Virginia Elizabeth Tuggle

Virginia Elizabeth Tuggle, of DeKalb County, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2013, following a short illness. She was born July 24, 1915, the daughter of Roy Slaton Tuggle, Sr. and Lessie Evaline Jones Tuggle. Child of a dairy farmer, Virginia graduated from Druid Hills High School and also studied piano at the conservatory level. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her brother, Roy Slaton Tuggle, Jr. Surviving her are her sister-in-law, Ruth Johnson Tuggle, her niece, Sherry Lynne Tuggle, and her nephew, Roy Slaton Tuggle, III (and his wife, Pattie). The next generation, Roy Slaton Tuggle, IV, Brett Andrew Tuggle, and Jennifer Pauline Tuggle also survive her. Virginia had a long career in the retail clothing business. She worked as a buyer in women's fashion in large department stores in Atlanta, Nashville, and Indianapolis, and at Saks in New York City. She later moved back to Atlanta to operate her own retail clothing store. Virginia grew up attending Peachtree Baptist Church and had many friends there. In later years she participated in and travelled with the Young at Heart group at Peachtree. Wherever she lived, Virginia made numerous friends with whom she continued an active correspondence for the rest of her life. In retirement she travelled extensively, always accompanied by friends or relatives. She was an accomplished bridge player, maintaining several different sets of bridge-playing friends during her long retirement. A sixty-year member of Druid Hills Golf Club, Virginia enjoyed taking family and friends to the Club. She was an accomplished hostess, who enjoyed giving parties for holidays and family events. The food at her home parties was legendary! Virginia loved her brother's children and three grandchildren, whom she treated as her own. They knew her as Ginga, a toddler's mispronunciation of Virginia that stuck with her for life. She was actively involved in their upbringing, ranging from babysitting when the children were small, to more extensive family outings as they grew. Throughout her later years, she maintained diverse activities and interests, including cooking, family deep-sea fishing trips, berry-picking expeditions, and avidly following Georgia Bulldogs women's basketball (with strong opinions on many current college coaches!) Virginia had a generous spirit and loved giving gifts to family and friends throughout the year. In her last years, Virginia was the family historian, often receiving visits from much younger relatives who asked her to explain family genealogy and history and to identify the subjects of old photographs. A strong and loving personality with decided opinions, Virginia will be greatly missed. Anyone wishing to make a memorial donation may send it to Peachtree Baptist Church, 2108 Briarcliff Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30329. Services will be held in the chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons on ­­­­­­­­­­­­­Sunday, March 3, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. Interment will follow at Decatur Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 pm Saturday March 2nd at A.S. Turner and Sons Funeral Home and Crematory.


Funeral Home:
A.S. Turner
2773 N. Decatur Road
Decatur, GA
30033