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Friday, November 21, 2008
John
Franklin
Rennie
Wagner
John
Franklin
Rennie
Wagner,
a
George
Washington
University
Law
School
student
and
an
actor
who
starred
in
local
theater,
died
Oct.
30
at
his
residence,
according
to
the
D.C.
medical
examiner.
The
cause
of
death
is
pending.
He
was
32.
Wagner
appeared
as
Danny
in
“Grease”
at
Lazy
Susan
Dinner
Theatre
in
2000
and
with
the
St.
Mark’s
Players
on
Capitol
Hill,
he
appeared
as
Charles
Thompson
in
“1776”
in
2004
and
as
the
Cat
in
the
Hat
in
“Seussical
the
Musical”
in
2005.
Born
on
May
6,
1976,
in
Lexington,
Va.,
Wagner
was
the
son
of
Josephine
“Jody”
Rennie
Wagner
and
the
late
David
Franklin
Wagner.
He
graduated
in
1994
from
Robert
E.
Lee
High
School
in
Staunton,
Va.,
where
he
won
multiple
academic
awards
and
was
class
president.
He
graduated
cum
laude
from
the
College
of
William
and
Mary
in
Williamsburg,
Va.,
in
1998.
At
college,
Wagner
was
a
leader
within
the
faith,
music
and
theater
communities,
where
he
was
a
member
of
the
Catholic
Student
Organization,
the
a
cappella
group
Double
Take,
the
national
honors
music
fraternity
Delta
Tau
Delta
Omicron
and
student
theater
organizations.
He
was
a
member
of
the
William
and
Mary
Choir
and
Botetourt
Chamber
Singers,
was
elected
president
of
the
choir,
and
traveled
with
the
choir
to
Europe
where
he
sang
before
Margaret
Thatcher
and
other
dignitaries.
The
choir
sang
at
President
Clinton’s
second
inauguration
in
1997.
After
moving
to
the
D.C.
area
in
1999
with
his
partner,
Brian
Childers,
Wagner
pursued
varied
careers.
He
was
a
math
teacher
in
Stafford
County
Public
Schools,
office
manager
for
RE/MAX
Capital
Realtors,
and
an
executive
assistant
at
the
Center
on
Budget
&
Policy
Priorities
before
choosing
a
law
career.
He
enrolled
at
Catholic
University’s
Columbus
School
of
Law
in
2005
and
transferred
to
the
George
Washington
University
Law
School
where
he
was
a
candidate
for
Juris
Doctor
in
May
2009.
He
volunteered
with
G.W.’s
Lambda
Law
and
the
Northern
Virginia
Mental
Health
Institute,
while
still
working
a
full-time
job
as
a
legal
assistant
at
the
Employment
Law
Group.
His
civil
union
of
five
years
to
Brian
Childers
was
dissolved
in
2005.
Along
with
his
mother,
he
is
survived
by
sisters
Alexis
Wagner
of
Staunton,
Va.,
Annie
Wagner
Shaffer
of
Harrisonburg,
Va.,
Felica
White,
of Richmond,
Ky.
and
a
brother,
David
Wagner
Jr.,
of
Winchester,
Ky.,
and
his
beloved
Bichon
Frise,
Sarah.
A
memorial
service
will
be
held
Saturday
at
5
p.m.
at
the
Jack
Morton
Auditorium
of
the
George
Washington
University
Law
School,
located
at
805
21
St.,
N.W.,
Washington.
For
more
information,
contact
loutimmons@gmail.com.
Memorial
contributions
may
be
made
to
the
Whitman-Walker
Clinic,
1407
S
Street,
NW,
Washington,
DC
20009
or
to
Lambda
Legal,
at
120
Wall
Street,
Suite
1500,
New
York,
NY
10005.
James
Hutton
Lemly,
59
James
Hutton
Lemly,
Jr.,
died
of
coronary
heart
disease
at
the
Hospital
of
the
University
of
Pennsylvania
in
Philadelphia
on
Nov.
5.
He
was
59.
He
was
born
in
Oxford,
Miss.,
on
Nov.
18,
1948,
the
son
of
the
late
Dr.
James
Hutton
Lemly,
Sr.
and
the
late
Onice
Walker
Lemly.
He
received
an
undergraduate
degree
from
Duke
University
in
1970
before
serving
in
the
United
States
Army
from
1970
to
1973.
After
receiving
a
master’s
in
public
accountancy
from
Georgia
State
University
in
1975,
Lemly
relocated
to
Washington
and
began
his
career
in
the
civilian
federal
service
at
the
Department
of
Justice
where
he
served
in
a
number
of
accounting
positions
in
the
Law
Enforcement
Assistance
Administration,
the
Drug
Enforcement
Administration,
and
Justice
Management
Division.
In
1983,
he
met
the
requirements
and
received
the
certification
as
a
Certified
Public
Accountant
in
D.C.
In
1989,
he
joined
the
Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency
(FEMA).
His
career
at
FEMA
spanned
17
years
in
different
senior
systems
accounting
positions
until
his
retirement
in
2006.
Lemly
served
as
FEMA’s
deputy
chief
financial
officer
in
1993.
From
1983
to
1997,
he
was
co-director
of
the
Tom
Davoren
Social
Contract
Bridge
Club
that
was
originally
a
project
of
the
Gay
Community
Center
in
D.C.
(GCC/DC).
He
was
treasurer
of
the
GCC/DC
from
1987
to
1989.
He
joined
the
Washington
D.C.
chapter
of
Black
Tie
International
in
1999
and
co-hosted
its
fall
2003
event.
Lemly
is
survived
by
his
partner
of
29
years,
Dr.
Thomas
Brown.
They
purchased
a
weekend
home
in
Rehoboth
in
1995
and
moved
to
the
beach
upon
their
retirements
in
2006.
They
maintained
an
apartment
in
Washington
until
this
summer.
Memorial
services
will
be
held
Saturday
at
11:30
a.m.
at
the
Parsell
Funeral
Home
&
Crematorium,
Atkins-Lodge
Chapel,
16961
Kings
Highway,
Lewes,
Del.
Visitation
will
precede
the
services
starting
at
10:30
a.m.
Memorial
gifts
should
be
sent
to:
Jim
Lemly
Memorial,
CAMP
Rehoboth,
37
Baltimore
Ave.,
Rehoboth
Beach,
DE
19971.
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