Mary Louise Baird

Mary Louise Baird

Norfolk - Mary Louise (Mary Lou) Riggan Baird, 84, died on April 3, 2018. Mrs. Baird, widow of the late Edward Rouzie Baird, III, was the daughter of the late Jasper Simmons Riggan and Louise Shaw Riggan. She was predeceased by her stepson, Edward Rouzie Baird, IV (Abby). She is survived by a stepdaughter, Eleanor Gray Baird of Irvington VA, as well as by three step grandchildren: Eleanor Baird DeMoors (John) of Great Falls, VA; Abby Baird Kosturko (George) of Virginia Beach, VA; and Edward Rouzie Baird, V of Alexandria, VA. Additionally, she is survived by four step great grandchildren: Elizabeth, Christopher and Carter DeMoors, and Claire Kosturko. Mrs. Baird is also predeceased by her brother Jasper Simmons Riggan, Jr. of Raleigh, NC. and survived by two nephews J. Sims Riggan III and John Poteat Riggan. She leaves two much beloved godchildren, Kay Morgan Stockwell and Richard Keith Hope, as well as many friends.

Mrs. Baird graduated from Maury High School and the College of William & Mary '55, where she had been Vice Chairman of the Honor Council, Vice President of Chi Omega Social Sorority, and the President of the Women's Athletic Association. She was a 26-year employee of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a member and past President of the Margaret Roper Moss King's Daughters Circle, and was a past Recording Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. She was a Member at Large of the Board of Directors of the Norfolk City Union of The King's Daughters. Mrs. Baird was a member of the First Presbyterian Church since 1946, the Norfolk Yacht and Country Club, the Junior League of Norfolk-Virginia Beach, and the Great Bridge Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Baird was also a founding member of the Women's Auxiliary of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Bar Association. She was a member of the Norfolk Society of Arts and a member and Board member of the Hermitage Foundation Auxiliary. She was a member of the Chrysler Museum, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Town-n-Gown Society, as well as of the Maury Foundation, the Culture Vultures, the Westwood Book Club, the Norfolk Botanical Garden, and the Virginia Zoological Society. She was an avid supporter of Ducks Unlimited, the Sierra Club, the Nature Conservancy, the Audubon Society, the National Parks Association, and the World Wildlife Society.

A service celebrating Mary Lou Baird's life will be held at the First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 11:00 AM. Private interment will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery prior to the service and arrangements will be handled by H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters or to Norfolk Academy.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at hdoliver.com

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