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2025 Educators Hall of Fame
Superintendent of Schools Dr. Mary Elizabeth Davis welcomes the honorees and their families.
School Board Chair Janet Read Welch brings greetings on behalf of the Board of Education.
Executive Director Lisa-Marie Haygood spoke on behalf of the event sponsor, Cherokee County Educational Foundation
Inductee Pamela Bowman, right, speaks with School Board Chair Patsy Jordan.
Hall of Fame Inductee Pamela Bowman (center), with, from left, Dr. Davis and School Board members Dr. Susan Padgett-Harrison, Kelly Poole, Patsy Jordan and Chair Janet Read Welch.
Allen Browning and Lynn Satterfield accept the Hall of Fame honor for their father Carter Browning, a lifelong educator who passed in 2009.
Hall of Fame inductee Ruth Flowers, right, is congratulated by School Board member Dr. Susan Padgett-Harrison.
Superintendent Mary Elizabeth Davis and Dr. Susan-Padgett Harrison greet Whitney Zapeta, granddaughter of the late Dot Whitfield, Hall of Fame inductee. Whitney accepted the award from Dr. Davis while holding a photo of her grandmother.
Accepting on behalf of Dorothy "Dot" Whitfield were her children Bob Whitfield and Alicia Price and granddaughter Whitney Zapeta, who followed in her grandmother’s footsteps and currently teaches at Ball Ground ES STEM Academy.
Jack Weaver, 2025 Hall of Fame inductee, walks back to his seat after being honored.
Hall of Fame honoree Jack Weaver
Class of 2025 Educators Hall of Fame inductees
The late Kate Smithwick was represented by her nieces Patsy Cain and Penny Vaughn.
Honoring Hall of Fame inductee, the late Kate Smithwick
Group photo of the 2025 Educators Hall of Fame class, joined by several members of previous classes of inductees.
School Board member Dr. Susan Padgett-Harrison was among the group of 8 new members of the Educators Hall of Fame.
Dr. Susan Padgett-Harrison receives her award from Dr. Davis
Hall of Fame inductee Ruth Flowers
Hall of Fame inductee Lawrence Fitts.
Frankie Shepherd, center, talks with fellow Hall of Famer Ruth Flowers after the ceremony/
Jack Weaver shares a laugh with School Board member Kelly Poole.
The crowd applauds the evening's honorees.
Fellow Hall of Famer Susan Buice checks the plaque for Jack Weaver's name as a new member.