"Betty Nick" Mary Elizabeth NICKINSON

  General Notes:

Grew up in Pensacola FL.

Distinguished academic achievement (PBK, etc.) at FSU.

College Administrator for University of the South, many positions.

Author of numerous works in history of Sewanee, the South, Episcopal education.

Leader of civil rights activities in 1960s.

--Invalid Dates
Christen: C. 1925

Inferiority complex. “never should have gone to P.K. Young (7th & 8th grade) school in Pensacola (too snobby). “Even my cousins would not have anything to do with me after that.” (Mary Dawkins).

  Noted events in her life were:

• Occupation: College Administrator.

• Education: M.A. Florida State 1942.

• Religion: Episcopalian.

"Betty married Arthur Benjamin CHITTY Jr., son of Arthur Benjamin CHITTY Sr. and Hazel Talitha BROWN, on 16 Jun 1946 in Pensacola, FL. (Arthur Benjamin CHITTY Jr. was born on 15 Jun 1914 in Jacksonville, FL, died on 11 Feb 2003 in Orlando, FL and was buried in 2003 in Sewanee, TN.)