Cobb schools honors teachers who retired during pandemic

Marietta Daily Journal, Ga.
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Aug. 31—MARIETTA — After two years without its annual honoring of retiring staff, the Cobb County School District hosted approximately 170 former staff to thank them for their years — or in most cases, decades — of service.

The district annually honors its retiring staff with a luncheon at Roswell Street Baptist Church. But in 2020 and 2021, the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On Tuesday, Superintendent Chris Ragsdale and the Cobb school board invited those retirees back to be recognized. In September, the district will hold another banquet to honor the 2022 retirees.

Here is the list of Cobb schools retirees from 2020 and 2021, accompanied by the number of years they served the district:

Carol Aaron 18

Neva Acevedo 21

Rebecca Adams 17

Jackie Ammons 21

Anastasia Anuforo 16

Mary Atchison 28

Juliana Barnett 34

Kurt Bauer 34

Ann Baxley 13

Stephanie Beckett 30

Karen Bentley 19

Belinda Bitner 35

Geneva Bjerklie 12

T.R. Blair 11

Marisa Blakely 20

Bryon Blankenbecler 27

Hope Brackett 21

Debra Brenner 30

Karla Bright 19

Alice Brown 22

Jacquelina Brown 18

Angelia Bruce 19

Geraldine Bryant 24

Anita Burdell 30

Elizabeth Burgess 20

Edith Canales 11

Yvonne Carini 13

Donna Childs-Milford 12

Peter Choi 18

Andrew Cole 24

Paula Couch 24

Amanda Crain 18

Christan Crear 27

Mary Crittenden 24

Lisa Cronon 30

Barry Dameron 30

John Davis 19

Gail Dease 10

Trudy Delhey 21

Vicki Dendy 22

Joy Dewrell 20

Andrea Dobbs 24

Nellie Doby 33

Rebecca Dodd 21

Monica Donnelly 17

William Duda 23

Pamela Dycus 4

Amanda Easley 22

Mary Elaine Echols 10

Deborah Edwards 30

Laurie Edwards 30

Margarita Esparza 21

Shirley Fisher 28

Tina Ford 20

Laura Foster 38

Catherine Francis 15

Mary Geneser-Gault 23

Carolyn Golden 30

Maryellen Gomes 10

Lauren Gray 18

Cynthia Gropp 32

Melissa Guglielmi 15

Angela Guidry 25

Lisa Hale 6

Mary Hall 26

Doris Hammonds 14

Lisa Hannon 17

Steven Hardin 40

Cheryl Hawkins 12

Sheri Hawkins 32

Audra Haywood 3

Rhonda Hegedus 33

Stephanie Hekmatnejad 7

Renee Henry 14

Ruth Hesson 30

Laurie Hickey 17

Stephanie Hill 30

Linda Hobson 24

Ana Hogan 14

Beth Holden 26

Lynne Holland 19

Nancy Holle 17

Judy Howell 20

Jacqueline Hurley 17

Suzanne Hutsenpiller 22

Juliet Isaacs 13

Ronald Isaacs 22

Mark Jackson 19

Nancy Janas 35

Beth Jann 20

Richard Jann 11

Rasilaben Javia 13

Michele Johnson 28

Martha Jones 30

Robert Kerley 42

Charlotte Kimble 27

Laurel Kinard 35

Karen Kinsel! 31

Charlene Kratz 15

Theresa Landers 26

Janice Larkin 20

Robin Lattizori 31

Lisa Lee 15

Elizabeth Lemieux 15

Joann Lenz 28

Lori LeVan 31

Marion Lister 31

Diane Long 21

Leslie Lyjak 21

Ginny Lyon-Burling 20

Elizabeth Maag 18

Lauren Marks 36

Candice Martin 25

Jean Martin 20

Bradford Massey 29

Kathleen Matyus 17

Johnny McCord 25

Rosemarie Meagh 17

Marisa Medlin 30

Lisa Messinger 23

Elizabeth Mims 24

Debora Missini 19

Emma Mitchell 28

Marianne Mitchell 27

Laura Montgomery 30

Debra Nance 20

Cornelia Nicholas 30

Debra O'Keefe 25

Margaret Pope-Diggs 11

SFC Will Powell 8

Mamie Pruitt 38

Darin Rager 16

Joel Reaves 13

Milton Reed 22

Kathleen Richter 29

Karen Ricketts 31

Salvatore Rongo 12

Kathy Ross 22

Rodney Schilling 14

Scott Schomer 32

Betty Sears 20

Jerry Sheffield 14

Patricia Sheffield 32

Kathy Smarr 36

Wendy Sorkin 36

Charles Sprayberry 20

Rhonda Stanley 14

Tina Stanton 17

Kristin Starnes 30

Darcy Steele 28

Sherry Stover 25

Sally Thompson 29

Shirley Thompson 31

Emily Tilden 14

Valerie Toliver 27

Sharon Trimble 22

Cathy Uhl 19

Dawn Urbano 19

Kathryn Vinyard 27

Bessie Walker 31

Linda Walters 12

Mila Waters 24

Kim Watson 29

Katherine Wells 28

Nancy Wells 40

Marla Welsh 6

Fran White 26

Gwendolyn Williams 18

June Wolfenbarger 35

Nell Wright 19

Polly Yaguchi 10

Nataliya Zaitseva 11