Annalee Marshall

Annalee Sanford Marshall, 20, of Adamstown, Md., died on December 27 from injuries sustained in a car accident on Christmas Day.
A junior at Virginia Tech’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, she was majoring in pre-veterinarian studies with a minor in psychology.   She interned at the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine in 2009 and at the Greenbriar Veterinary Hospital in Frederick in 2012.
Born in Frederick, the family moved to Adamstown, where she was graduated from Tuscarora High School in 2010.
An accomplished artist, her paintings and drawings were displayed in student art shows at the Visual Arts Education Center in Frederick and at the Maryland State Board of Education in Baltimore.
Annalee received many awards as an equestrian. She and her horse, Splash, received numerous awards, and she took special pride in winning first place at the AAA rated competition in Culpeper, VA.
She combined her talents as an artist and as an equestrian when a banner that she painted won first place at the Washington International Horse Show.
At Virginia Tech, she became known for her work with groups such as Help Save the Next Girl. The group seeks to empower young women and encourage community vigilance against violence.
She was an active member of To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide.
She is survived by her parents, Lowell and Lauren and brothers, Spencer and Sam of Adamstown; grandparents Sam and Sally Marshall of Berkeley Springs and grandmother Glenda Spencer of Harpers Ferry, WV.  She was the granddaughter of the late Sanford and Caroline Pooler of Newton, MA, and niece of Sandy Pooler and Margie Alt of Somerville MA, Lon and Glenda Marshall of Davis, WV, Lynette Marshall of Gaithersburg, MD, and Lee Marshall of Massachusetts.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p. m. Saturday, January 5th, 2013 at the Stauffer Funeral Home, 1621 Opposumtown Pike, Frederick, Md. Friends may visit between 2 and 3 p. m. Saturday.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to either Help Save the Next Girl, PO Box 8062, Roanoke, VA 24014 or to TWLOHA, PO Box 2203, Melbourne, FL 32902. Both groups ask that reference is made to Annalee Marshall.

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