HOUGHTON-DAILY Adelaide Bushong Houghton-Daily (Age 96) Died on November 26, 2016 at the home of her son, Arthur Clifton Houghton II, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Since 2013, she had lived in New Bern, North Carolina, near the home of her daughter, Elinor Houghton Kelly Wilson. Mrs. Houghton-Daily was born on September 12, 1920 at Warren Hill in Leesburg, Virginia, the home of her grandfather, James Andrew Warren. Her father, Virgil Silman Bushong, was a farmer and large landowner. Her mother was Elizabeth Warren Bushong of Middleburg, Virginia. Mrs. Houghton-Daily grew up in the circa 1810 Bushong House in Leesburg. The Bushongs, one of the First Families of Virginia, emigrated in the early 1700's to the Shenandoah Valley from France and England. She was also descended from President Zachary Taylor. Mrs. Houghton-Daily graduated from Leesburg High School and American University in Washington, DC. with a degree in English. After her graduation, she worked as a Capitol Hill reporter. In 1943, she married Worthington Bowie Houghton, who captained an LST ship in World War II and saw action in the Philippines. Mr. Houghton's maternal ancestors were among the first landowners in Maryland. In the late 1600's, the Bowie family settled in what is now Prince George's County, and became prominent planters and politicians. Mr. Houghton was also descended from other old Maryland families including the Clagetts, the Worthingtons and the Ishams. His paternal ancestors include the Hougtons of Hougton Tower in Lancashire, England, where his cousins still reside. After her marriage to Mr. Houghton, Mrs. Houghton-Daily became a realtor in the Houghton family real estate business. The Houghtons moved to Boonsboro, Maryland, but maintained their real estate business in the Washington D.C. area. Mrs. Houghton-Daily was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Women's Club of Hagerstown, the Hagerstown American Association of University Women, the Washington County Farm Bureau and the Boonsboro Historical Society. After Mr. Houghton's death in 1982, Mrs. Houghton-Daily bought and renovated several old houses, finally settling in Keedysville, Maryland. Mrs. Houghton-Daily married Henry Richmond Daily in 1990, fifty years after they first met at American University. Mr. Daily served in the Merchant Marine in World War II, and later worked in marine insurance for many years. The couple divided their time between Keedysville and Kilmarnock, Virginia, where they owned a waterfront property. Mr. Daily died in 2007. Mrs. Houghton-Daily is survived by her son, Worthington Bowie Houghton, Jr. of Calgary, Canada; her daughter Elinor Houghton Kelly Wilson of New Bern, North Carolina; her son, Arthur Clifton Houghton II of Martinsburg, West Virginia, and two grandsons, Worthington Bowie Houghton III of Costa Mesa, California and Christopher Houghton Kelly of Leadville, Colorado. Mrs. Houghton-Daily's life will be celebrated in a graveside ceremony and reception in Leesburg, Virginia in April 2017. Then she will be laid to rest in Union Cemetery, where her parents and grandparents are buried. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of the Panhandle, 330 Hospice Lane, Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430.Mrs. Houghton-Daily's life will be celebrated in a graveside ceremony and reception in Leesburg, Virginia in April 2017. Then she will be laid to rest in Union Cemetery, where her parents and grandparents are buried. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of the Panhandle, 330 Hospice Lane, Kearneysville, West Virginia 25430.