Glenna Robinson
Judd, 1921
graduate of Denison High School, was
honored on her 100th birthday.
Mrs. Judd was born
in Denison August 23,
1905, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Robinson. Her grandfather, T.
W. Robinson, came to Denison when it was
founded and owned the first
bakery.
She graduated from
Sherman's Kidd-Key
College and Conservatory and taught at Our
Lady of Victory in Fort
Worth. She was the one of the first women
elected as an elder in the
Presbyterian Church and was organist at
the Sherman church for fifty
years.
In 1929 she married
Raymond E. Judd in
Denison, and the couple moved to Sherman
and established the Sherman
Fuel and Feed Company. Mr. Judd died in
1963.
From 1970 to 1972,
Mrs. Judd served in
the Peace Corps in Liberia, where she
taught sewing and music and
served as organist of the Methodist Church
in Cape Palmas, Liberia,
where President Tubman of Liberia
worshipped.
When she left
Liberia, the entire town
of Cape Palmas gathered at the airfield to
thank her for her service,
friendship, and love of Africa.
In 1974 she served
as a volunteer in
Mission at Sheldon Jackson College in
Sitka, Alaska, and has traveled
extensively in Africa, South America, and
Europe, including several
European tours with the Austin College
choir. After her husband's
death, she joined the staff of the Arthur
Hopkins Library at Austin
College.
She was featured in
a national
publication, "Rooted in Faith: Women Who
Touched the Lives of Others"
and in 1993 was featured in the national
magazine Horizon in an
article, "Women on the Go!"
She now resides in
Sherman.
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