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Teacher Hall of Fame



Teacher Hall of Fame Nomination Form

The 2009 Houston County Teacher Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held March 29, 2009, at Perry High School. The ceremony was followed by a reception. Current and past honorees are listed below.

2009
* Mr. Philip Brewton, 26 years
* Mrs. Jean Brown Lambert, 31 years
* Mrs. Gloria Mason Ragin, 31 years
* Mrs. Evelyn Dowdy Ross, 23 years
* Mr. Leon Tompkins, 30 years
* Mrs. Martha Gonzalez Valdes, 28 years

2008
* Mrs. Eva Nelson Holland, 28 years
* Mrs. Dorothy Naomi Jones, 24 years
* Mr. W. Earl Marshall, III, 20 years
* Mrs. Mildred Bynum Montgomery, 30 years
* Mrs. Alberta H. Moody
* Mrs. Gervaise Wynn Perdue, 30 years
* Mrs. Thelma Eleanor Ross, 21 years
* Mrs. Carolyn Coleman Smith, 42 years
* Mrs. Pearl J. Stephens, 25 years
* Mrs. Mabel Ellis Weaver, 29 years

2007
* Mrs. Gladwyn Sproull Barfield, 1947-1974
* Mrs. Ruby Pickens Carpenter, 1939-1965
* Mr. Earl H. Cheek, 1955-1974
* Mrs. Marion Hunter Cheek, 1955-1975
* Mrs. Claire Tyson Coleman, 1938-1968
* Mrs. Mamie Horne Coleman, 1925-1958
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Mrs. Blanche Youngblood Collins, 53 years
* Miss Sara Frances Couey, 1923-1965
* Mrs. Florence Smith Harrison, 1940-1975
* Miss Sara Lewis, 1948-1970
* Mrs. Molly Cason Moss, 1954-1974
* Mr. Adleigh Douglas Redmond, 25 years
* Mrs. Susie Mae Tharpe 25+ years
* Mrs. Malissa Giles Tucker, 38 years

Criteria used to select Hall of Fame members include:

♦ 20 years of classroom experience in Houston County;
♦ degrees held;
♦ retired at least five years;
♦ proof of quality teaching;
♦ significant contributions to student success; and
♦ involvement outside of the classroom, such as a sponsor of extracurricular activities.

A committee of former Houston County educators and school system graduates selected the Hall of Fame inductees. The committee members are: Danny Carpenter; former Superintendent; Matthew Arthur, former Superintendent; Tom �Boot� Hunt, Perry High School Class of 1959; Herman C. Ragin, Perry Training School Class of 1945 and first principal of Kings Chapel Elementary, and Beth Conley McLaughlin, Director of Community and School Affairs, and Warner Robins High School graduate.