Background
Rankin, Donna Weatherly was born on June 9, 1939 in Baxley, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Totten Hughes and Lillie Bess (Johnson) Weatherly.
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Donna Weatherly Rankin
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Bachelor of Science in Elementary Edition and Psychology, Wesleyan and LaGrange Colls., 1961; Master of Science in School Counseling and Guidance, West Georgia College, 1990; Ednl. Specialist, West Georgia College, 1991.
Career
Teacher 4th grade, Glynn County Board Education, Brunswick, Georgia, 1961;
teacher 3d grade, DeKalb County Board Education, Decatur, Georgia, 1962-1966;
teacher 3d grade, Oak Mountain Academy, Carrollton, Georgia, 1977-1984;
teacher 5th and 8th grades, Carrollton City Board Education, 1985-1990;
school counselor K-5, Carroll County Board Education, Carrollton, since 1990;
therapist, West Georgia Center for Behavioral Medicine, Professional Corporation, Carrollton. Real estate agent First Realty Real Estate Company, Carrollton, 1984-1991. Partner Weatherly Land Ownership, Baxley, since 1989.
Consultant in counseling. Parent education teacher Carroll County Vocational High School, Carrollton, since 1993. Instructor grief workshop "Windows, " RESA of West Georgia, Grantville, since 1991.
Instructor "Super I" Carroll County Juvenile Court/RESA, Carrollton, since 1992;facilitator Georgia Child Abuse Council, Atlanta, since 1993.
Achievements
Membership
Chair community awareness committee Carroll County Child Abuse Council, since 1991, president, 1993-1994. Adult survivor support group facilitator Georgia Child Abuse Council. Membership co-chair Advocate Executive Committee, since 1991.
Active Sand Hill PTO. Co-chair development Carroll County Emergency Foster Care Hospice Committee. Member of advisory board Carroll Association for Prevention of Sexual Abuse,1993-.
Sunday school teacher Carrollton First United Methodist Church, member administrative board, since 1991, member Altar Guild, since 1978. Member board directors Carroll County Literary Task Force, since 1991, Carroll County Parenting Association, since 1994, Cmty. Care Home, since 1995.
Appointed by superior justice Dewey Smith Task Force on Family Violence, Coweta Judicial Circuit, 1994. Member ACA, Professional Association Georgia Educators, Carroll County School Counselors Association, Georgia School Counselors Association (legislation representative 1991-1992, 6th district chair 1993-1994, region 1 chair-elect since 1994), American School Counselors Association, Kiwanis (board directors), Sunset Hills Country Club, Phi Delta Kappa.
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Married June 19, 1960. Children: Renee Jones, LaFollette Matthews, Terri Turner.
