Effingham County School Superintendent addresses the school system’s retirees as board members honored them at a reception Wednesday afternoon.

Retiring from the system are: Bobbie Allen, Edith Bennett, Sophie Freyermuth, Mildred Givens, Diane Goldwire, Beverly Hathaway, Elizabeth Helmly, Juanita Hill, Helen Holmes, Netha Howard, Carolyn Kessler, Agnes Maynor, Thomas McGraw, Cornell Mock, Patricia Pace, Kenneth Parker, Debora Parrish, Cynthia Porter, Melanie Reiser, Sandra Rushing, Louise Sebastian, Beverly Sizemore, Barbara Strickland, Colleen Webb, Kathleen Wendelken and Barbara Woodruff.