Waldo A. Maring - Probate Judge

Elected as Georgetown County Probate Judge on November 4, 1980, Waldo A. Maring is currently serving his ninth term. Judge Maring also serves as Judge for the Georgetown County Drug Court created in 2011.
Judge Maring graduated from Columbia Commercial College with a degree in Business Administration. He has also earned in excess of five hundred (500) Judicial Continuing Legal Education hours during his thirty-two (32) years of service.

Judge Maring served on the Andrews Town Council in 1976 and as Mayor Pro-temp from 1978-1981. He is a member of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges. He served as President of the South Carolina Association of Probate Judges in 1987-1988. Judge Maring served on the faculty for New Probate Judges Training in 1993, 1995, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013. He was the coordinator/moderator for the judges training in 2005, 2007, and 2009. Chief Justice Gregory Harwell and Chief Justice Jean Toal appointed Judge Maring to the South Carolina Judicial Council where he served from 1992-2000. He was appointed to the South Carolina Court Administration’s Probate Judges Advisory Committee and served from 1983-1990. In 2004 he was re-appointed to the Advisory Committee and he served as Chairman from 2004 - 2010.

Judge Maring is married to the former Teresa Collins Gaskins and has three daughters, one son and four grandchildren. A native of Andrews, SC, he now resides in Murrells Inlet, SC.

Alma Y. White - Clerk of Court

Alma Y. White began her tenure as Clerk of Court January 2001. Previously employed as a public school teacher for almost 21 years, Ms. White attended Howard High School, and graduated from Winyah High School in 1971. She graduated from Claflin College (Orangeburg, SC) in 1975 and later completed her graduate studies at Coastal Carolina University (Conway) and the University of South Carolina (Columbia).

While for Georgetown County School District, Ms. White served as a member of Georgetown City Council from 1990 to 2000. During the six years, she served as Mayor Pro Tem.