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Virginia Shipp Virginia Shipp was one of the nicest people that you likely never knew. She lived a quiet, simple life in her modest home (valued at $39,000) on Carl Road in Irving. She loved giving to help our city’s only charitable hospital…but would never let the foundation’s staff tell anyone about the good she made […]

Margaret Sutherland Margaret Sutherland is part of generations of generosity. For her, giving was a family affair. Margaret was a lifelong Irving resident and a 1953 business graduate of Southern Methodist University. Within a decade of earning that degree, she would serve with her father, Wre Sutherland, on committees to organize and then help open […]

Billy Gene Davidson We know very little about the late Billy Gene Davidson—except that he said, “Thank you!” to our hospital in a big way. Mr. Davidson was a Grand Prairie resident and former Marine who owned a landscaping business for 30 years. He never made a gift during his lifetime, but when he passed […]