Mary Rebekah Garvin Thompson was born April 24, 1914 in Beaufort County, South Carolina to Judge Johnnie R. and Carolyn Crosby Garvin. She is a direct descendant of Alexander Hamilton. Mary’s husband, Herman Charles Thompson is deceased. Mary is a retired Civil Service Procurement Officer who went on working as a substitute teacher for […]
Category: Charleston
Julia T. Droze
Julia Droze has been dedicated to youth bowling over the last 20 years. During that time she has served in many capacities. In the Greater Charleston Association, she has served as president, vice president , sergeant-at-arms and has chaired all committees. At the state level, she has served on the SCSYABA Board of Directors as […]
Pat Kollman
Pat Kollman has been a GCJBA coach since 1967 and has loved every minute of it. Over the years she has served on the junior board and is currently Vice President. For 6 years she taught a class of autistic children for the Special Olympics. After all these years of teaching, she still enjoys doing […]
Janie Wetmore
Data Not Available. Died in 1992.
Clara “Moe” Gamble
Sallie Heiser
Perhaps there’s no more dramatic way to become interested in tenpins than to try the sport for the first time with three handsome Air Force NCO’s. At the urging of none other than her husband, Larry, Sallie joined him and his two friends for open bowling on a rainy Sunday in 1956. Needless to say, […]