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Prior
Recipients of the Tennessee Teacher Of the Year Award
| Year |
Teacher |
School |
School System |
Subject Area |
| 1960 |
Fayna Kennedy Moore |
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Franklin County |
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| 1964 |
James Muskelly |
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Memphis City |
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| 1965 |
John Pechnoick |
|
Jackson |
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| 1966 |
Elizabeth Reed |
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Giles County |
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| 1967 |
Dr. Flora Joy |
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Johnson City |
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| 1968 |
Maxie Wilson |
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| 1970 |
Vallie Hunter |
Putnam Co. Senior High |
Putnam County |
English |
| 1971 |
Edna Ruth White |
Jennie Bell Elementary |
Dyersburg City |
Special Education |
| 1972 |
Ruby Street Cooley |
Dyersburg High School |
Dyersburg City |
Mathematics |
| 1973 |
May McGlothin |
Coalfield Elementary |
Morgan County |
Kindergarten |
| 1974 |
Evelyn Crunk McBroom |
Stratford High |
Metro/Nashville |
Language & Mathematics |
| 1975 |
Woodrow Wilson |
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| 1976 |
Donald Wayne Hood |
Ross M. Robinson Jr. HS |
Kingsport City |
American History |
| 1977 |
Cora R. Cox |
Andrew Johnson Elem |
Kingsport City |
Teacher for autistic children |
| 1978 |
Delores LeCornu Archie |
Milan High School |
Milan City |
Mathematics |
| 1979 |
Joan Newby Edgington |
Watertown High |
Wilson County |
English |
| 1980 |
Irene L. Fox |
Woodland Elementary |
Oak Ridge City |
Music |
| 1981 |
Dr. Brenda Thompson (Smith)
Gulledge |
Tusculum View Elementary |
Greeneville City |
5th grade Language and
Social Studies |
| 1982 |
Martha Sue Elkins |
Willow Brook Elementary |
Oak Ridge City |
6th grade |
| 1983 |
Eleanore M. Zurbruegg |
Ridgeway Elementary |
Memphis City |
2nd grade |
| 1984 |
Sandra Hunter Crouch |
White Co. High |
White County |
9th grade Consumer Homemaking |
| 1985 |
Susan Ingram Gendrich |
Bradley Elementary |
Murfreesboro City |
English as a Second Language |
| 1986 |
T. Dan Duggar |
Ottaway Elementary |
Greene County |
Reading and Mathematics |
| 1987 |
Carol Gardnes Transou |
Science Hill High |
Johnson City |
AP American history |
| 1988 |
Terry Weeks |
Central Middle |
Rutherford County |
7th grade Social Studies |
| 1989 |
Edna Loveday |
Sevierville Primary |
Sevierville County |
Kindergarten |
| 1990 |
Geraldine Hawes |
Cleveland High |
Cleveland City |
English, Speech and Drama |
| 1991 |
Joseph S. York |
Fayette-Ware High |
Fayette County |
AP/11th grade English |
| 1992 |
Delores Doyle |
Reeves-Rogers Elem |
Murfreesboro City |
2nd grade |
| 1993 |
James H. Kirk, Jr. |
Alcoa Middle School |
Alcoa City |
6th grade |
| 1994 |
Frank Bluestein |
Germantown High |
Shelby County |
Theatre/Communication Arts |
| 1995 |
Pamela Jean Burish |
Eakin School |
Metro/Nashville |
3rd grade |
| 1996 |
Linda L. Cheek |
Ingleside Elementary |
Athens City |
Multiage |
| 1997 |
Cathy A. Pihl |
Kate Bond Elementary |
Shelby County |
4th grade |
| 1998 |
Linda Arms Gilbert |
Black Fox Elementary |
Murfreesboro City |
Music, Band,Chorus |
| 1999 |
Alana Delise Teague |
McNairy Central High |
McNairy County |
11th/12th grade English |
| 2000 |
SuEllen
Whitson |
Indian Trail Middle |
Johnson City |
6th grade |
| 2001 |
Dorene Harris Lowery |
Black Fox Elementary |
Bradley County |
K-5th grade |
| 2002 |
Melinda K. Day |
Lenoir City Elementary |
Lenoir City |
5th grade |
| 2003 |
Deborah Smith |
Glencliff Elementary |
Metro Nashville |
Kindergarten |
| 2004 |
Tracy L. Hoilman |
Unicoi County High |
Unicoi County |
Drama, Speech, English |
| 2005 |
Karen Blooding, NBCT |
Homer Pittard Campus |
Rutherford County |
K-6 Music |
| 2006 |
Dawn Heterick Werner |
Fairmount Elementary |
Bristol City |
Title I (K-6) Reading/Math |
| 2007 |
Susanne Frensley |
Hillsboro High School |
Metro Nashville |
Art History |
| 2008 |
Pamela Rector |
Red Bank High School |
Hamilton County |
English |
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