Virginia Turlington Rowe Wright, 99, passed away Monday, June 24, 2019. She was born in Hopewell and had been a resident of Richmond, Newport News and Hampton for many years.
Virginia was a graduate of Hampton High School, Class of 1938, and she also attended private art schools in Virginia and Florida.
Her hobbies were art painting, landscapes, seascapes and light houses using oils and acrylics. She loved sewing, quilting, crocheting, upholstery, hand crafts and beads. Virginia’s art work won her several awards in state wide competitions with her women’s clubs.
She was a member of West Hampton Baptist Church since the 1940s and member of North Hampton Woman’s Club. Virginia was employed with Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company during World War II and worked for J.C. Penney part time for many years. She retired in 1972.
She was preceded in death by her first husband of 32 years, Bernard F. Rowe Sr.; second husband of 38 years, William H. Wright; sons, Bernard F. Rowe Jr. and David C. Rowe; stepson, Richard Wright; parents, John T. and Hattie Turlington, sisters, Myrtle Ange of Newport News, Mildred Freeman of Yorktown and Betty Harrison of Crozet; brothers, Roy Turlington of Wilmington, Patrick Turlington of Hamstead and J.B. Turlington of White Marsh.
She is survived by her son, John A. Rowe, and his wife, Linda; stepdaughters, Vennie Lulofs, and her husband, Michael, Susan Patti, and her husband, Frank, and Cheryl Schmidt, and her husband, Mike; stepsons, Jake Wright, Allen Wright, and his wife, Sharon; daughter-in-law, Gail Pearce; granddaughters, Michelle Packard, her husband, Robert, Andrea Rowe, Amy Baker, and her husband, Eric, and Megan Kuhagen, and her husband, Brian; great-grandsons, Blake and Hayden Packard, Bradley Weldman and Aiden Moorehead; and a host of other loving relatives and friends.
A special thank you to West Hampton Baptist Church; The Chamberlain; Warwick Forest Nurses; Dr. A Murphy; Dr. D. Cooke; Dr. Gata; and friends, Marion Williamson and Vivian Mancini.
A visitation will be held from 7 to 8 p.m., Thursday, June 27, at Amory Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, June 28, at Amory Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ruth Pabon officiating. Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial Park.
