Background
Herndon, Alice Patterson Latham was born on December 18, 1916 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Frank Waters and Ruby (Dews) Patterson.
Herndon, Alice Patterson Latham was born on December 18, 1916 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Frank Waters and Ruby (Dews) Patterson.
Diploma, Charity Hospital School Nursing, New Orleans, 1937. Student, George Peabody Teachers College, 1939. Bachelor of Science in Public Health Nursing, University North Carolina, 1954.
Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1966.
April 1981); children: Jo Alice Latham Miller, Marynette Latham, Lauruby Cathleen Beach. 1 adopted child, Courtney Marie Herndon. Married Sidney Dumas Herndon, April 26, 1985. diploma, Charity Hospital School Nursing, New Orleans, 1937.
Student George Peabody College Teachers, 1938-1939.
Bachelor of Science in Public HealthNursing, U. North Carolina, 1954. Master in Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 1966.
Staff public health nurse assigned special venereal disease study United States Public Health Service, Darien, Georgia, 1939-1940. County public health nurse Bacon County, Alma, Georgia, 1940-1941.
United States Public Health Service special venereal disease project, Glynn County, Brunswick, 1943-1947.
County public health nurse Glynn County, 1949-1951, Ware County, Waycross,1951-1952. Public health nurse supervisor Wayne-Long-Brantley-Liberty Counties, Jesup, 1954-1956 district director public health nursing Wayne-Long-Appling-Bacon-Pierce Counties, Jesup, 1956-1970. District chief nursing Southeast Georgia Health District, 1970-1979, organizer mobile health services, 1973.
Executive director Wayne County Home Health Agency, 1968-1980.
Executive director Ware County Home Health Agency, 1970-1979, member Executive Committee, 1978-1985. Member governing board Southeast Georgia Health Systems Agency, 1975-1982.
Member governing board Health Department Home Health Agency, 1978, also author numerous grant proposals. Governing board Brunswick Civic Orchestra, 1993-1997.
Board of directors Wayne County Mental Health Association, 1959, 60, 61, 81, 82, Wayne County Tuberculosis Association, 1958-1962.
A non-alcoholic organizer Jesup group Alcoholics Anonymous, 1962-1963. Member of advisory county Ware Memorial Hospital School Practical Nursing, Waycross, Georgia, 1958. Member Altar Guild, Saint Paul"s Episcopalian Church, 1979-1986, vestrywoman, 1981-1982.
Member Altar Guild Saint Marks Episcopal Church, Brunswick, Georgia, 1994.
Member advisory council Ware Memorial Hospital School Practical Nursing, Waycross, Georgia, 1958. Member Altar Guild St. Paul's Episcopalian Church, 1979—1986, vestrywoman, 1981—1982. Member Altar Guild St. Marks Episcopal Church, Brunswick, Georgia, 1994—2001.
Board directors Wayne County Mental Health Association, 1959—1961, 1981—1982, Wayne County Tuberculosis Association, 1958—1962, a non-alcoholic organizer Jesup group Alcoholics Anonymous, 1962—1963. Fellow American Public Health Association. Member American Nurses Association, 8th District (president 1954-1958, secretary 1958-1960, director 1960-1962, 1st vice president 1962), Georgia Nurses Association (executive board 1954-1958, program review continuing education committee 1980-1986, District 21 Excellence in Nursing award 1994), Georgia Public Health Association (chairman nursing section 1956-1957), Georgia Association District Chiefs Nursing (president 1976).
Married William Joseph Latham, July 21, 1940 (deceased April 1981). Children: Jo Alice Latham Miller, Marynette Latham Herndon, Lauruby Latham Herndon. 1 adopted child, Courtney Marie Herndon.
Married Sidney Dumas Herndon, April 26, 1985.