Nora Virginia Leon Barnhart

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(East side)
VIRGINIA
LEON
BARNHART
November 14, 1930

October 4, 2000

(North side)

Hospitable
Driven
Compassionate
Beeville~Fun
Empowering
Joyous/Angry
Creative~Houston
Dame of the Shoe
Stephen's College
Traveller~Energetic

(West side)

Jinny Doll
A Texas Lady
Wife to John
Mom~Friend
Lover~Rotan
Free Thinker
Passionate
Intense
Corageous

(South side)

Adventuress
Literatae
Hispanic America
Homemaker
Traditionalists
Chautauqua
Open~Goliad
Political
Generous Family
University of Texas
Full Name: Nora Virginia Leon Barnhart
AKA: Jinny
Location: Section:Patriots' Hill, Section 1 (A)
Row:W  Number:17
Reason for Eligibility: Wife of John Newhall Barnhart 
Birth Date: November 14, 1930 
Died: October 4, 2000 
Burial Date: October 8, 2000 
 

BARNHART, NORA VIRGINIA LEON (1930~2000) Virginia "Jinny" Leon Barnhart was born November 14, 1930, in Rotan, Fisher County, Texas to Clarence and Nora Leon, who moved to West Texas in a covered wagon. After graduating from High School, Mrs. Barnhart attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri and graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA degree in radio. While at UT, she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. Mrs. Barnhart loved adventure and traveled to such exotic and extravagant locals as Mexico, South America, and Europe. In later years, she participated in many community activities in Beeville and Goliad near the family ranch, where she and her husband, John, raised miniature donkeys. She was also a very active member of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral where she was involved in outreach. She was an original member of the Most Gracious Order of the Dames of the Shoe, having been knighted as Dame Virginia of Ella Lee. An ardent and loquacious member of the Democratic Party, Mrs. Barnhart also was an active member of EMILY's List, a nationwide network of political donors helping to elect pro-choice Democratic women, and the River Oaks Area Democratic Women (ROAD Women). Her membership in Literatae, a women's reading club, was a great joy to her, and she was relied upon by many for reading recommendations. She will be remembered for her active, inquisitive mind, her strength and adventurousness, her generosity and love for friends and family. Mrs. Barnhart died Wednesday, October 4, 2000, in Houston, Texas. Information taken from obituary in the Houston Chronicle, Friday, October 6, 2000.

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