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Tricia was born July 7,1955 at the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, Illinois. She was the second child born to William (Bill) Raymond Brown, Jr. and Mary Madeline McWhorter Brown. She grew up in Chantilly and Woodbridge Virginia, graduating high school in 1972. She joined the U.S. Army at the age of 17 and was trained and worked as a laboratory technician (medic) to help pay for college. When she left military service with the U.S. Army, she became a radiology technician and a Registered Nurse (13 years).
In 1990, she obtained a grant from the US Navy’s Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) and entered medical school at South Eastern University of Health Sciences in N. Miami Beach, FL. She graduated with honors in 1994 and did her internship at the National Naval Medical Center (currently called Walter Reed) in Bethesda, MD. In 1997 she began her residency in Preventive Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD graduating with a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) in 1999.
Her first duty station was Fort Detrick, MD at the Armed Services Medical Information Center (AFMIC) as the Preventive Medicine Officer and then later that year, began working at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) on Ward 200 as a Principal Investigator (PI) on Tularemia and Q-fever vaccines. Recognized for her leadership and professional acumen, Tricia was awarded the Silver Medal by the Federal Executive Board for Excellence in Federal Career of Outstanding Professionals (Technical, Scientific and Program Support) in 2004. During her work at USAMRIID, she also worked with the Anthrax Program under Colonel Pittman - after the 2001 Anthrax Letters, she was instrumental in securing the safety of all the USAMRIID staff and other government agencies with her Occupational Exposure Treatment Program.
During her medical school years, Tricia met and married Morris (Mo) Petitt, a Navy SEAL, in 1993 in Elkton, Virginia at the east facing Ivy Creek Overlook on Skyline drive in the Virginia mountains. This site was selected to represent the sun rising on their marriage and to remind them of their never-ending love for one another. They resided in Tricia’s historic family’s home, “Leeton”, from 2001 to 2021, a home built in 1740 and regarded as the oldest historic home in Northern Virginia.
In 2007, Tricia left military life and began her Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and became board certified in 2009 in this specialty. She established a medical practice which focused on health and wellness. She aptly named her business “Longevity Wellness”. Over a 12-year period she treated nearly 2500 patients to prevent chronic diseases and improve their quality of life. She had a keen interest in medicine and felt that this was her calling in life. She simply wanted everyone to feel better and be healthy.
In 1994 Tricia became intrigued with her heritage as a Lee descendant. She performed hundreds of hours of research and downloaded hundreds of pages of documents to ensure she understood the full breadth and depth of her family’s history. Tricia joined the Society of the Lees of Virginia 1996 and became a board member a few short years later. She served as the Annual Meeting Coordinator before becoming the Genealogist in 2007. During her tenure she had validated and approved over 224 new members into the society. She loved tracking the genealogy of the many family lines and figuring out multiple paths back to Richard and Anne. She knew the Family connections as well as anyone could.
As an avid writer and proponent of preserving history, Tricia penned and published The Descendants of David McWhirter & Mary Poston, volumes 1 through 3, The Turbervilles of Virginia volumes 1 and 2 in 2006. However, it is felt by many that her signature achievement in the Society of Lees of Virginia was finishing Bill McCarty’s book on Hannah Lee (titled “Hannah!”), daughter of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee. Tricia took the partially complete manuscript, performed much of the remaining research, finished the text and then had it published. Hannah was a typical Lee lady, strong-willed and a bit of rebellious blood in her nature. Tricia was one of Hannah’s many descendants and shared many of her traits. Tricia was most definitely a Lee Lady.
Another task that she enjoyed doing was building a personal genealogy with documentation for any Lee Society members who requested one. She was extremely gratified when her cousins received the full picture of their heritage and lineage. Typically, these compilations contained several hundred pages of charts and pictures.
Tricia was loved by all and always looked for ways to help others with her kindness and generosity. All her life she loved to be happy and make those she came in contact with laugh with her.
Tricia is survived by her husband Morris (Mo) Carroll Petitt, 3 brothers and 2 sisters; William (Bill) Raymond Brown, III and his wife Kathy, Richard Thornton Brown and his wife Shelley, Mark Carter Brown and his wife Jennifer, Kristin Jeanne Brown King and her husband Chaz, and Kelley Marie Brown Johnson and her husband Erik; 3 children, Jessica Jeanne Claytor Seger (Kenny), Melissa Lee Claytor (Dar-Lyn), Crystal Noel Claytor; 3 grandchildren, Brandon Steven Santana (Kathryn), Angelique Arora Ball and Keoni Azriel Ball.
Visitation is Monday February 1, 2021 from 9 -11 AM and service, led by Pastor Kelly Goins, begins at 11AM at Vaughn Funeral Home, 150 New Lake Road, Spring City, TN (423) 365-5221. Following the service there will be a luncheon at Watts Bar Church, 1517 State Hwy 68, W. Decatur, TN. Burial with Military Honors is Tuesday at 10:30 AM at Chattanooga National Cemetery, 1200 Bailey Ave., Chattanooga, TN. Honors given by the U.S. Navy and the American Legion Post 95 of Chattanooga, TN.
Announced locally courtesy of Vaughn Funeral Home, Spring City, Tennessee.
Tricia was born July 7,1955 at the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, Illinois. She was the second child born to William (Bill) Raymond Brown, Jr. and Mary Madeline McWhorter Brown. She grew up in Chantilly and Woodbridge Virginia, graduating high school in 1972. She joined the U.S. Army at the age of 17 and was trained and worked as a laboratory technician (medic) to help pay for college. When she left military service with the U.S. Army, she became a radiology technician and a Registered Nurse (13 years).
In 1990, she obtained a grant from the US Navy’s Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) and entered medical school at South Eastern University of Health Sciences in N. Miami Beach, FL. She graduated with honors in 1994 and did her internship at the National Naval Medical Center (currently called Walter Reed) in Bethesda, MD. In 1997 she began her residency in Preventive Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD graduating with a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) in 1999.
Her first duty station was Fort Detrick, MD at the Armed Services Medical Information Center (AFMIC) as the Preventive Medicine Officer and then later that year, began working at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) on Ward 200 as a Principal Investigator (PI) on Tularemia and Q-fever vaccines. Recognized for her leadership and professional acumen, Tricia was awarded the Silver Medal by the Federal Executive Board for Excellence in Federal Career of Outstanding Professionals (Technical, Scientific and Program Support) in 2004. During her work at USAMRIID, she also worked with the Anthrax Program under Colonel Pittman - after the 2001 Anthrax Letters, she was instrumental in securing the safety of all the USAMRIID staff and other government agencies with her Occupational Exposure Treatment Program.
During her medical school years, Tricia met and married Morris (Mo) Petitt, a Navy SEAL, in 1993 in Elkton, Virginia at the east facing Ivy Creek Overlook on Skyline drive in the Virginia mountains. This site was selected to represent the sun rising on their marriage and to remind them of their never-ending love for one another. They resided in Tricia’s historic family’s home, “Leeton”, from 2001 to 2021, a home built in 1740 and regarded as the oldest historic home in Northern Virginia.
In 2007, Tricia left military life and began her Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and became board certified in 2009 in this specialty. She established a medical practice which focused on health and wellness. She aptly named her business “Longevity Wellness”. Over a 12-year period she treated nearly 2500 patients to prevent chronic diseases and improve their quality of life. She had a keen interest in medicine and felt that this was her calling in life. She simply wanted everyone to feel better and be healthy.
In 1994 Tricia became intrigued with her heritage as a Lee descendant. She performed hundreds of hours of research and downloaded hundreds of pages of documents to ensure she understood the full breadth and depth of her family’s history. Tricia joined the Society of the Lees of Virginia 1996 and became a board member a few short years later. She served as the Annual Meeting Coordinator before becoming the Genealogist in 2007. During her tenure she had validated and approved over 224 new members into the society. She loved tracking the genealogy of the many family lines and figuring out multiple paths back to Richard and Anne. She knew the Family connections as well as anyone could.
As an avid writer and proponent of preserving history, Tricia penned and published The Descendants of David McWhirter & Mary Poston, volumes 1 through 3, The Turbervilles of Virginia volumes 1 and 2 in 2006. However, it is felt by many that her signature achievement in the Society of Lees of Virginia was finishing Bill McCarty’s book on Hannah Lee (titled “Hannah!”), daughter of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee. Tricia took the partially complete manuscript, performed much of the remaining research, finished the text and then had it published. Hannah was a typical Lee lady, strong-willed and a bit of rebellious blood in her nature. Tricia was one of Hannah’s many descendants and shared many of her traits. Tricia was most definitely a Lee Lady.
Another task that she enjoyed doing was building a personal genealogy with documentation for any Lee Society members who requested one. She was extremely gratified when her cousins received the full picture of their heritage and lineage. Typically, these compilations contained several hundred pages of charts and pictures.
Tricia was loved by all and always looked for ways to help others with her kindness and generosity. All her life she loved to be happy and make those she came in contact with laugh with her.
Tricia is survived by her husband Morris (Mo) Carroll Petitt, 3 brothers and 2 sisters; William (Bill) Raymond Brown, III and his wife Kathy, Richard Thornton Brown and his wife Shelley, Mark Carter Brown and his wife Jennifer, Kristin Jeanne Brown King and her husband Chaz, and Kelley Marie Brown Johnson and her husband Erik; 3 children, Jessica Jeanne Claytor Seger (Kenny), Melissa Lee Claytor (Dar-Lyn), Crystal Noel Claytor; 3 grandchildren, Brandon Steven Santana (Kathryn), Angelique Arora Ball and Keoni Azriel Ball.
Visitation is Monday February 1, 2021 from 9 -11 AM and service, led by Pastor Kelly Goins, begins at 11AM at Vaughn Funeral Home, 150 New Lake Road, Spring City, TN (423) 365-5221. Following the service there will be a luncheon at Watts Bar Church, 1517 State Hwy 68, W. Decatur, TN. Burial with Military Honors is Tuesday at 10:30 AM at Chattanooga National Cemetery, 1200 Bailey Ave., Chattanooga, TN. Honors given by the U.S. Navy and the American Legion Post 95 of Chattanooga, TN.
Announced locally courtesy of Vaughn Funeral Home, Spring City, Tennessee.
Courtesy of www.vaughn-funeral-home.com
Tricia was born July 7,1955 at the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, Illinois. She was the second child born to William (Bill) Raymond Brown, Jr. and Mary Madeline McWhorter Brown. She grew up in Chantilly and Woodbridge Virginia, graduating high school in 1972. She joined the U.S. Army at the age of 17 and was trained and worked as a laboratory technician (medic) to help pay for college. When she left military service with the U.S. Army, she became a radiology technician and a Registered Nurse (13 years).
In 1990, she obtained a grant from the US Navy’s Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) and entered medical school at South Eastern University of Health Sciences in N. Miami Beach, FL. She graduated with honors in 1994 and did her internship at the National Naval Medical Center (currently called Walter Reed) in Bethesda, MD. In 1997 she began her residency in Preventive Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD graduating with a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) in 1999.
Her first duty station was Fort Detrick, MD at the Armed Services Medical Information Center (AFMIC) as the Preventive Medicine Officer and then later that year, began working at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) on Ward 200 as a Principal Investigator (PI) on Tularemia and Q-fever vaccines. Recognized for her leadership and professional acumen, Tricia was awarded the Silver Medal by the Federal Executive Board for Excellence in Federal Career of Outstanding Professionals (Technical, Scientific and Program Support) in 2004. During her work at USAMRIID, she also worked with the Anthrax Program under Colonel Pittman - after the 2001 Anthrax Letters, she was instrumental in securing the safety of all the USAMRIID staff and other government agencies with her Occupational Exposure Treatment Program.
During her medical school years, Tricia met and married Morris (Mo) Petitt, a Navy SEAL, in 1993 in Elkton, Virginia at the east facing Ivy Creek Overlook on Skyline drive in the Virginia mountains. This site was selected to represent the sun rising on their marriage and to remind them of their never-ending love for one another. They resided in Tricia’s historic family’s home, “Leeton”, from 2001 to 2021, a home built in 1740 and regarded as the oldest historic home in Northern Virginia.
In 2007, Tricia left military life and began her Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and became board certified in 2009 in this specialty. She established a medical practice which focused on health and wellness. She aptly named her business “Longevity Wellness”. Over a 12-year period she treated nearly 2500 patients to prevent chronic diseases and improve their quality of life. She had a keen interest in medicine and felt that this was her calling in life. She simply wanted everyone to feel better and be healthy.
In 1994 Tricia became intrigued with her heritage as a Lee descendant. She performed hundreds of hours of research and downloaded hundreds of pages of documents to ensure she understood the full breadth and depth of her family’s history. Tricia joined the Society of the Lees of Virginia 1996 and became a board member a few short years later. She served as the Annual Meeting Coordinator before becoming the Genealogist in 2007. During her tenure she had validated and approved over 224 new members into the society. She loved tracking the genealogy of the many family lines and figuring out multiple paths back to Richard and Anne. She knew the Family connections as well as anyone could.
As an avid writer and proponent of preserving history, Tricia penned and published The Descendants of David McWhirter & Mary Poston, volumes 1 through 3, The Turbervilles of Virginia volumes 1 and 2 in 2006. However, it is felt by many that her signature achievement in the Society of Lees of Virginia was finishing Bill McCarty’s book on Hannah Lee (titled “Hannah!”), daughter of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee. Tricia took the partially complete manuscript, performed much of the remaining research, finished the text and then had it published. Hannah was a typical Lee lady, strong-willed and a bit of rebellious blood in her nature. Tricia was one of Hannah’s many descendants and shared many of her traits. Tricia was most definitely a Lee Lady.
Another task that she enjoyed doing was building a personal genealogy with documentation for any Lee Society members who requested one. She was extremely gratified when her cousins received the full picture of their heritage and lineage. Typically, these compilations contained several hundred pages of charts and pictures.
Tricia was loved by all and always looked for ways to help others with her kindness and generosity. All her life she loved to be happy and make those she came in contact with laugh with her.
Tricia is survived by her husband Morris (Mo) Carroll Petitt, 3 brothers and 2 sisters; William (Bill) Raymond Brown, III and his wife Kathy, Richard Thornton Brown and his wife Shelley, Mark Carter Brown and his wife Jennifer, Kristin Jeanne Brown King and her husband Chaz, and Kelley Marie Brown Johnson and her husband Erik; 3 children, Jessica Jeanne Claytor Seger (Kenny), Melissa Lee Claytor (Dar-Lyn), Crystal Noel Claytor; 3 grandchildren, Brandon Steven Santana (Kathryn), Angelique Arora Ball and Keoni Azriel Ball.
Visitation is Monday February 1, 2021 from 9 -11 AM and service, led by Pastor Kelly Goins, begins at 11AM at Vaughn Funeral Home, 150 New Lake Road, Spring City, TN (423) 365-5221. Following the service there will be a luncheon at Watts Bar Church, 1517 State Hwy 68, W. Decatur, TN. Burial with Military Honors is Tuesday at 10:30 AM at Chattanooga National Cemetery, 1200 Bailey Ave., Chattanooga, TN. Honors given by the U.S. Navy and the American Legion Post 95 of Chattanooga, TN.
Announced locally courtesy of Vaughn Funeral Home, Spring City, Tennessee.
Tricia was born July 7,1955 at the Naval Hospital in Great Lakes, Illinois. She was the second child born to William (Bill) Raymond Brown, Jr. and Mary Madeline McWhorter Brown. She grew up in Chantilly and Woodbridge Virginia, graduating high school in 1972. She joined the U.S. Army at the age of 17 and was trained and worked as a laboratory technician (medic) to help pay for college. When she left military service with the U.S. Army, she became a radiology technician and a Registered Nurse (13 years).
In 1990, she obtained a grant from the US Navy’s Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) and entered medical school at South Eastern University of Health Sciences in N. Miami Beach, FL. She graduated with honors in 1994 and did her internship at the National Naval Medical Center (currently called Walter Reed) in Bethesda, MD. In 1997 she began her residency in Preventive Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) in Bethesda, MD graduating with a Master’s Degree in Public Health (MPH) in 1999.
Her first duty station was Fort Detrick, MD at the Armed Services Medical Information Center (AFMIC) as the Preventive Medicine Officer and then later that year, began working at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) on Ward 200 as a Principal Investigator (PI) on Tularemia and Q-fever vaccines. Recognized for her leadership and professional acumen, Tricia was awarded the Silver Medal by the Federal Executive Board for Excellence in Federal Career of Outstanding Professionals (Technical, Scientific and Program Support) in 2004. During her work at USAMRIID, she also worked with the Anthrax Program under Colonel Pittman - after the 2001 Anthrax Letters, she was instrumental in securing the safety of all the USAMRIID staff and other government agencies with her Occupational Exposure Treatment Program.
During her medical school years, Tricia met and married Morris (Mo) Petitt, a Navy SEAL, in 1993 in Elkton, Virginia at the east facing Ivy Creek Overlook on Skyline drive in the Virginia mountains. This site was selected to represent the sun rising on their marriage and to remind them of their never-ending love for one another. They resided in Tricia’s historic family’s home, “Leeton”, from 2001 to 2021, a home built in 1740 and regarded as the oldest historic home in Northern Virginia.
In 2007, Tricia left military life and began her Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine and became board certified in 2009 in this specialty. She established a medical practice which focused on health and wellness. She aptly named her business “Longevity Wellness”. Over a 12-year period she treated nearly 2500 patients to prevent chronic diseases and improve their quality of life. She had a keen interest in medicine and felt that this was her calling in life. She simply wanted everyone to feel better and be healthy.
In 1994 Tricia became intrigued with her heritage as a Lee descendant. She performed hundreds of hours of research and downloaded hundreds of pages of documents to ensure she understood the full breadth and depth of her family’s history. Tricia joined the Society of the Lees of Virginia 1996 and became a board member a few short years later. She served as the Annual Meeting Coordinator before becoming the Genealogist in 2007. During her tenure she had validated and approved over 224 new members into the society. She loved tracking the genealogy of the many family lines and figuring out multiple paths back to Richard and Anne. She knew the Family connections as well as anyone could.
As an avid writer and proponent of preserving history, Tricia penned and published The Descendants of David McWhirter & Mary Poston, volumes 1 through 3, The Turbervilles of Virginia volumes 1 and 2 in 2006. However, it is felt by many that her signature achievement in the Society of Lees of Virginia was finishing Bill McCarty’s book on Hannah Lee (titled “Hannah!”), daughter of Thomas and Hannah Ludwell Lee. Tricia took the partially complete manuscript, performed much of the remaining research, finished the text and then had it published. Hannah was a typical Lee lady, strong-willed and a bit of rebellious blood in her nature. Tricia was one of Hannah’s many descendants and shared many of her traits. Tricia was most definitely a Lee Lady.
Another task that she enjoyed doing was building a personal genealogy with documentation for any Lee Society members who requested one. She was extremely gratified when her cousins received the full picture of their heritage and lineage. Typically, these compilations contained several hundred pages of charts and pictures.
Tricia was loved by all and always looked for ways to help others with her kindness and generosity. All her life she loved to be happy and make those she came in contact with laugh with her.
Tricia is survived by her husband Morris (Mo) Carroll Petitt, 3 brothers and 2 sisters; William (Bill) Raymond Brown, III and his wife Kathy, Richard Thornton Brown and his wife Shelley, Mark Carter Brown and his wife Jennifer, Kristin Jeanne Brown King and her husband Chaz, and Kelley Marie Brown Johnson and her husband Erik; 3 children, Jessica Jeanne Claytor Seger (Kenny), Melissa Lee Claytor (Dar-Lyn), Crystal Noel Claytor; 3 grandchildren, Brandon Steven Santana (Kathryn), Angelique Arora Ball and Keoni Azriel Ball.
Visitation is Monday February 1, 2021 from 9 -11 AM and service, led by Pastor Kelly Goins, begins at 11AM at Vaughn Funeral Home, 150 New Lake Road, Spring City, TN (423) 365-5221. Following the service there will be a luncheon at Watts Bar Church, 1517 State Hwy 68, W. Decatur, TN. Burial with Military Honors is Tuesday at 10:30 AM at Chattanooga National Cemetery, 1200 Bailey Ave., Chattanooga, TN. Honors given by the U.S. Navy and the American Legion Post 95 of Chattanooga, TN.
Announced locally courtesy of Vaughn Funeral Home, Spring City, Tennessee.
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