Anna Paige Worsham

Anna Paige Giles, daughter of the late James Arthur and Giles, was born on February 8, 1931 in Amelia, Virginia. Anna departed for her home in glory following a courageous battle with illness that ended on March 4, 2004. She attended the Amelia County Public Schools. Anna joined the Mount Level Baptist Church at an early age, and remained an active member until she relocated after marriage. Anna cherished the fond memories of Growing up on a farm, and often shared stories to their family’s livestock, and walking miles and miles to attend school, church or the store. Anna resided in Amelia until her parent’s death, subsequently, she moved to Richmond to live with her eldest sister.On December 25, 1949 Anna married the love of her life, James Lee Worsham, Sr., and joined him to live in Baltimore, Maryland. They joined the Perkins Square Baptist Church in that same year, and continued to work out their soul salvation. With Christ being their nucleus, and faith love and joy as their fabric, James and Anna were able to retain their union; James Jr., Phyllis Brown, Patricia Wade, Alvin, and Pamela Lomax (James preceded Anna in death on July 28, 2002). Anna loved her family; she held a special and unique bond with each of her children. She often referred to her daily calls to them as her “children” roll call.”In addition to fulfilling her motherly career roll, Anna held a career with the Rosewood State Hospital, a hospital that provided care for mentally challenged patients. Anna loved the patients at the hospital; she was fondly called “Mommy” by many of her patients. Family and friends were very important to Anna. Thus, she made loving her family and friends a hobby. She kept in close contact with them, and went out of her way to perform expressions of love for them. Moreover, she and her husband would travel at a moment’s notice to visit their loved ones, just because.Anna enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking and watching western movies. She was renown for her homemade waffles, John Wayne westerns and her beautiful flowerbeds. She also enjoyed listening to her gospel hymns by Shirley Caesar,” and Minister Clay Evans. She loved her grandchildren and enjoyed spending quality time with them. Anna had a special way of making even the most mundane tasks fun for her grandchildren.Anna leaves to mourn her five children (listed above); two daughters-in-law, Linda and Cassandra Worsham; three sons-in-law, Jonathan Brown and Edward Wade of Baltimore, MD and Earnest Lomax, Jr. of Upper Marlboro, MD; ten grandchildren, Darrell, Nathan (preceded her in death), Cheryl, Jarmel, Tanesha, Tameka, LaKeisha, Tierra, Ernest James, and Jordan; one granddaughter-in-law, eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Dorothy Spratley and Rosa Hill of Richmond, VA, Virginia Haskins of Saxe, VA; one brother, Arthur Giles of Ford, VA, (note; she has joined one brother and one sister in heaven); four brothers-in-law, Herbert, Wendell, Daniel and Hugo; two sisters-in-law, Rosa Lee and Sarah Hawkes; the Morgan Family, and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, good girlfriends and friends.

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Anna Paige Worsham

February 8, 1931 - March 4, 2004