Lucile Ellerbe Godbold

1922 Olympic Gold Medal winner Paris, France, while a student at Winthrop College. First woman in South Carolina Athletic Hall Of Fame. Outstanding educator at Columbia College. Daughter of William Asa and Lucie Ellerbe Godbold, Estill, South Carolina; formally of Marion, S.C. "Miss Ludy " was born May 31, 1900 at the Godbold place, Marion County.

Marker is on Columbia Highway (U.S. 321), on the left when traveling north.

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