Background
Chandler, William Henry was born on May 5, 1948 in Hemingway, South Carolina, United States. Son of William Jackson and Margaret Eloise (Nelson) Chandler.
Chandler, William Henry was born on May 5, 1948 in Hemingway, South Carolina, United States. Son of William Jackson and Margaret Eloise (Nelson) Chandler.
Bachelor of Arts South Carolina, Columbia, 1970. Juris Doctor, University South Carolina, Columbia, 1973.
Bar: South Carolina. 1973, United States District Court(western district) Louisiana 1975, United States District Court South Carolina. 1973, United States Court Military Appeals 1974. Partner Chandler & Ruffin, Hemingway, 1978-1984, Askins, Chandler, Ruffin and Askins, Hemingway, since 1984.
Town attorney Stuckey (South Carolina.), since 1979.
Instructor business law Williamsburg Technology College, Kingstree, South Carolina., 1978-1979. Superintendent church school First Presbyterian Church, Bossier City, Louisiana, 1975-1977.
Lay speaker Presbytery of the Pines, Presbyterian Church United States, Bossier City, 1976-1977. Vice-chairman Williamsburg County Board Trustees, 1979-1984, Williamsburg County Development Board.
Ruling elder Indiantown Presbyterian Church, Hemingway, since 1980.
Board directors Francis Marion College Foundation, Williamsburg County Farm Bureau, Pee Dee Heritage Foundation. Chairman The Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children. Member of advisory board South Caroliniana Library.
Member State History Records Advisory Board Captain Judge Advocate General Corps, United States Air Force, 1974-1978.
Lieutenant colonel Reserve.
Vice chairman Williamsburg County Board Trustees, 1979—1984, Williamsburg County Development Board. Chairman The Continuum of Care for Emotionally Disturbed Children, Williamsburg County Planning Commission, from 2001. Member State History Records Advisory Board.
President Williamsburg Company Forest Landowners Association. Chairman Williamsburg Company Planning Commission. Superintendent church school First Presbyterian Church, Bossier City, Louisiana, 1975—1977.
Lay speaker Presbytery of the Pines Presbyterian Church United States, 1976—1977. Ruling elder Indiantown Presbyterian Church, Hemingway, from 1980. Moderator, counsel, member judiciary committee The Presbytery of New Harmony.
Board directors Francis Marion College Foundation, Williamsburg County Farm Bureau. Vice chairman Pee Dee Heritage Foundation. Board directors Williamsburg Regional Hospital Foundation, Lake City Museum, Pee Dee Land Trust.
Attorney Town of Stuckey, South Carolina, from 1979. Member American Bar Association, Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion, South Carolina Genealogical Society, South Carolina Library. Society, French Higuenot Society, South Carolina History Society, Williamsburg County Bar Association (president since 2005), Francis Marian Trail Commission, Williamsburg County History Society (president), Three Rivers History Society (president), St. Andrews Society City of Columbia, Charleston Preservation Society, Lions, Masons (Hemingway), Williamsburg Hometown Community College (board directors), South Carolina Hall Fame (trustee), Hog Crawl Hunting Club, Wilson Lake Fishing Club, Phi Eta Sigma, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Ann Rodgers Tomlinson, July 31, 1982. Children: Jared Witherspoon Nelson, Martha Elizabeth Hartman, Ann Paisley Snowden.