[1] In 1937, she began her studies at Texas Tech College, where she graduated with a degree in band music.
[1] Additionally, she was motivated by a desire for women to have the same opportunities as men, and founded the Tau Beta Sigma Club in 1939.
In 1946, the club became Tau Beta Sigma, National Honorary Band Sorority.
Following her husband's death in March 1958,[1] she returned to school to receive certification in counseling and mathematics.
[2] On October 16, 2012, she died of natural causes in Grand Junction, Colorado, and was survived by her husband and her daughter Sandra Turner.