Background
Hooper, Virginia Fite was born on September 23, 1917 in Byhalia, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Pleasant LaFayette and Nell (Brooks) Fite.
Hooper, Virginia Fite was born on September 23, 1917 in Byhalia, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Pleasant LaFayette and Nell (Brooks) Fite.
Student, Rhodes U., 1936-1937; student, University Mississippi, 1937-1939; student, University Alabama, 1939-1941; student, University Georgia, 1941-1942.
Member, Columbus (Mississippi) City Council, since 1985.
Founder, past president Columbus City Garden Council. National delegate States Rights Convention, 1948. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1960, 64, 68, site com, 1972.
Republican national commiteewoman, 1962-1976. Vice chair Republican Executive Committee for Mississippi, 1960-1962. Executive Committee Mississippi Republican Party, 1960-1976, National Republican Party, 1968-1973, Lowndes County Youth Court.
Member Lowndes County Election Commission, 1980-1984, Civic Arts Commission. President City Beautification Committee, 1972. Board of directors Mississippi Kidney Foundation, 1970-1980, Prairie Opportunity, R.S.V.P.
Member of advisory board Southern Debutante Association, Contact, Today Our Understanding ofCancer is Hope (T.O.U.C.H.). Member Lady of the Realm committee Cotton Carnival, 1968-1977. Chairman Cancermount.
Member community relations & hospitality committees Columbus Air Force Base. Communicant St. Paul's Episcopalian Church. Member Daughters of the American Revolution (regent 1954-1956), United Daughters of the Confederacy (president 1973), Natchez Parkway Association (board of directors 1987-1989), Lowndes History Society, Historic Columbus, Lowndes County Chowder & Marching Society, Lowndes County Heart Association (permanent chair memorial gifts since 1966, board directors), Mississippi Heart Association (membership committee 1969-1970), Lowndes County Cancer Association (board directors), National Association Parliamentarians, Lowndes County Voters League (Executive Board), National Association Junior Auxiliaries (president Columbus 1951-1952, national president 1959-1960, various national offices 1954-1959), Order of Daughters of the King (president 1981, diocesanfounder, president Mississippi assembly 1980, 82), Espisc.
Churchwomen (president 1978), Earline Robinson Guild (president 1983), Cherokee Garden Club (president 1955), Friends and Neighbors Club, Columbus Chamber of C. (biracial committee, community appearance committee, chairman church committee), Parents in Support of Public Schools, Columbus Air Force Base Officers Club (honorary member), Chi Omega Alumnae(president Mississippi chapter 1972-1973, Most Outstanding Chi Omega Alum 1968).
Married James F. Hooper III, January 29, 1943 (deceased September 1990). Children: Cynthia Hooper Rood, James Fullerton IV, Pleasant Fite Hooper.