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Crystal Magdalene Carper Johnston

Birth	:	15 Sep 1905
Death	:	13 Apr 2005
Burial	:	Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, USA
Coordinate	:	37.3753014, -79.1793976
Description	:	Born on Meadow Creek in Craig County, on a farm which has been in her family since the 1790's, to Ben Oscar and Allie Gertrude Brickey Carper, she attended Brickey and Looney Grade Schools, New Castle High School and Harrisonburg State Teachers College (now JMU). After graduation she taught at the Enterprise School, a one-room school near her Brickey grandparents on Craig's Creek. Chris took business courses at National Business College and for a time was bookkeeper in her uncle Ballard Carper's store in New Castle. Chris being very musically talented, learned to play the piano by note and ear... Read More	Born on Meadow Creek in Craig County, on a farm which has been in her family since the 1790's, to Ben Oscar and Allie Gertrude Brickey Carper, she attended Brickey and Looney Grade Schools, New Castle High School and Harrisonburg State Teachers College (now JMU). After graduation she taught at the Enterprise School, a one-room school near her Brickey grandparents on Craig's Creek. Chris took business courses at National Business College and for a time was bookkeeper in her uncle Ballard Carper's store in New Castle. Chris being very musically talented, learned to play the piano by note and ear at an early age. During the 1920's and early 1930's, she and her brother Roy (on fiddle) and father Ben (on banjo) played at Virginia Mineral Springs Resort dances, as well as for other events. She experienced great pride that the family musical talent continues today through the present generations, who play almost any kind of music from hymns to popular music, oldies, mountain music and especially bluegrass. Chris taught Sunday School and played the piano for decades at Chestnut Grove Church. Her two daughters and daughter-in-law all currently carry on this service bplaying in area churches. "Maw Chris", a feisty red-head inherited her ancestors' habit of bluntness. She expressed her opinions and people knew where they stood with her. She was an avid gardener and preserved hundreds of jars of canned food each year until she was unable, often giving half of her bounty to family, friends, and neighbors. Her sour dough biscuits, salt-cured ham, as well as butterscotch pies couldn't be beat. Entering fruits, vegetables, pickles, jelly, etc. in Craig County Fairs each year gave her great pleasure, especially when she collected her prize money and the many blue ribbons. An auction "Nut" she never missed one, decorating her home with her "finds". Tight with a penny, but generous to a fault, she believed in "waste not, want not". Chris was a member of the Craig Chapter No. 121 United Daughters of the Confederacy and a Life Member of the Craig County Historical Society. For many years she wrote a weekly column called "Meadow Creek News" for the local paper, The New Castle Record. In the early 1990's she moved from the home built by her husband during the 1940's to New Castle Commons, and then to Snyder Nursing Home, Salem, in 1996.

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Where is Crystal Magdalene Carper Johnston's memorial?
Crystal Magdalene Carper Johnston's memorial is located at: Fort Hill Memorial Park, Lynchburg, Lynchburg City, USA.
When did Crystal Magdalene Carper Johnston death?
Crystal Magdalene Carper Johnston death on 13 Apr 2005 in
Where are the coordinates of the Crystal Magdalene Carper Johnston's memorial?
Latitude: 37.3753014
Longitude: -79.1793976

Family Members:

Parent

Benjamin Oscar Carper

(1881 - 1964)

Allie Gertrude Brickey Carper

(1886 - 1989)

Spouse

Joseph A Johnston

(1899 - 1984)

Siblings

Roy Herman Carper

(1907 - 1993)

Children

Theresa Jonell “Jo” Johnston DeHart

(1934 - 2019)

Ben Clarke “Bunk” Johnston

(1937 - 1997)

Flowers:

Left by Anonymous on 16 Apr 2005

May you rest in peace...

Left by Anonymous on 16 Apr 2005

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