Background
Player, Ernestine Coskrey was born on February 23, 1933 in Lee County, South Carolina. Daughter of Cleland Blain and Martha Elizabeth (Coskrey) Player.
Player, Ernestine Coskrey was born on February 23, 1933 in Lee County, South Carolina. Daughter of Cleland Blain and Martha Elizabeth (Coskrey) Player.
Bachelor of Science in Public School Music, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, South Carolina., 1955; Master of Social Work, College of William and Mary, Richmond, Virginia, 1958.
Music director, Epworth Children's Home, Columbia, South Carolina., 1955-1956;
social worker, Epworth Children's Home, 1958-1961;
social work director, Epworth Children's Home, 1961-1962;
social worker, South Carolina. Department Health & Environmental Control, Columbia, 1962-1968;
social work consultant, South Carolina. Department Health & Environmental Control, 1968-1972;
clinical social work supervisor, South Carolina.
Department Health & Environmental Control, 1972-1979;
deputy director office public health and social work, South Carolina. Department Health & Environmental Control, 1979-1982;
director office public health social work, South Carolina. Department Health & Environmental Control, 1982-1990.
Retired;
consultant in field of social work. Instructor University of Southern California, Columbia, 1987-1988.
Board of directors Midlands March of Dimes, Columbia, 1978-1984, chairman, 1982-1983;governing county American Public Health Association, Washington, 1985-1987. Co-Chairman.Health/Mental Health Conference, New Orleans, 1987. Member National Association Social Workers (chapter Social Worker of the Year 1977), American Public Health Association.
