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Educators honor 2015 Hall of Fame

2015 Education Hall of Fame inductees were Barbara T. "Susie" Brown, Julia Justus Lappin, Shirley McGee, Peggy C. Simmons and Shirley Ray Whitmire.

By Bill Moss, Published: April 17, 2015

A librarian who ignited students’ interest in computers, an English teacher who inspired the renowned poet and author Robert Morgan, a longtime teacher and principal whose classroom sparkled with her high energy level, an elementary school teacher who taught students to “wear their thinking caps” and a middle school science teacher who “had the rare and unique ability to personally relate to each student” were honored Thursday night as this year’s inductees in the Henderson County Education Hall of Fame.