I am the perverbial "Coal Miner's Daughter".  My father began working in the coal mines at the age of 13.  He became ill with black lung and we moved to Calhoun County in 1963.

 

I graduated from Calhoun County High School in the class of 1966.  Burl and I were married that summer and lived at Mt. Zion in a small little house on a farm.  We paid our rent by feeding and keeping care of the cattle.

 

I worked as a teacher's aide at the Rowels Run School with Rufus Stemple in 1967.

 

We have two daughters and two grandchildren.  Sandra is married to John Bugby and they have one son, David.  Sandra is a graduate of Glenville State College and John teaches at Arnoldsburg and Pleasant Hill Schools.

 

Cindy graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and received her Masters degree from West Virginia University.  She works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Clarksburg and has one daughter, Bethany White who is 2 1/2 years old.

 

You may not know me from the County Clerk’s office, but you might know me from the:
►School system where I worked for 37 years;
►Heads Up After-School program where I was the coordinator for five years;
►Saturday Fun Day program which we established;
►Calhoun Family Resource Network where I was the coordinator for three years;
►Community Baby Shower which we help initiate in the county;
►Car seat installations;
►Relay for Life volunteer program;
►Road to Recovery volunteer program;
►Calhoun County Alumni Association, where I am the secretary, or;
►Christmas Connection where I am a founding member.

 

Additionally, here is some more information you might not know about me:
►Graduate of Calhoun County High School
►Graduate of Glenville State College
►Over 40 years’ experience with budgets and grants
►Minnie Hamilton Health System Board Member
►Little Kanawha Community Foundation Board Member
►Little Kanawha Transit Authority Board Member
►Member of Delta Kappa Gamma Education Sorority
►Member of the Women’s Auxiliary of the Veterans of Foreign War
►Queen Bee of the Sunny Cal Gals Red Hatters
►I am the only candidate with experience as a County Clerk.