Nettie Edwards Spain

Background

Spain, Nettie Edwards was born on October 9, 1918 in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. Daughter of John Henry and Sallie Tamson (Donald) Edwards.

Education

Student Alexandria Business College, 1936-1937, Birmingham-Southern College, 1958-1959, National Training Institute, United Community Funds and Councils American, 1965-1966.

Career

Reporter, Alexandria Daily Town Talk, 1942-1945. Staff writer Birmingham (Alabama) Post, 1945-1949. Public relations director Community Chest, Birmingham, 1949-1953.

Director information services Pennsylvania United Fund, Philadelphia, 1953-1955.

Assistant executive director Alabama Association Mental Health, Birmingham, 1956-1957. Public relations director United Appeal, Birmingham, 1958-1968, assistant executive director, 1968-1971.

Assistant topres. for development University of Alabama, Birmingham, 1971-1974, acting director, 1975.

Achievements

• Nettie Edwards Spain has been listed as a noteworthy civic worker by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member public relations committee Alabama Heart Association, Birmingham, 1972-1975. Board directors Kate Duncan Smith Daughters of the American Revolution School, Grant, Alabama, 1981-1982. Board directors Children's Aid Society, 1971-1977, 79, vice president, 1976-1977.

Board directors Jefferson-Shelby Lung Association, 1972-1975. Volunteer Bureau Greater Birmingham, 1973-1977, Hale County chapter American Red Cross, Hale County Library. Advisor finance Hale County Library.

Board, 1988; advanced.c om. Junior League, 1974-1975. Executive committee Historic Hale County Preservation Society.

Honorary member president's council University Alabama, Birmingham. Board directors Norton Center Cont. Education, Birmingham-Southern College.

Member Edward Lee Norton Board Advisers for Management and Professional Education, international program committee. Charter member board Birmingham Children's Theater. Member National Public Relations Council Health and Welfare Services (board directors 1967-1969), Birmingham Women's Committee of 100, Public Relations Council Alabama (honorary life), Order of the Crown in American, Alabama History Society, National Society Colonial Damses American, English Speaking Union, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Metropolitan Opera Guild, Guy E. Snavely Society (Birmingham-Southern College), Daughters of the American Revolution, First Families of Virginia, Burgess for Alabama, Birmingham Astronomical Society (honorary), Children's Aid Foundation (charter member), Lakeview Country (Greensboro, Alabama), The Summit (Birmingham), The Club (Birmingham), Northriver Yacht (Tuscaloosa), Mountain Brook Club (Birmingham).

Connections

Married Frank East. Spain, May 18, 1974.

Father:

John Henry Edwards

Mother:

Sallie Tamson (Donald) Edwards

Spouse:

Frank East. Spain