Background
Crookshanks, Barbara Malone was born on November 16, 1928 in South Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Joseph William and Lucy (Caldwell) Malone.
Crookshanks, Barbara Malone was born on November 16, 1928 in South Charleston, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Joseph William and Lucy (Caldwell) Malone.
Bachelor of Science in Journalism, West Virginia University, 1950; postgraduate in English, University of Pennsylvania, 1954-1956.
Assistant to make-up editor, Ladies' Home Journal, Philadelphia, 1952-1956; reporter, Free Lance Star newspaper, Fredericksburg, Virginia, 1956-1961; editor, Fredericksburg Tideland Times magazine, since 1974; copy editor, Personal Selling Power magazine, Fredericksburg, 1981-1993.
President Ladies' Memorial Association of Fredericksburg, since 1991. Member City of Fredericksburg Memls. Advisory Commission; Member National Press Women, Virginia Press Women, United Daughters of Confederacy, Kappa Tau Alpha, Alpha Delta Pi.
Married Robert Vincent Crookshanks, December 29, 1951. Children: Lee Pelham Crookshanks Cotton, Virginia Anne Crookshanks Johnson.