Virginia Critchfield Carney
Her love for teaching showed in all she did, throughout her life.
Mrs. Virginia Critchfield Carney, 92, passed away Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at Thomas Memorial Hospital following a short illness.
She was born December 29, 1913 in Crawford, WV.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 48 years, Eugene F. Carney; her parents, Henry Walter and Virginia Lee Lewis Critchfield; twin sister, Belva Critchfield; brothers, Nelson, Dennis, Virgil, Rector and Chester Critchfield.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Joan and Bill Morton of Buffalo; three grandchildren, Shelly Rawlings, of Cross Lanes; Adam Morton and his wife, Stacey, of Eleanor; and Brian Morton and his wife, Kara, of Cross Lanes; six great-grandchildren, Megan Morton, Kaylyn Morton, Joshua Rawlings, Aaron Rawlings, Seth Morton and Tessleigh and Kinleigh Morton; sister-in-law, Ruth Critchfield of Owensboro, Ky.; niece, Sue Cline of Ravenswood; nephews, Ed Critchfield of Jackson, Tenn., Don Critchfield of Owensboro, Ky., and Ted and Tom Critchfield of Lexington, Ky.
Touching many lives, Mrs. Carney taught 30 years in the public schools of Jackson and Kanawha counties and also served as an art consultant for Kanawha County schools before joining the staff of Morris Harvey College as an assistant professor of art.
She graduated from Gilmer High School in 1933 and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Morris Harvey College in 1958, and Master of Arts from Marshall University.
She was a member and a former organist of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Nitro; attended Shiloah Independent Church, Red House; and was a charter member of the Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society.