Background
Headings, Leah Smith was born on March 18, 1953 in Las Vegas. Daughter of James L. and Hilda Smith.
Headings, Leah Smith was born on March 18, 1953 in Las Vegas. Daughter of James L. and Hilda Smith.
Bachelor of Social Work cum laude, U. Mississippi, 1973; Master of Social Work, Virginia Commonwealth U., 1980.
Community health educator, North Mississippi Medical Center, Tupelo director shelter for battered women-rape crisis program, S.A.F.E., Inc., Tupelo counselor, Outreach Counseling Superior vena cava syndrome, Inc., Charlottesville, Virginia mental health clinician, Henrico Mental Health Center, Richmond, Virginia. Presenter numerous local, regional and national workshops and conferences.
Secretary community resource committee Blueprint for Health Opportunities for People Everywhere, Executive Committee. Executive Committee Gardner-Simmons Home for Girls, board directors. Member Church in Society Committee First United Methodist Church, Tupelo, child development advising committee Itawamba Community College, health professional advising committee Mississippi March of Dimes.
Appointed toGov.'s Task Force Child Care, 1989. Member Mississippi Coalition Against Domestic Violence (past chairperson), National Association of Social Workers, Thomas Jefferson Child Advocacy Group (past Executive Committee), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Lambda Delta, Sigma Delta Pi.
Married Howard Randy Headings, October 20, 1984. Children: Drew James, Juliana Rose.