Mitzi L. Coy Whitener

Background

Whitener, Mitzi L. Coy was born on December 24, 1942 in Neosho, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Lee Macy and Juanita (Mitzner) Coy.

Education

Diploma, Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, 1963; Bachelor of science in nursing, U. Oklahoma, 1982; Master of Science, U. Oklahoma, 1992.

Career

General charge nurse and in-service education, Siloam Springs (Arkansas) Memorial Hospital, 1963-1964; weekend charge nurse, Freeman Hospital, Joplin, Missouri, 1965; operating room nurse, Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, 1965-1970; staff nurse-psychiatric, Hillcrest Medical Center, Tulsa, 1975-1978; charge operating nurse-urology, St. John Medical Center, Tulsa, 1970-1972; home care nurse, Kimberly Nurses, Tulsa, 1973-1974; executive vice president, counselor, Metropolitan Church Dependency Associations, Tulsa, 1981-1982; assistant nursing coordinator, Country View, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, 1982-1988; adjunct instructor nursing, Tulsa Junior College, 1985-1992; instructor nursing, Tulsa Junior College, since 1992. Chairman health St. Marks United Methodist Church, Tulsa, since 1990, chairman on missions, 1989-1992, parish nurse program, 1991-1992.

Achievements

• Mitzi L. Coy Whitener has been listed as a noteworthy Nurse educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Precinct chairman Republican Party, Tulsa, 1963-1964, active, 1963-1989. Leader, assistant leader Girl Scouts United States, Tulsa, 1969-1975. Member Parish Nurses Association, Eastern Oklahoma Oper.

Rm. Nurses (vice president 1968).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, fishing, camping, travel, designing and creatingstained glass articles.

Connections

Married Dale Wesley Whitener, October 6, 1962 (divorced July 1989). Children: Kimberly, Pamela, Douglas.

Father:

Lee Macy Coy

Mother:

Juanita (Mitzner) Coy

Spouse:

Dale Wesley Whitener

child:

Kimberly Whitener

child:

Douglas Whitener

child:

Pamela Whitener