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Birth	:	2 Jan 1922
Death	:	9 Aug 2020
Burial	:	Melrose Cemetery, Abbeville, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.1892014, -82.4017029
Description	:	Mary Virginia Watson Able, 98, passed away August 9, 2020. She was the wife of the late Thomas Andrew "T.A." Able, Jr. A native of Mt. Carmel, SC, Virginia was born Jan 2, 1922 to Lura Augusta Cade and Henry Ollie Watson. She graduated from Winthrop College in 1943 with a BA in Home Economics. She received her master's degree in education in 1975 from Clemson University. After graduating from Winthrop, she taught home economics at Abbeville High School, and later taught Special Education at League Middle School in Greenville from 1976 until she retired. Virginia and... Read More	Mary Virginia Watson Able, 98, passed away August 9, 2020. She was the wife of the late Thomas Andrew "T.A." Able, Jr. A native of Mt. Carmel, SC, Virginia was born Jan 2, 1922 to Lura Augusta Cade and Henry Ollie Watson. She graduated from Winthrop College in 1943 with a BA in Home Economics. She received her master's degree in education in 1975 from Clemson University. After graduating from Winthrop, she taught home economics at Abbeville High School, and later taught Special Education at League Middle School in Greenville from 1976 until she retired. Virginia and T.A. were engaged just before WWII began and he received his orders to the South Pacific. After years apart, they were married March 1, 1945 when he returned. They were sent to Lexington, Kentucky where they were stationed until he was relieved of active duty. In late 1945 they moved to Greenville. Virginia was a lady of many talents and many interests. She was an accomplished seamstress and an excellent cook, "famous" for her pound cake. She loved flowers and working in the yard. She was a member of the Greenville Garden Club, serving as Recording Secretary, Treasurer, and on various committees. She was a member of the Greenville Council of Garden Clubs, Garden Clubs of South Carolina, Life Member of the National Garden Clubs Inc., Emeritus, and a National Accredited Master Flower Show Judge, Emeritus. Virginia was an active member of Buncombe Street United Methodist Church, and for many years served on the altar committee personally making floral arrangements for the worship services in the sanctuary. She served on the Board of Trustees and most recently on the Archives Committee. She was president of the Susanna Wesley Sunday School Class. Virginia was a member of the Greenville Woman's Club, the Long Cane chapter of the DAR, the Poinsett Club, and was a Sapphire Member of the Fidelis Alpha chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa national honorary teacher's society. She was also a Girl Scout leader. During the war while T.A. was gone, she took flying lessons and learned to fly an airplane. Virginia and T.A. traveled extensively, including trips to Europe, Asia, and several trips to Australia, where T.A. was stationed in WWII. Other travels included frequent trips to NC for recitals, performances, and other occasions for the grandchildren. Virginia was preceded in death by her husband, infant daughter Marianne Able, and sister Lura Jean Watson Brown. Virginia is survived by daughters Tavay Able Strohl (Jan Eric) of Clemmons, NC, and Lura Able Edsall (Bob) of Asheville, NC; grandchildren Eric Janssen Strohl (Christine) of San Francisco, California and Heidi Strohl Romero (Juan) of St. Petersburg, Florida; great grandchildren Jack Watson Strohl (San Francisco) and Lucia Marie Romero (St. Petersburg)

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Latitude: 34.1892014
Longitude: -82.4017029

Family Members:

Parent

Henry Ollie Watson

(1894 - 1961)

Lura Cade Watson

(1895 - 1978)

Spouse

Col Thomas Andrew Able Jr.

(1919 - 1998)

Siblings

Lura Jean Watson Brown

(1918 - 2000)

Children

Marianne Able

(unknow - 1952)

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