Betty Boyd Thomas

Background

Thomas, Betty Boyd was born on August 26, 1939 in Atlanta. Daughter of James Emory and Elizabeth (Cobb) Boyd.

Education

Student, Agnes Scott College, 1957-1959; Bachelor of Science, Savannah State College, 1978; Master of Social Work, U. Georgia, 1983.

Career

Dance teacher, ballet director, Southern Dance Academy, Stone Mountain, Georgia, 1966-1973; senior caseworker, Chatham County Department Family and Children Superior vena cava syndrome, Savannah, Georgia, 1979-1980; principal caseworker, Chatham County Department Family and Children Superior vena cava syndrome, Savannah, Georgia, 1980-1984; senior casework supervisor, Chatham County Department Family and Children Superior vena cava syndrome, Savannah, Georgia, 1984-1986; child sexual abuse specialist, Joseph W. Johnson Mental Health Center, Chattanooga, 1986-1989; child and adolescent therapist, Tidelands Community Mental Health Center, Savannah, since 1990; department family and children services liaison, Tidelands Community Mental Health Center, Savannah, since 1990.

Achievements

• Betty Boyd Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy Clinical social worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer ballet instructor for foster children, since 1985, Inner City Night Shelter and Soup Kitchen, since 1985. Aftercare volunteer Willingway Hospital, Statesboro, Georgia, since 1978. Volunteer dance therapist Community Mental Health Day Treatment, 1976-1977.

Public information and local institutions coordinator Al-Anon Family Groups, since 1977. Member Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome task force, since 1985, Community Residential Coalition, since 1985, Greenpeace, since 1989, Georgia Conservancy, since 1989, Savannah Peaceand Justice Center, since 1990, Dolphin Project, Atlanta, Savannah, since 1989. Member National Association of Children of Alcoholics, Elderly Superior vena cava syndrome Network (coastal Georgia since 1985), National Association of Social Workers, Mental Health Association ofSavannah, National Organization for Women.

Interests

• Avocations: dance, singing, writing, water sports, walking.

Connections

Married David Owen Thomas, Junior, June 17, 1958. Children: Elizabeth Thomas Adamiak, Laurie Wright Thomas.

Father:

James Emory Boyd

Mother:

Elizabeth (Cobb) Boyd

Spouse:

David Owen Thomas

child:

Laurie Wright Thomas

child:

Elizabeth Thomas Adamiak Thomas