Virginia Myrtle Pittinger was the daughter of Sarah Virginia Tudor Pittinger Arnett. She had three half-siblings, Ferdinand, Albert Joseph, and Loretta Virginia.
Virginia was married twice; first to John Ewing Barnes of Massachusetts, and second to Horst Schroeder from Fehmarn, Germany. She had three children, Suzanna Schroeder Dotson Widmer, Horst Schroeder Junior, and Virginia Ann Schroeder Rice.
Virginia is survived by her three children, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. She is buried at Moreland Memorial Park Cemetery with her mother (Virginia Arnett), stepfather (Samuel McLain Arnett), and sister (Loretta Pittinger).