Veronica Edith Stanton, a computer programmer, died of cancer Sunday at her mother's home in West Arlington. She was 39.

For the past 14 years, she had been a programmer at Avaya Communications, a Halethorpe business formerly known as Lucent Technologies and AT&T.;

Born in Baltimore, she was a 1980 Forest Park High School honors graduate.

She also studied at Baltimore City Community College and at ITT Institute, a technical school.

She enjoyed reading and traveling in the Caribbean.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Payne Memorial AME Church, 1714 Madison Ave., where she was a member.

She is survived by three daughters, Lachelle Cooper, Robin Cooper and Marie Cooper; her mother, Shirley V. Stanton; two brothers, Gregory Stanton and Kenneth Stanton; and three sisters, Karen Gilmore, Valerie and Lynice Stanton. All the survivors reside in Baltimore.