Virginia Younginer

1980, Bowling Achievement, Columbia, Deceased, Hall of Fame, SCWBA

The following information is from the Hall of Fame application:  Virginia began her bowling career in 1961.  Virginia has bowled for 18 years with a high average of 182 in 1965, highest series 667 and highest game 278.  She has three children and 2 grandchildren.  Virginia has participated in 57 tournaments: 18-Local, 17-State, 2-National and 20 Others.  She won city championships in 1960, 1963 and 1966; state championship in 1965; BPAA in 1964; and Singles Open Division in WIBC in 1971.  First place ragtime doubles tournament at Star Lanes with 1,266 pins.  Won second place with 1,209 pins.  Won second place in Ragtime Mixed doubles with husband in the third week of a four week-end session with total pins of 1,173.  I had a 569 set, highest in the tournament.  I went into the tournament with a 132 average and had games of 200 and 192.

In 1961 she won the Columbia Women’s  Bowling Association champion team title, the doubles title and Women’s classic trophy winner for Most Improved.  She won the Western N.C. Women’s Invitational Bowling Tournament doubles champion.  On July 14, 1964 she set new city record with a 664 set in the Park and Scratch League at Park Triangle Lanes.  April 28, 1964 she won fifth place in All Events with 1,860 and tenth in Singles with 640 to top Columbia bowlers in the 4th Annual SCWBA Championship Tournament.  In the 1965-66 season she set a new all time single season average mark for the CWBA with 177.35 and became Captain of the 4th Annual CWBA All Star Team.  January 15, 1965 represented the State of SC in the BPAA Nationals in Philadelphia.  July 7, 1963 tops in ladies All Star Team with top average of 170.2 and was team captain.  Virginia bowled with Carmen Salvino and Olga Gloor in match game during 1962.  She became the first Columbia woman to win the SC BPA match game championship in 1964.  In 1965 she was a BPAA All Star qualifier. In 1969-70 she was WIBC League Champion, Highest game bowled 278 with a  scratch set of 667.  On May 28, 1971 she won WIBC Championship tournament in Singles with a 667 series with games of 255, 196 and 247.  Virginia still holds title of being the only woman from SC to win a WIBC tournament event.  She is a member of the National 600 Bowling Club.  She is also an American Junior Bowling Congress Coach.

Obituary of Virginia R. Younginer

CAYCE—A memorial service for Virginia Younginer, 83, of Cayce, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 1715 Broad River Road, Columbia. Officiating will be Rev. George Head. Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia will be assisting the family. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Westminster Presbyterian Church Building Fund, 1715 Broad River Road, Columbia, SC 29210. Mrs. Younginer, beloved wife of the late William Glenn Younginer, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2013. Born in Bennettsville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Earl Henry Robinson and Theo Steen Robinson. She was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. She retired from WISTV after 25 years and then worked at WSCQ Radio for13 years. She was an avid bowler and was the Women’s International Bowlers Congress, Singles Champion in 1971 and was inducted into the SC Bowlers Association Hall of Fame in 1980 and Columbia Women’s Bowlers Association Hall of Fame in 1985. Surviving are her daughters, Donna Y. Mims (Simon) of Cayce, Debbie Y. King (Tom) of Nashville, TN and Dena Y. Dickerson (Joe) of West Columbia; seven grandchildren, ten great -grandchildren; four sisters and three brothers. She was preceded in death by her husband, William Glenn Younginer and a brother and sister.
Information provided by Thompson Funeral Home, Cayce, SC
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