Virginia Mays Arnold Romane, 94 of Rowlett, passed away at The Ivy of McKinney on Friday morning, June 9, 2017. A graveside service was held 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at East Mount Cemetery with Rev. Bill Shaddox officiating. Coker-Mathews Funeral Home in Greenville, Texas was in charge of arrangements. She was born on November 27, 1922 in Greenville, Texas to Seaborn and Lorena Smithey Mays. She attended high school in Greenville Texas and East Texas State University where she was a campus beauty and a member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. After college she met and married Bill Arnold, also from Greenville, on February 12, 1943. They moved numerous times before settling in Bryan, Texas in 1959 where they remained. He preceded her in death in February, 1972. She married Dr. Bill Romane in December, 1989 and he passed away in 1999. Virginia retired from Texas A&M University. She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Michele and Gary Hefner, son and daughter-in-law Chip and Connie Arnold and Becky and Bill Romane, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. She is also survived by a very special cousin Tillman Smithey whom she loved like a brother. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Bryan Woman's Club for many years. Virginia had many wonderful friends and lived a long and wonderful life. She will be greatly missed.