Dr. Ray V. Spain Retirement Celebration


Staff members prepare for the celebration


Guests arrive early for the event. Over 300 people attended the celebration
















Dr. Spain has a section in front of the stage surrounded by his family






Dr. Linda Mason, Assistant Superintendent for Instruction



Roberta Scott, Board of Education serves as the presider for the program



Rev. Bill Kearney


Rev. Carson Jones provided the invocation


























Jamil Spain, Son of the Honoree 



Mrs. Fay Wright Wilson, Sister of the Honoree


Dr. Grant Hayes. Dean - East Carolina University - Greensville NC.



Dr. Dudley Flood - Mentor - Retired Educator and NC School Integration Planer


Dr. June Atkinson, Former NC Superintendent for Public Instruction



Dr. Freddie Williamson, President of the NC School Superintendents Association


Dr. William Wright, Chairman of the Roanoke River Valley Education Consortium


Mr. Sam Houston, Executive Director, NC Mathematics and Technology Education Center


Mrs. Jennie Franklin on behalf of Mrs Eva Clayton, Former Congresswoman - US House of Representatives




Ms. Margie Coefield, Founder/ Member of the Princess Anne County Training School- Union Kempsville High School Alumni and Friends Association - Va. Beach, Virginia




Tare Davis, Chair, Warren County Board of Commissioners



Mr. Andrew Lankis, Executive Director - NC Teach for America


Ms. Betty Jo Shepherd, Senator Richard Burr's Office Representative



Renee Mizelle, Principal, Vaughan Elementary School



Katrinka Brewer, Principal, Mariam Boyd Elementary School




Mrs. Chelsa Jennings, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Warren County Schools




Dr. Linda Mason, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction, Warren County Schools




Dr. Frank Polakiewicz, Assistant Superintendent, Warren County Schools




Delores Pulliam, Finance Officer, Warren County Schools



Ebony Talley- Brame, Chair, Warren County Board of Education