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Betty Feezor was a Television presenter in Charlotte, NC USA. Betty’s specialty was cooking and home decorations to housewives around the Carolinas. Her southern, accent monologue and manner became the trademark of its popularity. The Betty Feezor show ran from 1953-1977 on WBTV Charlotte during weekdays at 1 p.m. It was the first local show to be video-recorded in color on Sept. 5, 1958.
She was born on Feb. 17, 1925 in Texarkana, Texas where her father John Buford Daniels was a county agent. Due to her father’s graduate studies and work, she lived in Texarkana, Fayetteville and Little Rock, Arkansas. Attended Texas State College for Women before transferring to the University of Tennessee where she got a degree in home economics.
She was a home demonstration agent first in Maryville, TN, then in Salisbury, NC, and later in Greensboro, NC. It was there she met and married Turner Cole Feezor, a farm equipment salesman through his sister. Together they had 3 children: Betty Cole, John, and Robert. In Greensboro, a TV station asked for her cooking and home expertise.
Due to Turner’s job, she moved to Charlotte and worked for 4-H Clubs and Girl Scouts while remaining as a housewife. The general manager from the Greensboro TV station told WBTV about her work and how she looked comfortable in front of the camera. Eventually, she landed her own show which became popular. She interviewed many celebrities such as Rose Kennedy.
Betty passed away on February 28, 1978 after being diagnosed with cancer in 1977. A diary about her battle with cancer was published in 1979 called “A Life That Mattered.” A scholarship is named in her honor. Elected to North Carolina Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame in 1982.
[edit] External links
- [www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNGYb3PBwb8&feature=related]
- [www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPmUF9vraIw&feature=related]
- [www.btmemories.com]
[edit] Further reading
- Feezor, Betty (1979). A Life That Mattered. Charlotte, N.C.: Turner Cole Feezor.
