Retired educator speaks on integration
Originally posted on April 15, 2012 Being a teacher was an honor and one of the most respectable career paths that anyone could choose. Henry Clay Garner, retired educator, integrated the Clayton County Public Schools system and has made a positive impact on students while being an educator. Currently, at the age of 87, he reflects on the memories of growing up on the farm to moving to the big city and changing lives. Henry Clay Garner was born in Waycross, Ga., June 17 1924, along with two older brothers and four sisters; George (deceased), Filmore (deceased), Dora (deceased), (himself), Lois (deceased 2018), Vera (deceased) and Evelyn (deceased) (listed from oldest to youngest). Growing up on the farm in a one-story, wooden frame house, with three bedrooms, Garner had to share his room with his two older brothers as well as depend of them for helping out in the field. Having a childhood memory of hunting, fishing, rambling through the woods and walking along the railroad track