{"id":11255,"date":"2010-07-31T21:09:13","date_gmt":"2010-08-01T02:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2011-01-13T15:19:39","modified_gmt":"2011-01-13T20:19:39","slug":"mattie-ford-august-longtime-teacher-dies-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/07\/31\/mattie-ford-august-longtime-teacher-dies-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Mattie Ford August, longtime teacher, dies at 75"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mattie Ford August, longtime teacher, dies at 75<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 28, 2010<\/p>\n

By JOE SIMNACHER \/ The Dallas Morning News<\/p>\n

jsimnacher@dallasnews.com<\/p>\n

Mattie Ford August had a special quality for giving nursing care, and she
\nused those skills to help students and children with hearing disabilities.<\/p>\n

She taught at state schools in Arkansas, Kansas and Texas before beginning
\nher 23-year career working with deaf students in the Dallas Independent
\nSchool District.<\/p>\n

Mrs. August, 75, died July 21 of complications of Alzheimer’s disease at
\nBaylor University Medical Center in Dallas.<\/p>\n

Services will be at 11 a.m. today at New Hope Baptist Church in Dallas,
\nwhere she was an active member. Graveside services will be at Restland
\nMemorial Park.<\/p>\n

Mrs. August had a passion for children since she was a nursing student on a
\nfive-year work-study program at the Tuskegee Institute, now Tuskegee
\nUniversity, said her husband, Taylor August of Dallas.<\/p>\n

“She worked on the children’s ward, so she had … affection for children
\n… particularly with children with disabilities,” Mr. August said.<\/p>\n

Mrs. August’s nursing talents were “part of her calling,” he said. “It was
\nalso manifested through our children and grandchildren. She was one of the
\nmost selfless people that I’ve known.”<\/p>\n

Mrs. August was born in Whiteville, N.C., where she graduated from high
\nschool. She attended the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and Philander-Smith
\nCollege in Little Rock , Ark., before she received her bachelor’s degree
\nfrom the University of Arkansas. She later earned a master’s degree from the
\nUniversity of Kansas.<\/p>\n

She taught blind and deaf students at state schools \u2013 moving with her
\nhusband as he was transferred to positions with the U.S. Department of
\nEducation. In 1966, they moved to Austin. She taught at the Texas State
\nSchool for the Deaf until moving in 1971 to Dallas, where she worked for
\nthree years the Callier Hearing and Speech Center.<\/p>\n

Mrs. August next taught at a state school in Olathe, Kan., before she and
\nher husband returned to Dallas in 1979.<\/p>\n

Back in Dallas, she taught deaf students at Samuell High School and became a
\ndistrict parent adviser with the Callier center, now Callier Center at
\nUT-Dallas.<\/p>\n

“She worked with deaf and hard-of-hearing infants,” her husband said.
\nFederal law requires school districts to identify infants with disabilities
\nand help the parents prepare for their education, Mr. August said.<\/p>\n

She retired from DISD in 2002. Mrs. August was a member of Delta Sigma Theta
\nsorority, the Dallas chapter of Links Inc. and Circle-Lets Inc.<\/p>\n

In addition to her husband, Mrs. August is survived by two sons, Taylor D.
\nAugust II of Winterville, N.C., and Wilbert E. August of Dallas; a daughter,
\nMarsha August Jones of The Colony; a sister, Virginia James of Charleston,
\nS.C.; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sharedcontent\/dws\/news\/localnews\/stories\/DN-augustob_28met.ART.State.Edition1.4d21960.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mattie Ford August, longtime teacher, dies at 75 July 28, 2010 By JOE SIMNACHER \/ The Dallas Morning News jsimnacher@dallasnews.com Mattie Ford August had a special quality for giving nursing care, and she used those skills to help students and…<\/p>\n

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