COEBURN, Va. — Anna Ruth Watermann passed away Wednesday at Mountain View Medical Center in Norton, Va.
She was a former resident of Coeburn, Va.
Mrs. Watermann of Gloucester, Va. taught at Thomas C. Walker High School for 30 years. She served as assistant principal, instructor, and founded the first yearbook at T.C. Walker High School.
Mrs. Watermann received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Virginia Union University at Richmond, Va. and did graduate studies at Howard University, Washington, D.C. She received a Masters Degree from New York University.
In 1968, Mrs. Watermann was nominated Outstanding Personality of the South, served as Jury Commissioner, co-chair of Gloucester Chapter of the American Red Cross Fund Driver, secretary of the Bicentennial Historical Committee, and served for 21 years as treasurer of the National Association of University Women (Gloucester Chapter).
Mrs Watermann was honored by the Epsilon ETA Chapter, LOTA Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. for her community activities and as an outstanding educator in Cloucester, Va.
She was the daughter of the late Samuel Alexander ‘Sandy’ Turn - er and Emma Turner; also preceded in death by her husband, William H. Waterman; a sister, Louise Turner; six brothers; John Henry Turner, Robert Franklin Turner, Roy (Sandy) Turner, William Earl Turner, Hobert Turner and Sandy A. Turner.
Survivors include two sisters, Clara B. Jackson, Kingsport and Elizabeth Turner, Coeburn; and several nieces and nephews.
