Patterson, Virginia Lee

 

Class of 1925

Listed as a Junior in 1923-24 catalog taking Classical Course, Piano, and Voice.
Not listed as a Senior in 1924-25 catalog.

Birth: 25 Jan 1905, Pennsylvania
Death: 6 Dec 1989, Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina

Parents:
Rev. Rev. Robert Leonidas Patterson (1871–1944)
Elizabeth Virginia Arabelle Blackwelder Patterson (1871-1941)

Siblings:
Frank Bernard Patterson, Sr. (1896-1976)
George Richard Patterson (1898-1984
Luther Weidner Patterson (1906-1972)

Spouse:
James Conrad Grimes, Sr. (1909-1995)

Children:
James Conrad Grimes, Jr. (1936-)

Burial: Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove, Rowan County, North Carolina
Source: www.findagrave.com, #259987930.

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Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC), 8 Dec 1989

MECKLENBURG COUNTY DEATHS
Mrs. Virginia Lee Patterson Grimes, 84, of 4721 Carmel Park Ln. died Dec. 6, 1989, at home. Funerals are 11 a.m. today at Christ Lutheran Church, where she was a charter member, and 1 p.m. today at Greenlawn Cemetery, China Grove. Harry and Bryant Funeral Home is in charge.

Mrs. Grimes, a native of Somerset, Pa., was a homemaker and had attended Montamoena Seminary in Mount Pleasant, N.C., and was a graduate of Midland College in Fremont, Neb. At her church she was a choir member and the church council’s first secretary. She also taught Sunday school, Bible school and weekday school and was a member of the Lutheran Church Women.

Survivors are her husband, James; son, Conrad Grimes Jr. of Winnipeg, Manitoba; four grandchildren.

Memorials can be made to Christ Lutheran Church, 4519 Providence Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28226; or to N.C. Lutheran Home, Albemarle, N.C. 28001.