Susan Williams:  

Life Currently, I am living 8 miles south of Harrisburg in a community called Rudement. I have lived in the Pope County/Saline County area every since graduation. I married in 1991, and divorced after 12 years of marriage in 2004. I have no children but have a cat and a dog. After high school, I gave college a try for 2 1/2 years, but wasn't dedicated. I went to work for my father at the Quarry and worked there until it sold in 1989. After my father died in 1990, my brothers and I took over my father's cattle operation and formed BMS Farms serving as the 3rd partner and responsibility as bookkeeper. I worked for the 1990 Census, TCT Christian Television (that was an experience), and landed a job as Secretary/Bookkeeper at Southeastern Illionois Regional Planning and Development Commission in 1991. SIRP&DC is a regional econimic development planning agency and I assisted in areas of small business loans, federal and state grant writing and administrating. I was approached by the local township government to be thier Secretary around 1992 and still working for them serving more as a bookkeeper than secretary. In 1996 I wanted to finish college, so I went back to SIU while working full time and graduatine in December, 2000 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Communications. In May, 2001 I accepted a contracted position with SIC to teach Business Technologies at the Golconda Job Corps, where I am currently working. I have a passion for Habitat for Humanity. Around 1997, I attended an organizational meeting to form a Habitat affiliate in Saline County. I was appointed to the stearing committee and assisted with the applicati...Expand for more