Avar Hurd James was born in 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee.
She earned her B.A. from LeMoyne Owen College, M.A. from the University of Memphis, and Ed.S. from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate...view moreAvar Hurd James was born in 1945 in Memphis, Tennessee.
She earned her B.A. from LeMoyne Owen College, M.A. from the University of Memphis, and Ed.S. from Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee. She has taught in Memphis City Schools and is retired from Alcoa City Schools in Alcoa, Tennessee. She also served as an Educational Consultant with the Tennessee Department of Education.
She has been actively involved with Bible Study Fellowship and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She is presently a deaconess at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Avar and her husband reside in Maryville, Tennessee and are the parents of Will, Chris and Ashley, and the grandparents of Ashton, Gabi, Camille, and Brooklyn.
This is her first publication.view less