She married her teenage sweetheart, Clifford (Gene) Eugene Brooks, who preceded her in death on July 4, 2008. They settled in Springfield, New Carlisle and New Marshfield, Ohio. Virginia relocated to Midlothian, Virginia in 2013 to live with her son Douglas.

She worked as a beautician in Springfield, Ohio and later worked in the business office at Precision Aircraft Components in Dayton, Ohio, where her husband was General Manager and Vice President.

 

In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased in death by her sister Judy and brother John. Surviving are her sister Jerry Foster, of Springfield, Ohio; sons Will Curtis Brooks, of Carthage, North Carolina, and Douglas Eugene Brooks, of Midlothian, Virginia; daughter Gina Dagmar Ray of Springfield, Ohio; granddaughters Alicia Thompson, Amy Brooks and Angela Brooks of Springfield, Ohio; great-granddaughters Lainey, Lexi and Lilly; great-grandson Jaydon. 

 

A future Celebration of Life will be held in Ohio.