Katherine Godwin (January 16, 1917 – March 5, 2015) was the First Lady of Virginia from 1966 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1978. She was born in Southampton County in 1917 and lost both parents to the 1918 flu epidemic. She graduated from Madison College in 1930 and taught elementary school in Chuckatuck, Virginia, before marrying Mills E. Godwin, Jr., in 1940.[2] She died on March 5, 2015, in Williamsburg, Virginia, aged 98.[3]
Katherine Godwin | |
|---|---|
| First Lady of Virginia | |
| In role January 12, 1974 – January 14, 1978 | |
| Preceded by | Jinks Holton |
| Succeeded by | Edwina P. Dalton |
| In role January 15, 1966 – January 17, 1970 | |
| Preceded by | Lacey Virginia Barkley |
| Succeeded by | Jinks Holton |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Katherine Thomas Beale January 16, 1917 Southampton County, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 5, 2015 (aged 98) Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Becky Godwin (d. 1968) |
| Parent(s) | Fenton Parker and Dilla Bradshaw Beale[1] |
| Alma mater | Madison College |
References
edit- ^ "Katherine Beale Godwin". Suffolk News-Herald. March 6, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2015.
- ^ "Katherine Godwin, two-time first lady of Virginia, dies at 98". Washington Post. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
- ^ Schapiro, Jeff E.; Cain, Andrew (March 5, 2015). "Katherine Godwin, widow of Gov. Mills Godwin, dies at 98". Richmond Times Dispatch. Retrieved March 8, 2015.