According to the draft of her obituary, Mildred Louise Randall was born in Cleveland, Ohio “at the turn of the century” (7 January, 1900). She lived in New York State until 1920 when she moved to Columbus, Georgia. She was a graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology and Auburn University. She did post-graduate work at Columbia University in New York, the University of Florida, the University of Georgia, Georgia Tech and the University of California at Berkley. She was head of the Home Economics Department at Jordan High School for 32 years. She was a charter member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the honorary teacher’s sorority, the 3 Arts League and held memberships in the Student’s Club, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus Historical Foundation, American Association of University Women, Columbus Symphony Auxiliary and Trinity Episcopal Church, where she was a member of Stanne’s and Lucy Shepard Guilds for many years. She also held a certificate for 2,000 hours of war work during World War II.