The Shelby County Education Foundation honored three distinguished educators at the Champions of Education Event held last month at the Holiday Inn on the University of Memphis campus. FROM LEFT: The honorees were Dr. Johnnie Watson, Dr. Barbara Prescott and Dr. Richard Ranta. Next are Dianne Polly, executive director of the foundation; Richard McBryde, the board chairman; and News Channel 3’s meteorologist Jim Jaggers, who served as emcee. The keynote speaker was Commissioner Bill Gibbons (not pictured). Over 250 persons participated in celebrating and honoring great Shelby County educators.
