Barbara Ann Scruggs

April 13, 1936 - September 28, 2021

Barbara Ann Scruggs, 85 of Sterling, Virginia passed away peacefully Tuesday, September 28, 2021, surrounded by her loving family at INOVA Loudoun Hospital, in Leesburg, Virginia. She was born on April 13, 1936, in Washington, D.C. to the late Ernest and Mary Saunders Fletcher. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Shirley Chumley, brothers John Fletcher and Charles Fletcher and grandson Sean Groves. Barbara was a devoted homemaker, wife, mother, grandmother, and great- grandmother and loyal friend. She will be remembered as a selfless woman who had a heart of gold that opened her home to so many. Most importantly she loved spending time with family, dancing, playing Bingo, watching Westerns, baseball games and game shows, shopping, and decorating her home for the Holidays in which she took great pride. She is survived by her husband of 61 years, Dennis Dean Scruggs, and seven children: Ernest Groves and wife (Vickie) of Prince Frederick, Maryland, Mary Ann Mandley and husband (Wayne) of Dunkirk, Maryland, James Groves and wife (Kari) of Stafford, Virginia, Patsy Christian of Front Royal, Virginia, Deanna Alexander, and husband (Michael) of Winchester, Virginia, Dawn Dyer and husband (Richard) of Clear Brook, Virginia, Barbara Oswald and husband (Scott) of Sterling, Virginia, seventeen grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren as well as several nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, October 5, 2021, from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Phelps Funeral Chapel 311 Hope Drive, Winchester, Virginia. A service will begin at 1:30 pm officiated by Pastor Vernon Bray. Burial will immediately follow in Shenandoah Memorial Park, Winchester, Virginia. Pallbearers will be Dillon Dyer, Jacob Brill, Brett Oswald, Mark Mandley, Ernest Groves, Jr., Richard Dyer, Scott Oswald, and Michael Alexander