Carol Griffis honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award

HUGHES SPRINGS—A longtime educator known for challenging students to be their very best has been honored for her contributions to the community. On Jan. 24 the Hughes Springs Chamber of Commerce presented Carol Griffis with its Lifetime Achievement Award. There is an old saying, “I wasn’t born in Texas but I go here as fast as I could.” This is true of Griffis, who moved to Hughes Springs with her parents and two brothers at an early age. Her father came to Hughes Springs to help construct the Lone Star Steel Mill. As a student at Hughes Springs High, Griffis was active in band, student government and was an honor student. After graduation, she married William Johnson Griffis. Later she was encouraged by friend Carolyn Smires to attend college.

 

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