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!"