The Kilgore College Adult Education Department will hold a GED graduation ceremony at 7 p.m., Friday, June 12, 2009 at Dodson Auditorium, on the Kilgore College Campus.

The 2009 graduating class includes by city: Big Sandy – Nora Bain (National Adult Education Honor Society), Johnny Beason; Dallas – Kenneth C. Harris; Diboll – Nathan Atkinson; Fort Worth – Scot VanAllen; Gilmer - Robert Lopez, Amber Osborn, Doris Osborn, George Smith III; Gladewater – Alexandria R. Bales, Pralon Lincoln, Mary Jean Pickett; Harleton – Tiffany Anderson; Henderson – Maria Elena Chavez, Tre’Mayne Gibson, Charlie Curtis Luman; Kilgore – Catarina Huerta, Heather Parr, Rachel Parr (Valedic torian), Adriana Salgado; Longview – Jose L. Alba, April Gabrielle Anderson, Blanca Cabrera, Angela Cawich (National Adult Education Honor Society), Tammie Lynn Coker, Crystal Fajardo, An’Jelika Finley, Clara Galindo, Brenda L. Grimes (Salutatorian), Maria Juarez, Lori G. Miles (National Adult Education Honor Society), Ruben Montoya, Angeles Moreno, Sonya Marie Plata, Kyle Reber, Hilda Smith (National Adult Education Honor Society), Lesli P. Stone, Hortensia Torres, Margarita Valenzuela, Sharonica L. Walker, Jeramie L. Williams, Wendy E. Williams; Mineral Wells – Kristi Royer; Paris – Nicholas Starling.

Rachel Parr of Kilgore will give the valedictory address. The salutatorian, Brenda Grimes of Longview, will give the welcome. Pastor Tom McDaniels, the Founding Senior Pastor of LifeBridge Christian Center in Longview, will deliver the Commencement Address.

Over 400 people achieved their GEDs from June of 2008 to June of 2009. Mrs. Bobbie McGee-Benson, Director of Adult Education, said that nearly 60 persons have elected to participate in the graduation ceremony this Friday. The Kilgore College Adult Education Program is headquartered at 300 South High Street at Kilgore College – Longview, but has twenty-five other sites in Gregg, Rusk, and Upshur Counties. This will be the college’s eleventh annual graduation ceremony.

Adult Education meets a variety of students needs; including GED preparation, job-training assistance, college preparation, English as a Second Language and general life improvement skills including financial and health literacy. For information, call 903-988-3738 or 903-753-2642, extension 3738.