Maebell Scroggins Samsel

Background

Samsel, Maebell Scroggins was born on August 15, 1940 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, United States. Daughter of Robert and Lela Estelle (Hammons) Scroggins.

Education

Bachelor, Mississippi College, 1963.

Career

Secretary, Standard Life Insurance Company, Jackson, Mississippi, 1963-1964; legal secretary, Gray & Montague Law Firm, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 1964-1965; personnel secretary, Adjunct General' General’ s Office, State of Mississippi, Jackson, 1965-1970; paralegal, State of Mississippi, Attorney General' General’ s Office, Jackson, 1970-1979, 84-86; sales agent, Prudential Insurance Company American, Jackson, 1979-1984.

Achievements

• Maebell Scroggins Samsel has been listed as a noteworthy Paralegal by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman acquisitions Mississippi Museum Art, Jackson, 1983, acquisitions volunteer, 1982, 89, chairman Volumes at the Palette Restaurant, 1990-1998, music chairMiss. Museum Art Palette Restaurant, 1996, president auxiliary, 1991-1992, trustee, 1991-1992, treasurer Gallery Guild, 1998. Member Jackson Symphony League,1988-, Mississippi Opera Guild, Jackson, since 1991.

Board directors Friends of the International Ballet Competition, historian, 1996-1997, president-elect, 1997. Member American Association of University Women, Jackson Association Legal Sections (president 1975-1976, 77-78, delegate to national conversations 1975-1977, Outstanding Legal Secretary of Year 1975-1976), Mississippi Association Legal Sections, National Association Legal Sections (chairman national spring board meeting 1980), Mississippi College Alumni Association, Petroleum Auxiliary (vice president 1986-1987, president 1988-1989, treasurer 1989-1990, president 1994-1996), Serendipity Bridge Club (treasurer 1989-1993, vice president 1991-1992, president 1992-1993).

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, piano, traveling.

Connections

Married John Sanders Swain, December 30, 1960 (divorced October 1968). 1 child, Stacy Melissa Swain Ramsey. Married Howard Swinehart Samsel, October 8, 1981.

Father:

Robert Scroggins

Mother:

Lela Estelle (Hammons) Scroggins

Spouse:

Howard Swinehart Samsel

Spouse:

John Sanders Swain

child:

Stacy Melissa Swain Ramsey Samsel