- Lost her parents at 20 months of age to the flu epidemic of 1918.
- Raised in Holland by her uncle and aunt, W. Emory and Bernice Herring Beale.
- Graduated in 1937 from Madison College, now James Madison University.
- Married Mills Godwin, Attorney, in 1940.
- Loving mother to Rebecca "Becky" Katherine Godwin. (adopted, died in 1968, age 14, after being struck by lightning in Virginia Beach).
- Former First Lady of Virginia.
- Author of the book “Living in a Legacy, Virginia’s Executive Mansion".
- A graveside service will be conducted by Pastor Gregory Ryan at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 13 in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA.
Obituary published in the Washington Post and in the Suffolk-News Herald on March 6, 2015.
- Raised in Holland by her uncle and aunt, W. Emory and Bernice Herring Beale.
- Graduated in 1937 from Madison College, now James Madison University.
- Married Mills Godwin, Attorney, in 1940.
- Loving mother to Rebecca "Becky" Katherine Godwin. (adopted, died in 1968, age 14, after being struck by lightning in Virginia Beach).
- Former First Lady of Virginia.
- Author of the book “Living in a Legacy, Virginia’s Executive Mansion".
- A graveside service will be conducted by Pastor Gregory Ryan at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 13 in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA.
Obituary published in the Washington Post and in the Suffolk-News Herald on March 6, 2015.
- Lost her parents at 20 months of age to the flu epidemic of 1918.
- Raised in Holland by her uncle and aunt, W. Emory and Bernice Herring Beale.
- Graduated in 1937 from Madison College, now James Madison University.
- Married Mills Godwin, Attorney, in 1940.
- Loving mother to Rebecca "Becky" Katherine Godwin. (adopted, died in 1968, age 14, after being struck by lightning in Virginia Beach).
- Former First Lady of Virginia.
- Author of the book “Living in a Legacy, Virginia’s Executive Mansion".
- A graveside service will be conducted by Pastor Gregory Ryan at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 13 in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA.
Obituary published in the Washington Post and in the Suffolk-News Herald on March 6, 2015.
- Raised in Holland by her uncle and aunt, W. Emory and Bernice Herring Beale.
- Graduated in 1937 from Madison College, now James Madison University.
- Married Mills Godwin, Attorney, in 1940.
- Loving mother to Rebecca "Becky" Katherine Godwin. (adopted, died in 1968, age 14, after being struck by lightning in Virginia Beach).
- Former First Lady of Virginia.
- Author of the book “Living in a Legacy, Virginia’s Executive Mansion".
- A graveside service will be conducted by Pastor Gregory Ryan at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 13 in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, VA.
Obituary published in the Washington Post and in the Suffolk-News Herald on March 6, 2015.
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