Roberta A. (Sousa) Dorton and Peggy G. (Sousa) Carpenter
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Title
Roberta A. (Sousa) Dorton and Peggy G. (Sousa) Carpenter
Subject
Dorton, Roberta Ann Sousa
Carpenter, Peggy Gene Sousa (1931-2021)
Description
Roberta Ann (Sousa) Dorton seated beside her older sister, Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter.
Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter was born in Woodstock, Virginia, to parents Felix Luis Sousa (1896-1988) and Mildred (Ramey) Sousa (1907-2001).
She lived in Staunton for a time when she was a girl and graduated from that city’s Robert E. Lee High School in 1949.
After high school, Peggy moved to Winchester and attended nursing school before working at Winchester Memorial Hospital. In the 1950 census she lived in the hospital’s nurses’ boarding house.
In February 1951, she married John Andrew Anderson Jr. of Winchester. They had a daughter together, Barbara (Anderson) Funk, but they divorced in 1970. At that time Peggy was working at a surgical clinic in Winchester and living in that city.
After her divorce, Peggy returned to Woodstock. In 1973 she married Frank Strother Carpenter, Jr. and remained married until his death in 1994.
Peggy died in 2021 and is buried with Frank in Berryville Virginia.
Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter was born in Woodstock, Virginia, to parents Felix Luis Sousa (1896-1988) and Mildred (Ramey) Sousa (1907-2001).
She lived in Staunton for a time when she was a girl and graduated from that city’s Robert E. Lee High School in 1949.
After high school, Peggy moved to Winchester and attended nursing school before working at Winchester Memorial Hospital. In the 1950 census she lived in the hospital’s nurses’ boarding house.
In February 1951, she married John Andrew Anderson Jr. of Winchester. They had a daughter together, Barbara (Anderson) Funk, but they divorced in 1970. At that time Peggy was working at a surgical clinic in Winchester and living in that city.
After her divorce, Peggy returned to Woodstock. In 1973 she married Frank Strother Carpenter, Jr. and remained married until his death in 1994.
Peggy died in 2021 and is buried with Frank in Berryville Virginia.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Identified in August 2008 by Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter who is in the picture and has a copy of it at home.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001007, 002615, 002728, 002778, 002838, 007010, 009219, 010692, and 017807.
Roberta Ann (Sousa) Dorton is pictured in Morrison Studio Collection images 001007, 007010, 009417 and 010693.
Identifier
001007
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Roberta A. (Sousa) Dorton and Peggy G. (Sousa) Carpenter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/23271.
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