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About Lottie Ware

Lottie balanced faith with action

Lottie Renetta Ware

  • Married to Dr. William Ware May 15, 1958

  • Born Lottie Renetta Herger July 3, 1935 in Pascagoula, MS

  • Deceased June 20, 2016 in Greenwood, MS

  • Predeceased by Irma Herger (mother) and Leo Herger (father)

- Survived by:

  • Dr. William Ware - Husband (deceased 2020)

  • Felicia (Leroy) Joyner - Daughter

  • Trevor (Paula) Ware – Son

  • Melvenia Ware – Daughter

  • Kenneth Joyner – Grandson

  • Bradley Murray - Grandson

  • Michelle Joyner – Granddaughter

  • Tara Reed - Granddaughter

  • Ashley Joyner - Granddaughter\

  • Brandon Ware - Grandson

  • Tatiana Joyner – Great Granddaughter

  • McKenna Joyner - Great Granddaughter

Education

  • Carver High School - Pascagoula, MS (Class of 1953)

  • MVSU (Itta Bena, MS) -  BA in Education with Music minor (Class of 1957)

  • Pepperdine University – Master’s Degree in Education

 

Career Highlights

  • 2nd Grade teacher – Broad St. Elementary School (Greenwood, MS)

  • Head Start Teacher - (Los Angeles, CA)

  • Special Education Teacher – Los Nietos School District (Whittier, CA)

  • Curriculum Development – Mississippi State University (Starkville, MS)

  • 7th Grade Technology Teacher – Starkville Public School District (Starkville, MS)

 

Social and Civic Organizations

  • Delta Sigma Theta (25 year member)

  • Retired Education Personnel Association

  • American Association of University Women (Life Member)

  • Greenwood Leflore Autism Spectrum Society (GLASS)

  • MVSU Alumni Association – Greenwood, MS Chapter

  • Delta Kappa Gamma Society International

  • Salvation Army Advisory Board

  • Church Membership – Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church

  • Former member, Sunday School Teacher, Choir, Mission – 2nd Baptist Church

 

Interests

  • Showed strong interest in children and their development

  • Opened her home to community events

  • Loved music (played piano, guitar & sang)

  • Active in local theater

  • Board of Directors – Greenwood Community Kitchen

 

Awards

  • Outstanding Community Service Award – United Methodist Women Wesly United Methodist Church

  • Outstanding Educator Award – Phi Delta Kappa

  • Professional Excellence & Leadership Award – Phi Delta Kappa (Mississippi State University Chapter)

  • Community Service Award – Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church (Prayer Coordinator, Community Kitchen, Interest Coordinator, Musician)

  • Certificate of Appreciation – Delta Sigma Theta – Mississippi Golden Triangle Alumni Chapter

  • Community Service Award – Delta Sigma Theta Greenwood - Itta Bena Alumni

  • MSFCWC Arts & Crafts Judge

  • Delta Dear Award – Delta Sigma Theta Greenwood – Itta Bena Alumnae Chapter

  • Woman of the Year – Women of Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church

  • Starkville School District Service Award

  • Retiree of the Year (twice) – Greenwood – Leflore Retired Education Personnel Association

Lottie Herger Ware will be posthumously inducted into the Pascagoula Negro/Carver High School Alumni Association's prestigious Wall of Fame Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 at 8am. The induction will be held in the Aaron Jones Family Interactive Center (Carver's gym) on the corner of Market and Skip Streets in Pascagoula, MS. and is open to the public.

A picture of Lottie Ware & her husband William (before marriage) is maintained in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.·