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Tribute to Ruth Cavil Harmon in Baytown history
Ruth Cavil Harmon, born March 10 1924 in Cameron Texas, rose from first black secretary at Goose Creek ISD to decades at Baytown schools. A BESA winner and Carver alumna, she lived in Webster with daughter Kay Mitchum and leaves three children, four grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. She loved cooking, coffee, yard work, and never met a stranger.
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Ruth Cavil Harmon
Baytown
Harmon
Cameron, Texas
William and
Lizzie Cavil
Griffin Chapel
Texas
Cameron
O. J. Thomas High School
Prairie View Normal and Industrial College
Prairie View University
Prairie View A & M College of Texas
Goose Creek Isd
George Washington Carver High School
E. F. Green
Carver School
Carver
Robert E. Lee
Ruth
BESA
Central Heights
Thompson Chapel Cme
Donald Hewitt
Marcellus Foster Harmon
Baytown Carver High School
Ross S.sterling High School
Errol McLaughlin
Kay Mitchum
Marcellus F. Harmon
Errol McLaughlin, Jr
Lawrence Harmon
Azuree’ Mitchum
Lauren Harmon
Trevarius
Webster