Helen Joe Rhynes

Helen Joe Peterson Rhynes was born to the parentage of, Mary Sherney and Homer Peterson on June 4, 1935. Helen went to school at Poughkeepsie High 1949 - 1950, then graduated from TJ Roulhac High School in Chipley, Florida. She also attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) where she majored in English with a minor in History. After school she went to serve her country by enlisting in the United States Air Force and trained as a typist at Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming. Employed at the Newark Public Schools from 1973 to 1998. She was the wife of Lester Rhynes II and was married in Chipley Florida in 1957.