Vertelle A. Kenion

The thirteenth Supreme Lady of the Knights of Peter Claver Ladies Auxiliary is an entrepreneur, community activist, fundraiser for nonprofits and organizer.  Since 1980, she has been an active member of Our Lady of Guadalupe Ct. 110 and is a member of the Meritorious Fourth Degree Division, Ladies of Grace, Father Egbert J. Figaro Chapter 45.  She has served our Noble Order as District Deputy, President, and Area Deputy of the Gulf Coast States; Grand Lady, Treasurer and Financial Secretary of Court 110.  From its inception she served as Editor and Advisor of the FYI. She is an active and dedicated member of St. Patrick Catholic Church where she serves as Lector, Catechist, a member of the Pastoral Finance Council and Building Committee. She also serves on the Diocese of Charleston Office of Ethnic Ministry Advisory Board.  Her affiliations include:  YWCA Greater Charleston, NCNW, NAACP, Trident Urban League and the MOJA Arts Festival Planning Committee. 

Gracious Lady Kenion has worked in the private, public sectors and non-profit organizations. While employed by the National Council of Negro Women, Inc., Charleston County Career Developers Program she designed a career education program for “Unwed Teenage Mothers” and a prevention program addressing the “Dilemma of Children Having Children”. She resides in Charleston, SC and is married to Brother Melvin L. Kenion; they are the proud parents of a son, Antonio Kenion, a daughter, Antonette Boswell and the grandparents of Carlos Boswell.