Karen Thompson Embry

Background

Embry, Karen Thompson was born on September 25, 1958 in Atlanta. Daughter of James Newton and Billie Reese (Cleveland) Thompson.

Education

Bachelor in Early Childhood Education, LaGrange College, 1980; postgraduate, North Georgia College, 1989-1990; postgraduate, Lanier Technology Institute, since 1996.

Career

Kindergarten teacher, Hall County Board Education, Gainesville, Georgia, 1980-1981; 1st grade teacher, Hall County Board Education, 1981-1990; English to Speakers of Other Languages teacher, Hall County Board Education, 1990-1995; 5th grade teacher, Hall County Board Education, 1995-1996; 3d grade teacher, Hall County Board Education, 1996-1997; 4th grade teacher, Hall County Board Education, since 1997. Member of advisory commission on English to Speakers of Other Languages needs for Hall County, since 1993, curriculum development committee English to Speakers of Other Languages Teachers of Hall County, since 1993.

Achievements

• Karen Thompson Embry has been listed as a noteworthy Elementary education educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Gateway House for Battered Women, Gainesville, 1992, Meals on Wheels, Gainesville, 1993. Volunteer interpreter Good News at Noon Medical Clinic, Gainesville, since 1994. Coordinator Safe Kids, since 1996.

Member Georgia Association Educators, Hall County Association Educators, Junior League of Gainesville-Hall County.

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, needlework, artwork, horseback riding, reading.

Connections

Married Sterling Charters Embry, August 14, 1982 (divorced January 1994). 1 child, Juliette ReeseEmbry. Stepchildren: Hugh Cooper Embry III, Headen Davidson Embry.

Father:

James Newton Thompson

Mother:

Billie Reese (Cleveland) Thompson

Spouse:

Sterling Charters Embry

child:

Juliette ReeseEmbry

child:

Headen Davidson Embry

child:

Hugh Cooper Embry III Embry