| Name |
Martha Evelyn THURMOND [1, 2, 3, 4] |
| Birth |
31 May 1909 |
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Education |
a graduate of Edgefield High School, Edgefield, South Carolina, where she was the salutatorian of her class, and graduated from WInthrop College, now Winthrop University, where she received a degree in home economics [3] |
| HIST |
During World War II, she taught at Connie Maxwell Children’s Home and Greenwood High School. She later resumed teaching at Lander College where she also served as Social Director for 20 years. She was a founding director of the YMCA, a board member of the Lander University Foundation, a charter board member of the Bowers-Rodgers Home for Abused Children and also a board member of the S. C. State Museum. She was a member of the Tulip Garden Club and an accredited flower show judge. She wa a member of the Catchee Literary Club and a member of the Colonial Dames of the 18th Century. She was a member of American Mothers, Inc. and in 1991 was named S. C. State Mother of the Year. Also in 1991, she was presented the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award as Outstanding Alumna of WInthrop College for that years. She was a recipient of one of the first two medallions presented by Lander University. In 1994, she was presented the Order of the Palmetto by the then-Governor of South Carolina. [3, 5] |
| Occupation |
she taught school in Orangeburg until 1936, when she married her late husband and moved to Greenwood and taught at a children’s home, a public high school, then for 18 years at Lander College [3, 5] |
| Religion |
a member of First Baptist Church where she was the first woman elected deacon and was a teacher of the Benson Sunday School Class for many years [5] |
| _UID |
DDED3A98788B45BCA4B7F2FE311B4242BB1C |
| Death |
23 Nov 2003 |
Self Regional Medical Center |
| Burial |
26 Nov 2003 |
Greenwood Memorial Gardens, Greenwood, Greenwood County, South Carolina [5, 6] |
|
| Person ID |
I119077 |
Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified |
29 May 2005 |
| Father |
Honorable John William “Will” THURMOND, Sr. LLD, b. 1 May 1862, Merriwether, Edgefield County, South Carolina d. 17 Jun 1934, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina (Age 72 years) |
| Mother |
Eleanor Gertrude “Ella” STROM, b. 18 Jul 1870, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina d. 30/10 Jan 1958, Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina (Age 87 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Dec 1898 |
Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina [6] |
| _UID |
DD8467C7E05B445D8FC9ABDF988162EBB385 |
| _UID |
DD8467C7E05B445D8FC9ABDF988162EBB385 |
| Family ID |
F82087 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1909 - 2003 (94 years)