Anna Lee (Hite) Van Buren
Files
Title
Anna Lee (Hite) Van Buren
Subject
Van Buren, Anna Lee Hite (1922-1987)
Description
Photo of a framed school portrait photograph of Anna Lee (Hite) Van Buren as a student.
Anna was from Edinburg, the daughter of Milton Lloyd and Anna Mary (Fravel) Hite.
Not long after she graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory and College (now called Shenandoah University) in Winchester with a degree in music, she moved to Hampton, Virginia, in 1944.
Her husband was William Ralph Van Buren, Jr. from Hampton, Virginia. They married in 1951. At the time, he was a newspaper and radio executive. Anna was a band director.
The couple raised two children: a daughter, Anna (Van Buren) McNider, and a son, William R. Van Buren, III.
Her obituary appeared in the Daily Press Newspaper of Newport News, Virginia, The article, from May 1987, noted she was a "Peninsula cultural leader and a former director of the Daily Press Inc.".
When she died, she was the vice chairman and former owner of the company that publishes The Daily Press and the Times Herald newspapers.
The obituary also mentioned she was well-known in the Tidewater area for her support of fine arts and had been honored frequently for her community service.
Anna was from Edinburg, the daughter of Milton Lloyd and Anna Mary (Fravel) Hite.
Not long after she graduated from Shenandoah Conservatory and College (now called Shenandoah University) in Winchester with a degree in music, she moved to Hampton, Virginia, in 1944.
Her husband was William Ralph Van Buren, Jr. from Hampton, Virginia. They married in 1951. At the time, he was a newspaper and radio executive. Anna was a band director.
The couple raised two children: a daughter, Anna (Van Buren) McNider, and a son, William R. Van Buren, III.
Her obituary appeared in the Daily Press Newspaper of Newport News, Virginia, The article, from May 1987, noted she was a "Peninsula cultural leader and a former director of the Daily Press Inc.".
When she died, she was the vice chairman and former owner of the company that publishes The Daily Press and the Times Herald newspapers.
The obituary also mentioned she was well-known in the Tidewater area for her support of fine arts and had been honored frequently for her community service.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
ca. 1935
Contributor
Identified on an undated ID form by Elizabeth I. Smith, who went to school with the subject in Edinburg. She remembered that Anna had a sister, Hilda (Hite) Ziegler, and a brother, Richard Hite.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records including her obituary.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Anna Lee (Hite) Van Buren appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 001367 and 024675.
Identifier
001367
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Anna Lee (Hite) Van Buren,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/23868.
Comments