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Virginia Lee Nelson - Secretary & Treasurer
Virginia Lee Nelson - Secretary & Treasurer
Virginia Nelson Ackerman died Saturday, July l4, 2007, at Huntsville Hospital in Alabama. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Garrett B. Ackerman and sisters, Marie Boyd and Argie Lancaster-Hurt.
Virginia was born in Hollow Rock, Tennessee, August l2, l920, the daughter of the late Lennie Rowland Nelson and Charles Emmett Nelson. She met her husband, Garrett, at Nashville General Hospital where he was interning and she was an x-ray technician. According to a letter Garrett sent to the Ohio State Medical School Alumni Association in 1951, he applied his ?northern charm? to convince the ?southern belle? to marry him and move to Wellston, which became their home for 59 years.
Virginia was a well-known and very active contributor to the community. She was first appointed to the Board of the Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library in l978, and later served as Secretary and President of the Board from 1989 to 2005. She was on the Board of the Jackson (Ohio) Metropolitan Housing Authority for 34 years, serving as its Chair from 1993 to 2005. An avid golfer and seven time women?s club champion, ?Ginny? was the first woman to be elected to the Board of Governors of the Fairgreens Country Club in l97l and later became its first woman President. She was an active and faithful member of The First Presbyterian Church of Wellston.
She is survived by two loving sons: Gary N. Ackerman (wife Robin) of Seattle, WA and Steven G. Ackerman (wife Emma) of Huntsville, AL; five grandchildren: Graham Ackerman and David Ackerman of Seattle, WA; Garrett Ackerman of Huntsville, AL, and Meghan (Ackerman) Monahan of Palm Beach Gardens, FL and Hallie (Ackerman) Kerrigan of Stratford, CN; three great-grandchildren: Jacob and Aidan Monahan and Ava Kerrigan.
A memorial service will be held for Virginia at 2 p.m., Saturday August 25, at the First Presbyterian Church of Wellston, with John Pelletier officiating.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Sylvester Memorial Wellston Public Library or the First Presbyterian Church of Wellston.