Background
Wise, Edwina Morris was born on October 24, 1928 in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of William Mack and Ora (Coulter) Morris.
Wise, Edwina Morris was born on October 24, 1928 in Columbia, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of William Mack and Ora (Coulter) Morris.
Bachelor of Science in Home Economics Education, Mississippi University for Women, 1949. Master of Science in Nutrition, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1953.
Teacher home economics, Bassfield (Mississippi) High School, 1949-1951; dietitian, director department, Jackson County Hospital, Pascagoula, Mississippi, 1951-1952; instructor nutrition, foods and home management, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi, 1952-1954; associate home economist Sunflower County,, Mississippi Cooperative Extension Svc., Drew, 1954-1956; nutrition and foods specialist, head department, Mississippi State University, Starkville, 1956-1965; administrative assistant to chief nutrition section, Louisiana Department Health, New Orleans, 1965-1968; nutrition consultant to hospitals and nursing homes,, Mississippi, 1969-1980; dietitian, Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1977-1984; nutritionist senior and nutrition-diabetes program district VII,, Mississippi Department Health, McComb, 1985-1992; retired, 1992. Nutrition counselor McComb Diabetes Association, 1988-1990.
Speaker on nutrition to professional associations, senior citizens, local church groups, McComb, 1985-1992. Director Woman's Missionary Union, teacher, Southern Baptist Church;director preschooling Sunday school Pike Baptist Association and Choctaw Baptist Association. Conductor training conferences for preschooling Sunday school workers Mississippi Baptist Convention.
Member American Association of University Women, American Dietetic Association (registered), Mississippi Dietetic Association (president public health nutrition practice group 1991-1992, past secretary, chairman community nutrition committee, member nominating committee), Mississippi Public Health Association, American Association Retired Persons, Mississippi Home Economics Association (past secretary and committee chairman), Mississippi Nutrition Council, Diabetes Educators Association.
Married Jerry Glendon Wise, November 16, 1963. 1 child, Joseph William. Stepchildren: Rebecca Wise Doss, Johnny G. Wise.