Obituaries » Grace Marie Campbell Wheat Grace Marie Campbell Wheat, 71, of Culpeper and formerly of Aiken, S.C., passed away peacefully on December 28, 2020, at Culpeper Health & Rehabilitation Center.
She was born January 14, 1949, in Alexandria, to the late Joseph Cecil and Mary Thorpe Campbell.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by the love of her life for 21 years, William H. âBillâ Wheat, and her companion, John Strode.
Grace was raised in Fauquier County and graduated from Fauquier High School in 1967. She received a silver bracelet from Fauquier Hospital when she was 16 in recognition of 763 hours of volunteer work as a candy striper at the hospital. After graduation, Grace went on to complete the LPN program through the University of Virginia and then entered the UVA School of Nursing. Her love of the nursing profession took her South to Humana Hospital in Augusta, Ga., where she was honored by the Georgia Hospital Association as a nurse