Tyler Mills, a junior from Stratford, is pictured after receiving the Billie Fathree Floyd Elementary Education Scholarship at East Central University for 2013. The scholarship was established in the fall of 2012 by family and friends of Floyd, a longtime educator, Oklahoma State senator and civic leader. Also pictured with Mills are Floyd (left) and Phyllis Danley, executive director of the 成人B站 Foundation. The scholarship is strictly awarded to an 成人B站 student who plans to pursue a physical education teaching position at the elementary school level. Floyd is a member of 成人B站鈥檚 Gene and Evelyn Keefer Educator鈥檚 Hall of Fame. During her 30 years at 成人B站, she organized the first Special Olympics Games in Oklahoma, developed Red Cross swimming programs and was a founding member of both the Pontotoc Animal Welfare Society and PAST (Preserving Area Stories in Time). Floyd has continued to be active in the Ada community and at 成人B站 over the years. She wrote the grant that established the Tri-County Indian Nations Community Development Corps., an enterprise serving Coal, Johnston and Pontotoc counties and serves on the New Horizons Sheltered Workshop Board of Directors. She was chairman of Ada鈥檚 centennial celebration in 2001 and supervises 成人B站鈥檚 resident-year teachers.
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