Sandra Hendrick Staley was born in Ft Knox, Kentucky, to Robert Ellis Hendrick and Helen Bartholomew. She lives in Midand, Texas and has four children Catherine Elizabeth Staley Hyde; Paul G. Staley; Mark Ellis Staley and Jennifer Elaine Staley Kostohoryz.
Sandra has a BS from McMurry University in History and Speech with a minor in Religion. She was a history and debate teacher at Midland Public Schools for three years.
Memberships
Baronial Order of Magna Charta
Colonial Dames of America
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
DelMarVa First Families (Founder)
Descendants of Brian Boru
Descendants of Early Postmasters 1607-1900
Descendants of Sheriffs and Constables of Colonial and Antebellum America
First Families of Kentucky
Founders Fellowship
Hereditary Society of Teachers (National President; National Recording Secretary)
Jamestowne Society
National Guild of Saint Margaret of Scotland
National Huguenot Society (President General; Vice President General)
National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century (Chapter President; Chapter Vice President)
National Society Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century (Chapter President)
National Society of the Dames of the Court of Honor
National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars
National Society Daughters of the American Colonists (Chapter Secretary; State Junior Page)
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (Former Chapter Regent; Nominated for Texas Outstanding Junior)
National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons (State First Executive Vice President)
Descendants of Fossors
National Society of New England Women
National Society of Saints and Sinners
National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum Planters 1607-1861
National Society Southern Dames of America
National Society United States Daughters of 1812 (Chapter President)
Nicholas Martiau Association
Order of Descendants of Ancient Planters
Order of Descendants of the Justiciars
Order of the Founders of North America 1492-1692
Order of Medieval Women: Women of Consequence
Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America
Order of the Descendants of El Cid
Order of the First Families of Maryland
Order of the Kings and Queens in the Holy Lands
Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
Order of Monarchs of Rheims
Order of the Norman Conquest
Order of the Sovereigns of Ancient Scandinavia
Order of the Steel Magnolias
Sons and Daughters of Virginia Founding Fathers
Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum Bench and Bar 1565-1861
The Commonwealth Assembly
Continental Society Daughters of Indian Wars
Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
Hereditary Order of the Families of Presidents and First Ladies of America
National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
Order of American Cousins of the Present and Future Sovereigns of GB
Order of First Families of Connecticut 1633-1662
Royal Society of Saint George
Winthrop Society
United Daughters of the Confederacy (Chapter President)
National Gavel Society
Other
Appointed Midland Community Ambassador to Greece, 1967
Midland Junior League (sustainer)
Midland Junior Women's Association (past president)
Ballet Midland (past Board member)
Midland Symphony Guild (past president)
Midland Country Club Ladies Association (past president)
Petroleum Club of Midland Ladies Association (past president)
Minute Club of Midland (debutante presentation; past president)
Community Children’s Clinic (past president; board member)
Midland PTA (past president for San Jacinto Junior High)
Midland Genealogical Society (past president)
Midland Cerebral Palsy Center (past volunteer)
Bush House Childhood Home (docent)
Named Outstanding Woman by the Permian Basin Girl Scouts for 2010
Midland Centennial Library Foundation Board
Notes:
Sandra is a member of the First Presbyterian Church and is a poetry writer.