Victoria Arvella Casey-McDonald, 71, of Sylva, went home to be with her Lord Sunday evening August 17, 2014 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.
Born at home in Cullowhee North Carolina to the late Estus and Derosette Casey she was one of 10 siblings. Victoria was the second African American to graduate from Western Carolina University, Class of 1978. She went on to teach starting in 1978 until her passing. She started at the National Teacher Corps, Log Cabin School and then retired from Smokey Mountain Elementary School. She had such devotion for teaching she came back from retirement to teach at Smoky Mountain High School.
Known for her strong voice and loving heart Minister Victoria Casey-McDonald wrote 3 books, The African Americans of Jackson County (Pictorial History), Just over the Hill and Under the Light of Darkness.
Besides her passion for teaching, she loved to paint, write and coach, but her greatest passion was teaching, the love of children and knowledge. She was loved by all that knew her and will be sorely missed.
Born at home in Cullowhee North Carolina to the late Estus and Derosette Casey she was one of 10 siblings. Victoria was the second African American to graduate from Western Carolina University, Class of 1978. She went on to teach starting in 1978 until her passing. She started at the National Teacher Corps, Log Cabin School and then retired from Smokey Mountain Elementary School. She had such devotion for teaching she came back from retirement to teach at Smoky Mountain High School.
Known for her strong voice and loving heart Minister Victoria Casey-McDonald wrote 3 books, The African Americans of Jackson County (Pictorial History), Just over the Hill and Under the Light of Darkness.
Besides her passion for teaching, she loved to paint, write and coach, but her greatest passion was teaching, the love of children and knowledge. She was loved by all that knew her and will be sorely missed.
Victoria Arvella Casey-McDonald, 71, of Sylva, went home to be with her Lord Sunday evening August 17, 2014 at Memorial Mission Hospital in Asheville.
Born at home in Cullowhee North Carolina to the late Estus and Derosette Casey she was one of 10 siblings. Victoria was the second African American to graduate from Western Carolina University, Class of 1978. She went on to teach starting in 1978 until her passing. She started at the National Teacher Corps, Log Cabin School and then retired from Smokey Mountain Elementary School. She had such devotion for teaching she came back from retirement to teach at Smoky Mountain High School.
Known for her strong voice and loving heart Minister Victoria Casey-McDonald wrote 3 books, The African Americans of Jackson County (Pictorial History), Just over the Hill and Under the Light of Darkness.
Besides her passion for teaching, she loved to paint, write and coach, but her greatest passion was teaching, the love of children and knowledge. She was loved by all that knew her and will be sorely missed.
Born at home in Cullowhee North Carolina to the late Estus and Derosette Casey she was one of 10 siblings. Victoria was the second African American to graduate from Western Carolina University, Class of 1978. She went on to teach starting in 1978 until her passing. She started at the National Teacher Corps, Log Cabin School and then retired from Smokey Mountain Elementary School. She had such devotion for teaching she came back from retirement to teach at Smoky Mountain High School.
Known for her strong voice and loving heart Minister Victoria Casey-McDonald wrote 3 books, The African Americans of Jackson County (Pictorial History), Just over the Hill and Under the Light of Darkness.
Besides her passion for teaching, she loved to paint, write and coach, but her greatest passion was teaching, the love of children and knowledge. She was loved by all that knew her and will be sorely missed.
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