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She enjoyed gardening, travel and Johnny Cash.

Survivors include her husband of 34 years, Timothy Heineck of Manchester, Wis.; two sons, Allen Heineck of Mindoro, Wis., and Martin Heineck of Stillwater, Minn.; four sisters, Deloris Ann Hummel of Las Vegas, Margaret Martin of Lively, Va., Nettie Stine of Irvington, Va., and Helen Mae Allen of White Stone, Va.; four brothers, Larry Donald Dixon of Alexandria, Frank Dixon of Moss Point, Miss., Henry Dixon of White Stone, Va., and Clarence Dixon of Abbeville, La.; and a granddaughter.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Grant E. MayberryProcurement Lawyer

Grant E. Mayberry, 81, a lawyer who specialized in procurement matters, died of heart disease April 25 at his home in Boonsboro, Md.

Mr. Mayberry worked for the Department of the Navy, the Defense Department and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency until retirement in 2000. He also founded and operated the Center for Procurement Management Studies in the 1970s.

He was born in Washington and served in the Navy during World War II in the Atlantic theater. He graduated from the University of Maryland and received a law degree from George Washington University in 1950.

Mr. Mayberry also wrote books for the American Management Association.

He moved from Montgomery County to Washington County in 1990 and became a vestryman at St. Mark's Episcopal Church Lappans in Boonsboro. He also volunteered in the state Republican Party.

Survivors include his wife of 58 years, Dejon Richards Mayberry of Boonsboro; three children, Timothy Mayberry of Zephyrhills, Fla., Alice Ducq of Olney and Peter Mayberry of McLean; two sisters; a brother; and three grandchildren.


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