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Cara Bowie – Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero for June

Cara Bowie is June’s Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero!Cara Bowie is a Camden native and a 2002 graduate of Camden Fairview High School. Upon completing high school, Cara attended the University of Central Arkansas, where she graduated with her Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science with a minor in Sociology in 2006. Cara later completed a Master of Arts …

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Fredrick Lilly II – Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero for May

Fredrick Lilly II is May’s Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero!Lilly II, a Camden, AR, native, graduated from the University of Arkansas at Monticello in 2009 with his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and went on to obtain a master’s degree in teaching arts from Mississippi College in 2015 and specialist degrees in principalship and superintendency tracks from Arkansas State University …

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Betty J. Lewis, Unsung Hero for January

Irene Vaughan GalbertBetty J Lewis, January’s Unsung HeroIrene Vaughan Galbert was born on Labor Day, September 2, 1946, in Camden, Arkansas, to Annie Merrill Bryant Vaughan and Johnny Vaughan. At age five, she joined the Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church. She married her childhood sweetheart, Rudie Slaughter Galbert, in 1968. She is the mother of three sons, LT. Colonel Rudie Galbert …

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Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero for August 2022

Wyletta Dilworth-Johnson, Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero for AugustThe Betty J Lewis Black History Celebration Committee is excited to announce the Betty J Lewis Unsung Hero for August 2022, Wyletta Dilworth-Johnson. Wyletta is a Camden native and graduated from Camden Fairview High School in 1997. She furthered her education at Southern Arkansas University in Magnolia, Arkansas (B.S. Criminal Justice (2003) …

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Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero for July 2022

Ora White, Betty J. Lewis Unsung Hero for JulyOra Lee (Spiller) White was born on May 24, 1954, in Eudora, Arkansas, but her family moved to Saginaw, Michigan in June 1954, where she attended Hess and Banner Schools until the late 60’s when she moved back to Eudora and graduated Eudora High School in 1972. In August 1972 she started …