Background
Beene, Sophia Darlynn Benavides was born on March 15, 1949 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Daughter of Luis Emilio and Sophia Edna (Broyles) Benavides.
Beene, Sophia Darlynn Benavides was born on March 15, 1949 in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. Daughter of Luis Emilio and Sophia Edna (Broyles) Benavides.
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Tennessee Wesleyan University, 1974. Student, Xerox Learning Systems, New Orleans, 1975. Postgraduate, The Wharton School, 1978.
Postgraduate, University Tennessee, 1987.
Technical information supervisor, Olin. Corporation, Charleston, Tennessee, 1974-1979;
vice president marketing, Editec, Chicago, 1979-1980;
president, Dataque International Inc., Chicago, 1980-1990;
sales and management consultant, Plastic Industries, Inc., various cities, Mexico, 1990-1994;
speaker, Jehovah-Rapha Missions, various cities, Mexico, since 1995. Consultant, lecturer American Society Information Specialists-American Institute of Management conference, Chicago, 1981, National.On-Line, Anaheim, California, 1981, Spacial Libraries Association meetings, 1980-1983.
Panelist National On-Line, Atlanta, 1979.
Board directors, founder Jehovah Rapha-Prodns., Athens, Tennessee, since 1983, Manos de Jesus medical mission outreach ministry, Copan, Honduras, since 1987, El Salvador ministry outreach Oaxaca, Mexico, since 1983. Volunteer Nashville Women's Prison Systems, 1986-1987. Ordained minister Overcoming Faith Christian Center, Athens, 1986, International Pentecostal Gospel Assemblies, St. Louis, 1987.
Singer Grant Park Symphony Chorus, 1980-1981, soloist, 1967-1988, various churches in the United States and Mexico. Speaker in field. Member American Chemical Society, Chicago Access Corporation, American Society Information Sciences, Sigma Delta Pi (president 1984-1985).
Married James Jefferson Beene, May 3, 1971. Children: James Jefferson II, Jones Chamberlain V.