Background
Crosby, Deborah Berry was born on October 9, 1930 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Thomas Davis and Deborah Bennett (Hewes) Berry.
Crosby, Deborah Berry was born on October 9, 1930 in Gulfport, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Thomas Davis and Deborah Bennett (Hewes) Berry.
Bachelor, Sophie Newcomb College, 1951. Master of Arts, Indiana State University, 1968. Postgraduate, Utah State University, 1969.
Postgraduate, Tulane University, 1979. Bachelor (honorary), University New Orleans, 1984.
Educator, Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 1969-1970; professor Spanish,, Bay de Noc College, Escanaba, Michigan, 1970-1972; instructor yoga, Spanish,, University of Southern Mississippi-Gulf Park Campus, Long Beach, 1972-1978; instructor yoga, Spanish,, Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College District, Keesler Air Force Base Center, 1972-1978; instructor reading, English,, Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College District-Jefferson Davis Campus, Keesler Air Force Base Center, 1972-1978; freelance artist, Metairie, Louisiana, since 1988.
Chairman auction Heart Ambassadors, 1995. Member Ladies Leukemia League, since 1994, program chairman, 1996. Member Goodwill Industries VS, 1995-2002, BRAVO Ballet, since 1995.
Spring Fiesta hostess Napoleon's Home, Spring Fiesta Association, 2002, 05, Bourbon Street Home, 2007. Board directors Professional Women's Advisory Application Binary Interface, Inc., 2003, East Jefferson Hospital Auxiliary, since 2005, historian, 2006-2007. Active Contemporary Arts Center NOLA, 2003, 05, New Orleans Arts Council, 2003—2009.
Art chairman, art director East Jefferson General Hospital, 2007-2009. Member National League American Pen Women (chaplain since 1996, vice president 1998-2000), New Orleans Art Association (vice president 1995-1998), Le Petit Art Guild (program chair 1995-1997, Le Grand chair, 1995-2003, officer 1995-1997), St. Charles Art Association (president 1994-1995, Artist of Year award 1991-1992), National Museum Women in the Arts.
Married Charles E. McHale Junior, November 23, 1950 (divorced 1952). 1 child Aka Willow Hale. Married Hueston T. Fortner, Junior, March 17, 1957 (divorced 1963).
1 child, Hueston G. Fortner. Married Richard Louis Crosby, December 27, 1981.