COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — A Woodward Academy teacher has died after a battle with cancer, the school announced on Wednesday.
In a letter sent to families, Woodward Academy President F. Stuart Gulley said that longtime educator Angela Stephenson had passed away after recently being diagnosed with cancer. She was 71 years old.
"Angela was a beloved teacher and friend whose impact on generations of students will not be forgotten," Gulley said.
Stephenson began her tenure at College Park's Woodward Academy -- a private college-preparatory school for pre-K through 12th-grade -- all the way back in 1985 after moving to Georgia, according to her obituary.
While at Woodward, Stephenson was an English teacher and an Individual Student Program leader.
“I wouldn’t be the person I am today without you. You are the reason why I survived high school academically and physically and also allowed me to have confidence in being the learner and person that I am," wrote a Woodward Academy student, noted in her obituary.
She is survived by her husband, daughter, son-in-law, granddaughter and grandson.
A service will be held for her at Holly Innocents' Episcopal Church on Saturday, May 18, at 2 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Winship Cancer Institute www.winshipcancer.emory.edu, Woodward Academy www.woodward.edu or Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church www.holyinnocents.org.
