Virginia Blake-Hedges On Tuesday, July 30, 2013, a longtime resident of Bowie, MD. Beloved wife of the late Wayne C. Blake-Hedges, Sr.; mother of Elizabeth Blake-Hedges (Alan Sproat), Wayne Blake-Hedges, Jr. (Lynne), Teresa Dolan (Tim), and Jennifer Brooks (Jeff); sister of Pat Pappert, Rosemary Riemen, Ruth Whitmer, Susan Estes, Carolyn Itt, Jack and Don Hooper, and the late Ray and Jim Hooper; grandmother of T.J., Joey, Jackie, Caity, Connor, Nathan, Makenzie, Taylor, and Kelsey. Family will receive friends at the family-owned BEALL FUNERAL HOME, 6512 NW Crain Hwy. (Rte. 3 South), Bowie, MD on Thursday, August 1, 2013 from 7 to 9pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Ascension Catholic Church, 12700 Lanham Severn Rd., Bowie, MD on Friday, August 2, 2013 at 11am. Interment, Maryland Veterans Cemetery, 11301 Crain Hwy., Cheltenham, MD on Tuesday, August 6, 2013 at 11am. If desired, contributions may be made to AFA Alzheimer's Foundation of America, alzfdn.org.