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16 <br /> ROSETTA AUSTIN-MOORE <br /> 804 Faucette Mill Road <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Telephone: 919-732-2402 <br /> November 20, 2020 <br /> TO: WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: <br /> As a resident of Orange County for over 57 years, it gives me a great pleasure to <br /> recommend to the committee responsible for naming the new Orange County Horne Extension <br /> and Agriculture Center the name of Mrs. Bonnie Briley-Davis. Mrs. Davis was a former Home <br /> Economics Extension Agent in Orange County from 1950 to 1990. <br /> She was married to Mr. Tarleton Z. Davis, a former elementary principal; they were the <br /> parents of one daughter, Dr. Bonita Davis-Neighbors. As a native of Robersonville, N. C., she <br /> had pleasant memories of her upbringings on a farm there; nevertheless, she quickly invested <br /> her talents, energy, and her heart in Orange County and its people. Orange County became her <br /> home in every sense of the word. <br /> I was privileged to work with Mrs. Davis at her church, Mount Bright Baptist Church, in <br /> the many roles she held there as well as on her many volunteer projects and as a member of <br /> one of her extension clubs. She was always soft-spoken, calm, and goal oriented. Her main <br /> missions in life were to educate and serve the community. She used her influence to speak out <br /> on various home and community issues, to teach organizational skills, and to motivate young <br /> people to excel. <br /> As a dedicated award-winning Home Economics Extension Agent, an educational <br /> advocate, a dependable and an involved church member, and an influential volunteer in civic <br /> and community activities, Mrs. Davis always contributed her talents as an extension agent to <br /> any group who desired her services. <br /> Working with all classes and races of people in her pursuit of excellence in her <br /> professional and volunteer work washer trademark. She has touched the lives of people of all <br /> ages, <br /> Mrs. Davis was recognized numerous times for her outstanding work. She received the <br /> N. C. Superior Leadership Award in 1986; the R. J. Reynolds Extension Service Agent Award of <br /> Excellence, as well as the N. C. Extension Service Superior Leadership Award in 1985; the <br /> Florence Hall Award in 1985 and the Distinguished Service Award in 1977, both from the N. C. <br /> Agricultural Service from the National Association of Extension Home Economists; Service to <br />