Betty Oglesbee

BETTY OGLESBEE is a graduate of San Augustine schools and the University of Texas at Austin. A lifetime resident of San Augustine County in the Forest Trail Region of Texas, Betty and her late husband John Oglesbee chose their hometown of San Augustine to live and raise their four sons, Dr. John Oglesbee, Vance Oglesbee, Chris Oglesbee, and Forrest Oglesbee. Together, John and Betty authored six mostly regional history books. In 2014 Betty wrote Letters from Stella, a recounting of her...See more

BETTY OGLESBEE is a graduate of San Augustine schools and the University of Texas at Austin. A lifetime resident of San Augustine County in the Forest Trail Region of Texas, Betty and her late husband John Oglesbee chose their hometown of San Augustine to live and raise their four sons, Dr. John Oglesbee, Vance Oglesbee, Chris Oglesbee, and Forrest Oglesbee. Together, John and Betty authored six mostly regional history books. In 2014 Betty wrote Letters from Stella, a recounting of her friendship with world-renowned pediatric cardiologist Dr. Stella Van Praagh. The publication in 2021 of stories based on the life of the family's St. Bernard, entitled I'm Samson, Maybe a Dog, was the culmination of a long-planned promise fulfilled. Active in civic beautification and historical restoration projects over many years, Betty was the recipient of the Texas Historical Commission's Governor's Award for Historic Preservation in 2018, and the Texas Forest Country's Silver Bucket Award in 2019. See less