VERNA MARRIED GUS KENNEDY ON JUNE 2, 1953 IN RAYNE, LOUISIANA. VERNA AND GUS HAVE SIX CHILDREN, 2 GIRLS, 4 BOYS AND 11 GRANDCHILDREN.

IN DECEMBER OF 1966 THE KENNEDY’S MOVED TO PASADENA, TEXAS. WHILE VERNA’S BOWLING CAREER BEGAN IN LAFAYETTE, LA., SHE QUICKLY JOINED HER FIRST TEXAS BOWLING LEAGUE (MEADOW CREEK LANES-HOUSTON) ONE WEEK AFTER ARRIVING IN PASADENA.

VERNA AND GUS BOTH BECAME AVID BOWLERS. A VERY DEDICATED, TIRELESS WORKER, VERNA WAS ELECTED TO THE PWBA BOARD IN 1973. SHE HAS SINCE HELD THE POSITIONS OF PRESIDENT, 1ST AND 2ND VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER, HAS SERVED ON ALL OF THE COMMITTEES AND CURRENTLY SERVES THE BOARD AS SECRETARY/TREASURER.

VERNA, FOR MANY YEARS HELD THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT BEFORE BECOMING SECRETARY OF ONE OF THE LARGEST MIXED LEAGUES IN PASADENA. ALSO IN 1992 SHE SUCCESSFULLY COMPUTERIZED THE PASADENA WOMEN’S BOWLING ASSOCIATION. VERNA ATTENDED HER FIRST NATIONALS CONVENTION IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE IN 1963 AND HAS SINCE REPRESENTED THE PWBA AT NUMEROUS STATE AND NATIONAL CONVENTIONS.

IN 1983 VERNA WAS GIVEN THE HONOR OF BECOMING A LIFE MEMBER OF THE PWBA. THIS IS AN HONOR BESTOWED UPON THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN YEARS OF THEIR TIME AN EFFORT TO THEIR LOCAL AND STATE ORGANIZATIONS.