Esther Irene Frazier-Petty

Background

Frazier-Petty, Esther Irene was born on December 9, 1938 in Jones Springs, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Daniel Abraham and Rachel Gertrude (Rinaca) Frazier.

Education

Diploma Nursing, City Hospital School Nursing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, 1959; Bachelor of science in nursing, George Mason U., Fairfax, Virginia, 1982.

Career

Staff nurse, War Memorial Hospital, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, 1959-1962, 63-64; obstetrical supervisor, Culpeper (Virginia) Memorial Hospital Inc., 1965-1970; assistant director nursing, acting director nursing, director nursing, 1970-1973; director nursing, Orange (Virginia) County Nursing Home, 1974-1975; clinical nursing instructor, Piedmont Technology Education Center, Culpeper, Virginia, 1977-1979; pre-clinical nursing instructor, since 1982. Director nursing program, since 1982, HOSA advisory, since 1987, Piedmont Technology Education Center. Culpeper County Health advisory board since 1993.

Technical prep health care steering committee Germanna Community College, Locust Grove, Virginia, since 1995. Advisory Veterans Administration Health Occupations Students of America, state advisor executive county 1993-1995. Advisory Virginia Health Occupational Students of America, 1993-1995.

Achievements

• Esther Irene Frazier-Petty has been listed as a noteworthy Nursing educator, registered nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Vocational Association, Virginia Vocational Association, Virginia Health Occupations Education Association, Health Occupations Students American, Sigma Theta Tau.

Interests

• Avocations: walking, travel, reading, gardening.

Connections

Married Lewis Phillip Close, February 6, 1959 (divorced July 5, 1988). Children: Stephen F. (deceased), Karen L. (deceased), Judy L. (deceased). Married Gary Wallace Petty, July 10,1993.

1 step son, Nathan Wallace Petty.

Father:

Daniel Abraham Frazier

Mother:

Rachel Gertrude (Rinaca) Frazier

Spouse:

Lewis Phillip Close

Spouse:

Gary Wallace Petty

child:

Karen L. Frazier-Petty (deceased)

child:

Stephen F. Frazier-Petty (deceased)

child:

Judy L. Frazier-Petty (deceased)