Betty Overly Oral History

Betty Overly Oral History

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.

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

Paris-Bourbon County Library

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MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3 (.mp3)

English

September 6, 2022

Allison Cox

Betty Overly