Virginia Brian Beecher ^{1 2 3 4}

   Another name for Virginia was Skippy Beecher.⁵

   FamilySearch ID: L583-LT5.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1930 in Coronado, San Diego, CA. ⁶ The 1930 census recorded renting for $50 a month at 416 D Avenue: William G. Beecher Jr., lieutenant in U.S. Navy, 26, living with wife Carvilla, 23, and daughter Virginia, 1 year 11 months. Virginia was born in California and her parents and their parents in Maryland.

2. Residence: Beecher Wm G (Carvilla) USN h 1215 3rd Avenue, San Diego, CA in 1932 in San Diego, San Diego, CA. ⁷

3. S.S. Lurline Departing Los Angeles 14 Jun 1935 Arriving Honolulu 20 Jun 1935 Beecher, William 31, Beecher, Carvilla 28, Beecher, Virginia 7, Beecher, Gordon 2 on 20 Jun 1935 in Honolulu, Honolulu, HI. ⁸

4. SS Lurline, Depart Honolulu, HI 15 Jan 1938 Arrive Los Angeles, CA 22 Jan 1938 Beecher, William, 33, Beecher, Carvilla, 31, Beecher, Virginia, 9, Beecher, Gordon, 4 on 15 Jan 1938 in Honolulu, Honolulu, HI. ⁹

5. Census in 1950 in Arlington, Arlington, VA. ¹⁰ The 1950 census recorded at 1820 N. Hartford Street: William G. Beecher, U.S. Navy, 46, living with wife Carvilla B., 43; Virginia B., 21; Gordon L., 16. Everyone was born in Maryland except Virginia in California. In 1949 they lived in Honolula, Hawaii.

6. Newspaper: The Evening Sun, 31 May 1950, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. ¹¹ Anne Arundel Crash Injures 7 Persons
Seven persons were injured, one of them seriously, in an Anne Arundel county traffic accident late last night, less than an hour before the end of the four-day Memorial holiday. Patrolman Charles Gleim, of the Anne Arundel county' police, said the accident occurred at the intersection of the Revell and Ritchie highways. Six of the injured were released after treatment at the Anne Arundel County General Hospital in Annapolis. The seventh, Brian Bell. 23, remained for observation of a possible fractured skull.
Ex-Football Star
Bell, of Arlington, Va., is a former Washington and Lee football star. . He was graduated from the university in 1949 and signed by the Washington Redskins but didn't play. He was driving one of the cars. The other was operated by Ira Aucker, 38, of Halethorpe, who suffered forehead cuts and bruises of arms and Bell is a son of the late Brian Bell. a former bureau chief of the Associated Press in Washington.
Injured Listed
The others injured: MISS VIRGINIA B. BEACHER. 22 of Arlington, Va., knee and arm injuries.
MISS ANN MATTINGLY, 19, of Oxon Hill, Md., cuts of both legs. MATTIE DELLA GATES. 49, of Halethorpe, back and leg injuries.
ALVIN D. REESER, 49, of Halethorpe, leg and hand injuries.
MRS. GERTRUDE REESER, 41, ankle and hand injuries.
Patrolman Gleim charged Mr. Aucker with reckless driving and Mr. Rue with failure to heed a stop sign.

7. Scrymgeours arrived from New York via Le Havre on 9 Oct 1957 in Southampton, , HAM, ENG. ³ On board
John B. Scrymgeour b. 7/1/16
Virginia B. Scrymgeour b. 4/15/28
Patricia M. Scrymgeour b. 12/10/42
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8. Residence: 11020 Vale Road, Oakton, VA 22124 on 26 Dec 1980 in Oakton, Fairfax, VA. ¹²

9. Residence: The Jefferson, 900 N Taylor St, Arlington, VA 22203 from 1993 to 2021 in Arlington, Arlington, VA. ⁵

10. Obituary: Obituary of Virginia (Skippy) on 19 Dec 2021 in Arlington, Arlington, VA. ⁵ Virginia (Skippy) Scrymgeour, age 93, of Arlington, VA passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021 in Arlington, Virginia. She was born in Coronado, California on April 15, 1928. The daughter of Vice Admiral William Gordon Beecher Jr. and Carvilla Brian Benson she led an exciting life.

As the child of a Naval Academy grad she grew up around Navy bases, including Pearl Harbor where, as a teenager, she helped survivors after the attack before leaving for college at William and Mary. Beautiful, brilliant, tall and graceful, she met Naval Attache, J. Bruce Scrymgeour after graduation and they were married in Saudi Arabia while he was stationed in Bahrain. Their lives took them around the world as they supported military and US state department efforts over the next 20+ years before retiring as antique dealers back in Oakton, Virginia.

She continued to travel the world after Bruce's death in 1978, sometimes solo as a passenger on tramp steamers, and often with her sisters-in-law families, spending autumn weeks at Keuka Lake in NY and coastal Maine. Eventually she moved to Arlington and has been a resident of The Jefferson for the past 28 years. It was here she met her next door neighbor with the same first name. Skip Sparks and Skippy shared a loving relationship for many years prior to his recent passing. Despite her struggles with macular degeneration and hearing issues, she maintained her grace until the end. She will be truly missed by everyone who came to know her.

She is survived by her step-daughter, Patricia Peterson of Prince Frederick, Maryland, her brother, Gordon Lee Beecher of Melbourne, Florida, her sister-in-law Sally Mauerman of Port Charlotte, Florida, sister-in-law, Mary Jane Floberg of Seattle Washington, and her many loving nieces and nephews from coast to coast.

There will be no local service. She will be laid to rest with her late husband, Captain John Bruce Scrymgeour at Arlington National Cemetery.

Virginia married Captain John Bruce Scrymgeour, son of Norman Burritt Scrymgeour and Nettie E. Stoll, in Dec 1954 in , , , Bahrain.¹ (Captain John Bruce Scrymgeour was born on 1 Jul 1916 in Rochester, Monroe, NY,^{3 13 14 15} died on 26 Dec 1980 in Oakton, Fairfax, VA ^{13 15} and was buried on 31 Dec 1980 in Arlington: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA ^{13 15}.)