Background
Waters, Betty Lou was born on June 13, 1943 in Texarkana, Texas, United States. Daughter of Chester Hinton and Una Erby Waters.
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Betty Lou Waters
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Associate of Arts, Texarkana Junior College, 1963; Bachelor, East Texas State University, 1965.
Career
General assignment reporter, Galveston County Public Company, Galveston and Texas City, 1965-1968; news and feature writer, Indiana and Daily Mail, Anderson, South Carolina., 1968-1969; reporter, Citizen-Times newspaper, Asheville, North Carolina, 1969-1974; education and medical reporter, News Star World Public Company, Monroe, Louisiana, 1974-1979; reporter, writer, Delta Democrat Times, Greenville, Mississippi, 1980-1989; staff writer, Tyler (Texas) Morning Telegraph, since 1990.
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Member Sigma Delta Chi. F C.
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American
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Recipient lst place award for articles Louisiana Press Women's Contest, l978, lst place for interview, l979. News media award North Carolina Easter Seal Society, l973. Third place award for feature writing Mississippi Press Association, l984, for general news, l983, for investigative reporting, l988, 1st place for best series of articles, 1990, award for outstanding education series Texas State Teachers Association 1998, School Bell award for outstanding series, 1997. Honorary mentions Texas Associated Press, l966.Recipient lst place award for articles Louisiana Press Women's Contest, l978, lst place for interview, l979. News media award North Carolina Easter Seal Society, l973. Third place award for feature writing Mississippi Press Association, l984, for general news, l983, for investigative reporting, l988, 1st place for best series of articles, 1990, award for outstanding education series Texas State Teachers Association 1998, School Bell award for outstanding series, 1997.
Honorary mentions Texas Associated Press, l966.