Background
Hartsell, Dorothy Lowdermilk was born on October 10, 1916 in Valdese, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Cameron and Lillie Dale (Fleming) Lowdermilk.
Hartsell, Dorothy Lowdermilk was born on October 10, 1916 in Valdese, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of William Cameron and Lillie Dale (Fleming) Lowdermilk.
Bachelor of Science in Piano, Meredith College, 1938; postgraduate, Southern Baptist Seminary, 1945-1947; postgraduate, U. Louisville, 1954-1955, 58-59.
Member faculty music Campbell University, Buies Creek, North Carolina, 1938-1942. Member piano faculty, School Church Music Southern Baptist Seminary, Louisville, 1946-1964. Member music faculty Wake Forest University, Mars Hill and Meredith College, North Carolina, summers 1941-1942.
Director church music Shepherdsville (Kentucky) Baptist Church, 1945-1974. Church organist, pianist Beechwood Baptist Church, Louisville, from 1996. Independent instructor piano North Carolina, Kentucky, from 1938.
Volunteer American Cancer Society, since 1956, Baptist Hospital East, bLouisville, since 1972, Dream Factory, Louisville, since 1993, Fund for the Arts, Louisville, 1960-1975. Member Kentucky Music Teachers Association (honorary, president 1976-1978), International Platform Association, Greater Louisville Music Teachers Association (honorary, president 1964-1966), Music Teachers National Association (executive board directors southern division 1979), Nelson Baptist Association.
Married Bruce Victor Hartsell, August 8, 1942 (deceased November 1985). 1 child, Rebecca Carol.