Virginia Wilson Mounger

Virginia Wilson Mounger, known as Ginny, was born on June 24, 1954, and died on March 1, 2024. She was the middle of three daughters born to parents Martha and Earl Wilson. Her husband, John Harbour Mounger, died in 2014. She is survived by her sisters Ann Holifield (Henry) and Amy Lyles Wilson (Henry Granberry); nephews Wilson Holifield (Jennifer) and Lyles Holifield (Katelyn); nieces Martha Grace Gray (Matt) and Mary-Milam Granberry (Ross Hilliard); great-nephews Robert Wilson Gray and Halston Lyles Holifield; great-nieces Cameron Grace Holifield, Ann Lyles Gray, Parker Marie Holifield, and Mary Lyles Holifield.

Ginny graduated from Jackson Prep, Mississippi State, and the University of Mississippi Law School. In law school, she served on the Moot Court Board, was a Dean's List Scholar, and a recipient of an American Jurisprudence Award. She was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity and the Lamar Order.

Early in her practice she worked in oil and gas and then served as a public defender. She was an administrative judge for the Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission for two decades, a job she loved. She was a graduate of the National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada; a member of the Mississippi Bar, the Administrative Law and Workers' Compensation Section, and the Mississippi Women Lawyers Association. In 2018 she was elected as a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Her community involvement included being in the Junior League, supporting the Mississippi Book Festival and the Mississippi Museum of Art, along with other nonprofit and philanthropical endeavors. She was a member of the Gallery Guild, the High Noon Luncheon Club, the Research Club, the DAR, the Colonial Dames, among others. She loved to read and enjoyed her time in a book club. Most important to her was her work as chairman of the Board of Governors for the Wilson Research Foundation and her membership on the Board of Trustees for the Methodist Rehabilitation Center. She was named Volunteer of the Year by Goodwill Industries in 2022.

Ginny was well loved, and she will be missed by her family and scores of friends.

Visitation will take place Thursday, March 7, from 3:00-6:00 p.m., at Parkway Funeral Home on Highland Colony Parkway in Ridgeland. A private interment will take place in Oxford, Mississippi, at a later date. Memorials may be made to the Wilson Research Foundation, 1350 East Woodrow Wilson, Jackson, MS 39216.