In Memoriam: Ray MacAnanny, Sr.

In Memoriam (reprinted form the Special Bulletin from May 23)

WANADA is saddened to notify members of the recent passing of longtime Washington Area dealer Raymond E. MacAnnany, Sr., formerly of Safford Autos in Silver Spring and Northern Virginia. He had been ill for some time, ultimately succumbing to renal failure. He was 83.

A career Navy man, Ray MacAnanny went to work for L.P. Safford, the founder of Safford Autos, in the early 1970s after a short stint in the automobile business in Virginia Beach. Taking over the business by the mid-1970s, Safford Lincoln Mercury operated very successfully in downtown Silver Spring with the slogan the littlest showroom in town. Rays son, Rick, came on board in the 1990s, subsequently taking over the business around the time Ray opened Safford in Fredericksburg, VA before selling it to the current operator, Jim Gramm.

Friends may call on the family this Saturday, May 26, between 4 and 6 at Spotswood Baptist Church, 4009 Lafayette Blvd, Fredericksburg. Funeral services at Spotswood are set for Sunday, May 27, at 4pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to:

The MacAnanny Foundation

P.O. Box 218

Spotsylvania, VA 2253

To Rick, the rest of Rays family and many friends over the years, WANADA extends its sincerest sympathies.