Rosalie Frazier Pazant

Rosalie Frazier PazantA Native Beaufortonian who received her undergraduate degree in English Education from Georgia State College (now Savannah State University). She received the Masters Degree in Education from South Carolina State College. She studied further at North Carolina A&T State University, and completed all class work toward the Doctorate at NOVA University. She was a high school English department chairman at three different schools: Robert Smalls High, Beaufort High and Battery Creek High, an Associate Professor of English at Savannah State University, and finally, before retiring, Acting Director, Division of Developmental Studies, Savannah State University. While at Robert Smalls she received several honors and awards, served on a Visiting Committee to evaluate Burke High School in Charleston, SC. Was a member of the State Textbook Evaluation Rating Committee for Speech, Advanced Composition and Journalism, and treasurer, South Carolina Teachers of English. She was also named Teacher of the Year, 1970. The awards continued at Beaufort High School. She was named STAR Teacher in 1972, received the Beaufort County District Teacher of the Year Award, and became the first black teacher in the State of South Carolina to receive the American Legion's Department title of State Teacher of the Year Award. She was again named Teacher of the Year at Beaufort High School. While at Battery Creek the National Honor Society was named in her honor. (The Rosalie F. Pazant Chapter of the National Society): she was selected, and wrote articles in the area of Grammar for ACT (American College Testing Program). She served on the Executive Board ofthe South Carolina Teachers of English, and has served, since 1977, as a Reader for the College Board English Composition Test with Essay, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. As Regional Coordinator of the African-American Consumer Education Organization, she was one of the sixty minorities nation-wide, invited to be a participant in the first federally sponsored minority conference held at the White House. A musician and a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, she is involved in many church and community activities. Her consuming avocation is serving as president and co-founder of the Gullah Festival, a project which has received national and international attention. As a member of Tabernacle, she served as the Church Secretary, Secretary of the Missionary Society, a member of the Senior Choir and founder and musician of the Gospel Choir, and Chair of the Women's Fellowship. At Life Center Full Gospel Baptist Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana, she was active with the church Education Program, the Shepherd Care and the Out Reach Ministries. Her consuming avocation is serving as president and co-founder of the Gullah Festival, a project which has received national and international attention. She is the mother of seven children (1 deceased), the grandmother of fifteen children, the great-grandmother of 26 children, and the great-great grandmother of eight children. She is listed in OUTSTANDING SECONDARY EDUCATORS OF THE AMERICA, WHO'S WHO AMONG WOMEN, WHO'S WHO IN AMERICAN CITIES, ANF WHO'S WHO AMONG COLLEGE WOMEN. She is member of several of educational and social organizations. She is a member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Beaufort, S. C. Surviving include one "sister", Lizzie Mae Washington; six children: Lauretta Pazant, Edward Pazant, Alvin (Polly) Pazant, Da-Renne (Seborn) Westbrook, Lolita-deceased (E.T.) Harris, Charlotte (Dave) Brown, Reba Pazant, and legal guardians to Rhonda Johnson and Raya Taylor; 15 grandchildren: Pazanta Byars, Al, (Martha) Hicks, Devry (Marsha) Pazant, Dawna Pazant, Roy (Mimi) Hicks, Alecia Pazant, Kenyana (Dion) Briscoe, Rena Brown, Jalika Theus, Bradford Pazant, Bill (Karen) Bailey, Patricia (Fernando) Perez, Daborn (Tylecia) Westbrook, Andy (Marshika) Pazant, Naja Pazant; 26 great-grands, 8 great-great grands, and a host of other relatives and friends. Services: 10:00 AM Saturday, October 2, 2010 at Tabernacle Baptist Church, Beaufort. Burial will follow in Sixteen Gates Cemetery, Beaufort. Online guest book at www.marshelswright donaldson.com