Glenna Robinson Judd 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!" Biography Index Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |