Berniece T. Hiser

Template:Short description Berniece Iona Terry Hiser (April 6, 1908Template:Spaced en dashJanuary 5, 1995) was an American writer and schoolteacher.

Life

Berniece Iona Terry Hiser was born April 6, 1908, in Cow Creek, Kentucky, to Wilson Edgar Terry and Ruse Wilder. She has an undergraduate degree from Berea College and earned a master's degree from the University of Kentucky.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She taught school for 22 years and then became a librarian.<ref name=":0" />

At age 70, Hiser published Quare Do's in Appalachia: East Kentucky Legends and Memorats (Pikeville, Kentucky: Pikeville College Press, 1978), a collection of folktales, ghost stories, and tales she collected.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which was in its second printing by 1981.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Many of the stories involve members of her family, including the tale of how her grandmother Sally Wilder Frost was named by Col. John Hunt Morgan.Template:Citation needed This book was reviewed by Appalachian Journal<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and Kentucky Folklore Record.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

She also wrote a children's book, set in Kentucky during the American Civil War, The Adventure of Charlie and His Wheat-straw Hat: A Memorat illustrated by Mary Szilagyi (1986). which was reviewed by library journals<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and the media.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hiser wrote about people and events in western Kentucky for the local newspapers.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Hiser lived in Walton, Kentucky, for many years before her death January 5, 1995.Template:Citation needed She was buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, beside Pleasant View Church, in Grant County, Kentucky. Her husband Ora Hiser,<ref name=":0" /> who died January 5, 1999, was later buried beside her.Template:Citation needed