Virginia
Lee
Thompson
Born in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
Daughter of Joseph Gilbert Thompson
and Virginia Lee (Hendrick) Thompson
Sister of
Joseph Gilbert Thompson
Wife of
Robin Andrew Elverson
— married
about 1946 in United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 86
in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States
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Biography
Virginia was born in 1925. She passed away in 2011.
Virginia was born on February 11, 1925 in Ft. Worth, Texas to Joseph Gilbert Thompson and Virginia Lee Hendrick. Her family moved to Houston in 1927 where she attended school and graduated from Lamar High School in 1942. Married Robin Andrew Elverson after the 1939-45 war and lived in Houston and from 1967 a farm near Round Top, Texas. Virginia was a recipient of the Miss Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award for historic preservation for work on the property.
Worked as a cullinary consultant and food writer. Published "A Cooking Legacy" in October, 1975 with Muffy McLanahan. In 1991 she wrote "Gulf Coast Cooking ? Seafood from the Florida Keys to the Yucatan" which was published by Scherer Publishing Company.
She was the founding chairman of The Houston Culinary Guild and the founding chairman Houston Chapter, American Institute of Wine and Food. She was editor (and compiler) of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts Cookbook which was published in 1983, and a consultant for Texas the Beautiful Cookbook in 1985.
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