Background
Viar, Betty Ann was born on September 18, 1924 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Earl Ordean and Mildred Ann (McDaniel) Snider.
Viar, Betty Ann was born on September 18, 1924 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Earl Ordean and Mildred Ann (McDaniel) Snider.
Associate of Arts, Averett College, 1943. AB, Baylor University, 1945. Master of Religious Education, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, 1950.
Master of Arts, West Virginia University, 1962. Postgraduate, West Virginia University, 1980. Postgraduate, University North Carolina, 1978.
Postgraduate, Oxford (England) University, 1979.
Instructor high school English, Raleigh County Schools, Beckley, 1958-1961; instructor high school English, Woodrow Wilson High School, Beckley, 1962-1963; assistant department English, West Virginia University, Morgantown, 1961-1962; instructor English, Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia, 1963-1965; instructor English, Marshall U., Huntington, West Virginia, 1965-1970; Professor of English, Chowan College, Murfreesboro, North Carolina, 1970-1986; Professor of English, George Washington University, Washington, 1986-1990. Editor department English George Washington University, Washington, since 1988.
Organist, choir director Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist churches, West Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas, 1946-1986. Member American Association of University Women (branch president 1956-1958, board member 1991-1992, Child Study Institute award 1959), West Virginia Society Washington, West Virginia University Alumni, Washington Area Baylor University Alumni, Pi Gamma Museum, Sigma Tau Delta.
Married Walter Thomas Viar, April 26, 1991. Children: Joseph Leslie Emery II, Carey Todd Emery.