Edmund Pate Stubbs, 82, of Brandywine passed away June 12, 2025, in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Born on Dec. 28, 1942, in Washington, D.C., a son of the late Donald and Rosalee Stubbs, he grew up in Alexandria, Virginia.
Mr. Stubbs attended St. Stephen’s Episcopal School in Alexandria, Virginia, and graduated in 1961.
After graduation he began his career at Group Hospitalization Inc., which was the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Plan for the Washington, D.C., area. He was initially an electronic accounting machine operator and then became the computer room supervisor. His next step was to become a programmer. From there, he went back to his most exceptional skill, people management. He was a group leader heading up a team of programmers and then moved into the financial side of the company as the electronic data processing audit manager. He finished out his career as the facilities director for the company, responsible for building maintenance, mail services, purchasing, and the company print shop, with more than 100 employees reporting to him.
He had a lifelong passion for music, as well as photography, and took great joy in capturing the beauty of the world and his loved ones in his photographs. In recent years, he found deep contentment living at Hummingbird Hill Farm in West Virginia, where he spent countless hours observing and documenting the hummingbirds who visited him on the small farm he loved so dearly. Though Virginia was his lifelong home, the peaceful mountains of West Virginia brought him great happiness in the final years of his life.
He was also known for his deep love of animals, especially his many loyal dogs through the years. None were closer to his heart than Paxton, who passed away just weeks before him.
He will be remembered for his spirited personality, his love of art, music, and animals, and the way he deeply loved his friends and family unconditionally.
His loving wife, Linda Stubbs, preceded him in death.
Surviving are a daughter and son-in-law, Aileen and Kyle Williams of Brandywine; a son and daughter-in-law, Steven Stubbs and Susan Marett of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina; a brother, Kendon Stubbs of Crozet, Virginia; grandchildren, Courtney Mahoney, Zachary Williams, Alebachew Stubbs, and Tizibt Stubbs, and great-granddaughter, Zoe Young; and many wonderful nieces and nephews.
He was also preceded in death by a sister, Peggy Silberman; and a brother, Alan Stubbs.
A celebration of life will be held at a future date.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Pendleton Animal Welfare Shelter, PO Box 804, Franklin, WV 26807.
