 1986 she served as President of the Northern Neck Board of Realtors and was a life member of the American Society of Notaries.
Myrna was a life member of The Society of the Lees of Virginia, a member of The Daughters of the American Revolution for 44 years; Served as the Senior National Vice President Mid Southern Region for the Children of the American Revolution; and was the Virginia Division Vice President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; and served as a senior leader of the Children of the Confederacy. She was dedicated to the preservation of Lancaster County's historic resources and served on the Lancaster County Historic Resources Commission for many years.
Surviving are two sons, John Kendall Acors of White Stone and Carroll Leroy "Lee" Acors and wife, Debbie of Chesapeake; two granddaughters, Brittany Ann Acors and Elizabeth Lee Acors both of Chesapeake; a sister, Frances Lee Gillum and husband, Richard of Huntsville Texas.
Services will be private
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation (www.kidney.org) or a charity of your choice.
Myrna Carroll McKenney Acors, 74, of Lancaster died peacefully on October 12, 2011. She was born on July 3, 1937 daughter of the late Julian Carroll McKenney, Jr. and Meredith Palmer McKenney.
She learned the tax preparation business from her grandfather while still in high school and continued in the business for over 50 years. She taught speech therapy in the Gloucester school system for seven years. Myrna managed the Kilmarnock branch of the Middle Peninsula Northern Neck Savings and Loan and was the bookkeeper at the Southern States grain elevator in Kilmarnock. She was the Founder and Broker of Acors Real Estate and later Area Real Estate Associates. A graduate of the Realtors Institute of UVA, in 1986 she served as President of the Northern Neck Board of Realtors and was a life member of the American Society of Notaries.
Myrna was a life member of The Society of the Lees of Virginia, a member of The Daughters of the American Revolution for 44 years; Served as the Senior National Vice President Mid Southern Region for the Children of the American Revolution; and was the Virginia Division Vice President of the United Daughters of the Confederacy; and served as a senior leader of the Children of the Confederacy. She was dedicated to the preservation of Lancaster County's historic resources and served on the Lancaster County Historic Resources Commission for many years.
Surviving are two sons, John Kendall Acors of White Stone and Carroll Leroy "Lee" Acors and wife, Debbie of Chesapeake; two granddaughters, Brittany Ann Acors and Elizabeth Lee Acors both of Chesapeake; a sister, Frances Lee Gillum and husband, Richard of Huntsville Texas.
Services will be private
Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation (www.kidney.org) or a charity of your choice.
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