Maerita Elaine Owen Adams

Background

Adams, Maerita Elaine Owen was born on August 11, 1946 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. Daughter of Troy Everette and Ethel Melinda (Rhodes) Owen.

Education

Diploma T-4 Early Childhood Education, Valdosta State College, 1968; Diploma T-5 Early Childhood Education, Valdosta State College, 1976; T-6 Specialist in Early Childhood Education, Valdosta State College, 1980.

Career

Teacher, Lowndes County School System, 1969-1970; teacher, W.G. Nunn Elementary, Valdosta, Georgia, 1971-1993; teacher, J.L. Newbern Middle School. Education fair chairman W.G. Nunn Elementary, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Maerita Elaine Owen Adams has been listed as a noteworthy Early childhood educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Poll worker Charles Hatcher Campaign, Valdosta, 1988. Member Georgia Association Educators, National Education Association, Valdosta Association Educators (legislation Chairman.1989-1991), International Reading Association Delta Kappa (historian 1989-1991).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, stitchery, travel, plants.

Connections

Married Charles Ronald Adams, March 4, 1967. 1 child, Charles Ronald World War II.

Father:

Troy Everette Owen

Mother:

Ethel Melinda (Rhodes) Owen

Spouse:

Charles Ronald Adams