Effie Carter Grear

Background

Grear, Effie Carter was born on August 15, 1927 in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. Daughter of Harold Jones and Margaret (Tinsley) Carter. Bachelor of Music, West Virginia State College, 1948.

Education

Bachelor of Music, West Virginia State College, 1948. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1955. Doctor of Education, Nova University, 1976.

Career

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical High School, Tallahassee, 1948-1951, Smith-Brown HighSch., Arcadia, Florida, 1951-1956. Band director Lake Shore High School, Belle Glade, Florida, 1956-1960, dean of girls, 1960-1966, assistant principal, 1966-1970. Assistant principal Glades Central High School, Belle Glade, Florida, 1970-1976, principal, 1976.

Board of directors Palm Beach County Mental Health Association Recognized for outstanding achievement by Florida Sugar Cane League, 1985.

Recipient Community Svc. award ElDorado Civic Club, Martin Luther King Junior Humanitarian award Palm Beach County Urban League, 1988, Community Svc.award West Palm Branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1989, Ida South. Baker Distinguished Black Educator Recognition award Florida Department Education, 1992.

Achievements

• Effie Carter Grear has been listed as a noteworthy educational administrator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Up From the Muck

    (A powerful collection of true stories of the lives of res...)

Membership

Board directors Palm Beach County Mental Health Association. Member of Belle Glade Chamber of Commerce (chairman beautification committee, Citizen of Year 1986), Belle Glade Association Women's Clubs (president), Palm Beach County School Administrators Association, Association Supervision and Curriculum Development, National School Public Relations Association, National Community School Education Conference, National Association Secondary School Principals (Excellence Education award 1991, Florida Secondary Principal of Year 1991), Women's Civic Club, Elite Community Club, Omega Psi Phi (West Palm Beach chapter Citizen of Year 1990), Alpha Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Kappa, Florida Association Secondary School Principals (Excellence Principal award 1991-1992).

Connections

Married William Alexander Grear, May 16, 1952. Children: Rhonda Kaye, William Alexander.

Father:

Harold Jones Bachelor of Music

Mother:

Margaret (Tinsley) Carter. Bachelor of Music

Spouse:

William Alexander Grear

child:

William Alexander Grear

child:

Rhonda Kaye Grear