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Obituary: Barbara Drummond Mead
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Barbara Drummond Mead, the president of Reading Group Choices, died on Tuesday, August 23. She was 51.
Before becoming the owner of Reading Group Choices in 2005 with her husband, Charles Mead, Barbara worked as a bookseller and event organizer at McIntyre’s Books in Pittsboro, North Carolina, and Covered Treasures Bookstore in Monument, Colorado.
A funeral service is planned for at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, August 26, at Christ Church Parish—Kent Island, 830 Romancoke Road, Stevensville, MD 21666.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center, P.O. Box 519, Grasonville, MD 21638; Christ Church Parish—Kent Island, 830 Romancoke Road, Stevensville, MD 21666; the Epilepsy Foundation, 8301 Professional Place, Landover, MD 20785; or the American Cancer Society, Mid-Atlantic Division, 92 Read’s Way, Suite 205, New Castle, DE 19720.