Verlie Anna Rankin

She was a 1938 graduate of South Charleston High School. After that, she went to nursing school, and then worked at Union Carbide. She then changed careers and became a dental assistant for Kanawha County School's clinics, which was a joint venture with the Kanawha Valley Dental Society. From there, she worked for the late Donzie Lilly Jr. DDS for 18 years and then taught dental assisting at Carver Vocational School at Malden until her retirement. She was a member of the Kanawha Valley Dental Assistants, Tri-County Dental Assistants Society, and the West Virginia Dental Assistants Association, and was a Kanawha County schoolteacher. As a young girl, she became a member of Oakwood Baptist Church in Charleston and remained a faithful servant as long as her health allowed. There she helped with the nursery, children's Sunday school and Bible school classes, sang in the Adult Choir, was a member of Friendship Sunday school class, Mary Bonar Circle of American Baptist Women Ministries, Young at Heart Seniors group, and gave her full support to all mission activities. She wrote a monthly article in the church newsletter called "God's Flower Garden", in which she interviewed new and current members so that everyone got to know each other well and quickly. She was also active with the Kanawha Valley Association of American Baptist Churches and the West Virginia Baptist Convention ABC-USA. She was also a member of the Brenda Halstead Prayer Group on Campbell's Creek.

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