Sarah Armstrong Gregg

Obituary of Sarah Armstrong Gregg Sarah Armstrong Worman Gregg, born July 17, 1925, raised in Leesburg and a former resident of New York City, Dayton, OH, Los Angeles and Charlottesville, VA, died May 30, 2013 at Cornerstone Hospice in The Villages, FL. A graduate of Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg, Virginia with a master's degree in retailing from New York University, she embarked on a fashion-industry career that spanned the globe. As the vice president of fashion merchandising and product development at J.W. Robinson's department store on the West Coast during the 1980s, she was instrumental in mingling European designers with American retailers, attending shows annually in Europe and Asia. She held leadership positions at Bloomingdale's in New York, Rike's Department Store in Dayton, and Bullocks Wilshire in Los Angeles. She was President of Geoffrey Beeneready-to-wear and women's apparel in NYC. In 1990, she began her own successful New York-based clothing line, Excella Sport. In addition, she served as president of The Fashion Group on both American coasts. She was predeceased by her husband of 53 years, Horace Dye Worman. Survivors include her husband of six years, James R. Gregg, Leesburg, FL; three daughters: Sarah Whitfield Worman, Williamsport, PA, Sally Hopson Worman, Charlottesville, VA, and Mignon Worman Tucker, Richmond, VA; niece, Barbara Armstrong Lafford, Mesa, AZ; two grandchildren, Philip Dye Pretzinger (Rebecca Pretzinger), San Diego, and Elizabeth Collins Pretzinger, Richmond, VA.; and three great-grandchildren, Charles Stevenson, Lucy Whitfield, and Henry Hopson Pretzinger, San Diego. Funeral will be Saturday, June 8, 2013, 2 pm, Morrison United Methodist Church, Leesburg, FL. A private burial will follow. In lieu of flowers, donations to Cornerstone Hospice Foundation, 2445 Lake Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778, www.cornerstonehospicegiving.org, would be greatly appreciated. Services Funeral will be Saturday, June 8, 2013, 2 pm, Morrison United Methodist Church, Leesburg, FL. Interment A private burial will follow. Memorial Donations In lieu of flowers, donations to Cornerstone Hospice Foundation, 2445 Lake Park Road, Tavares, FL 32778, www.cornerstonehospicegiving.org, would be greatly appreciated.

Sarah Armstrong Gregg

July 17, 1925 - May 30, 2013