Virginia Rose
Sullivan Atwater
1923-2016
Virginia Rose Sullivan Atwater, better known as Gee or GiGi, died on April 7, 2016.
She was born March 22, 1923 in Washington D.C., the first child of Pauline Louise Davis Sullivan and Leo Daniel Miller Sullivan. Reared in Takoma Park, MD, she attended Central High School and Theodore Roosevelt Night School in D.C.
She married a dashing Marine Corps night fighter pilot, 2nd Lt. William Langworthy Atwater, Jr., (Bill) who then left to fight WWII in the Pacific. Throughout Bill's career, Gee was most supportive. While he fought wars in Korea and Vietnam, Gee single-handedly maintained the household, nurtured the children and prayed for Bill's safe return. When Bill commanded a squadron aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) deployed to the Mediterranean, Gee followed the carrier from port to port. On the home front, Gee volunteered as a Gray Lady, actively engaged in committee work in numerous Officers' Wives' Clubs and served as President of the Joint Officers' Wives' Club of London, England and President of the Chief of Naval Training Officers' Wives' Club at NAS Pensacola. As Bill rose to the rank of Colonel, Gee attended and hosted social affairs in the U.S. and abroad, entertaining high ranking military officials and socializing with princes, lords, ladies, and other notables.
In 1974, Gee launched GiGi of Seville Square, a ladies' upscale boutique in the Historic District of Pensacola. Traveling to apparel marts in New York City, Atlanta, Dallas and the Far East, she made all buying decisions, maintained the shop successfully, and sold it in 1986.
Married for more than 50 years, Gee was widowed in Dec. 1994. She remained in Pensacola for the rest of her life.
Interment and Committal Service will held in Arlington, VA's Fort Myer Old Post Chapel, Gee will join Bill at Arlington National Cemetery at a date yet to be determined.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Apr. 17, 2016
Sullivan Atwater
1923-2016
Virginia Rose Sullivan Atwater, better known as Gee or GiGi, died on April 7, 2016.
She was born March 22, 1923 in Washington D.C., the first child of Pauline Louise Davis Sullivan and Leo Daniel Miller Sullivan. Reared in Takoma Park, MD, she attended Central High School and Theodore Roosevelt Night School in D.C.
She married a dashing Marine Corps night fighter pilot, 2nd Lt. William Langworthy Atwater, Jr., (Bill) who then left to fight WWII in the Pacific. Throughout Bill's career, Gee was most supportive. While he fought wars in Korea and Vietnam, Gee single-handedly maintained the household, nurtured the children and prayed for Bill's safe return. When Bill commanded a squadron aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) deployed to the Mediterranean, Gee followed the carrier from port to port. On the home front, Gee volunteered as a Gray Lady, actively engaged in committee work in numerous Officers' Wives' Clubs and served as President of the Joint Officers' Wives' Club of London, England and President of the Chief of Naval Training Officers' Wives' Club at NAS Pensacola. As Bill rose to the rank of Colonel, Gee attended and hosted social affairs in the U.S. and abroad, entertaining high ranking military officials and socializing with princes, lords, ladies, and other notables.
In 1974, Gee launched GiGi of Seville Square, a ladies' upscale boutique in the Historic District of Pensacola. Traveling to apparel marts in New York City, Atlanta, Dallas and the Far East, she made all buying decisions, maintained the shop successfully, and sold it in 1986.
Married for more than 50 years, Gee was widowed in Dec. 1994. She remained in Pensacola for the rest of her life.
Interment and Committal Service will held in Arlington, VA's Fort Myer Old Post Chapel, Gee will join Bill at Arlington National Cemetery at a date yet to be determined.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Apr. 17, 2016
Virginia Rose
Sullivan Atwater
1923-2016
Virginia Rose Sullivan Atwater, better known as Gee or GiGi, died on April 7, 2016.
She was born March 22, 1923 in Washington D.C., the first child of Pauline Louise Davis Sullivan and Leo Daniel Miller Sullivan. Reared in Takoma Park, MD, she attended Central High School and Theodore Roosevelt Night School in D.C.
She married a dashing Marine Corps night fighter pilot, 2nd Lt. William Langworthy Atwater, Jr., (Bill) who then left to fight WWII in the Pacific. Throughout Bill's career, Gee was most supportive. While he fought wars in Korea and Vietnam, Gee single-handedly maintained the household, nurtured the children and prayed for Bill's safe return. When Bill commanded a squadron aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) deployed to the Mediterranean, Gee followed the carrier from port to port. On the home front, Gee volunteered as a Gray Lady, actively engaged in committee work in numerous Officers' Wives' Clubs and served as President of the Joint Officers' Wives' Club of London, England and President of the Chief of Naval Training Officers' Wives' Club at NAS Pensacola. As Bill rose to the rank of Colonel, Gee attended and hosted social affairs in the U.S. and abroad, entertaining high ranking military officials and socializing with princes, lords, ladies, and other notables.
In 1974, Gee launched GiGi of Seville Square, a ladies' upscale boutique in the Historic District of Pensacola. Traveling to apparel marts in New York City, Atlanta, Dallas and the Far East, she made all buying decisions, maintained the shop successfully, and sold it in 1986.
Married for more than 50 years, Gee was widowed in Dec. 1994. She remained in Pensacola for the rest of her life.
Interment and Committal Service will held in Arlington, VA's Fort Myer Old Post Chapel, Gee will join Bill at Arlington National Cemetery at a date yet to be determined.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Apr. 17, 2016
Sullivan Atwater
1923-2016
Virginia Rose Sullivan Atwater, better known as Gee or GiGi, died on April 7, 2016.
She was born March 22, 1923 in Washington D.C., the first child of Pauline Louise Davis Sullivan and Leo Daniel Miller Sullivan. Reared in Takoma Park, MD, she attended Central High School and Theodore Roosevelt Night School in D.C.
She married a dashing Marine Corps night fighter pilot, 2nd Lt. William Langworthy Atwater, Jr., (Bill) who then left to fight WWII in the Pacific. Throughout Bill's career, Gee was most supportive. While he fought wars in Korea and Vietnam, Gee single-handedly maintained the household, nurtured the children and prayed for Bill's safe return. When Bill commanded a squadron aboard USS INDEPENDENCE (CV 62) deployed to the Mediterranean, Gee followed the carrier from port to port. On the home front, Gee volunteered as a Gray Lady, actively engaged in committee work in numerous Officers' Wives' Clubs and served as President of the Joint Officers' Wives' Club of London, England and President of the Chief of Naval Training Officers' Wives' Club at NAS Pensacola. As Bill rose to the rank of Colonel, Gee attended and hosted social affairs in the U.S. and abroad, entertaining high ranking military officials and socializing with princes, lords, ladies, and other notables.
In 1974, Gee launched GiGi of Seville Square, a ladies' upscale boutique in the Historic District of Pensacola. Traveling to apparel marts in New York City, Atlanta, Dallas and the Far East, she made all buying decisions, maintained the shop successfully, and sold it in 1986.
Married for more than 50 years, Gee was widowed in Dec. 1994. She remained in Pensacola for the rest of her life.
Interment and Committal Service will held in Arlington, VA's Fort Myer Old Post Chapel, Gee will join Bill at Arlington National Cemetery at a date yet to be determined.
Published in Pensacola News Journal on Apr. 17, 2016
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