Background
Lipscomb, Shirley Ruth was born on March 10, 1951 in Statham, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Rosevelt and Lucille (Barnette) Thurmond.
Lipscomb, Shirley Ruth was born on March 10, 1951 in Statham, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Rosevelt and Lucille (Barnette) Thurmond.
Master License Cosmetology, Minosa School Beauty, 1970-1971; Associate of Arts, Gainesville (Georgia) College, 1971-1973; Bachelor of Science, Brenau College, 1973-1975; Master of Education, Georgia State University, 1980-1983.
Owner, manager, Shirley's Beauty Salon, Gainesville, 1971-1979; vocational teacher, Lanier Technology Institute, Oakwood, Georgia, since 1977. Faculty steering committee Lanier Technology School, Oakwood, 1986-1991, secretary advisory board, 1991, in-service committee, 1992.
Chairman AKA Cotillion, Gainesville, 1975, AKA Scholarship Committee, Gainesville, 1985-1990. Coordinator General Missionary Baptist Church, Georgia, 1980-1989. President PTO, Gainesville, 1990.
Volunteer Project Find, 1972 (certified), Summer Reading Program, 1974 (certified). Active Leadership Hall County, 1992, Executive Leadership Georgia State University, 1990-1991, Coalition on Teenage Pregnancy, Hall County, 1986. Vice president Angelic Voices Choir St. John Baptist Church, since 1971.
Member Georgia Vocational Association, Cultural Educational Tour Institute (president, consultant), Alpha Kappa Alpha (Soror of Year 1989, 90).
Children: Tyrish, Miranda. Married William Lipscomb.