“Live every day to your fullest,” advised Susan Tindle. “Help people when you can.”
Susan Tindle has always enjoyed helping others as much as she possibly can.
She is a Clarke County native and has always worked hard.
“I’ve lived in Clarke County my whole life. I was born over at Watkins Hospital, and Dr. Jace Watkins delivered me,” recalled Susan. “I went to Quitman schools until the eighth grade, and then I went to Clarke Academy. I always worked during high school. First, I did babysitting on the weekends. Then, I worked at Sunflower when it was down where Dr. Cochran’s office is. I worked there on Friday afternoons and Saturday. We didn’t have everything on computers, so every Thursday evening I would have to stop and get a paper and memorize the sales because we had to punch in all the numbers. Everything was marked at regular price, but we had to give them the sale price. I’d work with my mother during the summers since she was the circuit clerk at the time.”
Her education was very important to her and her family. After high school she continued her education and went into a career where she could make a positive impact on others.
“When I graduated from Clarke Academy, I went to Jones Junior College and graduated. Then, I went to Southern and got my B.S. in Education,” remembered Susan. “After that, I taught at Quitman for 20 years and at Enterprise for 12 years.”
She loved her job as a teacher and all of her coworkers and students. While her classroom wasn’t always the conventional classroom, she still loved her teaching experience.
“When I first came to Quitman, I taught fifth grade with Mrs. Glynna Ivy, and that was wonderful,” declared Susan. “One year I had to go down to the second grade because I was the last one hired in fifth grade and they needed someone in second grade. That’s when they used to group everybody academically, and Suzanne Shepherd Ivy and I had the two bottom groups. Our classroom was in the sloped auditorium, and there was a head high partition between our two groups. The desks were at an angle because of the slope, and the kids would accidentally flip the desk over and it would sound like an explosion. There was nowhere to put anything, so the books were stacked on the edge of the stage. Everybody would always come by and look in and see what we were doing in there. Later I taught Kindergarten. I mainly taught Kindergarten when I was teaching. At Enterprise, I taught with Pam Mallard and Ree Herrington. I loved every minute of teaching.”
Although she retired from the school system, she has continued to work and impact the lives of young children through a different business that she has with her daughter.
“When my dad got sick, I chose to retire, and then he died,” expressed Susan. “Emily went to East Central for Daycare Management, and that’s the reason we built the daycare and start a business. We opened the daycare in 2011. I’m co-owner and director of the daycare. Emily runs the after school program, and I do the daycare.”
While she loves what she does, she does plan to completely retire one day. Despite her busy schedule with the daycare, there are other things she enjoys doing when she can find the time.
“I like to sew and cook, even though I don’t have much time,” proclaimed Susan. “I love going on trips. We have a little group that takes trips together. We’ll go out and eat every month or so and keep up with each other. We’ve been to the mountains and go to Cruising the Coast, and we’ve just been several places.”
No matter what happens, Susan will always offer as much love and kindness as she can to those around her. If it is possible, she will help people with whatever they need, and she plans to continue being a positive influence on all those around her.
If you would like to nominate someone for Person of the Week, contact Brittney Mangum at 601-776-3726.
