Jimmie Lou Frierson

Background

Frierson, Jimmie Lou was born on April 12, 1936 in Mize, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Eathel Mathew and Lottie Mae (Martin) Maddox.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, Mississippi U. Women Master of Arts in Home Economics, U. Mississippi.

Career

Teacher, East Prairie (Missouri) Schools, 1957-1958; computer operator, U. Mississippi, University, 1959-1960; director nursery school, U. Mississippi, University, 1973-1974; home economist, Northeast Mississippi Electric Power Association, Oxford, 1960-1962; social worker, Lafayette County Welfare Department, Oxford, 1963-1965; teacher, Pontotoc (Mississippi) County School System, 1965-1970; teacher, College Hill Academy, Oxford, 1971-1973; teacher vocational home economics, Water Valley (Mississippi) H.S., 1973-1996; retired, 1996. Co-editor The Informed Citizen Non Profit Newsletter. Consultant and lecturer in field.

Achievements

• Jimmie Lou Frierson has been listed as a noteworthy vocational education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Vice chairman Lafayette County Library. Board, Oxford, 1969-1997. Volunteer American Cancer Society, College Hill, Mississippi, 1992.

Member College Hill Cmty. Association; Member National Education Association, Mississippi Education Association, Mississippi Library. Association, Kappa Omicron Nu.

Connections

Married Robert Lynn Frierson Junior, November 28, 1957. Children: Robert Lynn III, Benjamin Luckie, Arthur Maddox.

Father:

Eathel Mathew Maddox

Mother:

Lottie Mae (Martin) Maddox

Spouse:

Robert Lynn Frierson Junior

child:

Benjamin Luckie Frierson

child:

Arthur Maddox Frierson

child:

Robert Lynn III Frierson