Dorothy Turner Holcomb

Background

Holcomb, Dorothy Turner was born on June 15, 1924 in Roanoke, Virginia, United States. Daughter of Wiley Bryant and Lena Mae (Gray) Turner.

Education

Student, Coronet Business School, Roanoke, 1943. Student, University Miami, 1962—1963.

Career

Executive secretary American's Junior Miss Pageant, Mobile, Alabama, 1962. Executive assistant to president Gilbert Marketing Group, Incorporated, New York York City, 1963—1965. Branch directors Heart Association, Miami, Florida, 1965—1966.

Publicist in charge on-air promotion Screen Gems, Hollywood, California, 1966—1968. Publicity director Museum of Science/Planetarium, Miami, 1968—1971, Bryna Cosmetics, Inc., miami, 1973—1974. Freelance publicist, 1971—1973, since 1976.

Public relations communications ECKANKAR, Menlo Park, California, 1974—1975.

Achievements

• Dorothy Turner Holcomb has been listed as a noteworthy publicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of Women Communications, Moving Picture Machine Operators, International Alliance Theatrical Stage Employees, Publicists Guild.

Connections

Married Joseph E. Baxter Holcomb, August 1, 1944 (deceased November 0944). Married G. William Holcomb, May 8, 1948 (divorced 1962).

Father:

Wiley Bryant Turner

Mother:

Lena Mae (Gray) Turner

Spouse:

Joseph E. Baxter Holcomb

Spouse:

G. William Holcomb