South Carolina Legislature Mobile

District 36 (Greenville & Spartanburg Counties)

Republican - Spartanburg

Columbia Address

402C Blatt Bldg.
Columbia, 29201

Business Phone: (803) 212-6788

Home Address

P.O. Box 93
Lyman, 29365

Home Phone: (864) 439-6255

Business Phone: (864) 909-1092

Committee Assignments

• Operations and Management
• Ways and Means

Sponsored Bills

Primary Sponsor:  Yes   No
Search Session: 2013-2014 (120)2011-2012 (119)2009-2010 (118)2001-2002 (114)1999-2000 (113)1997-1998 (112)1995-1996 (111)1993-1994 (110)

Voting Record

Search Session: 2013-2014 (120) 2011-2012 (119)

Service In Public Office

• Spartanburg County District Five School Board, 1986 - 1992
• House of Representatives, 1993 - 2002, 2009 - Present

Personal Information

• Communications/Legislator
• Born February 19 in Spartanburg County
• Daughter of Raymond A. Nichols and Jessie Estell Caldwell
• James F. Byrnes High School, 1958
• John Robert Powers School of Fashion Merchandising
• February 14, 1959 married William Ronald Allison, 1 child, Katina Allison Degler
• Outstanding Young Women of America, 1972
• Board member, R.D. Anderson Vocational School, 1991–92
• President, South Carolina Jaycee Auxiliary, 1968-69
• South Carolnia PTA of the Year, 1985
• United States Jaycee life member, 1978
• Board member, Miss South Carolina Scholarship Program, 1968–08
• Middle Tyger Chamber of Commerce
• Blue Ribbon Task Force for Higher Education Funding
• Advisory Board, Lyman First Citizens Bank
• President, lifetime member, PTA
• Miss South Carolina Hall of Fame
• Southern Hospitality Club Officer
• Middle Tyger Civitans
• Chairman, General Assembly Women’s Caucus, 1994–96
• Vice Chairman, Operation and Management Committee, 1994–96
• Joint Legislative Committee on Children and Families
• State Tax Ad Hoc Study Committee, 1998
• PASS Com. Legislative Study Committee
• Retirement Investment Equity Conference Committee, 1998
• MTA Comm. Center Board, 1998–99
• Chairman, Greer J. Verne Smith Human Resource Center Board, 1996–99
• Woman of Achievement, Piedmont Girl Scouts, 1997
• Victims Advocate Legislator of the Year, 1997
• SCSBA Legislator of the Year, 1999
• Founder and Chairman, GOP Women’s Caucus, 1999
• House Budget Committee Conferee, 1999
• NFB Legislator of the Year, 2000
• GOP Assistant Majority Leader, 1999–00
• Middle Tyger Chamber Citizen of the Year
• Woman of Achievement, Miss D/L/W Prog.
• Education Advisor for Governor Mark Sanford, 2003–05
• Legislative Advisor for Governor Mark Sanford, 2006–07
• Operations and Management, 2010
• House Education and Public Works Committee, 2008-10
• House Ways and Means Committee, 2011-
• Member, Wellford Baptist Church