Margie Willis Clary was born in the Piedmont section of South Carolina. Her father was a Baptist minister. After graduating from Furman University with a Bachelor Degree in Education, she taught in Greenville County until moving with her family to Charleston in 1965. She received a Master in Education from The Citadel and taught on James Island until her retirement in 1988. Since retirement, Clary has worked as an adjunct professor at The Citadel and at Charleston Southern University. As a st