Jody Guthrie Smirl

Background

Smirl, Jody Guthrie Daughter of Raymond Booth and Emma Jeanne (Cole) Guthrie.

Education

M. Polit Science, Auburn U., 1957.

Career

Member, House of Delegates, Cabell County, West Virginia, 1966-1974; administrator, Cabell County Commission, Huntington, West Virginia, 1980; member, West Virginia House of Delegates, Charleston, 1984-1986, 94-.

Achievements

• Jody Guthrie Smirl has been listed as a noteworthy State legislator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors American Red Cross, Huntington, West Virginia, 1992-1997, Goodwill Industries, Huntington, 1992-1997. Delegate Republican National Convention, Kansas City, 1976, Houston, 1992. Minority caucus leader Republican Delegates, 1994-1997.

Member National Order Women Legislators, Women's Club of Huntington (president 1982-1984, Huntington's Outstanding Woman award 1996), General Federation Women's Clubs, West Virginia Federation Women's Clubs.

Interests

• Avocations: tennis, walking, reading, lecturing, volunteer work.

Connections

Married Dan W. Smirl, December 17, 1955. Children: Thomas Booth, Daniel Marvin.

Father:

Raymond Booth Guthrie

Mother:

Emma Jeanne (Cole) Guthrie

Spouse:

Dan W. Smirl

child:

Thomas Booth Smirl

child:

Daniel Marvin Smirl