My mom's child photo

Betty Jo Dickison was born on April 8, 1929 to parents Charles Scott Dickison (1902-1976) and Fonda Dorthia "Fonnie" May (1906-1979). She graduated from McKell High School in South Shore, Greenup, Kentucky, USA, during the 1940s. Interestingly, she was a student in her future husband's chemistry class there in 1946. Following her high school years, she pursued higher education at Eastern Kentucky State Teachers College in Richmond, Kentucky, USA. Betty earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from Eastern Kentucky State College on May 13, 1951. After completing her teaching degree, she began her teaching career at Minford High School in Minford, Scioto County, Ohio in January of 1956. Later, she became an English & Latin Teacher at McKell High School in South Shore, Greenup County, Kentucky, USA, from approximately 1959 to the 1970s. She retired in 1984 from Greenup County High School in Greenup, Kentucky, USA.