Background
Docking, Virginia B. was born in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Thomas Grant and Annie Strong (Duncan) Blackwell.
Docking, Virginia B. was born in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Thomas Grant and Annie Strong (Duncan) Blackwell.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas University, 1958—1961.
Executive board Mid-American Art Alliance, Kansas City, since 1979. President Friends of Kansas Library., Lawrence, since 1968, Friends of Kansas City Library., since 1980. Board directors City Beautiful Commission of Kansas City, Kansas.
Advisory board Kansas Arts Commission, since 1965, Gold Medal Club, Kansas. Trustee William Allen White Foundation, School Journalism, University Kansas.
Member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), Daughters of Cincinnati, Kansas Authors Club, National Association American Pen Women, Women in Communication, Gamma Phi Beta, Beta Sigma Phi.
Married George Docking, January 25, 1925 (deceased January 1964). Children: Robert, George Richard. Married Carl V. Rice, August 4, 1978.