Judy Dudley Romeo

Judy Dudley Romeo left this world on Thursday, April 17, 2025. She was born in Kilgore, Texas on October 26, 1940. Judy was the beloved wife of Basil J. Romeo for 51 years and a communicant of Saint Mary Help of Christians Catholic Church.

She was predeceased by her mother Bobby Dudley, father Robert Bruce Dudley and sister Dina Dudley.

Judy was an Insurance Executive and retired as Vice President of Marketing for a major Insurance Company.

Judy’s real passion was genealogy. She was a certified genealogist and wrote two books which were accepted in the Morman Library in Salt Lake City and the DAR Library in Washington DC. She was active in many lineage organizations, serving in multiple officer positions for most of them. Organizations included: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (past Regent of Trenton, Henry Middleton, and Captain William Hilton Chapters), District III Director SCDAR, Rome Italy Chapter NSDAR, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, National Society Daughters of the Colonial Wars Inc. South Carolina, National Society of the United States Daughters of Eighteen Hundred Twelve, Jamestown Society First South Carolina Company (past President), National Society Daughters of the Magna Carta Dames, Plantagenet Society, Colonial Dames, National Society Children of the American Revolution (past Senior President of the William Stroud Society), and National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrams.

In addition to her lineage organizations, Judy was active in the Friends of the Aiken County Historical Museum (past President), the South Carolina Historical Society, and the Women’s Club for Continental Insurance Companies System Division (past President)

Contributions should be sent to the Arthritis Foundation (arthritis.org).

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