Carrie Sutherlin

Carrie Sutherlin was born on April 4, 1884, in Sutherlin, Halifax County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Elizabeth "Betty" (née Peagler) and Christopher Thomas Sutherlin, a farmer. She had two brothers and four sisters. She graduated from the State Teachers College of Virginia, now Longwood University. While there, she was the secretary of The Cunningham Literary Society. In June 1919, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Peabody College for Teachers, now Vanderbilt University. She also took courses at the University of Chicago, Cornell University, and Vanderbilt University. She took a leave of absence from teaching in 1926 to attend Columbia University, receiving a Master of Arts degree in 1926. == Career ==

Sutherlin began her career in education at the Miller Manual School in Crozet, Virginia. In June 1905, she became a teaching assistant in the English Department of the State Teacher's College in Farmville, Virginia. In the summers of 1910, she taught English and literature at the State Teacher's College She also was a faculty member of the Covington State Summer School for Teachers in the summer of 1915. She taught summer school at the Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1916. She also taught at the State Teacher's College summer school in 1917, 1919, and 1920. She also taught at Sullins College in Bristol, Virginia. In the fall of 1924, she was again a faculty member with the State Teacher's College in Farmville. She took a leave of absence in 1926 to attend graduate school. In September 1933, she became the college's principal and was later its president. Arlington Hall Junior College closed in 1942 when the Signal Intelligence Service took over its campus for the war effort. == Professional affiliations ==

Sutherlin was a member of the National Association of Junior Colleges. == Personal life ==

In the summer of 1939, Sutherlin took a two-month cruise to South America, stopping in Argentina, the Bahamas, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, Uruguay, and Venezuela. She was also active with the YWCA. She was a member of the Prince Edward County Branch of the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, serving as its first vice director in 1959. After her retirement, Sutherlin continued to live in Farmville. On August 31, 1964, she married John McGill Montz in Lexington, Virginia. They moved to Atlanta, Georgia and, later, to London, Ohio where he was a professor of civil engineering at Ohio State University. She died on July 17, 1971, at the Madison Elms Nursing Home in London, Ohio. She was buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in Front Royal, Virginia. == References ==