{"id":94,"date":"2016-09-30T13:53:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T13:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/?p=94"},"modified":"2016-09-30T15:36:59","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T15:36:59","slug":"virginia-r-walter-bench","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ctlsites.uga.edu\/museumsparksandmonuments\/virginia-r-walter-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia R. Walter Bench"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Virginia R. Walter bench<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This bench was placed in memory of UGA student Virginia (Ginny) Rucker Walter, who was born in 1966 and died in 1986. Ginny was a 20-year-old English major when she tragically passed away during spring break of her sophomore year. While sitting\u00a0in a parked car on a front lawn, waiting for her father, a drunken 17-year-old teenager lost control of his car, smashed into Ginny\u2019s car, and killed her. Writing for the college newspaper, The Red & Black<\/em>, Ginny\u2019s friend Jessica Saunders noted that Ginny lived and died in Savannah, but was born in Athens and always preferred it to Savannah. She was buried in Oconee Hill Cemetery in Athens. Shortly after her death, a memorial scholarship in her name was created to recognize the work of one English major per year, and there is also a poetry prize in Ginny\u2019s name. The English department does not include specific information about the nature of the scholarship and prize on their website, but Department Head Coburn Freer\u2019s 1987 letter to the second scholarship winner notes that the scholarship \u201chonor[s] the memory of another unusually gifted student [Ginny].\u201d The bench in Ginny\u2019s name is located behind Park Hall, home of the English Department, in a shady peaceful walkway.<\/p>\n

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Sources:
\nAshworth, Jerry. \u201cStudents Die in Wrecks; History Professor Stable.\u201d The Red & Black<\/i>. April 1, 1986, Vol. 93, No. 81.<\/p>\n

\u201cAwards: Eligibility and Nominations.\u201d English at UGA<\/i>. Accessed September 26, 2016. https:\/\/www.english.uga.edu\/undergrad\/pages\/31.<\/p>\n

\u201cBriefly.\u201d The Red & Black<\/i>. April 3, 1986, Vol. 93, No. 83.<\/p>\n

Freer, Coburn, November 18, 1987. Louise McBee papers, Folder 23. University of Georgia Archives.<\/p>\n

Saunders, Jessica. \u201cReliving Past & Easing Sorrow.\u201d The Red & Black<\/i>. April 18, 1986, Vol. 93, No. 92.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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