Mrs. Virginia Lee Nance, of Edmond, Oklahoma formerly of Sarcoxie, Missouri, departed this life on Thursday, February 14, 2008 at the Bellevue Health and Rehabilitation Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 78 years, 6 months and 16 days. Virginia entered this life on July 28, 1929 in Macks Creek, Missouri, daughter of the late Emmett D. and Essie (Young) Eidson. She moved with her family as a child to Windsor, Missouri, where she also graduated from high school. On December 15, 1953 in Windsor she was united in marriage to Walter Nance, Jr. and to this union a son and daughter were born. She and Walter lovingly raised their family in Sarcoxie, Missouri. For several years she assisted her husband in the operation of their family business, First National Bank and after his passing in 1976, Virginia served as president. She was a 53 year member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, the Sarcoxie Progress Club, the First United Methodist Churches both in Sarcoxie and in Edmond, the Edmond Bridge Club and was an auxiliary volunteer at St. John's in Joplin and the Edmond Memorial Hospital. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Walter Nance, Jr. on April 24, 1976; and a brother, Oral D. Edison. Virginia is survived by a daughter, Jenny Cunningham and husband, Dan: a son, Walter Nance, III; two granddaughters, Kate and Laura Cunningham all of Edmond, Oklahoma; as well as a host of other family and friends. Funeral services for Virginia Lee Nance are 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 16, 2008 in the chapel of Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri with Pastor Denzil Thomas officiating. Burial will follow in the Sarcoxie Cemetery. Those honoring her life by serving as pallbearers are Jeff Johnson, Kaare Gjeruldsen, Ray Letsinger, John Lewis, J.D. Jennett and Bill McNeece. Jim Wild, Bob Cadwell, Bill Fuller and Dale Reynolds will serve as honorary pallbearers. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through our website www.housh-goodwinfuneralhome.com. Arrangements have been entrusted to the personal care and direction of the Housh-Goodwin Funeral Home in Sarcoxie, Missouri.