Marine Commandant's Wife
Emily Donelson Walton Ford Chapman, 76, wife of Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., a retired commandant of the Marine Corps and a former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, died of colon cancer Nov. 11 at Hospice of Northern Virginia. A resident of the Washington area off and on since 1946, she lived in Alexandria. While living at the commandant's residence at the Marine Corps Barracks at Eighth and I streets SE from 1968 to 1972, Mrs. Chapman created a children's museum on the third floor of the house. She used antiques found there and in her family collections. By tradition, Marine Corps commandants leave a gift to the house, and the children's room is to be named in Mrs. Chapman's honor. Mrs. Chapman was born in Birmingham and reared near Nashville. She attended Vanderbilt University. After marrying Gen. Chapman, she accompanied him to Marine Corps posts in Japan, Hawaii and in the United States. She was chairman of Red Cross, Gray Lady and Navy Relief Society chapters at Marine Corps bases where Gen. Chapman served. She became a member of the Society of Sponsors after christening the USS Portland, an amphibious ship. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Immanuel Church-On-The-Hill, an Episcopal church in Alexandria. In addition to her husband, of Alexandria, Mrs. Chapman is survived by a son, Walton Ford Chapman of Shelburne Falls, Mass., and a granddaughter. A son, Marine Corps Maj. Leonard F. Chapman III, died in 1979.
The Washington Post - November 13, 1992
Emily Donelson Walton Ford Chapman, 76, wife of Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., a retired commandant of the Marine Corps and a former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, died of colon cancer Nov. 11 at Hospice of Northern Virginia. A resident of the Washington area off and on since 1946, she lived in Alexandria. While living at the commandant's residence at the Marine Corps Barracks at Eighth and I streets SE from 1968 to 1972, Mrs. Chapman created a children's museum on the third floor of the house. She used antiques found there and in her family collections. By tradition, Marine Corps commandants leave a gift to the house, and the children's room is to be named in Mrs. Chapman's honor. Mrs. Chapman was born in Birmingham and reared near Nashville. She attended Vanderbilt University. After marrying Gen. Chapman, she accompanied him to Marine Corps posts in Japan, Hawaii and in the United States. She was chairman of Red Cross, Gray Lady and Navy Relief Society chapters at Marine Corps bases where Gen. Chapman served. She became a member of the Society of Sponsors after christening the USS Portland, an amphibious ship. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Immanuel Church-On-The-Hill, an Episcopal church in Alexandria. In addition to her husband, of Alexandria, Mrs. Chapman is survived by a son, Walton Ford Chapman of Shelburne Falls, Mass., and a granddaughter. A son, Marine Corps Maj. Leonard F. Chapman III, died in 1979.
The Washington Post - November 13, 1992
Marine Commandant's Wife
Emily Donelson Walton Ford Chapman, 76, wife of Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., a retired commandant of the Marine Corps and a former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, died of colon cancer Nov. 11 at Hospice of Northern Virginia. A resident of the Washington area off and on since 1946, she lived in Alexandria. While living at the commandant's residence at the Marine Corps Barracks at Eighth and I streets SE from 1968 to 1972, Mrs. Chapman created a children's museum on the third floor of the house. She used antiques found there and in her family collections. By tradition, Marine Corps commandants leave a gift to the house, and the children's room is to be named in Mrs. Chapman's honor. Mrs. Chapman was born in Birmingham and reared near Nashville. She attended Vanderbilt University. After marrying Gen. Chapman, she accompanied him to Marine Corps posts in Japan, Hawaii and in the United States. She was chairman of Red Cross, Gray Lady and Navy Relief Society chapters at Marine Corps bases where Gen. Chapman served. She became a member of the Society of Sponsors after christening the USS Portland, an amphibious ship. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Immanuel Church-On-The-Hill, an Episcopal church in Alexandria. In addition to her husband, of Alexandria, Mrs. Chapman is survived by a son, Walton Ford Chapman of Shelburne Falls, Mass., and a granddaughter. A son, Marine Corps Maj. Leonard F. Chapman III, died in 1979.
The Washington Post - November 13, 1992
Emily Donelson Walton Ford Chapman, 76, wife of Gen. Leonard F. Chapman Jr., a retired commandant of the Marine Corps and a former commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, died of colon cancer Nov. 11 at Hospice of Northern Virginia. A resident of the Washington area off and on since 1946, she lived in Alexandria. While living at the commandant's residence at the Marine Corps Barracks at Eighth and I streets SE from 1968 to 1972, Mrs. Chapman created a children's museum on the third floor of the house. She used antiques found there and in her family collections. By tradition, Marine Corps commandants leave a gift to the house, and the children's room is to be named in Mrs. Chapman's honor. Mrs. Chapman was born in Birmingham and reared near Nashville. She attended Vanderbilt University. After marrying Gen. Chapman, she accompanied him to Marine Corps posts in Japan, Hawaii and in the United States. She was chairman of Red Cross, Gray Lady and Navy Relief Society chapters at Marine Corps bases where Gen. Chapman served. She became a member of the Society of Sponsors after christening the USS Portland, an amphibious ship. She also was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Immanuel Church-On-The-Hill, an Episcopal church in Alexandria. In addition to her husband, of Alexandria, Mrs. Chapman is survived by a son, Walton Ford Chapman of Shelburne Falls, Mass., and a granddaughter. A son, Marine Corps Maj. Leonard F. Chapman III, died in 1979.
The Washington Post - November 13, 1992
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