Background
Hendrix, Susan Clelia Derrick was born on January 19, 1920 in McClellanville, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Theodore Elbridge and Susan Regina (Bauknight) Derrick.
Hendrix, Susan Clelia Derrick was born on January 19, 1920 in McClellanville, South Carolina, United States. Daughter of Theodore Elbridge and Susan Regina (Bauknight) Derrick.
Bachelor, Columbia College, 1941. Master of Arts, Furman University, 1961. Doctor of Education (honorary), Columbia College, 1985.
Teacher Whitmire Public Schools, 1941-1943, Greenville Public Schools, South Carolina., 1944-1946, 58-63, director Reading clinic,1965-1968. Counselor Greenville Public Schools, 1963-1965. Supervisor Greenville County School District, South Carolina., 1965-1968, director public relations, 1968-1983.
Graduate instructor Furman University, 1967-1969.
Consultant National Seminar on Desegregation, 1973.
Trustee Columbia College, 1958—1970, chair, 1968—1970. Chairman Greenville County Rehabilitation Board, 1974—1976. Vice chairman board Junior Achievement, Greenville, 1978—1979.
Member South Carolina Commission on Women, Columbia, 1979—1988, chairman, 1982—1988. President United Methodist Women Buncombe St. Church, Greenville, 1956—1957. Member administrative board Buncombe St. Church, 1968—2008, trustee, 1980—1988, member endowment fund board trustees, 1994—2007, chairman, 2001—2003, co-chair church building committee, 1999, lay delegate to South Carolina Annual Conference, 1986—2003, member commission on Archives and History, since 2001.
Member United Methodist Church Southeastern Jurisdictional Council on Ministries, 1980—1988, Southeastern Jurisdictional Commission on Archives and History, 1984—1988, Columbia College Decade Chairman Imagine Campainge, 2008. Chairman South Carolina Conference Council on Ministries United Methodist Church, 1980—1988, delegate general conference, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992. Member South Carolina Conference Commission Committee, 1995—1997.
Chairman South Carolina Conference Budgeting Task Force, 1996—1997. Member South Carolina Conference Annual Fund Committee Camps and Retreats, 1998—2001. Member strategic planning committee Columbia College, 1996—1997, class agent, since 2000, member committee of 150, 2003, member Sesquicentennial committee, 2003—2005.
Member Board Global Ministries United Methodist Church, 1972—1980, chairman finance committee, 1976—1980. Member general church commission study of ministry United Methodist Church, 1984—1992, member general church council ministries, 1988—1996, member general conference agencies staff and site location committee, 1988—1996, researcher missions project West Africa, 1986, chairman general church committee legislation, 1992—1996, chairman general church committee on inter-agency legislation, 1992—1996, general church mission agency site location committee, 1993—1996, general church structure committee, 1992—1996. Member South Carolina Conference Africa University Task Force, 2000—2001.
Charter member National Museum Women in Arts, since 1978. Member South Carolina Parent-Teachers Association (life), Columbia College Alumnae Association (life), Democratic Women, South Carolina Women in Government (board directors 1985-1987), Alpha Delta Kappa (president 1970-1972, 90-91).
Married Henry Gardner Hendrix, June 5, 1943. Children: Susan Hendrix Redmond, Marilyn Hendrix Shedlock.