Obituaries

Josephine G. ShelverChurch Volunteer

Josephine Garcia Shelver, 89, a member of St. John's Catholic Church in McLean and a volunteer at its thrift shop from the 1960s to 1990s, died March 30 at the University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington. She had a brain hemorrhage.

Mrs. Shelver was born in Appalachia, Va., and was raised in Cheyenne, Wyo. She settled in the Washington area in 1942 and was a longtime McLean resident before moving to South Carolina in 2003. She spent the last six months in Bardstown, Ky.

Her husband, Kenneth C. Shelver, whom she married in 1942, died in 1964.

Survivors include three sons, Carl J. Shelver and Kenneth W. Shelver, both of Bardstown, and Dr. Lyle N. Shelver of Charleston, S.C.; a sister, Carmen Deshler of Springfield; and four grandchildren.

-- Adam Bernstein

Walter Ray TuckerBus Driver

Walter Ray Tucker, 88, a retired Greyhound Bus driver, died after a heart attack April 4 at his home in Alexandria.

Mr. Tucker drove for Greyhound for 38 years, retiring in 1987, then worked another decade for K-Mart and for the past 10 years as a greeter at Wal-Mart Stores.

He was born in West Jefferson, N.C., and served in the Navy during World War II in the Pacific theater. He was a member of Rose Hill Baptist Church in Fairfax County.