Background
Allison, Merita Ann was born on February 19, 1940 in Spartansburg, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Raymond A. Nichols and Jessie Estell (Caldwell).
Allison, Merita Ann was born on February 19, 1940 in Spartansburg, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Raymond A. Nichols and Jessie Estell (Caldwell).
Special program coordinator Springs Indust-Lyman Complex. Board member Miss South Carolina Scholarship Program, 1968—2008. Advisory board Lyman First Citizens Bank.
President South Carolina Jaycee Auxiliary, 1968—1969. Member District 5 Spartan Company School Board, 1986—1992. Chairman General Assembly Women's Caucus, 1994—1996, Greer J. Verne Smith Human Resource Center Board, 1996—1999.
Founder & chairman Grand Old Party Women's Caucus, 1999. Member South Carolina House of Representatives, 1993—2002, member District 36, since 2008, member Education and Public Works Committee & Operations and Management Committee.
Married William Ronald Allison, February 14, 1959. 1 child Katina Maria Degler.