Jessamine Shumate

Jessamine Shumate
Born(1902-03-31)March 31, 1902
Horsepasture, Virginia
DiedDecember 16, 1990(1990-12-16) (aged 88)
Greenville, North Carolina
Other namesAda Jessamine White
OccupationsArtist, cartographer, historian
SpouseWhitney Shumate (December 13, 1922)
Children2
RelativesWhit Haydn (grandson - magician and entertainer)
AwardsVirginia Museum of Fine Arts - "Award of Distinction" (1955)

Ada Jessamine Shumate (born March 31, 1902, as Ada Jessamine White in Horsepasture, Virginia – died on December 16, 1990, in Greenville, North Carolina) was an American artist, historian and cartographer, winner of the "Award of Distinction" in 1955 from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.