Virginia McClary Delatte, 88, died Monday, July 4, 2016, at Tidelands Community Hospice House following an illness. Mrs. Delatte was born in Georgetown, South Carolina, the daughter of Patrick Cleburn McClary Jr. and Virginia Kirkland Orvin McClary Krause Lesesne. She graduated from Winyah High School and earned a Bachelor's degree in education from Winthrop College (now University) and a Master's degree in Guidance and Personnel Service from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. She also earned three fellowships and took courses at the University of South Carolina, the University of Maryland – Overseas, and Johns Hopkins University. Mrs. Delatte spent over twenty years as an educator for the Department of Defense Dependent Schools in France, Germany, and Italy. She also taught for 12 ½ years in South Carolina, in Fairfax, Summerville, Columbia, and Georgetown. As a teacher, she nurtured the love of learning in generations of students. Mrs. Delatte was preceded in death by her husband of almost 45 years, Norbert Joseph Delatte. She is survived by: brothers, Patrick Cleburn McClary III and his wife Deanna, and Albert Krause Jr. and his wife Phyllis; and by sisters, Patricia M. Barron and her husband William H., and Dorothy Spiegelberg. She is also survived by: her children, Norbert Joseph Delatte, Jr. and his wife M. Lynn of Cleveland, Ohio, Patrick McClary Delatte and his wife Kimberly Susan of Burke, Virginia, and Justin Paul Delatte and his wife Denise of Georgetown. She was a loving and devoted grandmother to Blair, Patrick, Lindsey, Isabella, Rachel, Joe (Norbert III), Mark Anthony, Angela, and Hannah, and great-grandmother to Breña, Cillian, Adrian, Patrick, and Jackson. Mrs. Delatte was a lifelong member and an Elder of Georgetown Presbyterian Church and taught Sunday school and sang in the church choir for many years. In 2002, she became the third generation of the family to receive an Honorary Life Membership of Presbyterian Women. She was also a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution as well as the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and served as chaplain for both. Burial services will be ten o'clock Wednesday morning, July 6, 2016, at Elmwood Cemetery followed by a Memorial Service at eleven o'clock at Georgetown Presbyterian Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Dr. Stephen H Wilkins and the Rev. Dr. William H. Puckett, Jr. A reception will immediately follow the Memorial Service in the church Fellowship Hall. Sign a guest book at www.mayerfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Tidelands Community Hospice, or Georgetown Presbyterian Church, or St. Mary's Catholic Church. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440