Virginia Belle (Linville) Fulghum, 79, of Atascosa, TX and recently Grand Prairie, TX passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2020.She was born in Port Lavaca, TX on June 21, 1940 to James (Pete) Linville and Beulah Priddy Snow.Virginia was preceded in death by her husband, Odis Neal Fulghum and is survived by her daughter, Debra Kay Schauer and her husband, Robert of Grand Prairie and sons Charles Andrew Fulghum of Grand Prairie and Phillip Kirk Fulghum of Atascosa, 6 grandchildren, 9 great grandchildren; brothers, James Martin Linville and wife, Marcia, and Ronald Clay Linville; sisters, Nona Labeth Linville and Betty Ruth (Snow) Madrak and husband, Thomas; several nieces and nephews.
From 1975 to 1996, Virginia owned and operated Fulghum's Fishing Center on the Intercostal Canal between Seadrift and Port O'Conner.Known as "Pepper" she provided a weekly fishing report to the local newspaper and radio.