Background
Mickel, Ruth Phelps was born on March 8, 1922 in Gonzales, Florida, United States. Daughter of James Cochran and Ella Yount Phelps.
Mickel, Ruth Phelps was born on March 8, 1922 in Gonzales, Florida, United States. Daughter of James Cochran and Ella Yount Phelps.
Bachelor, University Louisiana, 1973.
Writer, announcer, operator, reporter WDSU Radio, New Orleans, 1943—1946. Continuity editor, reporter WKRG Radio, Mobile, Alabama, 1946—1947, KNOE Radio, Monroe, Louisiana, 1948—1949. Medical library Glenwood Medical Center, West Monroe, 1974—1979.
Reference library Ouachita Parish Library., Monroe, 1979—1992. Senior reporter Daily Medical, Health News KNOE television, since 1995.
News releases, interviews League of Women Voters, Monroe, 1949—1970. President Georgia Tucker Parent-Teachers Association, 1969, Beauceant, Monroe, 1970—1972. Member of Northeast Louisiana Poetry Society (president 1997-1999, treasurer 1999—2003), DeNova Book Club (president 1994-1996), Eastern Star (worthy matron 1953, district deputy 1956).
Married Toufick Mickel (deceased). Children: Diana Austin, Joseph T., Timothy J., Martha, Sarah.