Personal Information

• Merchant/Farmer
• Residing at P.O. Box 536, Nichols
• Born October 14, 1942 in Mullins
• Son of James A. and Blanche (Harrelson) Battle
• The Citadel, B.S., 1964
• University of South Carolina, M.B.A., 1967
• 1966 married Katherine Ayres Campbell, 1 child, Elizabeth (Bess)
• President, South Carolina Aquaculture Association, 1994-97
• Chairman, Marion County Hospital District, 1995-96
• Center for Marine and Wetland Studies, Coastal Carolina University
• Francis Marion University Business School Advisory Board
• NFIB/South Carolna Guardian of Small Business, 2002
• NFIB/South Carolina Guardian of Small Business, 2008
• Legislator of the Year by Career and Technology Education Admin. Division, South Carolina Association of School Admininstrators, 2008
• 1st Lieutenant, United States Army, Vietnam