Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter
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Title
Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter
Subject
Carpenter, Peggy Gene Sousa (1931-2021)
Description
Photograph of Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter wearing a plaid skirt.
Peggy 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 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
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Sep 1946".
Contributor
Self identified 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
017807
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Peggy Gene (Sousa) Carpenter,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/47822.
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