Singing for Joy
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Jeffie Conner, seated in the second row on the right, poses with her fellow Bach Choral Society members. Jeffie retired from superintendent of McLennan County Schools in 1952, because travelling had become too tiresome for her. She later recalled, however, that she was serving on so many committees, clubs, and organizations, that she was even busier after retirement than she had been while she was working full-time.
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Jeffie Conner
Jeffie Obrea Allen Conner was born in 1895 on her family’s farm in Harrison Switch, Texas. She was the oldest of three children born to Meddie Lilian and Jeff D. Allen. Harrison Switch, later known as Harrison, was a small African American community…