TED MARK GREGORY

TED MARK GREGORY WAS ONE OF EIGHT CHILDREN BORN TO THE PARENTS OF WILLIAM GREGORY, SR. AND IRENE BROWN GREGORY, ON OCTOBER 13, 1944, IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

HE WAS EDUCATED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF CHARLESTON COUNTY.  HE ATTENDED PRIMARY SCHOOL, GRADES 1-8, AT A.B. RHETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THEN, GRADES 9-12, AT BURKE HIGH SCHOOL. HE DID HIS UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES MAJORING IN SPEECH PATHOLOGY AND ELEMENTARY EDUCATION, AT SOUTH CAROLINA STATE COLLEGE IN ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA. HE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN 1967. HE LATER ATTENDED FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, IN TALLAHASSEE, FL. HE HAD A MAJOR IN DEAF EDUCATION AND A MINOR IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. HE RECEIVED HIS MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN AUGUST 1971.

MR. GREGORY BEGAN HIS EMPLOYMENT AS A SPEECH THERAPIST FOR CHARLESTON COUNTY HEAD START FROM JUNE TO AUGUST OF 1967. HE WORKED FOR ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS AT ROCK LAKE ELEMENTARY AS A TEACHER, FROM AUGUST 1967 TO JUNE 1976.

IN JULY OF 1976, HE BECAME THE PRINCIPAL OF ROCK LAKE ELEMENTARY UNTIL JUNE 1978.

JULY 1978- AUGUST 1979 PRINCIPAL OF IVEY LANE ELEMENTARY

JULY 1979- JUNE 1980 ECIA CHAPTER 1 PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR

JULY 1980- JUNE 1990 PRINCIPAL GRAND AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AUGUST 1990- JUNE 1997 WILLIAM S. MAXEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

HE RETIRED ON JUNE 30 1997, AFTER SERVING 30 YEARS IN ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. HE WAS A HUGE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SEMINOLE FAN.

MR. GREGORY WAS A FAITHFUL MEMBER OF MOUNT OLIVE A.M.E. CHURCH UNTIL HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL. HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR SCHOLARSHIPS IN EDUCATION AND SERVED ON THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE AT THE CHURCH.

ON AUGUST 20, 2018, AT 2:15 AM, MR. GREGORY QUIETLY ENTERED INTO HIS HEAVENLY REST.

MR. TED WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BOTH HIS PARENTS; HIS SIBLINGS, WILLIAM GREGORY, JR. (LOUISE), JAMES H. GREGORY, SR. (MAE), GEORGE W. GREGORY AND SISTER, JULIA MAE GREGORY THOMAS.

HE LEAVES TO CHERISH HIS MEMORIES TWO BROTHERS, ROBERT L. GREGORY AND PERCY B. GREGORY (BETTY); AND A SISTER, IRENE T. GREEN; HIS CARETAKER, AUDREY ANDERSON; AND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS,  FORMER COLLEAGUES, FORMER STUDENTS AND FRIENDS.

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