Andrea Wheaton Yeager

Background

Yeager, Andrea Wheaton was born on April 17, 1951 in Baytown, Texas, United States. Daughter of Virgil Jerry Junior and Billy Ruth (Leslie) Wheaton.

Education

Bachelor in Teaching, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 1973.

Career

Associate editor, The Houstonian, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, 1970-1973; reporter, The Orange (Texas) Leader, 1973-1974; lifestyle editor, The Orange (Texas) Leader, 1974-1978; editor, The Suburbia Reporter, Houston, 1978-1979; copy editor, The Houston Chronicle, 1979-1981; features copy desk chief, The Houston Chronicle, 1981-1985; copy editor, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1986-1988; features editor, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1988-1991; managing editor, The Sun Herald, Biloxi, Mississippi, since 1991.

Achievements

• Andrea Wheaton Yeager has been listed as a noteworthy Editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Crisis volunteer Gulf Coast Women's Center, Biloxi, since 1991. Board directors American Heart Association, Gulfport, 1990-1992, Boys & Girls Clubs of Gulf Coast, Biloxi, Crimestoppers, International Training in Comm. Member Leadership Gulf Coast Class, 1991-1992, class representative, since 1995.

President Altrusa International of Biloxi,1993-. Member nutrition advisory board Gulfport School District/American Cancer Society, since 1993. Member Louisiana-Mississippi Associated Press Managing Editors (president 1995-1996), Harrison County Home Economics Council (vice president since 1991), Mississippi Press Association, Public Rels.

Association Mississippi, Gayfers Career Club.

Interests

• Avocations: dance, reading, needle arts, computers, traveling.

Connections

Married Danny Rhea Bowen, February 21, 1976 (divorced September 1985). Married Hubert Allen Yeager Junior, December 21, 1985. 1 child, Elyssa Mae.

Father:

Virgil Jerry Wheaton Junior

Mother:

Billy Ruth (Leslie) Wheaton

Spouse:

Hubert Allen Yeager Junior

Spouse:

Danny Rhea Bowen

child:

Elyssa Mae Yeager