Educator. Sara Petty taught Bible in the South Carolina public schools before coming back to CBC in 1945 when Dr. Robert C. McQuilkin asked her to establish a Bible Teaching Department. She designed and taught the curriculum while establishing relationships with public schools. In 1952, she became Dean of Women and served as College Mom for the next 21 years. She went back to the teaching department until her retirement in 1979. She led Bible Studies and coordinated the Marketplace Bible Studies for working women in Columbia. Sara passed away in 2006.