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Alice <I>Bethune</I> Shorter

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Alice Bethune Shorter

Birth
Manning, Clarendon County, South Carolina, USA
Death
19 Jan 2015 (aged 83)
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Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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Alice Bethune Shorter, the first deputy director of the S.C. State Ethics Commission, which was created in 1976, died on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015.

Mrs. Shorter, wife of Furman Levan Shorter, was born in Manning, a daughter of the late John Franklin Bethune and Ruth Gertrude Winter Mills Bethune. She received a bachelor's degree from University of South Carolina and was seeking a master's degree in international business at USC at the time of her death.

She was a dedicated member of North Trenholm Baptist Church; a former Sunday school teacher; president of the Azalea Garden Club; was voted one of Columbia's Top 20 Best-dressed Career Women; received the National 4-H Club Congress No. 1 Dress Review Award in Chicago; a member of the S.C. Council of Garden Clubs; and the Woodlake Home and Garden Club. She was also a member of the National Council of Governmental Ethics Laws; International Personnel Association; American Management Association; S.C. Association of Finance Officials; S.C. Association of Purchasing Officials; S.C. Human Resource Management; and Summit Security Commission.
Alice Bethune Shorter, the first deputy director of the S.C. State Ethics Commission, which was created in 1976, died on Monday, Jan. 19, 2015.

Mrs. Shorter, wife of Furman Levan Shorter, was born in Manning, a daughter of the late John Franklin Bethune and Ruth Gertrude Winter Mills Bethune. She received a bachelor's degree from University of South Carolina and was seeking a master's degree in international business at USC at the time of her death.

She was a dedicated member of North Trenholm Baptist Church; a former Sunday school teacher; president of the Azalea Garden Club; was voted one of Columbia's Top 20 Best-dressed Career Women; received the National 4-H Club Congress No. 1 Dress Review Award in Chicago; a member of the S.C. Council of Garden Clubs; and the Woodlake Home and Garden Club. She was also a member of the National Council of Governmental Ethics Laws; International Personnel Association; American Management Association; S.C. Association of Finance Officials; S.C. Association of Purchasing Officials; S.C. Human Resource Management; and Summit Security Commission.

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  • Created by: Remember me
  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141647132/alice-shorter: accessed ), memorial page for Alice Bethune Shorter (12 Sep 1931–19 Jan 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141647132, citing Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Remember me (contributor 47418257).