Mark Anthony Dameron

SGT Mark Anthony Dameron, of Henrico, VA was born on December 18, 1965 in Tappahannock, VA to Wilbur and Ada Dameron. He accepted Christ into his life at an early age at New Jerusalem Baptist Church in Kinsale, VA and was baptized by his father, Pastor Wilbur Dameron. He grew up and attended school in Westmoreland County. In June 1984, he graduated from Washington & Lee High School and enlisted in the United States Army. He faithfully served his country three years in the 82nd Airborne. Mark was currently serving in the Army National Guard Aviation Unit in which he had been enlisted since 2007. In October 1985 while on a military training exercise, Mark went to the March Air Force Base commissary in Riverside, CA where he noticed Adrienne who was working during her senior year as a grocery bagger. He cleverly close her checkout line to make a purchase, flashed that winning smile of his, and the rest, as they say, is history. Five years later on June 30, 1990 the two were united in holy matrimony. From this union, Mark and Adrienne were blessed with three children: Zachary, Alyssa and Corey. The two became active members of Cornerstone Baptist Church in August 2000 where Adrienne serves in the Sign Language Ministry and Mark played the saxophone in the church’s orchestra. A kind-hearted soul Mark would help anyone at any time. He was a loving son, caring brother, husband and father. But most importantly, he was a dedicated man of God spreading the Lord’s word wherever he went. On July 7, 2015, after a heroic fight against cancer, Mark entered into eternal rest while at MCV Hospital in Richmond, VA. He was preceded in death by his oldest brother, SSG Michael C. Dameron, Sr. (Retired); his maternal grandparents, William Hampton and Lou Hunter; and his paternal grandparents, Wilbur Rogers Dameron; Sarah Ann Lee and Edgar Lee. Mark leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 25 years,Adrienne Dameron;his three children, Zachary, Alyssa and Corey: his parents, Pastor Wilbur and Ada Dameron;four siblings, Beverly Landry(Ray),James Dameron(Melody),Nicole Artis(Ron) and Wallace Dameron(Coty);his father-in-law, Russel Goines; his mother-in-law, Charlotte Goines, a brother-in-law, Sean Goines; his brother Michel’s widow, Arlene Dameron;three uncles, William Albert Hunter(Allie),George Hunter(JoAnn) and Dr. Robert Hunter(Patricia);six aunts, Irland Rowell, Sara Cooper, Peggy Samuel (Frank),Barbara Brooks(Herbert),Jean Nelson and Gloria Rich(Charles);two great-aunts, Sally Brooks and Sophie Brooks; 13 nephews and nieces; many cousins and a host of other relatives and friends

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Mark Anthony Dameron

December 18, 1965 - July 7, 2015