Beatrice Bryant Gills

  • Born September 23, 1928
  • Graduated Alexander High School 
  • Career in nursing
  • First African American female Chairman of the State Nursing Board
  • Employed by King’s Daughters Hospital under Dr. Louis Wilkins and Dr. Vernon Doster
  • Founder and chairman of Alexander High School reunion 
  • Member of the Socialite Club
  • Member of the Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church and served as Director of the young people’s department
  • Married to the late John Wesley Gills, 3 children
  • Died March 27, 1994
Beatrice Bryant Gills