Virginia Allred Stacey, lifetime educator and Superintendent of Lackland Independent School District, died at the age of 72 on the morning of January 12, 2000. After teaching in Lackland schools for 24 years, Stacey moved into administration and was serving her tenth year as superintendent. As a tenacious advocate for students and teachers in public education, Stacey dedicated over forty years of her life to service in Texas and the nation, always fighting for the education of military dependent children. She was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to serve on the Commission on the Review of the Federal Impact Aid Program in 1979. She held numerous leadership positions throughout her career in organizations such as the Texas State Teachers Association, the National Education Association, the Texas Association of School Administrators, the Texas Educators Political Action Committee, the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, and the Military Impacted Schools Association. Awards and honors received by Stacey included being named as One of Ten Outstanding Women in San Antonio by the Express News, the Friend of Education Award by District XX of TSTA, a Distinguished Service Award by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals, and Regional Winner as Superintendent of the Year by the Texas Association of School Boards. Mrs. Stacey also participated in numerous other organizations, including being a member of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

Stacey was preceded in death by her husband, Major John E. Stacey, USAF (Ret.), her son Richard, and her daughter Stephanie Allred Stacey Parisi. She is survived by her daughter, Lieutenant Colonel Jane Darby Stacey, US Air Forece (Ret.);  brother Colonel Raymond S. Allred, Jr.,  US Army (Ret); and family, and grandchildren Richard Parisi, Darbi Ann Parisi, and Robert Parisi.