 Carla
Creighton McGee, born on April 29, 1936, went home to be with the Lord
on Monday, February 14, 2011, after a long illness.
Carla was born to parents Frank Bryant and Loreta Creighton in Wichita
Falls, Texas.
She loved her family and is survived by her husband, Dan Franklin McGee;
three children, Susan Crawford and husband Bobby, Sharla Sparkman and
husband Len, and Dr. Bryant McGee and wife Jennifer; and her mother,
Loreta Craig.
She is predeceased by her daughter Danna McGee Manley.
A youthful Carla took her first step toward her stellar 27-year career
in education by earning an Associate of Arts degree from El Centro
College while she and Dan were raising four young children. Between
cooking and ironing, she went on to receive a bachelor's degree in
Speech & Drama from the University of North Texas, and then two master's
degrees in Communication and Educational Administration.
A passionate educator, she got her first teaching job in speech/drama at
Highland Park High School in 1969, and then moved in 1973 to teach
speech/drama at R.L. Turner High School in Carrollton-Farmers Branch.
In 1981, she became assistant principal at DeWitt Perry Middle School,
and from 1984 to 1990 she served as principal of R. L. Turner High
School, where she was the first female principal of a 5A high school in
Texas.
In 1990, she was promoted to assistant superintendent for
Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD, where she supervised the curriculum. She
also served as principal at McCoy Elementary before retiring in 1996.
During her career, she received dozens of honors, including the Farmers
Branch Woman of the Year Award, the Texas State Teachers Association's
Premier Principal Award, the Carrollton Professional Women's Club's
Outstanding Woman of the Community Award, the University of North Texas
Outstanding Alumni Award and the Rotary International Club's Paul Harris
Fellow Award. She also was elected to the board of the Dallas County
Community College District.
A joyful spirit, Carla loved to laugh. She was a delight to her friends
in the clubs in which she was active: Delta Kappa Gamma, Alpha State
Chorus, American Assoc. of University Women, Kappi Phi, Phi Lambda Theta
and Farmers Branch Women's Charity Organization. She regularly sang in
the Brookhaven Chorus.
Carla treasured her faith and loved to express it. Starting as a teen,
she served as a featured soloist in her local church, and she regularly
taught a ladies Sunday School class. And for nearly 50 years, she always
closed her family's traditional Christmas Eve get-together with "O Holy
Night."
She is survived by grandchildren Kristen Crawford, Matt Crawford and
wife Shelby, Brooke Sunthimer, Justin Manley and wife Heather, Cara
Sunthimer, Melissa McGee, Julie Sparkman, Kevin Sparkman and Allison
McGee; and great-grandchildren Audri, Caden, Henry, Ava, Kale'a and
Daniel.
Also surviving are three sisters, Rita Amos and husband Bill, Cindy
Brent and husband Dennis, Cathryn Hulen and husband Stan; a nephew, Rob
Amos and wife Courtney; and a niece, Emily Hulen.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, at First Baptist
Church Farmers Branch, 13017 William Dodson Parkway in Farmers Branch.
Officiating at the service will be Pastor Sam Underwood. Visitation will
also be at the church, from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Arrangements are by North Dallas Funeral Home, 2710 Valley View Lane,
Farmers Branch. For more information, see www.northdallasfuneralhome.com
.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Baptist Church
Farmers Branch, 13017 William Dodson Parkway, Farmers Branch, TX 75234,
972-247-1771.----- Funeral Home Version
also has:
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 from 6-8
pm at the First Baptist Church, 13017 William Dodson Pky, Farmers
Branch, Tx 75234. Funeral Services will be Thursday, February 17, 2011
at 10:30 am at the First Baptist Church, 13017 William Dodson Pky.,
Farmers Branch, Tx 75234. Interment will be at
Hilltop Memorial Park,
1810 N. Perry Road, Carrollton, Tx 75006.
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