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Anne Adams “Annie” <I>Robertson</I> Massie

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Anne Adams “Annie” Robertson Massie

Birth
Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
Death
8 Feb 2015 (aged 83)
Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Anne Adams Robertson Massie, 83, died on Sunday, February 8, 2015, at her residence in Lynchburg, Virginia. Born in Lynchburg on May 30, 1931, she was the beloved daughter of Annie Scott Harris Robertson and Douglas Alexander Robertson.She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Dr. William McKinnon Massie; son, William McKinnon Massie Jr. and wife, Alice Burwell McGuire Massie; granddaughter, Ella Burwell Massie; daughter, Annie Harris Massie Winstead and husband, Alexander McIver Winstead; grandsons, Ian Young Winstead and William Alexander Winstead.Annie was passionate about the things that she loved - art, historic preservation, gardening, the city of Lynchburg, her family and friends. With energy, intelligence, persistence, and infinite care she sought to make all the things that she loved better.A graduate of Saint Mary's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, she graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College as an English major with a minor in Latin and Greek. She taught English at E. C. Glass High School from 1955 to 1960.Her paintings are widely admired and she achieved national recognition for her work, including the designation of Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society. In 1993 in New York City she received the American Watercolor Society's highest award, the Gold Medal of Honor. In 1992 and again in 1997 she received the Virginia Watercolor Society Best in Show Award. In 1995 Randolph-Macon Woman's College awarded Annie their Alumnae Achievement Award. In 1998 L'Association des Amis de la Grande Vigne granted a residency in Dinan, Brittany, France. Her work was chosen to be Lynchburg's first official gift to sister city Rueil Malmaison, France. Annie studied with Pierre Daura, John Pike, Rex Brandt, Charles Reid, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alex Powers among others.Annie was a trustee of Virginia Episcopal School 1985-1989, served on the Advisory Board of Randolph-Macon Woman's College's Maier Museum of Art, the Board of Amazement Square, the Rightmire Children's Museum, the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center and the Academy of Music Theatre. Active in historic preservation, she served as president of the Lynchburg Historical Foundation, Friends of Rivermont Historic District, and Hillside Garden Club, and as chairman of Point of Honor Museum Collections, and Lynchburg chairman of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She was a member of the Antiquarian Club. She was a Fellow and trustee of the Virginia Center of the Creative Arts 1995-2005.A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 2 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church in Lynchburg. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parish hall.Memorials may be made to the restoration of the theatre at the Academy of Fine Arts or to Virginia Episcopal School.
http://www.newsadvance.com/obituaries/massie-anne-adams-robertson/article_f087c97e-c05b-562e-b5ca-2c936f4920ed.html

Anne Adams Robertson Massie, 83, died on Sunday, February 8, 2015, at her residence in Lynchburg, Virginia. Born in Lynchburg on May 30, 1931, she was the beloved daughter of Annie Scott Harris Robertson and Douglas Alexander Robertson.She is survived by her husband of fifty-five years, Dr. William McKinnon Massie; son, William McKinnon Massie Jr. and wife, Alice Burwell McGuire Massie; granddaughter, Ella Burwell Massie; daughter, Annie Harris Massie Winstead and husband, Alexander McIver Winstead; grandsons, Ian Young Winstead and William Alexander Winstead.Annie was passionate about the things that she loved - art, historic preservation, gardening, the city of Lynchburg, her family and friends. With energy, intelligence, persistence, and infinite care she sought to make all the things that she loved better.A graduate of Saint Mary's College in Raleigh, North Carolina, she graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College as an English major with a minor in Latin and Greek. She taught English at E. C. Glass High School from 1955 to 1960.Her paintings are widely admired and she achieved national recognition for her work, including the designation of Dolphin Fellow of the American Watercolor Society. In 1993 in New York City she received the American Watercolor Society's highest award, the Gold Medal of Honor. In 1992 and again in 1997 she received the Virginia Watercolor Society Best in Show Award. In 1995 Randolph-Macon Woman's College awarded Annie their Alumnae Achievement Award. In 1998 L'Association des Amis de la Grande Vigne granted a residency in Dinan, Brittany, France. Her work was chosen to be Lynchburg's first official gift to sister city Rueil Malmaison, France. Annie studied with Pierre Daura, John Pike, Rex Brandt, Charles Reid, Everett Raymond Kinstler, Alex Powers among others.Annie was a trustee of Virginia Episcopal School 1985-1989, served on the Advisory Board of Randolph-Macon Woman's College's Maier Museum of Art, the Board of Amazement Square, the Rightmire Children's Museum, the Lynchburg Fine Arts Center and the Academy of Music Theatre. Active in historic preservation, she served as president of the Lynchburg Historical Foundation, Friends of Rivermont Historic District, and Hillside Garden Club, and as chairman of Point of Honor Museum Collections, and Lynchburg chairman of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She was a member of the Antiquarian Club. She was a Fellow and trustee of the Virginia Center of the Creative Arts 1995-2005.A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, February 11, 2015, at 2 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church in Lynchburg. The family will receive friends following the service in the church parish hall.Memorials may be made to the restoration of the theatre at the Academy of Fine Arts or to Virginia Episcopal School.


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