Teacher Hall of Fame

Teacher Hall of Fame Nomination Form

The 2013 Houston County Teacher Hall of Fame induction ceremony was held April 14, 2013, at the Houston County Board of Education.  The ceremony was followed by a reception. Current and past honorees are listed below. 

2013 Teacher Hall of Fame Ceremony Video
2013 Teacher Hall of Fame Memories
     

2013
Mrs. Linda Faraone
Mrs. Mary Ann Gore
Mrs. Gail R. Maye
Mrs. Pamela R. Stanescu 

2012
Mrs. Inez Daughtry Brewton
Mrs. Donna Crawford Havrilla
Mrs. Sherin C. Hinnant
Mrs. Joyce Bridges Jones
Mrs. Jeanne Connell McDonald
Mrs. Carolyn K. Stonehouse      

2011
Mrs. Joyce Brooks
Mrs. Mary Alice Holland
Mr. Ray Horne
Mrs. Annabelle Watts Katsekis Lytle
Mrs. Billie Goode Mosteller
Mrs. Bertie Riner

2009
Mr. Philip Brewton
Mrs. Jean Brown Lambert
Mrs. Gloria Mason Ragin
Mrs. Evelyn Dowdy Ross
Mr. Leon Tompkins
Mrs. Martha Gonzalez Valdes

2008
Mrs. Eva Nelson Holland
Mrs. Dorothy Naomi Jones
Mr. W. Earl Marshall, III
Mrs. Mildred Bynum Montgomery
Mrs. Alberta H. Moody
Mrs. Gervaise Wynn Perdue
Mrs. Thelma Eleanor Ross
Mrs. Carolyn Coleman Smith
Mrs. Pearl J. Stephens
Mrs. Mabel Ellis Weaver

2007
Mrs. Gladwyn Sproull Barfield 
Mrs. Ruby Pickens Carpenter
Mr. Earl H. Cheek
Mrs. Marion Hunter Cheek
Mrs. Claire Tyson Coleman
Mrs. Mamie Horne Coleman
Mrs. Blanche Youngblood Collins
Miss Sara Frances Couey 
Mrs. Florence Smith Harrison 
Miss Sara Lewis 
Mrs. Molly Cason Moss
Mr. Adleigh Douglas Redmond
Mrs. Susie Mae Tharpe 
Mrs. Malissa Giles Tucker

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: David Carpenter, former Superintendent; Danny Carpenter, 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; Mary Mantiply, former Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning; and Beth Conley McLaughlin, Director of Community and School Affairs and Warner Robins High School graduate.