Staff

Frances McBee

Frances McBee

Financial Administrative Assistant

fmcbee@westerwincoc.org

Frances was born in Decatur, grew up in Wichita Falls, lived in Greenville and came to Tyler in 1964. Frances met her husband, Joe in elementary school and they were married April 5, 1946. They have one daughter, Cindi and her husband Howard who have both worked in music education for many years. Frances is proud of her grandson, Brennan, who is a graduate of Bullard High School and U.T. Tyler. Frances began her work as secretary here in September 1968. Frances always extends a warm greeting and has faithfully served West Erwin for over 54 years.

Pat Kinnett

Office Coordinator

office@westerwincoc.org

Pat was born in Jonesboro, Arkansas and grew up mainly in East Texas.  She is the youngest daughter of Dannie and Sue Skipper.  She along with her family have been members of West Erwin since the late ‘70s.  As many young people do, she left East Texas to attend Harding University, Purdue University and pursue an awarding career and life of service.  She’s moved back to Tyler now to serve not only her aging parents but her hometown church as well.

Odie Kennedy

Odie Kennedy

Maintenance Director

1967omk@gmail.com

Odie was born in Gallup, New Mexico.  He grew up in Lubbock where he met and married Dolores on June 2, 1967. They moved to Tyler in February 1978. Odie has been a member of West Erwin since 2001.  He worked at A&B Brake and Alignment and retired in September of 2013 after 36 years.  Odie and Dolores have two sons- Joe, who lives in San Antonio and Toby, who is at home and two daughters, LeaAnne and Renee’, both in Arkansas.  Odie and Dolores have six precious grandchildren.

Cal Wilkinson

Cal Wilkinson

Maintenance & Technical Support

cwilkinson@westerwincoc.org

Cal was born in Morenci, Arizona and grew up from west coast to east coast having lived in 8 states and visited all 50 states. He went to high school in Farwell, Texas and graduated college from West Texas State University (now WTAMU) in 1973. Cal began his career in Information Technology in 1967 right out of high school as a computer programmer and ended his career in IT after 30 years at Nelnet as IT Director, retiring in 2011. Cal and his lovely wife, Jo Ann, have 7 children, 15 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild living in Colorado, Illinois, California, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.