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Ann Apperson Obituary
Ann Anderson Apperson, 97, formerly of Hampton, died Sunday, October 8, 2023, in Lexington, Virginia. Born in Hampton, December 27, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Frank Alexander Anderson and Mary Ester Lee Anderson.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her former husband; Bernard James Apperson Jr. Surviving are her children; Bernard James Apperson III, of Lexington, and Alexander Lee Apperson, of Daytona Beach, Florida, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Apperson was previously a communicant at St. John's Episcopal Church in
Hampton and a graduate of Hampton High School, Class of 1943. She attended the
College of William and Mary, receiving her undergraduate degree in 1947 and her law degree in 1950. She later received a Master of Arts Degree in Teaching from Stetson University in Florida in 1971. She served as an attorney for the United States Government, taught History and Government at Kecoughtan High School in Hampton, and was, for twenty-four years thereafter, a Professor of History and Government at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, before retiring in 1992 as Professor Emerita.
No service will be held at this time. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory, Lexington, VA.
Published by Daily Press on Oct. 14, 2023.
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Earl P. Bell, Jr.
Ann was a very close friend of mine at Kecoughtan. As a member of our department, social studies, she was very helpful when I first arrived with information on Hampton and the area. Also, many of us socializes with her and had many good times at her house, a great old one. Her stories about being a student at William and Mary, if true, document a youth well lived. Her natural goodness and capacity to care about everyone gave her a wonderful Auntie Mame quality. Her quick laugh was natural, fine skill at making under statements and insightful comments, seemingly mostly from experience, made her much fun to be around. As the alert among you probably remember we were a very young faculty and did not miss having a great time especially at the homes of the faculty renting on Buckroe Beach and at Ann's. Everyone was welcome and those unofficial events could wander deep into the night. Somehow, perhaps our youth, we did survive.it and managed to even teach occasionally. Simply, she was a joy, so much fun and good hearted. A wonderful human being!
Now to the time when she made unofficial headlines at the school. As everyone remembers, Vietnam rocked our school and several of our students fought plus, and most importantly, too many were lost. Hard for me to write this now thinking about Alex and Kirk. Well, as those involved returned home, many would come by the school to talk about it, in fact, i often had them speak to my classes about whaevert they wished to share. I do not remember the name of the student who did this, but someone brought a Viet Cong flag to Ann's class. She, in her harmless, thoughtful way, put it up on a wall in her classroom so everyone could see it. When the "news" arrived at my class, rumor had twisted the story to: "Ms. Apperson's going to be fired for displaying a Viet Cong flag." To which I, in all my youthful sense of wrong, exclaimed: "No they're not!" It went around in circles for a time, but no sane person could believe that she had developed new loyalities in the war or intended in harm. Mercifully, the mess vanished as quickly as it arose. But it was a scare no one could believe on the faculty. But there were several of us who, at the time, believed if Ann had not been old Hampton and an innocent who would do no harm to anyone, it could have been a problem. Many of us would have put our jobs on the line defending her. No doubt about it. She was loved! Miss you Ann! ! !