Educator: The Life of Thelma Smiley Morris - Paperback

by Thomas Bobo (Author), Coretta King (Foreword by)

Former Alabama school superintendent Thomas Bobo's biography of teacher Thelma Smiley Morris, for whom the Morris Elementary School is named. "I recall Thelma Smiley Morris," writes Coretta Scott King in her foreword, "as one of Montgomery's finest citizens and a woman of great faith, dignity, and grace, who was devoted to her family, church, and community."

Author Biography

THOMAS BOBO (1935-2017) grew up in Fayette County, Alabama, where he attended Fayette County High School. He graduated from the University of Alabama and had a long career as a teacher and administrator in the public schools of Montgomery, Alabama, including service as superintendent of the Montgomery Public School System, 1986-1993.