Peggy Adams Tharp

Background

Tharp, Peggy Adams was born on October 22, 1952 in Cincinnati. Daughter of Eugene Virgil and Ruby Hazel (Edwards) Adams.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Longwood College, 1975; diploma in nursing, Portsmouth (Virginia) General Hospital, 1983; Bachelor of science in nursing, Graceland College, 1992.

Career

Staff nurse pediatrics, Albemarle Hospital, Elizabeth City, North Carolina, 1983-1985; staff nurse pediatrics, Virginia Beach (Virginia) General Hospital, 1985-1988; field staff nurse, Edmarc Hospice for Children, Portsmouth, since 1988; staff nurse intensive therapy area, Tidewater Psychiatric Institute, Virginia Beach, since 1989.

Achievements

• Peggy Adams Tharp has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Host mother American Institute Foreign Study, 1991, 92, 93, 94. Choir member Bayside Baptist Church, Virginia Beach, since 1991.

Interests

• Avocations: baseball, ice hockey, movies, concerts, musical plays.

Connections

Married Lewis Hulon Tharp, December 28, 1985.

Father:

Eugene Virgil Adams

Mother:

Ruby Hazel (Edwards) Adams

Spouse:

Lewis Hulon Tharp