During her schooling, Willie Dell loved to speak to her classmates. “I did give them a lot of encouragement, let them know they had a good opportunity.”
“I was very proud,” says Willie Dell, who celebrates her 84th birthday this month. “That was the main goal; I wanted to get my diploma.”
Her days at school may not be over. Willie Dell dreamed of being a teacher when she was younger and she may at least get a taste of that. Cunningham plans to use Willie Dell’s accomplishments as an example for future students at W.R. Rogers Adult Education Center and plans to ask her to speak to classes.