Betty Overly Oral History

Title

Betty Overly Oral History

Description

Betty Overly is a life-long Bourbon County native, born on January 20, 1939. Ms. Overly grew up on her family farm where she remembers attending Sunday school and going on weekend visits into Paris and Lexington to sell farm goods and shop. After graduating from Bourbon County High School, she studied Home Economics at Easter Kentucky and the University of Kentucky, in which she obtained a graduate degree and went on to teach for the Bourbon County Schools. Overly then began her forty-year career at the Bourbon County Extension Center, teaching classes such as basket weaving and time management. Over the years, she highlights her joy of sharing cultural experiences with others in her local community.

Creator

Paris-Bourbon County Library and Historic Paris-Bourbon County/Hopewell Museum

Publisher

Paris-Bourbon County Library

Rights

In an effort to provide maximum usage by future researchers, this item exists in the public domain.

Format

MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (.mp3)

Language

English

Date Created

September 6, 2022

Interviewer

Allison Cox

Interviewee

Betty Overly

Citation

Paris-Bourbon County Library and Historic Paris-Bourbon County/Hopewell Museum, “Betty Overly Oral History,” Bourbon County Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://diglib.bourbonlibrary.org/items/show/477.