Born Dec. 27, 1925, in Hampton, she was a daughter of the late Frank Alexander Anderson and Mary Ester Lee Anderson.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her former husband, Bernard James Apperson Jr.

Surviving are her children, Bernard James Apperson III, of Lexington, and Alexander Lee Apperson, of Daytona Beach, Fla.; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Apperson was a graduate of the College of William and Mary, receiving her undergraduate degree in 1947 and her law degree in 1950. She later received a Master of Arts degree in teaching from Stetson University in Florida in 1971. She served as an attorney for the United States government and for 24 years as a professor of history and government at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., where she resided for many years.

No service will be held at this time.

Arrangements are by Harrison Funeral Home & Crematory. N-G