Background
Davis, Joy Lynn Edwards was born on April 5, 1945 in Speedwell, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Arnold Vergil and Mary Jane (Maddox) Edwards.
Davis, Joy Lynn Edwards was born on April 5, 1945 in Speedwell, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Arnold Vergil and Mary Jane (Maddox) Edwards.
Bachelor, Lincoln Memorial U., 1967; postgraduate, Berea (Kentucky) College, 1972; postgraduate, U. Tennessee, 1969-1973; Master of Arts, Union College, Barbourville, Kentucky, 1974.
Classroom teacher, Montegomery Company Board Education, Dayton, Ohio., 1967; classroom teacher, Campbell County Board Education, Jacksboro, Tennessee, since 1967. Consultant Appalachian studies, various groups in Eastern Tennessee, since 1972.
Active International Wildlife Fund, Washington, since 1987, Nature Conservancy. Inductee Lincoln Memorial U. Literary Hall of Fame, 1985. Member National Education Association, Campbell County Education Association, Tennessee Ednl.
Association, National Wildlife Federation, American FEdn. Teachers, National Council Teachers English, Smithsonian Associations, Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Joe Mac Davis, 1969.