Betty Louise Maize VincentMrs. Betty L. Vincent, born February 14, 1920, of Alexandria, VA passed away of natural causes on October 21, 2014 at the age of 94. Betty is survived by her three daughters, Glenna Scott of Lantana, FL, Maggie Clower of Fishersville, VA and Lindsey Bender, of Alexandria, VA. Betty is survived by five of her six grandchildren Tim Hodgens of Wailuka, Maui, Hawaii, Kim Clower of Phoenix, AZ , Randy Clower of Lancaster, NY, Elise Bender of Alexandria, and Chelsea Bender of Gaithersburg, MD. Betty is preceded in death by her second grandchild, Kathy Hodgens of Lantana FL. Betty has five great grandchildren.Betty grew up in California, PA and attended the California College now California University to earn a BA in early childhood education. Betty lost her first husband, Glenn Bower, during an attack on a transport ship in the Atlantic Ocean during World War II. They had one daughter Glenna. Betty married Caleb Randolph Davis Vincent of Alexandria in 1947. Betty was a devoted wife, mother, daughter and grandmother. As an Army wife, she lived and worked in many interesting places and teaching in some of the elementary schools where they lived, Sharpe General Army Depot, Stockton, CA, Cameron Station, Alexandria, VA, Baumholder, Germany, Ft. Bragg, NC, Potsdam, NY, Alexandria, VA, Panama Canal Zone, Charleston, SC, Bangkok, Thailand. Betty and Randy were active members of their neighborhood and were the founders of the George Washington River Farm Marching Band and Social Society. This marching band was formed in 1976 for the Bicentennial celebration of our nation’s founding and so our neighborhood would have a marching band for the annual parade. Betty’s husband would write comic plays, built a stage in the basement and they put on dinner theater with the neighbors in the 1970s. Betty worked for a travel agency in Old Town in the 1980s.Betty was involved in the alter guild at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, a member of the Stratford Women’s Club, TROA The Retired Officers Association, and the alumni association of the California University, PA. Betty was generous, cheerful and liked to go out. She was nicknamed, “Grammy Go-Go”. Arrangements are under the direction of Cunningham Turch Funeral Home, Alexandria, VA.