She Magazine DECEMBER 2015 | Page 12

contributing writers KATHY DAVENPORT grew up in New York, New Jersey and New Hampshire. Married at 19, she moved to Rhode Island where she and her husband raised their seven kids. Kathy and her husband just celebrated their 46th wedding anniversary and now have 12 grandchildren. They moved to Florence, SC, four years ago when they Kathy Davenport retired and love living here. MARY R. DITTMAN, MBA, Recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award, is a business professor at Francis Marion University. She consults for businesses in the areas of marketing, sales and business strategy, and is active in the Mary Dittman Florence community. She can be reached at www.MaryDittman.com. Her column is titled, “A One-derful Life.” SUE EADDY resides in Florence, SC, with her husband Fred. They have three children: Brad, Jennifer and Michelle Eaddy Johnson. This month, Sue is excited to participate in her annual tradition of being in The Living Christmas Tree at her church, Florence Baptist Temple. ANDREA FRONDORF resides in Florence with her family, where she works at She Magazine as an Advertiser Rela- Sue Eaddy tions Manager/Event Coordinator. She is the owner and life coach of Connections By Drea. Andrea is the recipient of the 2014 She Magazine’s Extraordinary Women Overcomer Award. CASSIE LUCILLE GRAHAM, native of Olanta, SC, is a graduate of Winthrop University with Bachelor of Arts Andrea Frondorf degrees in Dance Performance and English Writing. She is currently attending Queens University to obtain her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction Writing. When she isn’t dreaming about a plantation home in the Carolina countryside, she can be found writing Southern regionalist fiction. BETH GRANT is an artist, writer and retired interior designer. She and her husband Don live on their family farm in Lamar, SC. Beth is enjoying spending more time with her grandchildren since her retirement. Cassie Graham MARTI MILLER-WILLOUGHBY now busies herself staring wistfully at empty boxes waiting to be filled with the treasures of her past and present. Decision-making continues to be a struggle, but the figs have turned to jam rather quickly. And this points to yet another season of change - for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and Beth Grant in health - with the promise of many more words to be share from “down on the farm.” JUMANA SWINDLER, Vice President of Communication and Public Information and Public Information Office r for McLeod Health, has been a faithful contributor to She Magazine since the publication began more than ten years ago as the author of the monthly “Sincerely Yours” feature. She is an active member of the cultural and arts community in Florence, acting and directing at the Florence Little Theater and serving on the Florence County Marti Miller Willoughby Museum Board and the Florence County Economic Progress Board. Jumana is currently serving as the President of the Florence Little Theatre Board of Directors. She considers every day a gift and is passionate about people, finding the humor in all situations, and is very serious about her personal relationship with the Lord. Jumana Swindler 12 DECEMBER 2015 SHEMAGAZINE.COM