On the recordJuly 23, 2015
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life and legacy of a very inspirational Grand Prairie resident from the Dalworth community, Ms. Tommie Williams. Ms. Williams worked as an educator in several capacities next-door in the Arlington Independent School District. She served as a first, third, and seventh grade teacher, a basketball coach, a cheerleading sponsor, and vice president of curriculum at Sam Houston High School. In addition, Ms. Williams was the first African American administrator and the first parent to serve as a community ombudsman in the Arlington Independent School District. In honor of her outstanding service and education, the Tommie B. Williams Elementary School in Arlington was dedicated in her honor in 1991. Although we lost a great educator in the Arlington Independent School District and many in the Dalworth community lost a great neighbor, her friends, the students that she taught, the parents, the faculty will always remember her passion and her belief in a brighter future for our youngest members of society. ____________________
