Background
Hennecy, Bobbie Bobo was born on August 11, 1922 in Tignall, Georgia, United States. Daughter of John Ebb and Lois Helen (Gulledge) Bobo.
Hennecy, Bobbie Bobo was born on August 11, 1922 in Tignall, Georgia, United States. Daughter of John Ebb and Lois Helen (Gulledge) Bobo.
Student, Wesleyan Conservatory, 1943-1944. Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia, 1950. Postgraduate Oxford (England) University English-Speaking Union Scholar, 1961.
Master of Arts, Emory University, 1962.
Postgraduate Cambridge University, England, 1987.
Secretary Tattnall Square Baptist Church, 1943-1948. Secretary, administrative assistant to president, instructor Mercer University, 1950-1961, instructor English,1961-1976, assistant professor, 1976-1989, emeritus associate professor and Adjunct Professor,1989. Founder Tattnall Square Academy, Macon, 1968, secretary academic corporation, 1968-1973, director, 1968-1978.
Author numerous poems and anthologies National Liberal.Poetry.
Bobbie Bobo Hennecy scholarship named in her honorary Tattnall Square Academy, Mercer U. National Defense Education Acting fellow Emory University, 1962.
Named outstanding Psi Gamma Chi Omega, 1995, poetry awards, 1995, 96, 97, 98. Recipient award for Poetry by United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1995, Editors Choice awards for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry, National Library. Poetry, 1996, 97, 98.
Named to International Poetry Hall of Fame, 1997.
Each person is responsible before God for his or her own understanding of the Bible and is encouraged to work out his or her salvation with fear and trembling.
Member American Association of University Women (chapter vice president 1959, president 1964), American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, The National Library Poetry, S. Atlantic Modern Language Association, League of Women Voters, United Daughters of the Confederacy (president 1994-1996, award for poetry 1995), Daughters of the American Revolution (registrar 1980-1982), Young Women’s Christian Association (life), Southern Comparative Literature Association, American Comparative Literature Association, International Society Poetry (distinguished member 1997), International Comparative Literature Association, National Association Teachers English, Georgia Association Teachers English, English Speaking Union, Collegiate Press (advisory board), American Academy Poets, Society of America Poets, President Club of Mercer University, Middle Georgia Art Association, Hereditary Register, Society Genealogists London, National Society Southern Dames, National Society Magna Charta, Daughters of 1812, Descendants, Colonial Clergy, Daughters of America Colonists, Jamestowne Society, Colonial Dames XVII Century (chapter 1st vice president 1988-1991), Colonial Order of the Crown (descendants of Charlemagne), Americans of Royal Descent, Middle Georgia History Society, Coosa County Alabama History Society, Marion County South Carolina Museum, Friends of the Cannonball House, Cardinal Key, Sigma Tau Delta, Sigma Mu (president, vice president, secretary-treasurer), Phi Delta (advisor), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Psi Omega, Chi Omega (alumnae president 1953, advisor 1953-1983).
Married James Howell Hennecy, December 28, 1963. 1 child, Erin.