Education
Emma graduated from Boggs Academy at the age of 15 years as the Salutatorian of her class, she is also a 1953 honor graduate of Paine College.
Emma graduated from Boggs Academy at the age of 15 years as the Salutatorian of her class, she is also a 1953 honor graduate of Paine College.
In 1985, once finding out about the inactive charter and government of her hometown of Keysville, Georgia which not been functioning since 1933, she ran for Mayor. Mistress Gresham ran, only to have the position stripped from her after five hours by a Superior Court judge in Augusta who revoked the city"s charter, upholding a challenge by a group of white residents who disputed the town"s boundaries. After national news coverage due in 1989 and due to a tape-recorded oral history from the town"s oldest resident, 93-year-old Henry Key the city was able to determine boundary lines.
In 1989, a federal court upheld the elections, and on June 4, 1990, the Supreme Court affirmed the lower court"s ruling.
Mistress Gresham remained mayor of Keysville, Georgia until 2005. During her tenure of 20 years, Mayor Gresham has helped Keysville, Georgia to have a fully functioning Water and sewer service.
Street lights. Fire department. Library.
Post office. Wastewater treatment plant.
After-school program and municipal building.
