Mary Ellen Ragsdale

Background

Ragsdale, Mary Ellen was born on March 1, 1940 in Henderson, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Horace Woodrow and Mary Livingston (Harris) Robertson.

Education

Associate of Arts, University Maryland, 1964. Bachelor, University North Carolina, Wilmington, 1982.

Career

Head bookkeeper insurance department, North Carolina National Bank, Henderson, l964-66; head bookkeeper, Frazier Brothers Grocery, Henderson, l966-76; interior designer, Interiors Unlimited, Inc., Wilmington, North Carolina, l978-82; manufacturers's representative, Spandorfer-Zimmerman, Inc., Atlanta, l982-84; owner, manager, Ellen Robertson, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina, l984-94; executive vice president, Robertson Sales Associations, Milwaukee and Charlotte, 1984-1994; interior designer, Bernardand, Inc., New York City, 1989-1992; interior designer, Furnitureland South, High Point, North Carolina, 1992-1994; interior designer, Burnett's Treasures, La Jolla, California, 1994-1996; owner, president, Chief Executive Officer, Ragsdale Interiors, Inc., Phoenix, since 1996. Consultant Inndesign, Charlotte, l984-86.

Achievements

• Mary Ellen Ragsdale has been listed as a noteworthy interior designer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Home life chairman Henderson Junior Woman's Club, l966-78. Adult leader 4-H Club, Henderson, l964-70. Volunteer American Red Cross, Charlotte, l985-89, Big Sisters, Charlotte, l985-89, Students Against Drunk Driving, Charlotte, New York City, Milwaukee, 1986-1992.

Board directors Home Base Youth Services, Phoenix. Deacon Presbyterian Church, 2000-2003. Member American Society Interior Designers (marketing committee American Society Of Interior Designers 1996-1998), Friends of Faith House (board directors 1997-2000), Business and Professional Women's Club (New Business Woman of Year award l988), Friends and Alumni University North Carolina-Wilmington, President Gerald Ford's Millionaire's Roundtable.

Connections

Married John H. Bowen, March l0, l957 (divorced July l976). Children: John Walter, Ellen Anne (deceased). Married Robert Allen Ragsdale, December 7, 1996.

Father:

Horace Woodrow Robertson

Mother:

Mary Livingston (Harris) Robertson

Spouse:

Robert Allen Ragsdale

Spouse:

John H. Bowen

child:

John Walter Ragsdale

child:

Ellen Anne Ragsdale (deceased)