Background
Heard, Melvia Jean was born on January 31, 1956 in Sevierville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Hugh Melvin and Trula (Williams) Dinkins.
Heard, Melvia Jean was born on January 31, 1956 in Sevierville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Hugh Melvin and Trula (Williams) Dinkins.
Graduate public schools, Maryville, Tennessee, 1974.
Clerk, typist Knoxville (Tennessee)-Knox County Civil Defense, 1974-1976. Accounting officer, payroll clerk Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, since 1976.
Member Tennessee Valley Kennel Club (treasurer 1985-1989), Smoky Mountain Wing Nuts (treasurer 1987-1988).
Married Edward Vickers, December 10, 1976 (divorced December 1980). Married John Thomas Heard Junior, February 14, 1982.