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Documents also pertain to Roots’ career with the United States Air Force; Giant Food; the Engineering and Maintenance Division at National Airport; and Prince William County Crossing Guard Bureau. ","Series 3: Coffer, Goins, Jeffrey, Pearson, and Wright Families, 1915-2011, Boxes 4-5","Arranged alphabetically by name, this series includes documents from Mary Goins Roots’ ancestors and relatives consisting of the Coffer, Goins, Jeffrey, Pearson, and Wright families. Included are vital records, death certificates, obituaries, funeral programs and guest books, correspondence, certificates and awards, newspaper articles, identification cards, and a report card. Of particular note are materials from James M. Goins, Mary Roots’ father and known locally as “The Godfather of Zion Drive”. As a community leader he was instrumental in bringing improvements to the Sideburn, Virginia community including sewer and water hook-ups, the David R. 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Goins in Fairfax, Virginia. She grew up in Sideburn, Virginia, graduated from Luther Jackson High School in 1957, and attended St. Paul’s College where she met her husband William Thomas Roots. After graduating in 1961, she and Roots married in November 1961 at Little Zion Baptist Church in Burke.","She began her thirty-two-year teaching career with Fairfax County Public Schools in 1961, first teaching at Eleven Oaks Elementary School in Fairfax. In 1978, she received a Masters in Education from George Mason University and went on to serve as a human relations officer, vice-principal, and principal at several Fairfax County elementary schools until retiring in 1993. She came out of retirement to serve as a principal for Charles County Public Schools in Maryland for another six years. In 1998, she earned the Washington Post Distinguished Educator Award for her time at Eva Turner Elementary School in Waldorf, Maryland.","Her husband, William T. Roots, died on March 12, 2016. Mary Roots passed away at age 78 in Woodbridge, Virginia on October 21, 2017. They are both buried in the family burial ground at the Jack and Lizzy Pearson Cemetery in Burke, Virginia.","Chris Barbuschak, 2020, updated October 2023 EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2023","None","The Mary Goins Roots Collection consists of 8.5 linear feet and spans the years 1858-2017 and consists of family papers, correspondence, programs, yearbooks, awards and certificates, vital records, newspaper articles, identification badges and cards, obituaries, photographs, photo albums, a scrapbook, property records, yearbooks, and other school ephemera. Subjects covered are Mary Goins Roots, her family, and her ancestors including the Coffer, Goins, Jeffrey, Pearson and Wright families, the Sideburn Civic Association, Greater Little Zion Baptist Church, and Fairfax County Public Schools, and Charles County Public Schools.","Series 1: Mary Goins Roots, 1954-2017, Boxes 1-4 and 13","Arranged alphabetically, this series contains personal records for Mary Goins Roots. Included are awards and certificates, correspondence, documents, by-laws, resumes, newspaper articles, yearbooks, programs, photographs, family genealogy notes, an identification card, and an embroidered patch. Subjects primarily consist of Roots’ education at St. Paul’s College and George Mason University, and her career with Fairfax County and Charles County Public Schools.","Series 2: William T. Roots, 1951-2016, Box 4","Arranged alphabetically, this series contains materials from Mary Goins Roots’ husband, William T. Roots. 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