Arkansas 4-H Alumni Association

Dorothy "Dot" Brents

Conway County

Outstanding Arkansas 4-H Alumna, 2010

Mrs. Dorothy Brents was an outstanding 4-Her, leader and volunteer for many years in Conway County.

She was a 4-H member in a club at Hattieville, Arkansas, when she was a child, and a leader in Morrilton in the early 1950s before her children were born. Returning to the role when her older three children, Kenneth, Keith and Cheri were active in 4-H. She again became active when her daughter Sande was in 4-H for seven years, and continued after Sande left for college, including membership on the Conway Co. 4-H Foundation Board. Sande stated, “Between us 4 kids she was always involved in activities. Basically you can say she was involved in 4-H almost her whole life. It is because of her I was in 4-H. She gave up her time for many projects and O’Ramas and through 4-H gave me a variety of experiences and took me lots of places.”

Dot Brents was very civic-minded, serving as the Conway County Fair Superintendent in the clothing department, a member of the Farm Bureau Women’s Committee, active in the Arkansas Cattlemen’s Association on the state and county level, member of the University of Arkansas Extension Council , County Extension Council officer, Extension Homemaker member and served as president of the New Horizon Club. Also, she served on the 4-H Foundation Board and was a member of the State 4-H Leader and Alumni Associations. She was an active member of the Morrilton Downtown Church of Christ where she served many years as a Sunday school teacher.