Age 81, Lawton - Services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the First Baptist Church with Shane Hall, Pastor, and Rev. Tom Willoughby officiating. Mrs. Roling died Friday in an Oklahoma City hospital. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home. Virginia was born in Dallas, Texas on August 11, 1928 to Robert Isaac and Margaret Bowman Ludwig. She attended Dallas Public Schools graduating from high school June 4, 1945 and entering Parkland Hospital School of Nursing graduating as a Registered Nurse in September 1948. She met and married Cpl. James W. Roling in Dallas and moved to Lawton in 1948 where they made a permanent home and raised three children. James was stationed most often at Ft. Sill and retired there after 27 years of service. He preceded her in death on January 7, 2006. As a nurse she worked 2 years at Ft. Sill Indian Hospital and 5 years at Reynolds Army Community Hospital. However, Virginia's joy was being a housewife and mother and an active member of the First Baptist Church, where she served in many capacities: a Sunday School teacher for 45 years, the leader of the Women's International Bible Class for 16 years, Senior Adult Coordinator for 27 years, and an officer in the Women's Missionary Union. Even in her retirement she continued to volunteer for special activities as God led her. Survivors include three children and their spouses, Deborah Ann and Don Cherry, Lawton, James Gregory Roling, Danforth, Illinois, and Margaret Helen "Margie" and Larry Osborne, Johnson City, Tennessee; six grandchildren, Wade Adair, Blaine Adair, Renee' Nye, Leland Roling, Jason Osborne and Stacey Kassel; six great grandchildren, James and Chelsea Nye, Karleigh Adair, Landon Roling and Nathaniel and Andrew Kassel. Her mother and a daughter in law, Marsha Roling, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Bible Society "Bibles for the Military", 1865 Broadway, New York NY 10023-7505 or to the Lawton Public Schools "Food 4 Kids" Program or to the C. Carter Crane Shelter for the Homeless in Lawton.