KINGSTON, Tenn. — A woman who never let a child go hungry at school is getting a cafeteria named after her, officials announced on Thursday.
At the March 2021 meeting of the Roane County School Board, educators voted to rename the Kingston Elementary School cafeteria to The Earline Pankey Cafeteria. Officials said that she worked for 50 years to feed children as they attended school.
"She was truly an amazing lady who never let a child go hungry, and is greatly missed," officials said in a post on Facebook.
Pankey passed away in September 2020. She was a cafeteria worker and manager in Roane County, working at schools in East Tennessee and serving others. She was a well-known and cherished part of the school community.