Charity Ann Worley and Katie Chandler Worley, escorted by VMI Cadet Boyd Tyler Worley and Citadel Cadet Jeffrey Alexander Fretwell, attend the Colonial Ball of The South Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution, held December 18 at Charleston Place, Charleston, South Carolina Charity Ann Worley and Katie Chandler Worley were among eighteen debutantes presented at the 2005 Colonial Ball of The South Carolina Society, Sons of the American Revolution, held December 18 at Charleston Place, Charleston, South Carolina. They were presented by Edward L. Pender, Colonel Thomas Taylor Chapter of the Society, Columbia, South Carolina, and Faye James Pender, William Capers Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Columbia, South Carolina. The Penders are from Columbia. The debutantes were escorted respectively by VMI Cadet Boyd Tyler Worley of Cerro Gordo, North Carolina, and Citadel Cadet Jeffrey Alexander Fretwell of Amery, Wisconsin.

Young ladies presented at the ball must have proven direct lineage to a patriot ancestor who fought in the American Revolutionary War. Both debutantes and their escorts are descended from Sergeant William Graham of Colonel Charles Cotesworth Pinckney’s First South Carolina Regiment, Continental Line, and Private William Lifrage of Captain John McCauley’s Company, McDonald’s Regiment, General Francis Marion’s Brigade. All are great grandchildren of the late William Roslyn (“Ross”) and Mary Harriet Small Chandler of Tumuli Plantation, Greeleyville, South Carolina.

The Misses Worley are daughters of Chandler and Jenny Worley of Cerro Gordo, North Carolina. Cadet Boyd Worley is the son of James and Dianna Worley of Cerro Gordo, North Carolina. Cadet Jeffrey Fretwell is the son of Burlington Alexander (“Sandy”) and Joanne Fretwell of Amery, Wisconsin.