By: HEATHER BOGARD Associate Editor Velma Semien Davis retired from her 35-year career with the Evangeline Parish School System on May 31, 2002. A graduate of Grambling State University, she received a degree in social studies with a minor in library science. After graduation, she returned home to Ville Platte and became the first African American teacher in the parish following integration in…
August 15, 2026
