Background
Holcomb, Barbara Ann was born on October 12, 1928 in Sutton, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Ralph Cobert and Margaret Louise (Lake) Boggs.
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Barbara Ann Holcomb
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BSHE, West Virginia University, 1950; Master of Science in Familty and Child Development, Ohio State University, 1968.
Career
Home economics teacher, Buckhannon (West Virginia) Upshur High School, 1950-1951;
instructor marriage and family living, Ohio State University, Columbus, 1968;
instructor laboratory nursery school, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio., 1969-1970;
instructor human development, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, 1970-1971;
teacher health education, family living, sociology, North Union High School, Richwood, Ohio., 1972-1974;
teacher health education, North Union High School, Richwood, Ohio., 1975-1977;
office manager, Charles William Holcomb, Doctor of Medicine Richwood, 1983-1986;
elementary and junior high guidance counselor, North Union Local School District, Richwood, 1988. Chair extra-curricular activities North Union Local Schools Needs and Goals Committee, 1983, high school curriculum committee, 1986, high school goals andobjectives and philosophy committee, 1990. Instructor multi-media first aide American Red Cross, 1973-1983.
Speaker in field.
Achievements
Membership
Active Richwood Civic Center Housing and Activities for Senior Citizens, 1967-1973, Union County Mental Health Board, 1977-1986, Executive Board of Ohio Association Community Mental Health Bds., 1978-1981, Ohio Association Community Mental Health Bds. (chair board division) 1980-1981. Chairperson program committee Annual State Mental Health Conference, 1980-1981.
Appointee criminal justice division Ohio Council Churches, 1983. Parents county Ohio Wesleyan University, 1983. Citizen's advisory board member Center Ohio Psychiatric Hospital 1983-1985.
Board member-at-large Mental Health Association Ohio, Columbus, 1984-1986. Moderator Ohio State Mental Health Conference, Columbus, 1984. Trustee Charles B. Mills Center Agency Mental Health Delivery Superior vena cava syndrome Union County, Marysville, Ohio, 1987-1991.
Vice president North Union Local School Board, Richwood, Ohio, 1990-1991, delegate to Ohio School Bds. Association, Columbus, 1990-1991. Member Executive Committee Union CountyAlcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Task Force, 1990-1991.
Board directors Marysville Day Care Center, 1991. Member venture grant proposal committee United Way, Marysville, 1991. Participant Take Charge committee economics development in Union County, Ohio State University Cooperative Extension Svc.
Union County Economics Development Office, Marysville, 1991. Member American Association of University Women (committee member, 1989-1991, named Woman-of-the-Year, 1987), Union county Federation Republican Women (committee member, speaker), Carpe Diem Literature Club (past president, officer), Fortnightly Literature Club (past president), Ohio School Bds. Association, Mental Association Union County and Ohio, Richwood Civic Center, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Phi Upsilon Omicron, Omicron Nu, Kappa Delta Pi.
Connections
Married Charles William Holcomb, December 23, 1950. Children: James W., Ann-Marie, Sally Holcomb Wiley, Timothy B., Mary Holcomb Price.
