Background
Forrest, Virginia Ogden Ranson was born on June 24, 1896 in Baltimore. Daughter of Henry Warfield and Nannie Deaver (Cooper) Ranson.
Forrest, Virginia Ogden Ranson was born on June 24, 1896 in Baltimore. Daughter of Henry Warfield and Nannie Deaver (Cooper) Ranson.
Student, Calvert School. Student, Arundell School.
July 1957); children: Virginia Williamson Hutton, Beverley Williamson Magill, Frederick Beasley Williamson III. Married second, Wilbur Studley Forrest, April 20, 1960 (deceased March 1977). Director, Goodall Rubber Company, honorary director, 1973.
President Junior League, Elizabeth, New Jersey, 1924-1926, honorary member, 1944. Member hostess committee Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, 1941.
Member New Jersey Recreation Society, Elizabeth, 1934-1935, representative New Jersey to national convention, Chicago, 1935.
Chairman New Hope (Pennsylvania) Chapter.A.R.C., 1939-1943, head flood disaster chapter, 1955, chairman home service, 1943-1945. Honorary vice president New Hope Art Associations, 1940. Member of advisory committee Jonathan Dickinson State Park, Martin County, Florida, 1970.
Organizer adviser Buckinghamshire County Conservation Alliance, Martin County Conservation Alliance, 1966-1974.
Board directors Honey Hollow Watershed Association, 1969, Society Prevention Cruelty Children Family Welfare Board, Elizabeth, 1928, Young Women's Christian Association, Elizabeth, 1928, Abington (Pennsylvania) Memorial Hospital Women"s Board, 1941, Visiting Nurse Association, New Hope, 1941-1949. Board directors, Second vice president Garden Club, Stuart, Florida, 1951-1960.
Trustee Egnolf Day Nursery, Elizabeth, 1923-1936. Trustee Holmquist School for Girls, New Hope, Martin County Public Library, Stuart, 1958-1961.
Board directors Free Public Library Elizabeth, 1926-1939, secretary, 1927-1936.
Board directors Keep Florida Beautiful Committee. Member founders board Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1979.
Trustee Egnolf Day Nursery, Elizabeth, 1923—1926, Holmquist School Girls, New Hope, Martin County Public Library., Stuart, 1958—1961. Board directors Keep Florida Beautiful Committee, Free Public Library., Elizabeth, 1926—1939, secretary, 1927—1936. Member founders board Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1979.
Member of Long Island (Eastport, New York ), Martin County Anglers (director since 1966), Woman Fly Fishers America, Colonial Dames New Jersey, New Hope History Society 1959-1960, since 1967, Audubon Societies, Bucks County (Citation Conservation 1972), Bald Eagle Project (Florida) (chairman since 1959, member wild life committee since 1959, vice president 1962-1969, honorary vice president since 1970, adviser, award 1960), Martin County (director 1957-1958, director emeritus since 1978, chairman executive committee 1973-1974), Hartwood Club (Monticello, New York ), Mount Vernon Club (Baltimore), Florida Federation Garden Clubs (honorary member).
Married Frederick Beasley Williamson, Junior, July 4, 1917 (deceased July 1957). Children: Virginia Williamson Hutton, Beverley Williamson Magill, Frederick Beasley Williamson III. Married Wilbur Studley Forrest, April 20, 1960 (deceased March 1977).