Virginia Couper Johnson, 87, of Delray Beach, Florida passed away quietly at the Bethesda Hospital Hospice Center on January 8, 2008.

Mrs. Johnson was predeceased 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 Virgina 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 parent's home on White Street in 1952.

Virginia was active in New York social circles, but kept her ties to Virginia. She was chairman several times of important New York Charity balls, worked extensively for St. Lukes Hospital and attended the Blue Ridge School Charity Ball for over 50 years.

Virginia spent summers in Edgartown on the island of Martha's Vineyard.

Virginia and her husband, Dudley, visited Delray Beach Florida regularly from 1953, where her father in law owned a home on Harmom Court. She made Delray Beach her permanent home in 2006.

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, 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 - January 16th at 11 a.m. The interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery, 238 E. Princess Anne Rd., Norfolk Va - February 12th at 11 a.m. with a reception immediately following.

A northern memorial service will be held a St. Andrew's Church, 34 North Summer Street, Edgartown MA on July 14th at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers a donation to the American Red Cross or a charity of your choice is suggested. http://www.redcross.org/donate/donate.html or http://www.justgive.org.