Meet Double Adobe quilter Peggy Kennedy Atkinson. Her family homesteaded in the Sulphur Springs Valley, and her grandfather near the San Pedro River in Hereford after separating from his wife. In 1939, he was struck by lightning and died. Peggy’s  parents and her brothers Charlie and Clifford, and sister, Marjory, moved over to take care of the farm until her Uncle Donald would arrive.  In 1940, Peggy and brother Charlie attended the little Palominas School, in the same location as the present school.  She finished elementary school at Greenway, and then attended the Old Bisbee High. At the age of 9, Peggy began quilting, and has never stopped. She enjoys piecing quilt tops that the Double Adobe quilters then finish and donate to the area hospitals and care centers. Peggy has also played in the band at the Double Adobe quilt shows.

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