WMU announces executive board, nominating committee nominees

The Woman’s Missionary Union has announced the 2007-2008 nominees for executive board positions.

The WMU executive board manages the business of the organization during the year. Election of board members will take place March 17 during the WMU annual meeting at St. Andrews Baptist Church, Columbia.

Nominations for the executive board are made by the nominating committee, also elected at the WMU annual meeting. The committee considers involvement in WMU on the state, associational and local level when making selections.

Nominees for the 2007-2008 executive board are listed below by office with region, name and church:

 

President: Gail Hodson, Mid-Valley, Langley

Recording Secretary: Joy Cranford, First, Fort Mill

 

Vice Presidents (by region)

I-A: Yvonne McGee, First, Iva

I-B: Joyce Cox, Pelham First, Greer

I-C: Carol Scherer, First, Boiling Springs

II-A: Elizabeth Ford, First, Fort Mill

II-B: Linda Hite, Red Bank, Lexington

III-A: Jenny Banner, First, Edgefield

III-B: Linda McLellan, Millbrook, Aiken

IV-A: Martha Smith, First, Manning

IV-B: Juanita Moore, North Conway, Conway

V-A: Cathy Mixon, Sand Hill, Varnville

V-B: Dona Lea Fanning, First, Charleston

 

Regional Members

I-A: Barbara Hunter, Jones Avenue, Easley

I-B: Brenda Dempsey, First, Greer

I-C: Peggy Gilliland, First, Woodruff

II-A: Brenda Pettus, Sisk Memorial, Fort Mill

II-B: Alice Edwards, Riverland Hills, Irmo

III-A: Janice Meeks, First, Newberry

III-B: Jane Simmons, Shiloh, Aiken

IV-A: Ruth Ann Sanford, Grace, Sumter

IV-B: Darlene Hyman, Timberlake, Myrtle Beach

V-A: Betty Hydrick, Doctors Creek, Walterboro

V-B: Lemyra Poole, Providence, Moncks Corner

 

Members at Large

Betty Bedenbaugh, Earle Street, Greenville

Lois Canaday, Memorial, St. George

Eme Earles, Sandy Level, Blythewood

Bertha Foster, Lexington, Lexington

Deborah Hayes, Jones Avenue, Easley

Louise Rakes, First, Boiling Springs

Ann Rauton, Doorway, Charleston

Sandra Reece, Rich Hill, Heath Springs

Joyce Rogers, Calvary, Florence

Ginny Suggs, First, Woodruff

 

The nominees for the 2008 nominating committee, listed by region, name and church, are:

I-A: Irene Raffini, Concord, Anderson; Ann Andrews (alternate), Brushy Creek, Easley

I-B: Ernie Baxley, Grace, Duncan; Vickie Wilkes (alternate), Woodside, Mauldin

I-C: Polly Goodwin, Northside, Woodruff; Betty Sparks (alternate), First, Boiling Springs

II-A: Cathy Hardin, Northside, Rock Hill; Janice Shannon (alternate), First, Chester

II-B: Betty Haimbaugh, White Rock, White Rock; Dorothy Johnson (alternate), First, Camden

III-A: Janice Meeks, First, Newberry; Pat Alexander (alternate), First, Whitmire

III-B: Shirley Meyers, New Hope, Orangeburg; Julia Furtick (alternate), First, Springfield

IV-A: Catherine Sellers, Hopewell, Chesterfield; Shirley Johnson (alternate), Providence, Pageland

IV-B: Betty Sue Parker, Maple, Conway; Yvonne Jordan (alternate), First, Conway

V-A: Loraine Ferguson, Port Royal, Port Royal; Karen Scudder (alternate), First, Bluffton

V-B: To Be Announced; Nancy Salters (alternate), Highland Park, Hanahan

 

For more information on the Woman’s Missionary Union annual meeting, call (800) 723-7242, or go to www.scwmu.org.