Dorothy Finley Wilson

Background

Wilson, Dorothy Finley was born on November 1, 1920 in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Daughter of William Walter and Melissa (Hoover) Finley.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, James Madison University, 1943.

Career

Secretary to director personnel and employment, Tennessee Eastman, Oak Ridge, 1943-1944; executive secretary, American Red Cross, Benton County, Washington., 1944-1945. Secretary, board directors Hitchcock Rehabilitation Center, Aiken, South Carolina., 1958-1970. Reading tutor Aiken County Public Schools, 1970-1985, instructor, tutor training, 1980-1984.

Guardian ad litem Governor's Program for South Carolina., Aiken County, 1985-1995.

Achievements

• Dorothy Finley Wilson has been listed as a noteworthy Educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member women's board Aiken 1st Presbyterian Church, 1980, Sunday school teacher, moderator, 1952-1995, Stephen minister, since 1995. Honorary life member Presbyterian Women. Active Girl Scouts United States, Aiken, 1953-1968.

Member Kappa Delta Pi.

Interests

• Reading, international folk dancing, camping, hiking.

Connections

Married John Neville Wilson, October 28, 1944. Children: Melissa Wilson Atkinson, Elizabeth Wilson Alford, Kathleen Wilson Post.

Father:

William Walter Finley

Mother:

Melissa (Hoover) Finley

Spouse:

John Neville Wilson

child:

Elizabeth Wilson Alford Wilson

child:

Kathleen Wilson Post Wilson

child:

Melissa Wilson Atkinson Wilson