ANN ADELLA HENRY
PRINCIPAL OF LASSETER HIGH SCHOOL
OCTOBER 18, 1920 - APRIL 26, 2005

Ann Adella Henry, 85, a resident of Carlyle Place, died Tuesday, April 26, 2005. Internment will be Saturday, April 30, 3:15P.M. at Rosehill Cemetery. A memorial service will be held at Mulberry Street United Methodist Church at 4 P.M., Saturday, with visitation following in the church parlor. The Reverend Creede Hinshaw will officiate.

Miss Henry was born in Macon, the only child of the late Grace Reichert Henry and the late Horace Henry. She was a 1937 graduate of A.L. Miller Senior High School. Miss Henry earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Agnes Scott College, a Master of Education from Mercer University, a Master of Arts from the University of Georgia and a Specialist in Education from the University of Georgia. She was a recipient of a one-year Ford Foundation Fellowship for Advance Study at Tufts University in Boston and The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. Miss Henry began her professional career in 1942 with the Girl Scouts of America in San Antonio Texas, and served as the Executive Director of the Girl Scouts of Middle Georgia from 1946-48.

Miss Henry served the children and families of Bibb County for 30 years as a teacher and administrator in the Bibb County Public Schools. She was a history teacher at A.L. Miller Senior High School for 13 years. During her career, she served as principal at Charles H. Bruce Elementary, H.S. Lasseter/Northeast High School and McEvoy "A" Junior High School. Miss Henry also served for a period of years as the Coordinator of Secondary Education.

Miss Henry was a member of the Macon Study Club, the Morning Music Club of Macon, Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Delta Kappa Honorary Societies, as well as a number of other professional education organizations.

A lifelong member of Mulberry Street United Methodist Church, Miss Henry served in a variety of capacities. She was a youth counselor, a Sunday School teacher and a member of the United Methodist Women. Miss Henry was one of the first women to be elected to the Administrative Board. She served as the church historian for many years, preserving, organizing and displaying the valuable archives of the church.