Background
Dickey, Jeannetta Burkett was born on October 19, 1928 in Murphy, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Arthur Bascomb and Jenny Thelma (Jackson) Dickey.
Dickey, Jeannetta Burkett was born on October 19, 1928 in Murphy, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Arthur Bascomb and Jenny Thelma (Jackson) Dickey.
Bachelor, Brenau College, 1949. Master of Social Work, University North Carolina, 1969. Postgraduate, Duke University, 1970.
Teacher secondary education, various locations, 1950-1965; chief social worker, then senior administrator, Vance, Warren, Granville & Franklin CMHC, John Unstead Hospital, Henderson, North Carolina, 1969-1972; chief social worker areas A, B, & C, Mental Health Administration, Washington, 1972-1978; clinical social worker, Metropolitan Eastern State Hospital, Norwalk, California, 1981-1988; clinical social worker, Camarillo (California) Eastern State Hospital, 1988-1990; social worker, Mental Health Administration, Washington, 1990-1992. Member executive planning commission Mental Health Administration, Washington, 1974-1978, member evaluation and certified committee, 1975-1979. National Institute of Mental Health research project for rural mental health, U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1969-1972.
Docent National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1963, 64, 65. Volunteer family liaison Western Carolina Center, Black Mountain, North Carolina, 1980. Volunteer English as Second Language, Washington, 1963-1964.
Volunteer United Fund-Meals on Wheels. Member American Association of University Women (Cherokee County chapter), Daughters of the American Revolution (various chapters), Delta Delta Delta.
Married John Arnette (divorced 1967). Children: John Quirn Arnette, Jeannetta Dickey Arnette, Claiborne Burkett Arnette, Benjamin Harrison Arnette.