Background
Mere-Dwyer, Leona De was born on May 1, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Clifton and Leona (McCarthy) De M. Bachelor, Rhodes College, Memphis, 1949.
Mere-Dwyer, Leona De was born on May 1, 1928 in Memphis, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Clifton and Leona (McCarthy) De M. Bachelor, Rhodes College, Memphis, 1949.
Bachelor, Rhodes College, Memphis, 1949. Master of Science, University Memphis, 1984. Doctor of Philosophy, Kennedy-Western University, 1990.
Medical artist for McCarthy DeMere, Memphis, 1950-1980. President Aesthetic Medical & Forensic Art, 1984. Speech therapist, Memphis, 1950-1982.
Lecturer on medical art universities, conference, associations.
Consultant in prostheses Vocational Rehabilitation Superior vena cava syndrome. Elected expert witness in funeralization National Forensic Center Author: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Care of Health Care Workers in the Workplace. Bereavement counselor, organizer Ladies of Saint Jude, Memphis, 1960.
Active Brooks Art Gallery League ofMemphis.
Member God"s Unfinished Business committee Temple Israel. Vice director Tellico History Foundation, 1980-1980. Member Executive Board Chickasaw council Boy Scouts American.
Active Republican campaign commission.
Bereavement counselor, organizer Ladies of St. Jude, Memphis, 1960. Active Brooks Art Gallery League of Memphis. Emm. God's Unfinished Business committee Temple Israel.
Vice director Tellico History Foundation, 1980. Member executive board Chickasaw council Boy Scouts American. Active Republican campaign committees.
Member National Forensic Center (expert witness funeralization since 1991), Federation International d'Automobile (international car racing 1972, licensed), Association Medical Illustrators, American Association Medical Assistants, Emergency Department Nurses Association, American Physicians Nurses Association, American Society Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons Foundation (guest member consultant), Women in Law (chairman associates), Executive Women American, Brandeis University Women, Daughters of the American Revolution (1st vice president regent 1980), United Daughters of the Confederacy (president Nathan Bedford Forrest chapter), Cotton Carnival Association (chairperson children's section 1968-1970), Tennessee Club, Royal Matron Amaranth (Faith Court), Sertoma (1st female member Memphis, elected president 1989-1990), Pi Sigma Eta, Kappa Delta (advisory), Kappa Delta Pi.
Married John Thomas Dwyer, May 10, 1952. Children: John, DeMere, Patrice, Brian, Anne-Clifton DeMere Dwyer, McCarthy-DeMere Dwyer.