Obituaries

He owned and operated Duke's Car Wash in Alexandria for a number of years until 1998, when the city condemned the land to build a library on the site.

Mr. Hepner was a longtime Washington Redskins fan, starting when he sold programs at the old Griffith Stadium. He enjoyed playing cards with the Progress Club, a nonprofit charitable group in Rockville, and traveling to Atlantic City for gambling.

Survivors include his wife of 51 years, Rita Hepner of Rockville; three children, Jay Hepner of Gaithersburg, Shoshana Brounstein of Rockville and Allen Hepner of Boyds; two sisters, Edith Nussbaum of Rockville and Marian Colbert of Orlando; and two grandchildren.

John W. MorrisonCIA Training Officer

John W. Morrison, 88, a training officer for the Central Intelligence Agency from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, died Feb. 7 at Greenspring Village retirement community in Springfield. He had complications from a broken hip.

Mr. Morrison, a former McLean resident, became director of the CIA's intelligence school. The school offered orientation classes for new employees, mid-career courses for select employees and training on analysis, among other functions.

John Watson Morrison was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and grew up in Teaneck, N.J. He was a 1940 graduate of Williams College and received a master's degree in English from Columbia University in the late 1940s.

He joined the Navy before the United States entered World War II and was on the battleship Nevada during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Later, he commanded a PT boat squadron in the South Pacific.

Survivors include his wife of 63 years, Elizabeth Brown "Betsy" Morrison of Greenspring Village; two children, John W. "Jock" Morrison Jr. of Taos, N.M., and Janet Morrison of Fairfax County; and a grandson.

Mark OusleyAuto Parts Manager

Mark Ousley, 52, who had a lifelong love of all things automotive and was wholesale parts manager for Sterling Chevrolet, died Feb. 8 of leukemia at Georgetown University Hospital. He lived in Sterling.

Mr. Ousley was born at Fort Belvoir and grew up in Arlington. He graduated from Yorktown High School and went to work in the automotive industry, first working in auto parts at area Chevy dealers while also repairing cars. He worked with Sterling Chevrolet for about 13 years until the time of his death.

He had a particular affinity for NASCAR, Chevys and Harleys. He also was a Washington Redskins fan and liked watching games with his friends on weekends.

Most of all, said his mother, he loved being a father, mentor and friend to his 17-year-old daughter, Samantha.