Mary Johanna “Mary Jo” Swoyer Annand, 60, passed away peacefully in her brother Ben's arms on Saturday, August 7, 2010, in Alexandria, Virginia. Born on October 29, 1949, in Tokyo, Japan, as her parents were serving after World War II as a doctor and nurse, she was the daughter of Grover Benjamin Swoyer and Mary Kay Corzilius.

She grew up in Charleston, graduating from Charleston High School and then West Virginia University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in mathematics and joined the Delta Gamma sorority. She lived in northern Virginia for 11 years, teaching math at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria. She returned to Charleston two years after her first son was born and immersed herself in the Charleston community; she was an active member and president of the Junior League, treasurer of Symphony Sunday, a hard-working PTA member, and well-respected John Adams Junior High School and George Washington High School math teacher. She moved to Richmond, Virginia, in 2005, taught math at Deep Run High School, and was delighted to learn in 2006 that her son, Franklin, would be living there for three years while attending law school at the University of Richmond. She moved to Reston, Virginia, and, ultimately, Alexandria, Virginia, to be close to her son and daughter-in-law, Franklin and Michelle.

She was a smart, beautiful, talented woman who loved and cared for her boys. She was a community leader, loving mother, consummate hostess, and wonderful teacher. She was passionately committed to her ideals and beliefs and dedicated to taking care of her extended family and anyone in need of a strong advocate.

She is survived by her two children, son and spouse, Franklin Darley and Michelle Brown Annand of Alexandria, Virginia; and son, Wesley Spradlin Annand of Portland, Oregon; and brother, spouse, and children, Grover Benjamin Swoyer, Meri Beth Braziel, Robert Benjamin Swoyer and Sienna Pinckney Swoyer.

Memorial services will be held for immediate family today at 10 a.m. at Father Martin's Ashley in Havre de Grace, Maryland, with her daughter-in-law's father, the Rev. Maurice E. Brown Jr., officiating.

Condolences may be sent to franklin.annand@gmail.com or 213 N. Payne St., Alexandria, VA 22314. Messages will be shared with the family.