Virginia Dee (Williamson)Bamett

04/18/1922 - 03/28/2009

Lost her battle with cancer on the

morning of March 28, 2009.

She is survived by her sister Lutie

Lindeman, daughter Pat Baker,

son Mike Murphy, six grandchildren,

eight great grandchildren.

Born to Harry Hayes and Nelle

King Williamson in San Diego,

Ca, April 18, 1922. Harry Hayes

Williamson was mayor of Newport

Beach in 1939-40.

The family moved to Balboa in

1925, she enjoyed swimming and

2 shing and loved the sea. In 1937, she saved a boy from

drowning and received a Gold medal from the Newport

Beach City Council. She graduated from Newport Harbor

High, in 1940, and went on to business school. She later

married William James Murphy, a Navy man, and traveled

following the 7 eet, mostly on the east coast. Dee returned to

Newport in 1957 to raise her two children as a single mom.

She owned and operated “Dee’s Beauty Shop” for 30 years.

In her later years she enjoyed golf, bicycling, and gardening.

Her strength of character and persistence are lessons her

family has learned from her, and she is greatly missed.