Virginia Society Colonial Dames XVII Century  

Organized April 17, 1949, by Mrs. Charles B. Perrow in Altavista, Virginia

Chartered May 30, 1951

Virginia State President: Lorraine Campbell Sims

Motto: Together we can do something wonderful! 

Goals: Increase Membership, Supplementals, and Coats of Arms applications 

Project: Support the children’s educational programs at Jamestown Rediscovery, enhancing the education of youth in seventeenth century Virginia history 

State Society Officers 2023-2025

President: Lorraine Campbell Sims
First  Vice President: Karen Leighton
Second  Vice President: Margaret Stromberg
Chaplain: Patricia Haile
Recording Secretary: Maureen Holbert
Corresponding Secretary: Anne Terio
Organizing Secretary: Melody Moen
Treasurer: Donna Hall  
Registrar: Janice Poole
Historian: Natalie Rochelle
Librarian: Crystal Geller
Appointed Officer Parliamentarian: Janice Snead

Virginia Society Honorary State Presidents

*Deceased

• Mrs. Charles B. Perrow *
  • Organizing President. 1949-1952
• Mrs. G. Lloyd Bell *, 1952-1954
• Mrs. Donald N. Frazier *, 1954-1956
• Mrs. Lewis Littlepage *, 1956-1958
• Miss Anita Howard *, 1958-1960
• Mrs. Henry A. Schauffler  *, 1960-63
  • Elected President General, NSCDXVIIC, April 15, 1967.  Died in office.
• Mrs. George H. Ross *, 1963-1965
• Mrs. Marion H. Cross *, 1965-1967
• Mrs. Louis B. Spaeth *, 1967-1969
  • President General, NSCDXVIIC, April  1973-1975
• Mrs. Robert P. Waters *,  1969-1971
• Mrs. Julian H. Osborne *, 1971-1973
  • Honorary Vice President General, NSCDXVIIC, April 1987
• Mrs. David L. Bailey *,  1973-1975
• Mrs. Frank E. Huff *, 1975-1977
• Mrs. Darius W. Gaskins, Sr. *,  1977-1979
• Mrs. John V. Buffington, Sr. *, 1979-1981
• Mrs. Arthur H. Vollertsen *,  1981-1983
• Mrs. R. Harry Bennett, 1983-1985
• Miss Louise Lanier *, 1985-1987
• Mrs.  Harry H. Black *, 1987-1989
• Mrs. Robert S. Lipes *, 1989-1991
• Mrs. Robert M.  Brown *, 1991-1993
• Mrs. George K. Freeze, 1993-1995
• Mrs, Robert N. McKenney *, 1995-1997
• Mrs. Sidney Rosenberg *, 1997-1999 
• Mrs. Elmer Birdseye, 1999-2001 
• Mrs. Jay Botschen, 2001-2003 
• Mrs. Gary Bagnall, 2003-2005
  • Recording Secretary General, 2007-2009
• Mrs. Horace M. Davis, 2005-2007
  • President General, 2013-2015
  • Honorary President General, 2015
• Ms. Karen Landers, 2007-2009
  • Librarian General, 2019-2023
  • Historian General, 2023-2025
• Mrs. Eugene B. Ackerman, 2009-2011
  • Librarian General, 2013-2017
  • First Vice President General, 2017-2019
  • President General, 2019-2021
  • Honorary President General, 2021
• Mrs. Calhoun J. Killeen, 2011-2013
• Mrs. Michael W. Deegan *, 2013-2015
  • Librarian General, 2017-2019
  • Librarian General, 2017-2019
• Mrs. William Ramsey Richardson *, 2015-2017
• Ms. Janice Snead, 2017-2019
• Mrs. Faye Walton Sobel, 2019-2021
  • Curator General, 2021-2023
  • Chaplain General, 2023-2025
• Mrs. Constance Brooks Paradiso, 2021-2023