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.