Alec Wakefield Finlayson

1924 - 1998  (73 years)

• Name	Alec Wakefield Finlayson  [1, 2]
  Birth	24 Aug 1924	Carrollton, Carroll, Missouri   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Mar 1998  [2, 3]
  Person ID	I202013	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Alec S. Finlayson
  Mother	Eva Sylvester
  Family ID	F80995	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Burton Haskell,   b. 20 Jul 1926, Baltimore (Independent City), Maryland d. 4 Feb 2016, Georgia (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	20 Sep 1949	Arlington, Arlington, Virginia   [1]
  Children	1. Joan Finlayson   2. Charles Reid Finlayson   3. Leigh Burton Finlayson
  Family ID	F81004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2018

  
  

• Notes

  Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) March 21, 1998 A funeral for Alec Wakefield Finlayson, a former Virginia State Penitentiary School principal, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Joseph W. Bliley Funeral Home's Staples Mill Chapel, 8510 Staples Mill Road. He will be buried in Westhampton Memorial Park. Mr. Finlayson, who also taught in area public schools for a short time, died Wednesday after a short illness. He was 73 and lived in Richmond. A University of Richmond graduate, he earned a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and did graduate work at Northwestern University. He began his education career teaching drama at Longwood College, the University of New Hampshire and Long Beach State College. He also taught a myriad of subjects at Lee-Davis High School and later John Marshall High School before joining what is now the Department of Correctional Education. A native of Missouri, Mr. Finlayson was principal of the former penitentiary school from 1966 until 1973, when he returned to teaching General Equivalency Diploma preparation at the prison. He retired in the mid-1980safter a few years of teaching basic education and GED classes at the Powhatan Correctional Center. He served in the Army during World War II. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Finlayson; two sons, Charles Reid Finlayson and L. Burton Finlayson; a daughter, Joan Baker, all of Atlanta; and a brother, Dr. John S. Finlayson of Bethesda, Md.

  
  

• Sources

  [S52150] Marriage certificate, Virginia, Alec W. Finlayson and Mary Burton Haskell. [S43361] Social Security Applications and Claims Index (Reliability: 3). Name: Alec Wakefield Finlayson [Alec W Finlayson] Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 24 Aug 1924 Birth Place: Carollton, Missouri Death Date: 18 Mar 1998 Father: Alex S Finlayson Mother: Eva Sylvester SSN: 153228941 Notes: Jul 1946: Name listed as ALEC WAKEFIELD FINLAYSON; 25 Mar 1998: Name listed as ALEC W FINLAYSON [S56509] Obituary, Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA), Alec Wakefield Finlayson, (March 21, 1998).