Lauren Boyce Woodall Roady

Lauren Boyce Woodall Roady October 20, 1985 - December 8, 2012 Roady, Lauren Boyce Woodall, loving wife, daughter, and sister, died on Saturday, December 8th, 2012 in an accident in Lexington, Kentucky. She was an exceptionally talented runner, Lauren was in Lexington to compete in the USA Track and Field Cross Country Club Championships with the Georgetown Running Club, her race team. Lauren inspired all who were fortunate enough to know her. She loved unequivocally and was utterly unselfish. She did not waste a second of her too-short life. Everything Lauren did, she did intensely and completely. Lauren rose at dawn to run, spent her Metro commute to work emailing her friends and family, excelled at work, exercised again at lunch, called her parents, Jack Woodall and Sharon Boyce, on the walk home from the Metro, and spent her evenings deep in conversation with the husband she so dearly loved, Peter Roady. Lauren was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on October 20, 1985. Her parents, Jack and Sharon, had waited a while to have children, but Peter and all the other people whose lives Lauren transformed are glad they got around to it. Lauren gave them their money's worth. The fire within her burned strong from her first moments. When she learned to read, very early, she read through practically the entire library. She read so much she was banned from her school library, much to her mother's consternation. Lauren would snatch the day's reading quiz off the teacher's desk on the way into class and would complete it before class began. She then spent the rest of the class reading whatever she wanted. By the time she was 18, Lauren had read ten times more books than most people will read in 80 years. Lauren and her younger brother Nicholas had a happy childhood with Jack and Sharon and under the careful eyes and exemplary role modeling of their maternal grandmother, Virginia Boyce. They spent many wonderful weekends at Cade's Cove, one of Lauren's favorite places and somewhere she always returned to run when she visited Knoxville. Virginia was a third parent, and her positive influence on Lauren was immense. Throughout her life, Lauren drew upon Virginia's strength, resolve, and spirit. Lauren loved horses from the time she was a little girl. When Lauren was nine, her parents gave her the gift she always wanted: riding lessons. Riding changed Lauren's life. Pony Club taught her leadership, and she won the Pony Club's annual award at age eleven. Throughout high school and college she dedicated herself to eventing and took her horse, Will, to the highest level. Along the way, she made many lifelong friends and admirers. Lauren first met Peter at Davidson College. She was two years younger, but they had a class together and bumped into each other around campus. They did not date at the time, and lost touch until reconnecting thanks to a mutual friend in the summer of 2008 who recognized the potential for a perfect match. They began corresponding regularly and spent Labor Day Weekend together in Cambridge, Massachusetts where Peter was attending graduate school. Although Lauren had only just started New York University (NYU) Law School and they would have to begin their relationship long distance, Peter knew almost immediately that Lauren was the woman he would marry. She was the kindest, most thoughtful person he had ever met. After a conversation with her parents, he proposed to Lauren in a meadow in Oregon overlooking Mount Hood in August 2010. Lauren spent the fall semester at Georgetown Law School to be with Peter. At Georgetown, Lauren's professors honored her as the top student in two of her classes. Lauren returned to New York in the spring and the couple endured one last semester of long-distance while she finished her degree at NYU Law in 2011. Lauren moved to Washington and began building a stellar reputation as an attorney at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and to be with Peter forever. Growing up, Lauren and her family traveled often to Cumberland Island, Georgia to camp and stay at the Greyfield Inn. Lauren and her family knew this would be the place for an unforgettable wedding weekend with closest friends and family. Peter had never been, so Lauren took Peter and his parents, Steve and Celia Roady, to visit the island in October 2010. All were instantly taken with this magical place. Lauren and Peter married at Greyfield on October 6, 2012, and spent a blissful weekend with their friends and family enjoying the island and each others' company. The newlyweds honeymooned in Provence in the South of France, sharing many wonderful uninterrupted hours together. Lauren made Peter feel loved and appreciated every minute of the more than four years they had together. She made him a better person. He loved her deeply. He is eternally grateful for the time they had together and the transformative impact she had on his life. She is survived by her husband Peter Roady, parents Jack Woodall and Sharon Boyce, brother Nicholas Woodall, uncle David Woodall, aunt Janet Bradshaw, cousins Melanie Bradshaw Farrell and Stephanie Bradshaw Cummings, parents-in-law Steve and Celia Roady, and sister-in-law Laura Roady Capito. She will be deeply missed. Family and friends will gather in Knoxville on Saturday, December 15, 2012 to celebrate Lauren's life, beginning with a two-mile run/walk at 10:00 AM at Lakeshore Park. The day will continue with a service at 1:00 PM at Westminster Presbyterian Church. Visitation will follow at Westminster Presbyterian Church. We will lay Lauren to rest immediately thereafter. Lauren's family asks that memorials in her honor be sent to the Lauren Woodall Roady Fund at the Friends of the Smokies, Tennessee - Main Office, PO Box 1660, Kodak, TN 37764-7660,Phone: 865.932.4794,Toll-free: 800.845.5665, info@friendsofthesmokies.org, an organization which helps maintain the parks like Cade's Cove where Lauren loved running and spending time with family and friends. Online condolences may be sent to www.rosemortuary.com. Arrangements provided by Rose Mortuary Mann Heritage Chapel.

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Lauren Boyce Woodall Roady

October 20, 1985 - December 8, 2012