Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Virginia Couper January 8, 2008
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Fort Lauderdale (FL) Sun Sentinel January 13, 2008
Johnson, Virginia Couper, 87, of Delray Beach, Florida, passed away quietly at 
the Bethesda Hospital Hospice Center on January 8, 2008. Mrs. Johnson was pre-
deceased by her husband, Norman Dudley Johnson, of New York, NY. Virginia was 
born in Leesburg, Virginia, on August 16, 1920. She was the daughter of William 
& Eloise Hirst Couper. Her brother, Dr. John Lee Couper, of Lexington, was an 
Anesthesiologist. She grew up on the parade ground of Virginia Military 
Institute, where her father was Executive Officer and historiographer. She 
graduated from Hollins College in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1941. Virginia moved to 
New York that fall and worked as a buyer and designer for Saks Fifth Avenue. She 
met Norman Dudley Johnson in 1950, and they were married in Lexington, Virginia, 
at her parents' home in 1952. Virginia was active in New York social circles. In 
New York, she was a member of the daughters of Cincinnati, Colonial Dames, 
Colony Club of New York, New York Yacht Club, N.I.S.S., Pilgrims of America and 
other civic organizations. She was a long-time supporter of Saint James Church, 
St. Luke's Hospital and the Church Club of New York. She was chairman several 
times of important New York charity balls and attended the Blue Ridge School 
Charity Ball for over 50 years. Virginia spent summers in Edgartown on the 
island of Martha's Vineyard where she and her husband purchased and renovated 
the Captain Morse house, one of the great whaling captains' homes. She was a 
member of the Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown Reading Room, Chappaquiddick Beach 
Club and Martha's Vineyard Garden Club. Virginia and her husband Dudley visited 
Delray Beach, Florida regularly from 1953 until she made Delray Beach her 
permanent home in 2006. She was a resident of the Seagate Towers, where many of 
her friends over the years have resided. Virginia is survived by her sons, 
Norman Platt Johnson and wife, Nancy Johnson of Middletown, Rhode Island, and 
Ridgely Couper Johnson and wife, Claudette Fisher-Johnson of Hertsfordshire, 
England, and four grandsons. She is also survived by two stepchildren, Kathleen 
Johnson Wu and husband Hsiu Kwang Wu of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, and Dudley 
Disosway Johnson and wife, Carole Johnson of Cazenovia, New York, one 
granddaughter and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, FL, on January 
16th at 11am. The interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery, 238 E. Princess Anne 
Rd., Norfolk, VA, on February 12th at 11am with a reception immediately 
following. A northern memorial service will be held at St. Andrew's Church, 34 
North Summer Street, Edgartown, MA on July 14th at 11am. In lieu of flowers, a 
donation to the American Red Cross or a charity of your choice is suggested; e-
mail http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html or http://www.justgive.org. 
LORNE & SONS FUNERAL HOME, Delray Beach in charge of arrangements.

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