She was born Nov. 16, 1928, in South Charleston, W.Va., to the late Joseph and Lucy Malone. She attended Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia for two years before transferring to West Virginia University's School of Journalism, where she graduated with honors with a B.S. degree in journalism. She was a member of Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society and the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.
She first worked for the West Virginia Farm News in Morgantown, W.Va. She later worked for The Charleston Gazette on the society page. While living in Philadelphia, she was an assistant to the makeup editor of The Ladies Home Journal. She and her husband, Robert, moved in 1956 to Fredericksburg, where he was a chemical engineer at American Viscose; "Mrs. Barbara" then became a reporter and worked until her daughters were born. She came back to writing in 1974 for The Fredericksburg Times magazine and later wrote for the Town and County magazine of The Free Lance-Star as well as Central Rappahannock Regional Library's website. To many, Crookshanks was best known as the editor for 25 years of The Fredericksburg Times magazine, a hand-sized magazine that mixed local history and lore with recipes and profiles. She also edited three volumes of The Fredericksburg Times Cook Book. In 2010, she received Virginia Press Women's Communicator of Achievement Award.
She was a member of the Children of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Historic Fredericksburg Foundation and Bicentennial Commission, and was on the board of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Religious Freedom. She was the past president of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Mary Washington College Alumnae Association and the Surgeon Laurence Brooke Society, Children of the American Revolution. She was President of the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg at the time of her death, when she succumbed to a previously undiagnosed cancer.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Robert; two daughters, Lee Cotton of Saluda and Virginia Johnson of Fredericksburg; and two grandchildren, Autumn and Benedict.
A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Fredericksburg, with the family receiving friends after the service. The family will reconvene at the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery for the burial at 1:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made in her name to the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, 1412 Sophia St., Fredericksburg Va. 22401.
[Obituary/bio info from (Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star.]
She first worked for the West Virginia Farm News in Morgantown, W.Va. She later worked for The Charleston Gazette on the society page. While living in Philadelphia, she was an assistant to the makeup editor of The Ladies Home Journal. She and her husband, Robert, moved in 1956 to Fredericksburg, where he was a chemical engineer at American Viscose; "Mrs. Barbara" then became a reporter and worked until her daughters were born. She came back to writing in 1974 for The Fredericksburg Times magazine and later wrote for the Town and County magazine of The Free Lance-Star as well as Central Rappahannock Regional Library's website. To many, Crookshanks was best known as the editor for 25 years of The Fredericksburg Times magazine, a hand-sized magazine that mixed local history and lore with recipes and profiles. She also edited three volumes of The Fredericksburg Times Cook Book. In 2010, she received Virginia Press Women's Communicator of Achievement Award.
She was a member of the Children of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Historic Fredericksburg Foundation and Bicentennial Commission, and was on the board of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Religious Freedom. She was the past president of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Mary Washington College Alumnae Association and the Surgeon Laurence Brooke Society, Children of the American Revolution. She was President of the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg at the time of her death, when she succumbed to a previously undiagnosed cancer.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Robert; two daughters, Lee Cotton of Saluda and Virginia Johnson of Fredericksburg; and two grandchildren, Autumn and Benedict.
A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Fredericksburg, with the family receiving friends after the service. The family will reconvene at the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery for the burial at 1:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made in her name to the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, 1412 Sophia St., Fredericksburg Va. 22401.
[Obituary/bio info from (Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star.]
She was born Nov. 16, 1928, in South Charleston, W.Va., to the late Joseph and Lucy Malone. She attended Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia for two years before transferring to West Virginia University's School of Journalism, where she graduated with honors with a B.S. degree in journalism. She was a member of Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honor society and the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority.
She first worked for the West Virginia Farm News in Morgantown, W.Va. She later worked for The Charleston Gazette on the society page. While living in Philadelphia, she was an assistant to the makeup editor of The Ladies Home Journal. She and her husband, Robert, moved in 1956 to Fredericksburg, where he was a chemical engineer at American Viscose; "Mrs. Barbara" then became a reporter and worked until her daughters were born. She came back to writing in 1974 for The Fredericksburg Times magazine and later wrote for the Town and County magazine of The Free Lance-Star as well as Central Rappahannock Regional Library's website. To many, Crookshanks was best known as the editor for 25 years of The Fredericksburg Times magazine, a hand-sized magazine that mixed local history and lore with recipes and profiles. She also edited three volumes of The Fredericksburg Times Cook Book. In 2010, she received Virginia Press Women's Communicator of Achievement Award.
She was a member of the Children of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Historic Fredericksburg Foundation and Bicentennial Commission, and was on the board of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Religious Freedom. She was the past president of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Mary Washington College Alumnae Association and the Surgeon Laurence Brooke Society, Children of the American Revolution. She was President of the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg at the time of her death, when she succumbed to a previously undiagnosed cancer.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Robert; two daughters, Lee Cotton of Saluda and Virginia Johnson of Fredericksburg; and two grandchildren, Autumn and Benedict.
A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Fredericksburg, with the family receiving friends after the service. The family will reconvene at the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery for the burial at 1:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made in her name to the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, 1412 Sophia St., Fredericksburg Va. 22401.
[Obituary/bio info from (Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star.]
She first worked for the West Virginia Farm News in Morgantown, W.Va. She later worked for The Charleston Gazette on the society page. While living in Philadelphia, she was an assistant to the makeup editor of The Ladies Home Journal. She and her husband, Robert, moved in 1956 to Fredericksburg, where he was a chemical engineer at American Viscose; "Mrs. Barbara" then became a reporter and worked until her daughters were born. She came back to writing in 1974 for The Fredericksburg Times magazine and later wrote for the Town and County magazine of The Free Lance-Star as well as Central Rappahannock Regional Library's website. To many, Crookshanks was best known as the editor for 25 years of The Fredericksburg Times magazine, a hand-sized magazine that mixed local history and lore with recipes and profiles. She also edited three volumes of The Fredericksburg Times Cook Book. In 2010, she received Virginia Press Women's Communicator of Achievement Award.
She was a member of the Children of the American Revolution, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Historic Fredericksburg Foundation and Bicentennial Commission, and was on the board of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Religious Freedom. She was the past president of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Mary Washington College Alumnae Association and the Surgeon Laurence Brooke Society, Children of the American Revolution. She was President of the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg at the time of her death, when she succumbed to a previously undiagnosed cancer.
She is survived by her loving husband of 60 years, Robert; two daughters, Lee Cotton of Saluda and Virginia Johnson of Fredericksburg; and two grandchildren, Autumn and Benedict.
A funeral will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at Mullins and Thompson Funeral Service, Fredericksburg, with the family receiving friends after the service. The family will reconvene at the Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery for the burial at 1:30 p.m.
Memorials may be made in her name to the Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, 1412 Sophia St., Fredericksburg Va. 22401.
[Obituary/bio info from (Fredericksburg) Free Lance-Star.]
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