Patsy and Dorothy Didawick
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Dublin Core
Title
Patsy and Dorothy Didawick
Subject
Simmons, Patsy Jean Didawick (1936-
Edwards, Dorothy Marilla Didawick Keckley (1923-1986)
Description
Photograph of two sisters: Patsy (Didawick) Simmons (left) and her older sister, Dorothy Marilla (Didawick) Keckley Edwards. Their parents were Glenn Henry (1897-1959) and Mary Frances (Burner) (1898-1975) Didawick.
Patsy Jean Didawick lived in Toms Brook and worked as a bookkeeper in 1958 when she married John Emory Simmons (1935-2016), a truck driver from Edinburg. His parents were Floyd Oakney and Olga Emory (Burns) Simmons. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. The couple moved to Florida in the 1970’s then to Texas. They moved back to Virginia but returned to Texas to be near their grown children – David, Rachel, Beth, and Michael -- and grandchildren.
Dorothy Marilla Didawick lived most of her life in Toms Brook. She married Delford Elwood Keckley, a 21-year old farmer from Strasburg in 1941. He was the son of Earl and Wilmouth Irene (Cook) Keckley. They had a daughter, Margaret, in 1944. Sometime after that, they divorced and then, in 1963 married each other again. Their son, William Allen Keckley, was born during this time. Their second marriage lasted until 1974.
Dorothy married a third time to Ashby Woodrow Edwards from Penn Laird, Rockingham County. He was ten years older than Dorothy and that union lasted from 1974-1983.
She died a few years later.
Patsy Jean Didawick lived in Toms Brook and worked as a bookkeeper in 1958 when she married John Emory Simmons (1935-2016), a truck driver from Edinburg. His parents were Floyd Oakney and Olga Emory (Burns) Simmons. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII. The couple moved to Florida in the 1970’s then to Texas. They moved back to Virginia but returned to Texas to be near their grown children – David, Rachel, Beth, and Michael -- and grandchildren.
Dorothy Marilla Didawick lived most of her life in Toms Brook. She married Delford Elwood Keckley, a 21-year old farmer from Strasburg in 1941. He was the son of Earl and Wilmouth Irene (Cook) Keckley. They had a daughter, Margaret, in 1944. Sometime after that, they divorced and then, in 1963 married each other again. Their son, William Allen Keckley, was born during this time. Their second marriage lasted until 1974.
Dorothy married a third time to Ashby Woodrow Edwards from Penn Laird, Rockingham County. He was ten years older than Dorothy and that union lasted from 1974-1983.
She died a few years later.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Labelled "Jan 1938" on box of plates.
Contributor
Identified by Patsy Didawick Simmons, the younger of the two pictured. In 2007, she lived in Livingston Texas.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Same subjects as in Morrison Photos 01570 and 04569.
Identifier
006429
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Patsy and Dorothy Didawick,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 28, 2024, http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/39546.
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