Virginia Dixon Culbreath Barron, a Southern lady with a remarkable intellect, was the daughter of the late Leta Merriwether Arnold and C.C. Culbreath. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Zeddie Pleasant Barron, who died in 1993.
Known as "Dickey" to most of her friends, she was an icon in Rome, GA, where she spent most of her life, and was beloved by old and young alike.
"She was one of the most intelligent people I've ever known. Her mind was like a steel trap", said retired financial advisor, Cecil Baker (Buster) Wright, III, a former next-door neighbor and life-long friend. "Dickey was interested in everything, including genealogy, and she knew more about my family than most of us in it. She was the epitome of a terrific mother, not only to her children, but all of their friends as well." His wife, Janice Bracken Wright, an Episcopal priest who had carried on daily e-mail correspondence with Dickey, will conduct the memorial service in Rome, GA.
After graduating from Newnan (GA) High School, she earned a bachelor's degree from Shorter College in Rome and a master's degree in chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta. Her children will proudly tell you that she was one of the first women ever accepted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for its doctoral program in chemistry. However, Dickey pursued her PhD in chemistry at the University of Chicago because her mother preferred a Baptist school if she had to be north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Dickey married Zeddie Pleasant Barron Jr. in 1940. She taught at Shorter College as well as Darlington School, and wrote briefly for the Rome News-Tribune, while her husband served in the US Army during WWII. Following the war, she became an active volunteer and served on the boards of the Junior Service League, Community Concerts, Darlington Mothers Club, Floyd Hospital, Rome Floyd County Library and the Colonial Dames.
Interment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family locally and Daniel's Funeral Home is assisting the family in Rome, GA.
Known as "Dickey" to most of her friends, she was an icon in Rome, GA, where she spent most of her life, and was beloved by old and young alike.
"She was one of the most intelligent people I've ever known. Her mind was like a steel trap", said retired financial advisor, Cecil Baker (Buster) Wright, III, a former next-door neighbor and life-long friend. "Dickey was interested in everything, including genealogy, and she knew more about my family than most of us in it. She was the epitome of a terrific mother, not only to her children, but all of their friends as well." His wife, Janice Bracken Wright, an Episcopal priest who had carried on daily e-mail correspondence with Dickey, will conduct the memorial service in Rome, GA.
After graduating from Newnan (GA) High School, she earned a bachelor's degree from Shorter College in Rome and a master's degree in chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta. Her children will proudly tell you that she was one of the first women ever accepted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for its doctoral program in chemistry. However, Dickey pursued her PhD in chemistry at the University of Chicago because her mother preferred a Baptist school if she had to be north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Dickey married Zeddie Pleasant Barron Jr. in 1940. She taught at Shorter College as well as Darlington School, and wrote briefly for the Rome News-Tribune, while her husband served in the US Army during WWII. Following the war, she became an active volunteer and served on the boards of the Junior Service League, Community Concerts, Darlington Mothers Club, Floyd Hospital, Rome Floyd County Library and the Colonial Dames.
Interment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family locally and Daniel's Funeral Home is assisting the family in Rome, GA.
Virginia Dixon Culbreath Barron, a Southern lady with a remarkable intellect, was the daughter of the late Leta Merriwether Arnold and C.C. Culbreath. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Zeddie Pleasant Barron, who died in 1993.
Known as "Dickey" to most of her friends, she was an icon in Rome, GA, where she spent most of her life, and was beloved by old and young alike.
"She was one of the most intelligent people I've ever known. Her mind was like a steel trap", said retired financial advisor, Cecil Baker (Buster) Wright, III, a former next-door neighbor and life-long friend. "Dickey was interested in everything, including genealogy, and she knew more about my family than most of us in it. She was the epitome of a terrific mother, not only to her children, but all of their friends as well." His wife, Janice Bracken Wright, an Episcopal priest who had carried on daily e-mail correspondence with Dickey, will conduct the memorial service in Rome, GA.
After graduating from Newnan (GA) High School, she earned a bachelor's degree from Shorter College in Rome and a master's degree in chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta. Her children will proudly tell you that she was one of the first women ever accepted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for its doctoral program in chemistry. However, Dickey pursued her PhD in chemistry at the University of Chicago because her mother preferred a Baptist school if she had to be north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Dickey married Zeddie Pleasant Barron Jr. in 1940. She taught at Shorter College as well as Darlington School, and wrote briefly for the Rome News-Tribune, while her husband served in the US Army during WWII. Following the war, she became an active volunteer and served on the boards of the Junior Service League, Community Concerts, Darlington Mothers Club, Floyd Hospital, Rome Floyd County Library and the Colonial Dames.
Interment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family locally and Daniel's Funeral Home is assisting the family in Rome, GA.
Known as "Dickey" to most of her friends, she was an icon in Rome, GA, where she spent most of her life, and was beloved by old and young alike.
"She was one of the most intelligent people I've ever known. Her mind was like a steel trap", said retired financial advisor, Cecil Baker (Buster) Wright, III, a former next-door neighbor and life-long friend. "Dickey was interested in everything, including genealogy, and she knew more about my family than most of us in it. She was the epitome of a terrific mother, not only to her children, but all of their friends as well." His wife, Janice Bracken Wright, an Episcopal priest who had carried on daily e-mail correspondence with Dickey, will conduct the memorial service in Rome, GA.
After graduating from Newnan (GA) High School, she earned a bachelor's degree from Shorter College in Rome and a master's degree in chemistry from Emory University in Atlanta. Her children will proudly tell you that she was one of the first women ever accepted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for its doctoral program in chemistry. However, Dickey pursued her PhD in chemistry at the University of Chicago because her mother preferred a Baptist school if she had to be north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Dickey married Zeddie Pleasant Barron Jr. in 1940. She taught at Shorter College as well as Darlington School, and wrote briefly for the Rome News-Tribune, while her husband served in the US Army during WWII. Following the war, she became an active volunteer and served on the boards of the Junior Service League, Community Concerts, Darlington Mothers Club, Floyd Hospital, Rome Floyd County Library and the Colonial Dames.
Interment in Myrtle Hill Cemetery in Rome.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family locally and Daniel's Funeral Home is assisting the family in Rome, GA.
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