Virginia McIntosh Atkinson died on Wednesday morning, March 18, 2015 at Williamsburg Regional Hospital in Kingstree, where she had been admitted late Saturday with chronic pneumonia.  Mrs. Atkinson, known from childhood to friends and family as Mickey, was born on May 12, 1933.  She was the daughter of Louise Epps and Ernest McIntosh and the wife of the late Dr. Edward Atkinson.  She graduated from Kingstree High School and Coker College, and she was a life-long member of the Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, where as soon and as long as she could she taught children’s Sunday school classes and hosted women’s circle meetings.

Mrs. Atkinson has three children, Robert Edward (Stephanie) Atkinson, Jr., Louise Atkinson (David) Witherspoon, and Ernest McIntosh (Kelly) Atkinson; eight grandchildren, Richard Edward Gamble Atkinson, Virginia Witherspoon Merritt, Jane Gamble Atkinson Diaz, Anne Gillen Witherspoon, Alexander Wellington Atkinson, William David Witherspoon, III, James Mason Atkinson, and Ernest McIntosh Atkinson, Jr.; and one great-grandchild, Celeste Quetzali Atkinson Diaz.

Mrs. Atkinson’s family would welcome your visiting them at Williamsburg Funeral Home Friday evening at 6:00 to 8:00.

Funeral services will be held at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church at 11:00 Saturday morning, with graveside services immediately afterward at Williamsburg Cemetery.

Please send memorials to Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 411 N. Academy Street, Kingstree, SC 29556 or American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718 or online at www.cancer.org.