Background
Horner, Barbara Ward was born on March 28, 1929 in Biltmore, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Waites Artemus and Ada Ward (Shepherd) Horner.
Horner, Barbara Ward was born on March 28, 1929 in Biltmore, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Waites Artemus and Ada Ward (Shepherd) Horner.
Bachelor of Science, Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1951. Student, Peace College, Raleigh, 1947—1948. Student, University North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1949—1950.
Caseworker Wake County Public Welfare Department, Raleigh, 1951—1953. Teacher assistant reading department Montgomery County Public Schools, Rockville, Maryland, 1970—1985. Executive director Friends of Library.
Montgomery County, since 1985.
Member Montgomery County Library. Board, since 1976; vice president, 1984—1986. Trustee Montgomery County Friends of the Library., since 1983, executive director, since 1986.
Chairman speaker bureau. Chairman board Battery Park Citizens Association, Bethesda, Maryland, 1975. Member of American Library Association, Maryland Citizens for Public Library., Maryland Library.
Association.
Married Theodore Wright Horner, August 26, 1950. Children: Thad, Ward.