On Saturday, March 5, the Avondale Alliance for Racial Justice held an awards reception for the winning entries of its second annual Student Black History Month Art Contest. The theme was “Black Empowerment through Wellness: Strengthening Mind, Body and Spirit.”
Pamela Renee Ragan Thomas left this world to go her eternal home on May 5, 2021. She was surrounded by her family and loved ones. Pam was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend.
Pam is the daughter of Dallas and Betty Ragan, born on Nov. 27, 1970 in Bridgeport. Pam graduated from North Jackson High School, where she was part of the first ever graduating class in May 1989.
After returning to school while raising her children, Pam graduated with a degree in secondary education from Athens State University in 2010. Pam spent eight years working at the Tennessee Valley Authority in Chattanooga, Tennessee before finally realizing her lifelong dream and becoming a teacher at Stevenson Middle School in 2019. Pam cherished the opportunity to teach kids and loved interacting with them in her classroom.
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