Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter
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Title
Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter
Subject
Carpenter, Peggy Gene Sousa (1931-2021)
Description
Portrait photograph of Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter as a girl, probably teen-aged.
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 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 is buried with Frank in Berryville Virginia.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
1940's
Contributor
Self identified in 2008 by Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter.
Additional biographical information was compiled from public records.
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.
Identifier
002838
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed February 1, 2026, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/28420.
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