Patricia Musick Hatfield

(Mrs. Paul E. Hatfield)
Levisa River Chapter

Born in Southwest Virginia, Mrs. Hatfield earned a Master's Degree from Virginia Tech in Curriculum and Instruction, with a concentration in English. In 1982, she completed a second Master's Degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in Library and Information Science.

She taught English in the Buchanan County Schools. In 1980 she became Director of the Buchanan County Public Library. For the past nine years, she has served as Director of the Smyth-Bland Regional Library.

Mrs. Hatfield is the widow of Paul E. Hatfield, former Superintendent of Schools in Buchanan County, Virginia.

Mrs. Hatfield joined DAR in 1988 as a member of the Fort Maiden Spring Chapter, where she served as Vice Regent. In 2000, she became the organizing regent of the Levisa River Chapter in Grundy.

Prior to her installation as Virginia State Regent in 2010, Mrs. Hatfield served as state vice regent and state librarian. At the national level she was a member of the Congress House Committee, 2008-2009. She is a member of the District IV Regent's Club, Cameo Club, State Vice Regent's Club, Virginia State Officer's Club, and the National State Regent's Club.