Personal Information
- Widow
- One child, four grandchildren
- Retired Educator, Civil Rights Advocate Administrator
- Baptist
- B.S. LeMoyne Owen College, M.Ed., Univeristy of Memphis; Post Graduate studies at the Univerity of Memphis and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Community Involvement
- Board of Directors: NAACP Tennessee State Conference,
The New Memphis Arena Building Authority (PBA), Secretary - Leadership Memphis
- LeMoyne Owen National Alumni Association, Asst. Secretary
- Founding member and past President of the Memphis Alliance of Black School Educators
- Member: Memphis Retired Teachers Association; United Teaching Profession
- Memphis/Shelby County Anti-Predatory Lending Coalition
- Westwood Neighborhood Association; Advisory Board of the Memphis Juvenile Court System
- Past Vice Chairman, Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board of Shelby County
- Past President, Memphis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
- Board of Trustees, Greater Middle Baptist Church
Service in Public Office
- House member 106th through 107th General Assemblies
- Member, House Consumer & Employee Affairs Committee
- Member, House Children & Family Affairs Committee
- Member, House General Sub-committee of Children & Family Affairs
Honors and Awards
- Living Legends Award, Northeast Region of the NAACP
- Living Legends Award, Memphis Griszzlies and the National Civil Rights Museum
- Addie G. Owen Racial Justice Award, YWCA of Greater Memphis
- Legends of Memphis Award for Community Involvement, National Coalition of 100 Black Women - Memphis Chapter;
- Freedom Award for Community Service, University of Memphis Chapter of the NAACP
- Women of Excellence Award, Tri-State Defender; Friend of Education Award – Memphis Education Association
- Memphis “Freedom Sister” Smithsonian Institute/National Civil Rights Museum
- Women Making a Difference Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority; Ruby R. Wharton Award for Outstanding Service in Race Relations, Mayor A C wharton
- Steadfastness in Pursuit of Freedom and Justice, Juneteenth Freedom and Heritage Festival, Inc.
- Women Making a Difference Award, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Kwanzaa Honoree for Community Service, Mid-South Kwanzaa Inc., Annual listing in “100 Most Influential Movers and Shakers in Memphis (1997-present), Memphis Magazine