Background
McGee, Effie Mary was born on September 22, 1928 in Uvalda, Georgia, United States.
McGee, Effie Mary was born on September 22, 1928 in Uvalda, Georgia, United States.
Graduate, Highland College, 1968.
Psychiatric aid I, Dixon (Illinois) Development Center, 1948-1953; owner, operator, McGee's Beauty Salon, Freeport, Illinois, 1960-1982; secretary/receptionist, Freeport Township, 1977-1980; teacher, Parenting and Pre-employment Skills Minority Training, Freeport, 1980-1985; executive director, Martin Luther King, Junior Community Center, Freeport, 1980-1988; member city county, City of Freeport, 1981-1985; membership specialist, field director Green Hills county, Girl Scouts United States, since 1988.
Former board directors Family Life Center, Freeport, 1985-1988, Community Action Agency, Freeport. Precinct committeeman Peoples Party, Freeport, 1975-1980. Board directors Highland Management Institute, Freeport, since 1986, Freeport School District, since 1990.
Member, chairman Freeport Drug Commission, since 1989. Field director Green Hills county Girl Scouts United States of America, 1988-1990. Neighborhood development specialist Housing Authority of City of Freeport, since 1990.
Member NAFE (New York chapter since 1988), League of Women Voters (board directors Freeport chapter since 1983), Association Girl Scout Executives, Freeport Women's Club (vice president from 1982, now president), Rotary.
Daughter of James Thomas and Lucinda (Tanner) Yarbrough. Widow; children: Gerald D., Reginald D., Verle B.
