Along Country Roads... in the Texas Hill Country, Volume 2 Page: VI
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About the Author
Colonel Bettie Edmonds is a native of Towson, Maryland. She realized her tal-
ent as an artist at a young age and was known by her classmates for her draw-
ings. Later in Towson High School, she did some commercial poster artwork
for friends and won several art contests in pen and inks. Then suppressing her
art interests, she embarked on a career in nursing, medicine being traditional in
the Edmonds family. Her nursing diploma from Union Memorial Hospital in
Baltimore was awarded in 1950. In 1953, she joined the Air Force Nurse
Corps to see the world and stayed on for over 20 years in a very satisfying and
successful military nursing career.
While in the Air Force she obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing
from Washington University in St. Louis in 1962 and a Master of Science
- Degree in Nursing at the University of Colorado in 1966. Later, she was the
Nurse Assignments Officer for the Air Force Nurse Corps at Randolph AFB, Texas. Culminating her career with
the rank of Colonel, she retired in 1974 to the quaint little German community of Bergheim in the Texas Hill
Country. There, with art subjects abounding, she began doing pen and ink drawings again for the first time in
many years.
Her ultimate ambition was realized in 1980,with the publication of her first book, 4t&,g eau Ra44 ... ca ele
7exa dill eaa eW. Her pen and ink drawings of the many old homes and unique buildings represented capture
the spirit of history still preserved in this beautiful section of Te Kas.
Now, after 13 years, Bettie is publishing her second book, 4t&a eau"ew R4d4 II... uc tde 7ezw dill eamot4.
Her pen and ink artworks since 1980, reflect even more the wonderful pioneer spirit of the area she loves.
Since retirement from the Air Force, Bettie has been very active in events in Boerne, where she now lives, and
Kendall County. She has served as Chairman/President and/or Member of the Board of The Boerne Area
Historical Preservation Society, Kendall County Historical Commission, Greater Boerne Area Chamber of
Commerce, Boerne Area Art League, Hill Country Women In Business and the Society of Retired Air Force
Nurses.
You can find her, most mornings, volunteering in the Historical Research Section of the Boerne Public Library
and in the afternoons, at her drawing board or attending some kind of meeting.vi
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Edmonds, Bettie. Along Country Roads... in the Texas Hill Country, Volume 2, book, 1984/1993; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth836058/m1/10/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Patrick Heath Public Library.