Beverly Jo Etheridge Addison, devoted wife, mamma lioness and loving friend to many died suddenly on Monday, April 4, 2016. Born July 18, 1951 in Mobile, AL and raised in Demopolis, but destined to live in Southern Maryland which she did for over 35 years. While residing in Demopolis she was awarded the titles “Miss Corn Muffin”, “Miss Demopolis” (1969), and “Miss. Central Alabama” (1970). A graduate of Demopolis High School, she attended the University of Alabama on an Honors Scholarship. She relocated to the Washington D.C. area around 1980 and succeeded as a financial and office manager in a variety of large and small businesses including: Coopers & Lybrand, PWC, Luongo & Associates, Green Landing Nursery, Annapolis Landing Marina, and for the past eight years a property manager at Brightleaf Management. She served on the board of the Prince Georges County Historical Society and was a valuable member of the Upper Marlboro Gourmet Club. She expressed her love of life in many ways. She was an avid boater and fisher. She loved nature and captured its beauty with her photography. She was the family genealogist. Her match making skills were responsible for many happy marriages and children. She loved to travel, especially road trips. Most of all she loved to entertain her large family and many friends with lively stories and home cooked meals. She is survived by her husband William (Billy) B.C. Addison Jr. and three children, Amber Addison Condrey, Her husband Jason, William (Willie) B.C. Addison III, and his wife Rebecca, and Joseph Addison III. Also surviving are siblings, Sheldon Etheridge, his wife Cheryl, Sandra Dodd, her husband Glenn. She was preceded in death by her parents Robert Etheridge and Queen (Adams) Etheridge and sister Mona Ezelle.
A memorial service will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, April 10, at St. James’ Parish, Lothian, MD, followed by interment at Trinity Episcopal Church Cemetery in Upper Marlboro. Following the interment there will be a celebration of life at the Marlboro Hunt Club: In lieu of flowers, tax-deductible donations to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge via PayPal in Beverly’s name can be made at :http://friendsofblackwater.org/support.html or you can mail a check made out to “Friends of Blackwater” addressed to Friends of Blackwater, Inc. P.O. Box 1231 Cambridge, MD 21613.