Background
Lawrence, Peggy Laverne was born on December 2, 1944 in Kinta, Oklahoma, United States.
Lawrence, Peggy Laverne was born on December 2, 1944 in Kinta, Oklahoma, United States.
Bachelor of Science with honors, Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant, Oklahoma, 1973. Master of Education in Administration, East Center University, Ada, Oklahoma, 1992.
Teacher, principal, Talihina (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1973-1988; job development coordinator, Klamichi Area Vocational-Technology Schools, McAlester, Oklahoma, 1988-1989; director displaced homemaker and single parent program, KAVTS, McAlester, Oklahoma, since 1991; teacher, Wilburton (Oklahoma) Public Schools, 1989-1991.
Precinct chair Democratic Committee, Wilburton, 1987. Member National Education Association, American Association of University Women (president 1991), Oklahoma Council Vocational Administrators, Oklahoma Education Association, American Vocational Association, Oklahoma Vocational Association, Oklahoma Displaced Homemaker Association, National Displaced Homemaker Network, Business and Professional Women (finance chair since 1989), Delta Kappa Gamma (recording secretary since 1990).
Daughter of Jesse Ellis and Elsie Mae (Killian) Cross. Widowed; children: Waynetta Gailey, Laurie Lawrence.