Virginia Wingfield Thompson Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Virginia Wingfield Thompson, 34, affectionately known as “Ginny” or “Addie” to her adoring friends, family, and coworkers passed away unexpectedly on Monday May 23, 2022 at home in Salisbury, NC. Born in Staunton, VA, she was named after her maternal grandmother, Virginia Lee Liberty McDermon. The Thompson family moved to Salisbury in 1990 when she was 2 years old. The family has deep roots in tennis, and she grew up learning the game from her parents alongside her older sister, Jacque. Ginny was very athletically gifted and had incredible hand eye coordination. She played many sports including being a member of the tennis team at Salisbury Academy, a cheerleader, as well as swimming on the Country Club swim team. She picked up new hobbies effortlessly, and regularly went skateboarding and biking. One of her most infamous school pictures growing up includes her in a purple velvet dress wearing white lace socks and patent leather heels while holding a graffiti skateboard. Ginny attended Sacred Heart and Knox during her middle school years as well. She went on to attend Salisbury High School locally. Ginny was a graduate of Catawba College c/o 2016, Cum Laude, under the Bachelor of Business Administration program with a major in Information Systems. Her love of technology led her to begin work as an intern at Catawba College in the IT department. After college, Ginny worked as a network operations center analyst II for Mueller in Statesville, NC, transferring to Atlanta for a promotion in 2019. According to her colleagues, she was well respected and looked up to as an acknowledged senior member of the team. Ginny had an artistic side and a deep love for music. She loved to share and find new music acts that were up and coming. Ginny could play any instrument by ear, a talent she inherited from her paternal grandmother, Myrna. She favored playing the piano, guitar, and drums the most. She was a favorite drummer at Las Palmas open mic night, however, she did not prefer the limelight. The family had a band for a few years called “The Crossroads”. Ginny also loved to sketch and write. Ginny grew up learning to cook from her maternal grandmother, who was her most favorite person she admired in the family. Her cooking will be missed incredibly, as Ginny cooked from scratch and enjoyed experimenting with new recipes. Sometimes, those experiments led to a messy kitchen – one of her mother’s favorite memories was when Ginny and her friends got up early to cook a huge breakfast with every pot in the kitchen during a sleepover. Ginny loved to travel, and preferred colder climates. One of her favorite annual trips was to visit Boston for shopping, touring the city, and eating at restaurants. Ginny was well loved by family and friends for her incredible wit and sense of humor. Her laugh was contagious and something everyone mentions that they will remember. She is proceeded in death by her maternal grandmother and grandfather, Virginia Lee Liberty McDermon and Ernest Malone McDermon Jr (Newport News, VA), as well as her paternal grandmother, Myrna Woodward Thompson (Newport News, VA). Great Aunts and Uncles (deceased)– Alma and Claude Brinn (Hertford, NC), Dorothy Maxine and Ray Wasdell (Charlotte, NC), Lou Liberty (Newport News, VA). She is survived by her cat, Koga, her mother and father, Pamela Liberty Thompson and John (Jack) Valentine Thompson III (Salisbury, NC), her older sister and her husband, Jacquelyn Leigh Jensen and Joseph Chace Jensen (Spencer, NC), as well as her paternal grandfather John Valentine Thompson Jr “Pop-Pop” (Newport News, VA). Surviving extended family members -- Charles Addison Liberty of Williamsburg, VA (Great Uncle), June and Ned Clopton of Langhorne, PA (Great Aunt and Uncle), and Thelma Liberty of Newport News, VA (Great Aunt). Surviving Aunts and Uncles – Larry Thompson (Brunswick, GA), Leigh Thompson Coss (Newport News, VA), Ernest Malone McDermon (Salisbury, NC), and Kim McDermon (Snellville, GA). Surviving Cousins – Rob McDermon (Atlanta, GA), Charles McDermon (Atlanta, GA), Matthew Coss (Sacremento, CA), and Sophie Coss (Sacremento, CA). The pandemic affected the physical and mental health of so many, including Ginny. She was a confirmed member at First Presbyterian Church in Salisbury, NC. There will be a memorial service held in her honor on Saturday June 11th at 11:00am with a reception to follow. A memorial scholarship has been established in her honor at Catawba College. Donations can be accepted at the link included, or if checks are sent please be sure to include that it is for Virginia (Ginny) Wingfield Thompson’s scholarship fund on the memo line. She will be forever missed by so many. Link to donate: https://securelb.imodules.com/s/1864/18- match/interior.aspx?sid=1864&gid=2&pgid=418&cid=1063&dids=678&fbclid=IwAR1JS6DyWjiT ga7BT9_vIxH-PP2l2irKkEEy9tYoRXz32X_jBTnMTedLNvQ. Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Thompson family. Online condolences may be made at www.summersettfuneralhome.com.