Sylvia Trent Auxier Papers

Poet, Sylvia Trent Auxier was born on December 29, 1900 in Pike County Kentucky, the daughter of Thomas J. and Dolly May Trent. She graduated from Pikeville College with a Bachelor's degree in Education in 1959. She married Jean Auxier, who served as U.S. Attorney for Eastern Kentucky and Pike County Circuit Judge. At various times she worked as a public health nurse and high school English teacher in Pike County.            Auxier's poetry appeared in such publications as The Saturday Evening Post and the Louisville Courier-Journal.  She authored several volumes of poetry, the best known of which is Meadow-Rue. Other of her titles include, Love Vine, No Stranger to Earth, and The Green of a Hundred Springs.  Her short stories and articles appeared in both local newspapers and the Courier Journal.  She was a member of the Pikeville Women’s Club, Pen Women, and Order of Eastern Star.  She died as the result of an automobile accident December19, 1967.