Public school retirees praised for years of service
By News-Argus Staff
Published in News on June 15, 2005 1:45 PM
The Wayne County Public Schools honored nearly 80 retiring employees last week.
The group included principals, assistant principals, teachers, and support staff.
Dr. Steven Taylor, schools superintendent, praised the retirees for their dedication and commitment to children, stressing the important role each played in making the school system run.
"Your actions, thoughts, and deeds have not gone unnoticed," he told the retirees.
"The children whose lives you've touched will appreciate what you have done for them for a lifetime. Thank you for a job well done."
Taylor encouraged retirees to continue contributing to the school system, giving several ways to do so: returning in full-, part-time, or in volunteer capacities.
Edward Cromartie, assistant superintendent for human resources, along with principals of each school, reflected on the accomplishments of their respective retirees before they were recognized individually.
Those with 25 or more years of service in education and the schools they most recently served include the following:
*Virginia Gilbert, teacher, Grantham, 41 years
*Jane Hamm, teacher, Charles B. Aycock, 41
*O'Nita M. Baker, teacher, Goldsboro Middle School, 40
*Sandra A. Scott, Grantham principal, 38
*Morris Kornegay, Jr., Eastern Wayne High principal, 35
*Delores S. Price, counselor, Southern Wayne High, 35
*Linda Wells, Spring Creek High teacher, 34
*Helen E. Wilson, Brogden Middle teacher, 34
*Jewel A. Smith, Northeast Elementary teacher, 33
*Martha P. Mills, School Street Elementary teacher, 33
*Nancy S. Pilkington, Eastern Wayne High teacher, 33
*Carolyn F. Core, instructional assistant, Northwest Elementary, 33
*Betty H. Henderson, teacher, Rosewood Elementary, 33
*Brenda S. Williams, Eastern Wayne Elementary teacher, 33
*Doris Young, custodian/bus driver, Grantham, 33
*Pamela S. Farmer, home school coordinator, North Drive Elementary, 32
*Rosemary R. Singleton, Dillard Middle teacher, 32
*Barbara A. Sutton, media assistant, Carver Heights Elementary, 32
*Paula P. Waters, Rosewood High teacher, 32
*Virginia J. Sutton, Eastern Wayne Elementary teacher, 31
*Rebecca K. Davis, teacher, Carver Elementary, 31
*Minnie S. Williamson, School Street Elementary teacher, 31
*Gloria E. Flowers, technology assistant, Eastern Wayne Elementary, 30
*Evelyn Bowden, child nutrition manager, Carver Elementary, 30
*Wilma Guilliams, instructional assistant, Meadow Lane Elementary, 30
*Linda L. Hamlett, instructional assistant, Northeast Elementary, 30
*Evelyn Hobbs, instructional assistant, Eastern Wayne Elementary, 30
*Freda S. Holloway, instructional assistant, Goldsboro High, 30
*Brenda J. Ingram, Grantham teacher, 30
* Katherine W. Newsome, counselor, Charles B. Aycock, 30
*Sharon A. Smith, Eastern Wayne Elementary teacher, 30
*Dorothy A. Stringfield, Grantham teacher, 30
*Jennifer G. Thornton, technology assistant, Spring Creek Elementary, 30
*Ellen G. West, Eastern Wayne High counselor, 30
*Olivia G. Whaley, Brogden Primary teacher, 30
*Ava E. Eubanks, teacher, Goldsboro High, 29
*Barbara H. Green, teacher, Fremont STARS, 29
*Brenda J. Hobbs, Instructional ssistant, Eastern Wayne Elementary, 28
*Jacqueline M. McDowell, North Drive Elementary teacher, 27
*Donnie Miles, instructional assistant, Meadow Lane, 27
*Ann H.Tyner, instructional assistant, Meadow Lane, 27
*Geraldine C. Peele, child nutrition manager, Aycock, 26
*Frances Smith, child nutrition manager, School Street Elementary, 25
*Judith Williford, media specialist, Rosewood Elementary, 25