Jesse stuart foundation board of directors

          Board Chairman.

        1. Board Chairman.
        2. The JSF Board of Directors met on Thursday, September Special guest was Jacqueline Coleman, Lt. Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
        3. Executive Committee Wayne Onkst, Chair Donald Miller, Vice-Chair James M. Gifford, Secretary Lance E. McComis, General Counsel Members Christopher Beckham.
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        5. Eydie Tate, chief financial officer for Hopkins County Schools, has been elected president of the Board of Directors of the Kentucky Association.

          6. Executive Committee Wayne Onkst, Chair Donald Miller, Vice-Chair James M. Gifford, Secretary Lance E. McComis, General Counsel Members Christopher Beckham....

          Born in Greenup County, Kentucky, in 1906, Jesse Stuart was a noted author, educator, lecturer, world traveler, farmer, and environmentalist.

          He was a prolific writer who published 2000 poems, 460 short stories, and more than 60 books. His works appeared in many regional and national journals and magazines. He served as Kentucky’s Poet Laureate in 1954-55.

          In addition to being one of Appalachia’s best known and most anthologized authors, Stuart’s works have been translated into many foreign languages.

          Stuart died in 1984 and is buried in Plum Grove Cemetery a few miles from his home place in W-Hollow, a little valley in Greenup County that became a part of America’s literary landscape through Stuart’s writings.

          Autobiographical works by Stuart:

          • Beyond Dark Hills
          • Mr.

            Gallion’s School

          • The Thread That Runs So True
          • The Year of My Rebirth

          Biographies of Jesse Stuart:

          • Jesse Stuart: An Extraordinary Life (by James M. Gifford and Erin Kazee)
          • Jesse Stuart: Immortal Kent