Background
Davis, Sybil Lou was born on January 13, 1918 in Gilmer, Texas, United States. Daughter of Roger Lee and Beulah (Roach) Garrett.
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Sybil Lou Davis
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Bachelor of Science, East Texas State University, 1941; Master of Education, East Texas State University, 1971.
Career
Teacher, principal, Dilworth # 2, Alice, Texas, 1938-1940;
elementary teacher, West Mountain School, Gilmer, Texas, 1941-1942;
elementary teacher, Union Grove District, Gilmer, 1942-1944;
elementary teacher, Orange (Texas) Indiana School District, 1944-1945;
elementary teacher, Gladewater (Texas) Indiana School District, 1945-1957;
elementary teacher, Mesquite (Texas) Indiana School, 1964-1985. Primary teacher Head Start, Mesquite, 1965-1966. Teacher Basic Adult Education, Mesquite, 1967.
Curriculum developer.
Achievements
Membership
Member Friends of the Library., Mesquite, since 1986. Member, teacher 1st Presbyterian Church, Mesquite, since 1974. Volunteer fund collector Heart, Leukemia, Polio, Mesquite, since 1970.
Patron Mesquite Symphony, since 1988. Volunteer Chapter I Reading Program, Mesquite, 1991. Member American Association of University Women (member committees), Parent-Teachers Association (life), Mesquite Education Association, Mesquite Retired Teachers, Parent-Teachers Texas (vice president, program chairman, social chairman), Delta Kappa Gamma (committee chairman, Achievement award 1976).
Connections
Married John Lee McAfee, August 8, 1948 (divorced November 1955). 1 child, John Mark; married Penman Earl Thornton, April 21, 1958 (divorced October 1964). 1 child, Tony Lynn; married James Harvey Davis, June 9, 1968.
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Nationality
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Religion
Presbyterian -
Political Party
Democrat