Personal Information

• District Technology Student Job Placement Coordinator
• Daughter of the late Lula (Denny) Woodall and the late Lawrence W. Woodall
• Anderson Junior College
• Coker College, B.S.
• Winthrop University, M.S.
• University of South Carolina and Nova University, Post Graduate
• Powers Modeling & Finishing School, New York
• Honorary Ph.D., Francis Marion University
• Married to David S. Neilson
• Member, Central Baptist Church
• Former member, Chairman, Joint Legislative Comittee on Aging
• Former Chairman, House Ethics Committee
• Former member, Darlington County Council on Aging
• South Carolina Health Coordinating Council
• Board of Trustees, Governor's School for Science and Math
• Board of Directors, Darlington Chamber of Commerce
• President, Darlington Pilot Club
• Darlington County Education Association
• President, National Association Accredited Talent and Beauty Judges
• South Carolina Education Association Human Relations Award
• South Carolina Distinguished Teacher-Citizen Award
• Darlington Lions Club Goodfellow Award, 1985
• Darlington Business and Professional Women's Association Woman of the Year, 1985
• South Carolina Vocational Dir. Association Vocational Education Leadership Award, 1987 and 1996
• South Carolina Retired Educators Service Award, 1988
• Wilson Healthcare Service Award, 1989
• Young Farmers of America Service Award, 1997
• Legislator of the Year, South Carolina Federation of Older Americans Association., 1997
• Citizen of the Year, Greater Darlington Chamber of Commerce, 2002
• Member, Board of Trustees, South Carolina Baptist Ministeries on Aging, 2001-05
• Darlington Free Medical Board, 1999
• South Carolina Association of School Administrators Career and Technology, Leadership Award, 2002
• Recipient of Order of the Palmetto, 2002
• South Carolina Woman of Achievement by the Miss South Carolina Pageant, 2004