Eda Williams dies at age 96
Oct 15, 2002
Eda Atkinson Carter Williams, a former president of the board for Richmond's Sheltering Arms Hospital and a past trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, died Sunday. She was 96. Mrs. Williams had suffered a stroke on Thursday. A charter member of the Junior League of Richmond, she lived a lifetime of community service and was still volunteering each week for the feeding program at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, as she had done for the last two decades. "She kept educating herself," said her daughter Roberta Williams Lee. "She loved travel, she loved books and she loved history. But mostly, she was a creative person with a real interest in helping people." In 1978, she was awarded the Junior League of Richmond's Barbara Ransome Andrews Award for her volunteer service, which included helping to establish the former Children's Theater of Richmond. Mrs. Williams crafted puppets for children's shows and wrote several puppet plays, Lee said. First appointed to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts board in 1954, she served until the mid-1960s. She was also a founding member of The Council at the museum. An amateur watercolorist who loved writing, she was the author of several articles in local publications, including Richmond Quarterly, and was co-author of "The Lone Vixen," a play about Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew. Her interest in Virginia history and her own family history led her to found the Richmond Committee of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, family members said. Mrs. Williams was also a former Richmond Christmas Mother, helping to raise nearly $11,000 in 1948 for the annual program that aids needy area families during the holidays. In more recent years, she moved to Westminster Canterbury, where she was the first resident of The Glebe. A lifetime member of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, in the 1980s and '90s she coordinated volunteers for the church's feeding program. A 1927 graduate of Oldfield's School, Mrs. Williams was the widow of Walter Armistead Williams Jr., who died in 1971. Survivors include three daughters, Eda Williams Martin of Williamsburg; Roberta Williams Lee of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and Alice Williams Vining of Ann Arbor, Mich.; a sister, Susan Carter Williams of Richmond; nine grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
Oct 15, 2002
Eda Atkinson Carter Williams, a former president of the board for Richmond's Sheltering Arms Hospital and a past trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, died Sunday. She was 96. Mrs. Williams had suffered a stroke on Thursday. A charter member of the Junior League of Richmond, she lived a lifetime of community service and was still volunteering each week for the feeding program at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, as she had done for the last two decades. "She kept educating herself," said her daughter Roberta Williams Lee. "She loved travel, she loved books and she loved history. But mostly, she was a creative person with a real interest in helping people." In 1978, she was awarded the Junior League of Richmond's Barbara Ransome Andrews Award for her volunteer service, which included helping to establish the former Children's Theater of Richmond. Mrs. Williams crafted puppets for children's shows and wrote several puppet plays, Lee said. First appointed to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts board in 1954, she served until the mid-1960s. She was also a founding member of The Council at the museum. An amateur watercolorist who loved writing, she was the author of several articles in local publications, including Richmond Quarterly, and was co-author of "The Lone Vixen," a play about Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew. Her interest in Virginia history and her own family history led her to found the Richmond Committee of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, family members said. Mrs. Williams was also a former Richmond Christmas Mother, helping to raise nearly $11,000 in 1948 for the annual program that aids needy area families during the holidays. In more recent years, she moved to Westminster Canterbury, where she was the first resident of The Glebe. A lifetime member of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, in the 1980s and '90s she coordinated volunteers for the church's feeding program. A 1927 graduate of Oldfield's School, Mrs. Williams was the widow of Walter Armistead Williams Jr., who died in 1971. Survivors include three daughters, Eda Williams Martin of Williamsburg; Roberta Williams Lee of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and Alice Williams Vining of Ann Arbor, Mich.; a sister, Susan Carter Williams of Richmond; nine grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
Eda Williams dies at age 96
Oct 15, 2002
Eda Atkinson Carter Williams, a former president of the board for Richmond's Sheltering Arms Hospital and a past trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, died Sunday. She was 96. Mrs. Williams had suffered a stroke on Thursday. A charter member of the Junior League of Richmond, she lived a lifetime of community service and was still volunteering each week for the feeding program at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, as she had done for the last two decades. "She kept educating herself," said her daughter Roberta Williams Lee. "She loved travel, she loved books and she loved history. But mostly, she was a creative person with a real interest in helping people." In 1978, she was awarded the Junior League of Richmond's Barbara Ransome Andrews Award for her volunteer service, which included helping to establish the former Children's Theater of Richmond. Mrs. Williams crafted puppets for children's shows and wrote several puppet plays, Lee said. First appointed to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts board in 1954, she served until the mid-1960s. She was also a founding member of The Council at the museum. An amateur watercolorist who loved writing, she was the author of several articles in local publications, including Richmond Quarterly, and was co-author of "The Lone Vixen," a play about Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew. Her interest in Virginia history and her own family history led her to found the Richmond Committee of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, family members said. Mrs. Williams was also a former Richmond Christmas Mother, helping to raise nearly $11,000 in 1948 for the annual program that aids needy area families during the holidays. In more recent years, she moved to Westminster Canterbury, where she was the first resident of The Glebe. A lifetime member of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, in the 1980s and '90s she coordinated volunteers for the church's feeding program. A 1927 graduate of Oldfield's School, Mrs. Williams was the widow of Walter Armistead Williams Jr., who died in 1971. Survivors include three daughters, Eda Williams Martin of Williamsburg; Roberta Williams Lee of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and Alice Williams Vining of Ann Arbor, Mich.; a sister, Susan Carter Williams of Richmond; nine grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
Oct 15, 2002
Eda Atkinson Carter Williams, a former president of the board for Richmond's Sheltering Arms Hospital and a past trustee of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, died Sunday. She was 96. Mrs. Williams had suffered a stroke on Thursday. A charter member of the Junior League of Richmond, she lived a lifetime of community service and was still volunteering each week for the feeding program at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, as she had done for the last two decades. "She kept educating herself," said her daughter Roberta Williams Lee. "She loved travel, she loved books and she loved history. But mostly, she was a creative person with a real interest in helping people." In 1978, she was awarded the Junior League of Richmond's Barbara Ransome Andrews Award for her volunteer service, which included helping to establish the former Children's Theater of Richmond. Mrs. Williams crafted puppets for children's shows and wrote several puppet plays, Lee said. First appointed to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts board in 1954, she served until the mid-1960s. She was also a founding member of The Council at the museum. An amateur watercolorist who loved writing, she was the author of several articles in local publications, including Richmond Quarterly, and was co-author of "The Lone Vixen," a play about Civil War spy Elizabeth Van Lew. Her interest in Virginia history and her own family history led her to found the Richmond Committee of the Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, family members said. Mrs. Williams was also a former Richmond Christmas Mother, helping to raise nearly $11,000 in 1948 for the annual program that aids needy area families during the holidays. In more recent years, she moved to Westminster Canterbury, where she was the first resident of The Glebe. A lifetime member of Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, in the 1980s and '90s she coordinated volunteers for the church's feeding program. A 1927 graduate of Oldfield's School, Mrs. Williams was the widow of Walter Armistead Williams Jr., who died in 1971. Survivors include three daughters, Eda Williams Martin of Williamsburg; Roberta Williams Lee of St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, and Alice Williams Vining of Ann Arbor, Mich.; a sister, Susan Carter Williams of Richmond; nine grandchildren, 15 great grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild. A funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church.
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