In 1938, Joy Lancaster was born and, in 1939 Sue Lancaster Hill was born. Virginia’s family called her Ginger. She felt blessed that she had such a wonderful, loving family. Since Ginger was the oldest child, her mother sent her on errands, so Ginger did a lot of walking in Muskogee and she walked to school. Later, when she was old enough to date, she and her date would walk to a movie or football game.

Her dad was transferred to Chandler in 1950, and to Holdenville in 1951 where she met B.J. Fields in 1952. When her dad was transferred to Chandler in 1950, the family bought a 1949 Studebaker. Virginia had just graduated. B.J. had come home after being in the Army. Virginia and B.J. married in 1953. He started working for Halliburton and they transferred B.J. to North Dakota, then two places in Montana, later Colorado, then Venezuela for two years.

Their first-born child, Beverly, was born in 1958 while they were in Venezuela. Virginia went to the states to have Beverly. Later, John was born in Tulsa, and Joe in Oklahoma City, and Taylor in Ada, Oklahoma.

When B.J. and Virginia returned from Venezuela, they moved to a five-acre farm east of Midwest City and built a house. B.J. started working for the Oklahoma National Guard. In 1964, an opening came and B.J. and Virginia moved to Sulphur. Virginia was where she really needed to be. She started to run and entered races. In a few years, she started riding bicycle and would ride with this group that rode across Oklahoma every summer. They both retired in 1992 and took their bicycles to Germany and bicycled across Germany. When Virginia wasn’t biking, she was walking. Back in the United States, she had continued to run and ride a bicycle and her children were grown and her son Taylor, and his wife had two girls and Beverly had a son. The grandchildren kept her busy playing with them. Then the grand-daughters each had children so more fun for Virginia.

Virginia visited 49 of the States, rode bicycle with a group in Nova Scotia, camping at night for 4 or 5 days. She also walked a part of the Appalachian Trail. Four women started and only two finished. Virginia was one of those who finished. She counted that as her greatest accomplishment.

Virginia is survived by her daughter, Beverly Fields; sons, John Fields and wife Janet, Joe Fields and wife Victoria, Taylor Fields and wife Danita; three grandchildren; and a host of other friends and family. Virginia was preceded in death by her parents.