Mary Catherine Rasberry
June 12, 1928 — March 6, 2023
Mary Catherine Rasberry, 94, of Adelphi, Maryland, passed away Monday, March 6, 2023 at the
Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center, Silver Spring, MD. She was born on June 12,
1928 in Wilmington, NC, the daughter of the late Rev. Ralph James Rasberry, Sr. and Vera Mae
Catherine attended Mars Hill College in NC and enjoyed a career with the FBI in Washington,
D.C. She was a long-time member of Takoma Park Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., serving as
a Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Bible Study Leader, church bus and Meals on Wheels driver.
She also assisted in planting new churches and gave daily witness and praise to her Lord, Jesus
Left to cherish her memory are Bella Keke, Akiel, William, and Mary Catherine of the home;
sister-in-law Phyllis Rasberry; nieces: Jamie Kelly (Alan), Becky Zack (Steve); nephews: Ronald
Rasberry (Belva), Wayne Blair (Beverly), Bill Blair, Jr. (Sue); and many loved grandnieces and
She was preceded in death by her brother, Ralph James Rasberry, Jr., her sister, Hilda Jean Blair,
and brother-in-law William Otey Blair, Sr., niece, Mary Esther Blair and nephew, Steven Lewis
The funeral service will be held 12PM Saturday, March 25th at Takoma Park Baptist Church, 635
Aspen St NW, Washington, D.C. 20012. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the
The graveside service will be at 11am, Saturday, 1 April 2023 at Greenlawn Park, 1311 Shipyard
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Takoma Park Baptist Church