Background
Cannon, Josephine Ayer was born on November 13, 1914 in Furman, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Gertrude (Youmans) Ayer.
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Cannon, Josephine Ayer was born on November 13, 1914 in Furman, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Gertrude (Youmans) Ayer.
AB, Winthrop College, 1935; Master of Social Work, College William and Mary, 1940.
Adoption caseworker, Children's Bureau South Carolina., Columbia, 1936-1938;
child welfare worker, Pickens County (South Carolina.) Department Public Welfare, 1938-1939;
child welfare consultant, South Carolina. State Department Public Welfare, Columbia, 1939-1947;
instructor child welfare, University of Southern California School Social Welfare, Columbia, 1949-1953;
director social services, Epworth Children's Home, Columbia, 1953-1956;
adoption caseworker, Children's Bureau South Carolina., Columbia, 1958-1959;
director casework, Children's Bureau South Carolina., Columbia, 1959-1962;
executive director, Children's Bureau South Carolina., Columbia, 1962-1980;
retired, Children's Bureau South Carolina., Columbia. Child welfare consultant South Carolina.
State Department Public Welfare, since 1948.
Board directors weekday kindergarten Shandon Methodist Church. Member National Association of Social Workers (chairman committee retired and Golf card members since 1989, chapter chairman Social Worker of Year 1991), Speech and Hearing Society (board directors), Child Welfare League American (advisory board, regional planning committee), Columbia Preschool Council (organizer, president), Richland-Lexington Social Service Club (organizer, president), Serendipity Club, trenholm Artists Guild.
Married Glenn Alvin Cannon, June 6, 1942 (deceased January 1987). 1 child, Lynnda Gertrude.