Background
Rankin, Martha Miller Cottingham was born on December 24, 1927 in Bennettsville, South Carolina. Daughter of Colin James and Lily Clarkston (Miller) Cottingham.
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Martha Miller Cottingham Rankin
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Bachelor of Science, Queens College, 1949; Master of Education, Francis Marion College, 1989.
Career
Special education teacher, Marlboro County Board Education, Bennettsville, 1956-1958; 1st grade teacher, Marlboro County Board Education, Bennettsville, 1958-1959; 5th grade teacher, Marlboro County Board Education, Bennettsville, 1959-1967, 81-91; 2d grade teacher, Marlboro County Board Education, Bennettsville, 1969-1972; art teacher K-2, Marlboro County Board Education, Bennettsville, since 1991. Grade 5 representative, advisor social studies curriculum Marlboro County Board Education, 1989-1991, observer assessments of performance in teaching, 1991-1995.
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Membership
Commissioner Marlboro Coounty Parks and Recreation. Board directors Atlanta Area Presbyterian Homes, 1980-1990. President Pee Dee Presbytery, 1977-1979, Women of Church Pee Dee Presbytery, 1977-1979.
Elder 1st Presbyterian Church, Bennettsville, since 1983. Reenactor 2d Regiment South Carolina. Line C. E., Columbia, 1974-1981.
Member National Art Education Association, South Carolina. Art Education Association, National Education Association, South Carolina. Education Association, Marlboro County Education Association (secretary, treasurer, legislation representative), Delta Kappa Gamma (president, vice president, program chairman, secretary since 1968).
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Married Donald McCray Rankin, August 28, 1949. Children: Martha Miller (deceased), Donald McCray Junior, Mary Colin.
