Carol Hartline:  

Life After graduating with the last class at Seaboard High School, before the county high schools were consolidated, I attended Chowan College for two years, finishing with a secretarial diploma. I worked a few jobs and was married briefly in 1968 then was divorced. In 1970, I married John Hartline who was a 1st Lieutenant and a fixed-wing pilot in the US Army. After our marriage he transitioned into helicopters and we were sent to Mannheim, Germany where he served about two and a half years. While there, I traveled a bit and was active in military wives' activities. In 1973, we returned to the States and he left the Army. We settled in Northern Virgina, living first in Centreville, then in Springfield. John worked as a Sears service tech then took night classes to become a computer programmer. Our son, David Eric, was born in 1977 and later that year John was hired by what is now CareFirst BC-BS. We later moved to Annandale and finally to Woodbridge where we bought a house. In 1985 my mother died, leaving us the family home in Seaboard. We decided to sell our home in Woodbridge and David and I moved to Seaboard. John continued his employment in DC and stayed with his parents in Springfield during the week. His mother became ill and passed away and his father sold the home so John resided with his sister in Woodbridge for a time. In 1994, when David was a senior at Northampton East, I returned to Chowan College, which had recently become a four-year college. I pursued and earned a degree in studio art. While there I participated in community chorus. One of my favorite classes there was an elective class in photography. One of the highlights of my time at Chowan was a chance to visit New York City with the art department on two different occasions. The first trip, I was with two good friends and the daughter of one of them. On the second trip, my son, David, went with us. Then David and I took one of those fast tours of Europe, a trip which was also sponsored by the department. I earned my degree in 1997. The following year I enrolled in graphic design classes at Halifax Community College and earned an associate degree in 1999. I was hired by the Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald as an assistant photographer and photo editor. I worked for them for almost three years and left for a variety of reasons. Since that time, I have been pursuing a variety of interests and trying to complete a novel I have been working on for years. David earned a degree in mathematics at Chowan in 1999. After taking some computer courses at HCC and at Computer Learning in Viginia, he was hired at CareFirst for a temporary job which turned into a full-time position and was there for a few years. He and John shared an apartment in Woodbridge and traveled home almost every weekend. In 2004, I was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. I had a lumpectomy followed by chemotherapy and radiation. Since then, I have been at home. My husband took early retirement in 2006 and found himself going nuts here at home. He was hired by COMSYS and was placed in a contract position at Centura's office in Rocky ...Expand for more