Adam Thoroughgood Chapter, NSDAR, Virginia Beach, Virginia
On May 5, 1956, at the inaugural meeting of the Adam Thoroughgood Chapter, Virginia Society, DAR, thirteen charter members witnessed the installation of the following officers: Regent, Mrs. Norman K Browne; Vice Regent, Mrs. J. Hubbard Davis; Secretary, Mrs. Robert L. Long; Treasurer, Mrs. William P. Carver; Registrar, Miss Shirley Virginia Parrish; Historian, Mrs. Henry H. Gooch III; Librarian, Mrs. Marcel Y. Carpenter; and Chaplain, Mrs. James Bolton Jr. Ledger-Dispatch and Star, Mon., May 7, 1956
First Ladies of the Chapter
Charlotte Pilley Bolton
Maxine Baxter Carpenter
Lois Gail St. Clair Davis
Virginia Bledsoe Goffigan
Florian Frances Harrington
Sara Helms Long
Jeanette McElod Browne
Emmajane Gibson Carver
Grace Lightfoot Everett
Frances Whitehead Gooch
Virginia Cox Horner
Shirley Virginia Parrish
Bessie O’Grady St. Clair