Margaret C. Phipps

Margaret was dedicated to her teaching, her pupils, her church, and her family. She was the first member of her family to graduate from college pursuing her degree from Marshall College by studying summers in Huntington, Universities of Colorado, Wisconsin, Kentucky, and Virginia showing a great love of travel and study. Postgraduate she studied at Boston University. She applied and was appointed by the Governor of WV as the first person from Raleigh County to a 1955-1956 Fulbright Teacher Exchange at Canterbury England. Following her UK teaching she traveled widely in Europe. During WWII Margaret volunteered summers to help in the war effort at the Pentagon in Washington, DC as a typist. She was active in the Beckley Rhododendren Flower Club having served as president. She was also active in the Beckley Woman's Club, the Monday Music Club, Daughters of the Revolution and the First Baptist Church. She was an accomplished pianist and cellist and enthusiastic gardener. She had an abiding interest in family history, genealogy, telling funny stories about her pupils antics, and collecting cartoons.