Officers
President
Shawna Mays-Archie
Shawna is one of the founders of Women of Color Book Club along with her mother Carolyn and a native of La Marque, Texas. She is a proud La Marque Alumni graduate class of 89 and proud mother of gorgeous daughter Brooklyn C. Archie who is the love of life.
She is currently employed at University of Texas Medical Branch in the Cardiology Department. She is a member of Greater Barbour's Chapel Baptist Church in Texas City where she sings in Mass Choir and Praise Team.
She has always had a passion for reading because it is very relaxing. Several years ago she decided to get a group of ladies together that also shared that same passion for reading and formed a book club. It has been 22 years strong and we are steady building our book club family. Her favorite bible verse is Philippians 4:13, I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”
Vice President
CarolynMays
Carolyn resides in Texas City, TX and recently retired from NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston as a Personnel Security Specialist since 1973. She will now spend more time doing what she loves most family, reading and traveling more. She is the mother of two beautiful daughters Tracy and Shawna and the very proud grandmother of 6 grand-daughters and one grandson. She along with her daughter Shawna, started the Women of Color Book Club in 1997. She developed a love for reading at a very young age and the passion is even stronger now. She loves her WOC Book Club Sisters and the relationship they have all developed. Carolyn is a member of Greater Barbour’s Chapel Baptist Church in Texas City where she sings in the choir. Her favorite scripture is , “Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth.”
Secretary
Joyce Bell
Joyce was born to Elmo Bell Jr. & Ursula Abercrombie Bell on October 5, 1952. In grade six, her mother moved to Galveston and she attended Ursuline Academy, an all girls’ Catholic school. Approaching her eleventh grade year, three Galveston Catholic High Schools consolidated to form O’Connell High School. Joyce was a 1970 graduate of O’Connell High School. She attended University of Houston and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in Elementary Education; then she later attended University of Houston at Clear Lake where she majored in Educational Administration. She is the mother of one daughter, Ursula Katrease Nance-Hare, and the grandmother of Kierra (“K.K”) Nance and Kendrè Nance. The glow in her smile is because she is also the great grandmother of Reign Currie. After teaching for 36 years, in the city of La Marque, TX, where she resides, she is very well known in the community. She is also the author of four fiction novels, entitled, BAGGAGE, STAY IN YOUR LANE, THREE LITTLE WORDS, and DRAMA KING.
Chaplain
Phyllis Moore
Phyllis Taylor Moore was born in Galveston, Texas, BOI (born on the Island). She graduated from the mighty Ball High School class of 1973. She is also a graduate of Brazosport Jr. College Vocational Nurse School. She has been a nurse for 36 years and love being a nurse. She now works as a school nurse for GISD until retirement. She is a member of Hopewell Baptist Church in Texas City, Texas where Pastor Joel Clay is her Pastor. She has three wonderful children, Angela Wilson, Alicia Jackson and Watkins J. Jackson, three beautiful grand-daughters and five handsome grandsons. She says that she is grateful to be a part of this book club and love reading and discussing the books we read.
Treasurer
Nathifa "Queen" Jefferson
Nathifa was born May 12, 1978 to Dinah P. and the late James Briggs Jr. She’s originally from Los Angeles, CA. She Graduated high school, class of 1997 from H. L. Bourgeois in Gray, LA. She Studied Criminal Justice at USL in Lafayette, LA. She received her AA in Criminal Justice, May 2016 at COM in Texas City, Texas. She is a currently studying Criminology at U of H Clearlake pursuing a BA. She moved to Texas in March 2006, meet her husband in 2007 and married in 2008. She is currently Employed at UTMB since April 2012. She has always enjoyed reading and one of my favorite books is “Mama” and favorite era to read is Pre-civil war fiction. She is a member of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Texas City, Texas and my favorite verses are Proverbs 3:5-6 and Philippians 4:6-7 and favorite book is Psalm 27.
Assistant Treasurer
Geneva Collin Spiller
Geneva is the proud daughter of the late Ralph C. Bell Sr. and Clifford & Alberta Aaron. She is the AWESOME wife to Kevin. She has one beautiful daughter, Alexis and one grandson. She is a loving sister to Leona Patricia, and Ralph Jr. She is a proud LM graduate of the class of 1995. She attends Greater St Matthew in Hitchcock, under the leadership of William L. Randall. She serves along side of her husband as a Support Warrior Wife. She is a member of Victorious Disciples. She belongs to Connecting the Dots, a community ministry. She has been employed with a well known financial institution for 7 1/2 years. Her hobbies include cooking, reading, shopping, couponing, and spending time with her godchildren. She is always willing to help wherever she is needed. Psalms 23 is one of her favorite passages in the bible.
Technology & Media
Netobia Taylor
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