The Central and South Central Regions merged in the mid-1930s to become the South Central Region.  The South Central Region now has over 145 chapters, twenty-five Amicae Auxiliaries, and 80 Zeta Youth Affiliate Auxiliaries.  Membership exceeds 250 Life, Golden Life, and Diamond Life Members, 200 friends in Amicae auxiliaries, and 800 Youth auxiliary members.

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The oldest graduate chapters in the South Central Region are Pi Zeta (Lambda) in Nashville, Tennessee and Nu Zeta Chapter, Knoxville, Tennessee. Alpha Sigma Zeta Chapter, located in Birmingham, is the oldest graduate chapter in Alabama.  Alpha Mu Zeta, Little Rock, is the oldest graduate chapter in Arkansas.  The oldest graduate chapter in Mississippi is Alpha Delta Zeta Chapter, Jackson.

The South Central Region has hosted two boules:  Lambda Chapter, now Pi Zeta Chapter in Nashville, Tennessee in 1929 and Alpha Eta Zeta Chapter, Memphis, Tennessee, in 1980.  Nu Zeta Chapter of Knoxville, Tennessee is scheduled to host the 2019 Zeta Organizational Leadership Conference.

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Members of the South Central Region continue to impact our organization on the local, state, regional, and national levels. 

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The first regional director of the South Central Region was Fannie Clay of Knoxville, Tennessee.  Other Regional Directors were:

• Almeda Ford Drewery – Knoxville, Tennessee

• Carlotta Stewart Watson – Memphis, Tennessee

• Betty Steele Turner – Tuskegee, Alabama

• Pauline S. Allen – Columbus, Mississippi

• Julia S. Polk – Jackson, Mississippi

• Melba T. Lanier – Nashville, Tennessee

• M’Elena Matthews – Itta Bena, Mississippi

• Ruth S. Mosley - Jackson, Mississippi

• Henri Etta Lowe – Itta Bena, Mississippi

• Bonita Gillespie – Knoxville, Tennessee

• Dr. Johnnye Witcher – Montgomery, Alabama

• Dr. Rosalind P. Hale – Mobile, Alabama

• Dr. Rosie Pridgen Johnson – Jackson, Mississippi

• Audrey Fullilove McCarty – Jackson, Mississippi

• Sharon Fletcher – Pine Bluff, Arkansas

• Vicki Hammock – Morristown, Tennessee

• Dr. Constance Smith Hendricks – Auburn, Alabama

• Ernestine Wilson – Nashville, Tennessee

• Kathy R. Tatum - North Little Rock, Arkansas

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