Clarence E. Doll, Jr  "Ed" (Age 88)  
Of Arlington,  VA, died peacefully on June 26, 2018 at The Jefferson in Arlington, VA. Born in Vonore, TN on January 14, 1930 to Mattalea Williams Doll and Clarence E. Doll, Sr. As a child he and his family moved throughout the South and Midwest while his father built bridges for the American Bridge Company. They moved to Portsmouth, VA just before the outbreak of WW II. Ed graduated from Woodrow Wilson H.S and went on to the University of Richmond, graduated in 1956, and received a B.S in Mathematics. He then moved to Washington, DC where he began his long career in the U.S. Government, first at the Naval Research Labs and then at NASA., where he was part of the team that designed and developed real time and precision orbit computation systems, this led to the development of Goddard Real Time System, which was the prime support for the Mercury and Gemini mission. Ed spent his career at Goddard Space Flight Center involved in other satellite, rocket and tracking projects, including the Vanguard rocket and the Apollo-Soyuz mission. In 1975 Ed was awarded the Exceptional Service Medal, one of NASA's highest honor.Ed is survived by his wife of 60 years, Jacqueline Gale Doll, and his three children, Mary Gale Garnier and husband, John of Indianapolis, IN, Rebecca Doll Hancock and husband Robert of Haymarket, VA, James E. Doll, and wife Anne of Arlington, VA. He is also survived by his sister, Wanda Doll Shoemaker and his eight grandchildren. Ed was a 60 year member of Clarendon Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, Sunday school teacher and basketball coach. He volunteered for years at Meals on Wheels. Ed was a devout man of God, faithful, kind and loving. His funeral service will be at The Church at Clarendon, 1210 N Highland St., Arlington, VA, on Saturday July 7, 2018 at 10 a.m. Burial will be in Gloucester, VA. In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to Meals on Wheels of Northern Virginia, at P.O Box 40203, Arlington, VA, 22204.