Background
Mealing, Isabel Thorpe was born on October 4, 1907 in Townsend, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Elisha McDonald and Maude (Davis) Thorpe.
Mealing, Isabel Thorpe was born on October 4, 1907 in Townsend, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Elisha McDonald and Maude (Davis) Thorpe.
Student Georgia State Teachers College, 1924-1926. Bachelor of Arts, Randolph-Macon Woman"s College, 1928. Master of Social Work, Tulane University, 1943;postgraduate University of Virginia, 1929.
December 1939); children— Elisha Thorpe, Margaret Mae (Mistress Wayne Frederick Orlowski). High School English teacher, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1928-1929. Visitor, Fulton County Department Public Welfare, Atlanta, 1937-1938.
Director McIntosh County Department Public Welfare, Darien, Georgia, 1938-1940.
Child welfare consultant State of Georgia, Atlanta, 1941-1944. Social worker American Red Cross, Lawson General Hospital, Atlanta, 1944-1945.
Assistant field director Lawson General Hospital, and Station Hospital, Fort Benning, Georgia, 1945-1946. Chief social work service Virginia Regional Office, Fort Jackson, South Carolina., 1947-1948.
Public welfare officer Department Army, Japan, 1949-1951.
Senior social worker Valley Forge Army Hospital, 1951. Chief social work service Veterans Administration Hospital., Richmond, Virginia, 1951-1952, Veterans Administration Center, Wadsworth, Kansas, 1952-1968, Dublin, Georgia, 1968-1977. Retired, 1977; Peace Corps volunteer, Morocco, 1978-1980.
Author of 2 books
Member Social Planning Council, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1952-1968, vice president, 1955-1956, 67-68, president, 1956-1957. Board directors American Red Cross, Leavenworth, 1960-1968. Board governors United Fund, Leavenworth, 1967-1968.
Board directors Young Women’s Christian Association, Leavenworth, 1962-1968, president, 1964. Chairman welfare committee Mayor's Advisory Committee, Leavenworth, 1968. Member organizational board Leavenworth Community Action Program, 1966.
Adviser Explorer Scouts American, 1972. Board directors Dublin Mental Health Association, vice president, 1971-1972, president, 1972-1974. President Mental Health Association, Leavenworth, 1964, Darien United Methodist Women, 1987.
Member Midway Museum Board, 1982-1984. Secretary dorcas Society, since 1986. Treasurer Lanier of Glyn United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1986-1988.
Volunteer Welcome Center, Darien, 1987. Active Stroll thru History, 1987. member National association social Workers (executive board Missouri, Kansas chapter 1954-1956, president 1971), American Association Medical Social Workers (president Mo-Kansas chapter 1954-1955), International Society Poets, Georgia (nominating committee 1945), Conferences on Social Welfare, History Society McIntosh County (vice president 1982-1984), Daughters American Colonists (regent St. Johns Parish 1982-1984, state chairman veterans affairs), United Daughters Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution (vice regent 1982-1984, time keeper 1987-1988), Colonial Dames 17th Century (treasurer Golden Isles chapter 1982-1984), Magna Charta Dames, dublin Community Resource Forum (president 1971-1973), First FAmilies of Georgia, First Families of South Carolina, Clan Donald, Dorcas Sewing Society, Dublin Pilot (charter).
Married John Pace Mealing, Junior, August 15, 1929 (divorced December 1939). Children: Elisha Thorpe, Margaret Mae (Mistress Wayne Frederick Orlowski).