Rita Standridge

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General Information

Profession: Registered Nurse Home Town: Beach City


Personal Information

Rita Standridge has served since 1998 by appointment of the mayors of Chambers County, having previously served a term as the governor’s appointee. She and husband Jim moved to Texas in 1967 and have lived in Beach City since 1987, where she has been very active in community service. In 2006, she received from the West Chambers County Chamber of Commerce the “Beach City Volunteer of the Year Award”. She served many years and still serves as election judge or election clerk, on the board of the Beach City Volunteer Fire Department, former member of the Pilots service club, a citizen advisor to the West Chambers County Emergency Awareness and Emergency Response planning group (CAER), and on her subdivision Board of Directors. She served five terms as alderman on the City Council of Beach City and three terms as Mayor pro-tempore of the city. Rita is a Registered Nurse and a Red Cross Nurse. Now retired from active nursing service, she specialized as an ophthalmic surgical nurse as well as managing a home-healthcare service.