She was a 1973 graduate of Robert E. Lee
High School in Springfield, Virginia and
studied social work at The University of
Tennessee in Chattanooga, later earning
a Paralegal degree from The University
of Maryland in College Park, Md.
Prior to her relocation to Georgia in
2018 she was an accounting assistant at
Bowl America Headquarters in
Springfield, Va where she had previously
worked for many years in the print shop
before accepting a Paralegal position
with the Law Offices of J. Thomas Fromme
(formerly Sherman & Fromme) in Fairfax,
Va where she worked for 13 years.
She also previously worked in restaurant
management at Seasons in Fairfax as well
as Kupchick’s and Debrak’s in Lewes,
Delaware. She enjoyed working weekends
as an independent D.J. in numerous clubs
in the Washington, DC area and in Lewes,
where she was known as “Rockin Rhoda”,
as well as for private engagements for
special occasions. Her personal
interests also included assisting the
elderly with errands, housework and
providing companionship. She will
always be lovingly remembered by family
and friends as an outgoing and generous
person who delighted in making people
laugh.
She was preceded in death by her
parents, Robert Doney Sr. and Louise
Doney, her sister Lisa Doney, and
sister-in-law Mattie Wood Doney.
She is survived by her brother, Robert
Doney, Jr. of Locust Grove, Virginia;
sisters Rita Doney Bettis of
Lawrenceville, Georgia and Ruane Doney
Langton (and husband John) of Sarasota,
Florida; nephews Bobby Doney, Sean
Bettis and Kyle Bettis; niece Dawn Doney;
and seven great-nieces and
great-nephews.
A memorial service was held on Monday,
March 2, 2020 at Laurel Hill Funeral
Home in Spotsylvania, Virginia at 12:00
noon. In lieu of flowers memorial
gifts may be made in her memory to The
American Lung Association/Fight COPD,
730 South Sterling Avenue, Suite 303,
Tampa, FL 33609.