Background
O'Dell, Mary Ernestine was born on September 8, 1935 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Ernest Forbis and Doris Mary (Truman) Houck.
O'Dell, Mary Ernestine was born on September 8, 1935 in Beckley, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Ernest Forbis and Doris Mary (Truman) Houck.
Bachelor, Transylvania University, 1957. Master of Arts, Western Kentucky University, 1976. Postgraduate, Western Kentucky University, 1978.
Elementary teacher LaRue County Public Schools, Hodgenville, Kentucky, 1959-1986. Editor Grex Press, Louisville, since 1986.
Member Kentucky Poetry Society (president 1987), Kentucky Writers Coalition (board directors since 1986), Appalachian Writers Association, Green River Writers (founder, president since 1984). Delta Kappa Gamma.
Married Daniel Moss Beam, February 22, 1958 (divorced May 1994). Children: Robert Duke, Dorothy Karen Beam Cecil. Married James Roger O'Dell, August 30, 1986 (deceased July 1996).