History

In 1960, fifteen Deltas organized as TICS (Those Interested in a Chapter) with Soror Julia C. Davis as the first President. They presented programs and scholarships to worthy high school senior girls in the Greenville area. The TICS were instrumental in sending Sadie Clark, a French major at Johnson C. Smith, to an American College in Beirut, Lebanon.

In April 1965, at the Candlewick Inn, in Greenville, North Carolina, the Greenville (NC) Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated was established by the late South Atlantic Regional Director Edythe Tweedy. The chapter was chartered on May 1, 1965.

The fifteen charter members were: ΩΩ Pearlie Payton Clark, ΩΩ Elwiza Duiquid Daniels, ΩΩ Jean Johnson Darden, ΩΩ Julia Calhoune Davis, ΩΩ Gloria Nimmo Dickens, ΩΩ Nora Foster Dowdy, ΩΩ Selina Langhorne Davenport Forbes, ΩΩ Edna Biggs Graves, ΩΩ Eleanor Cherry Hagans, Agnes Walters Jones, ΩΩ Annie L. Jones, ΩΩ Doris Sherrod Lee, Georgia K. (Lois) Reddrick, ΩΩ Ruth Marie Staton and Mattie (Peggy) Wiggins Taylor. We have three remaining charter members. The first chapter officers were Jean J. Darden, Chapter President, Edna B. Graves, Vice President, Pearlie P. Clark, Recording Secretary, Agnes W. Jones, Corresponding Secretary and Julia C. Davis, Treasurer.

Since 1965, the chapter has convened nine initiations as we continue to increase our ranks.

June 6, 1971, eleven (11) new members were inducted: Barbara Locks Boone, ΩΩ Rebie Crandol, Doris Hardy Hughes, ΩΩ Virginia Monk, ΩΩ Mary G. Murrell, ΩΩ Rebecca Norcott, ΩΩ Lillie Powell, Eve C. Rogers, ΩΩ Gladys R. Sanders, Lucille G. Sayles and ΩΩ Reba L. Wilkes.

May 16, 1978, nine (9) new members were inducted: Mildred Greene, Peggy Hagans, Deborah Hall Ebron, Patti Sanders Harvey Smith, ΩΩ Bettye Carter James, ΩΩ Phyllis L. Johnson, ΩΩ Jean Mills, Naomi C. Moore and ΩΩ Vivian D. Selby.

December 20, 1984, nine (9) new members were inducted: Belinda F. Carney Johnson, Esther W. Council, Shirley D. Ebron, Carolyn A. Gorham Preyar, Maggie Metcalf, Cynthia Pickett, ΩΩ Fawn Michelle Staton Ransom, Rosalyn G. Taylor and ΩΩ Mavis G. Williams.

February 12, 1989, ten (10) new members were inducted: Jackie Davis Thomas, ΩΩ Veronica M. Carter, Cynthia Hargett, Karen Milligan Houston, Kimi Jones, Veda Smith Mills, ΩΩ Yvonne D. Pearce, Lisa Sheppard, Peggy Ward and Vivian Wynn.

November 4, 1995, eighteen (18) new members were inducted: Michelle H. Barnhill, Mary S. Bullock, Patricia M. Clark, Gail D. Dickerson, Thorl Ebron, Mary Annette Goldring, Jacquette L. Gray, Mildred E. Hopkins, Sylvia D. Jones, Cheryl T. Jordan, Vickie W. Joyner, ΩΩ Mary M. Koonce, Demetrice G. Mebane, ΩΩ Marsha B. Peele, Mamie Bernadette Rodgers, ΩΩ Joyce C. Stevenson, Annie N. Watts and Diane Washington.

November 22, 1998, the chapter celebrated our largest membership intake with 24 new members inducted “DiverSTy 24”: Annette Anderson, Shontelle Artis, Barbara G. Brown, Sabrina Cook, ΩΩ Barbara Cotton, Bonita Crandol-Stephenson, Mildred M. Daniels, Pam Gaines, Sonya Goddard, Latonya Grimes, Ila Harper-Owens, Tara M. Honesty, Sharon McLawhorn McNeil, Chona Manuel, ΩΩ Ruthie Robinson, Karena Senors, Lia Shorter, Towanna Spruill, Valjeaner Stephenson, Nikki Waddell, Lakeisha Waters Moore, Rhonda Wilkins, Connie Wilson and Genevia Windley Hill.

April 9, 2005, nineteen (19) new members were inducted “19 in Harmonious Play”: Nicole Brown, Cheryl Burgess, Nicole Cagle-Richardson, Najiyyah (Gia) Covington, LaShica Davis, Tula Garris, Rita Jackson-Gilbert, Tanisha Johnson, Devonna King, Teresa Lee, Khadine (Kay) McNeil, Letitia (Nikki) Miller, Frances Rainford, Natalie Rodgers, Anikka Ruffin Moore, Theresa Scott Bizzell, Kandie Smith, Joy Williams, and Weltia (Tia) Williamson.

April 4, 2009, twenty-three (23) new members were inducted “23 Sckool Daze”: Trina Alston, Joi Alexander, Tracy Burton, Yatta David, Christie Davis, Twayla Eason, Darnella Edwards, Kolenya Edwards, Crystal Gay, ΩΩ Jennifer Howard, Kimberly McDow, LaKisha Mills, Nancy Newkirk, LaShenda Parks, Mary Patterson, D. Catrice Randolph, Adeea Rogers, Joy Smallwood, Keisha Staton, ΩΩ Sonia Tucker, Brenda Turner, Cassandra Walston, and Bernadette Yarborough.

October 3, 2020, twenty-three (23) new members were inducted “DeSTination Flight 23”: Pamela Boyd, Wendy Clemons, Crystal Gooding, Paulette Grimes, Ja-Fana Ghita Harris, Vertricia Harris, Brianna Horne, Anissa P. Howard, Arjenae Jones-Williams, Millicent Kornegay, Jacquelyn McClaud, ΩΩ Cherry McKnight, Vanessa Polk, Rachel Porter, Demetria Ratte’, Myeisha Shelby, Rennice Sherard, Staci Streeter-Moye, Trissa Teel, Alexia Williams, Briana Williams, Uvonda Willis, and Tachina Valentine. This was the first ever virtual line!