
Virginia Follmer Roberson,
cofounder of NBS, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday,
May 22, 2011 in Williston, SC. She was born in Maysville, Ky. on
April 9, 1922 to the late Charles R. and Edna M. Follmer. Virginia
graduated from MHS in 1940 and went on to work for the Gilbert Grocery
as an accountant for 26 years until they closed the business. Virginia
worked for WFTM radio station and Trand Engineers before leaving
Maysville to work for the US Government Corps of Engineers at the
Meldahl Dam and then on to finish her 18-year government career
in Cincinnati where she retired in 1986. While there she received
numerous awards for her service. She then moved to Ft. Lauderdale,
FL., and began working with her son, Will Roberson, owner of National
Beverage Screen Printers, Inc. She moved to South Carolina in 1991
when his business relocated where she continued to work through
2010.
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