DR. BOOTS DILLEY
November 26, 1931 - December 26, 2022
Dr. Boots Dilley, age 91, passed away December 26, 2022 at The Villages at Greystone, Daniels, WV, where she was a resident for 1 1/2 years. Boots was born November 26, 1931 to the late Golda Baccus Dilley and Dewey Brown Dilley in Glen Morgan, WV. She graduated from Shady Spring High School in 1948.
After graduation she attended Beckley College and Concord College where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education in 1954. She then received a Master of Arts Degree from West Virginia University in 1958. She was an elementary school teacher in Raleigh County for 6 years before earning a School Supervisor's Certificate from West Virginia University in 1961. She then became a Raleigh County Elementary School Supervisor for 5 years.
She resigned from the Raleigh County Board of Education upon accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at Alderson Broaddus College in Phillipi, WV. She taught there 1 year before accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV, where she taught for 5 years.
In 1970 she moved to Huntington, WV to accept the Assistant Professor of Education position at Marshall University. She remained in this position of teaching and advising 40 years until her retirement in 2010.
During her tenure at Marshall University, she obtained a Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) in Educational Administration from Virginia Pol34echnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia in 1983.
Dr. Dilley continued living in Huntington, WV until April 2021, where she was an avid supporter of Marshall University Thundering Herd football, seldom missing a game whether playing at home or away.
In addition to her parents. Boots was preceded in death by sisters Betty J. Brammer, Jean A. Warden, Patricia S. Dilley, and nephew Randy M. Brammer. She is survived by her niece Pamela S. Ford and husband Larry of Shady Spring, WV and nephew David Warden, Jr. and wife Jennifer of Palm Harbor, FL and their 2 children.
Graveside rights for the family and burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Donations of sympathy may be sent to the Marshall University Big Green and Alumni, P.O. Box 642, Beckley, WV 25801 to be used for Marshall University Scholarships.
The family would like to thank the staff and residents of Greystone for their care and friendship during her stay.
November 26, 1931 - December 26, 2022
Dr. Boots Dilley, age 91, passed away December 26, 2022 at The Villages at Greystone, Daniels, WV, where she was a resident for 1 1/2 years. Boots was born November 26, 1931 to the late Golda Baccus Dilley and Dewey Brown Dilley in Glen Morgan, WV. She graduated from Shady Spring High School in 1948.
After graduation she attended Beckley College and Concord College where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education in 1954. She then received a Master of Arts Degree from West Virginia University in 1958. She was an elementary school teacher in Raleigh County for 6 years before earning a School Supervisor's Certificate from West Virginia University in 1961. She then became a Raleigh County Elementary School Supervisor for 5 years.
She resigned from the Raleigh County Board of Education upon accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at Alderson Broaddus College in Phillipi, WV. She taught there 1 year before accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV, where she taught for 5 years.
In 1970 she moved to Huntington, WV to accept the Assistant Professor of Education position at Marshall University. She remained in this position of teaching and advising 40 years until her retirement in 2010.
During her tenure at Marshall University, she obtained a Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) in Educational Administration from Virginia Pol34echnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia in 1983.
Dr. Dilley continued living in Huntington, WV until April 2021, where she was an avid supporter of Marshall University Thundering Herd football, seldom missing a game whether playing at home or away.
In addition to her parents. Boots was preceded in death by sisters Betty J. Brammer, Jean A. Warden, Patricia S. Dilley, and nephew Randy M. Brammer. She is survived by her niece Pamela S. Ford and husband Larry of Shady Spring, WV and nephew David Warden, Jr. and wife Jennifer of Palm Harbor, FL and their 2 children.
Graveside rights for the family and burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Donations of sympathy may be sent to the Marshall University Big Green and Alumni, P.O. Box 642, Beckley, WV 25801 to be used for Marshall University Scholarships.
The family would like to thank the staff and residents of Greystone for their care and friendship during her stay.
DR. BOOTS DILLEY
November 26, 1931 - December 26, 2022
Dr. Boots Dilley, age 91, passed away December 26, 2022 at The Villages at Greystone, Daniels, WV, where she was a resident for 1 1/2 years. Boots was born November 26, 1931 to the late Golda Baccus Dilley and Dewey Brown Dilley in Glen Morgan, WV. She graduated from Shady Spring High School in 1948.
After graduation she attended Beckley College and Concord College where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education in 1954. She then received a Master of Arts Degree from West Virginia University in 1958. She was an elementary school teacher in Raleigh County for 6 years before earning a School Supervisor's Certificate from West Virginia University in 1961. She then became a Raleigh County Elementary School Supervisor for 5 years.
She resigned from the Raleigh County Board of Education upon accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at Alderson Broaddus College in Phillipi, WV. She taught there 1 year before accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV, where she taught for 5 years.
In 1970 she moved to Huntington, WV to accept the Assistant Professor of Education position at Marshall University. She remained in this position of teaching and advising 40 years until her retirement in 2010.
During her tenure at Marshall University, she obtained a Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) in Educational Administration from Virginia Pol34echnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia in 1983.
Dr. Dilley continued living in Huntington, WV until April 2021, where she was an avid supporter of Marshall University Thundering Herd football, seldom missing a game whether playing at home or away.
In addition to her parents. Boots was preceded in death by sisters Betty J. Brammer, Jean A. Warden, Patricia S. Dilley, and nephew Randy M. Brammer. She is survived by her niece Pamela S. Ford and husband Larry of Shady Spring, WV and nephew David Warden, Jr. and wife Jennifer of Palm Harbor, FL and their 2 children.
Graveside rights for the family and burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Donations of sympathy may be sent to the Marshall University Big Green and Alumni, P.O. Box 642, Beckley, WV 25801 to be used for Marshall University Scholarships.
The family would like to thank the staff and residents of Greystone for their care and friendship during her stay.
November 26, 1931 - December 26, 2022
Dr. Boots Dilley, age 91, passed away December 26, 2022 at The Villages at Greystone, Daniels, WV, where she was a resident for 1 1/2 years. Boots was born November 26, 1931 to the late Golda Baccus Dilley and Dewey Brown Dilley in Glen Morgan, WV. She graduated from Shady Spring High School in 1948.
After graduation she attended Beckley College and Concord College where she received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education in 1954. She then received a Master of Arts Degree from West Virginia University in 1958. She was an elementary school teacher in Raleigh County for 6 years before earning a School Supervisor's Certificate from West Virginia University in 1961. She then became a Raleigh County Elementary School Supervisor for 5 years.
She resigned from the Raleigh County Board of Education upon accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at Alderson Broaddus College in Phillipi, WV. She taught there 1 year before accepting the position of Assistant Professor of Education at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, WV, where she taught for 5 years.
In 1970 she moved to Huntington, WV to accept the Assistant Professor of Education position at Marshall University. She remained in this position of teaching and advising 40 years until her retirement in 2010.
During her tenure at Marshall University, she obtained a Doctor of Education (Ed. D.) in Educational Administration from Virginia Pol34echnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Virginia in 1983.
Dr. Dilley continued living in Huntington, WV until April 2021, where she was an avid supporter of Marshall University Thundering Herd football, seldom missing a game whether playing at home or away.
In addition to her parents. Boots was preceded in death by sisters Betty J. Brammer, Jean A. Warden, Patricia S. Dilley, and nephew Randy M. Brammer. She is survived by her niece Pamela S. Ford and husband Larry of Shady Spring, WV and nephew David Warden, Jr. and wife Jennifer of Palm Harbor, FL and their 2 children.
Graveside rights for the family and burial will be at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens.
Donations of sympathy may be sent to the Marshall University Big Green and Alumni, P.O. Box 642, Beckley, WV 25801 to be used for Marshall University Scholarships.
The family would like to thank the staff and residents of Greystone for their care and friendship during her stay.
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