Julia Armour

ARMOUR--Julia Henry, 90, wife of the late Philip D. Armour, Jr. of Chicago, IL, died on June 27, 2009 in Miami, FL. Mother of Julia A. Walker, Philip D. Armour, III and the late Alexandra Armour; grandmother of C. Carter Walker, III, Julia Walker Robinson, Philip Armour, IV, Maximillan and Nicholas Armour, and great-grandmother of seven. In 1960, Julia Armour was the first woman and amateur to win the National English Springer Spaniel Field Trial Championships. Julia moved to Miami in 1965, and began competing for the U.S. in National Skeet competitions, and later in worldwide Live Pigeon Shooting Club Competitions, and became a champion in both. Born and raised in Chestnut Hill, PA, Julia is the daughter of the late T. Charlton and Julia Rush Biddle Henry. Donations may be made in her memory to the North Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 23 Lakeshore Road, Westport, NY 12993 or The American Macular Degeneration Foundation, PO Box 515, Northampton, MA 01061.