Obituaries

Mrs. Bouquet, a native of Washington, grew up in Annandale and graduated from W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax. She returned to school after 35 years and received a nursing degree from Northern Virginia Community College in 2005.

She was a member of the Church of the Apostles in Fairfax and had attended Immanuel's Church in Silver Spring and Christ Our Shepherd Church in the District. She took part in Christian women's study groups and activities.

A calligrapher for seven years, Mrs. Bouquet designed greeting and Christmas cards.

Using her own experiences, she became an advocate for home-schooling. Her son recently turned 18 and made Eagle Scout, accomplishments that she felt blessed to have seen, said her husband, of Annandale, from whom she was separated.

Survivors include her son, Joshua Philip Bouquet of Fairfax; her father and mother, Francis C. and Laurette Talbot Nassetta of Gainesville; a brother, Peter Nassetta of Fairfax; and four sisters, Michele Combest of Aurora, Colo., Denise Nassetta of Front Royal, Va., Jennifer Lawler of Burke and Lauren Bell of Nags Head, N.C.

-- Yvonne Shinhoster Lamb

A. Marie BankheadLabor Department Employee

Agnes Marie Smallwood Bankhead, 81, a former Labor Department equal employment opportunity investigator, died Aug. 6 at her home in the Charles County town of Newburg. She had multiple myeloma.

Mrs. Bankhead worked at the Labor Department from 1951 to 1954 and from 1962 until retiring in 1983.

During her career, which began in 1943, she also worked for the Agriculture Department, the Treasury Department and the Veterans Administration. She was a clerk and typist before advancing to other positions.

She was a native of Tompkinsville, in Charles, and a 1942 graduate of the old Bel Alton High School, an all-black school in the era of segregation. She was class valedictorian.