Bonham, Texas -- One of the finest small-town libraries in Texas just got even better! Bonham Public Library celebrated 125 years of service to the community by unveiling "Reagan's Study Room" on Friday, November 6, 2026. Bonham Mayor Allen Sanderson, Library Board members, community leaders and the family of Reagan Fletcher filled the foyer at Bonham Public Library as Stacey McGraw, Director of the library welcomed the crowd to this special event.
The storied role this library has played in the community is the stuff of legends. Guided almost entirely by a determined group of ladies on the library's board of directors who conducted a fundraiser to pay for the construction of the modern facility that the community enjoys, the events and activities at Bonham Public Library are now woven into the fabric of everyday life in Bonham.
"I would like to welcome you to our dual celebration of the library’s 125th year of service to Bonham and the dedication of Reagan’s Reading Room in former Board President Reagan Fletcher’s honor," Kay Sisk, President of the Bonham Public Library Board began. "Since 1901 a dedicated group of citizens have striven to bring education, culture, and vision to Bonham. Whether in one room on the third floor of a downtown building and open one afternoon a week or in the beautiful facility we now have, the library has always evolved and our latest evolution is Reagan’s Reading Room."
"Several years ago when we needed a new board member, Reagan’s name came up. We had never had a man on the board before so the skeptical among us invited him in to meet us. It took about 5 minutes for us to be completely charmed. He agreed to join us, to break our version of a glass ceiling. He challenged us and changed us, all for the better.
"And then, two years ago, he was gone. It didn’t seem fair that the man who had joked in a group board photo that 'one of these things is not like the others' would no longer be physically with us.
"But with this room, with Reagan’s Study Room, we hope to still have a bit of his spirit.
"We would like to thank the Fletcher family for their support and to note that the mural was painted by artists from the Creative Arts Center."
The artists who collaborated on the library mural are Chris Cravens, Japhnee Metellus, Jessie Bryant and Sandy Barber.
On behalf of the library board and staff, Sisk invited Reagan Fletcher’s family to be the first to enter Reagan's Study Room.
And, with that, a man who made such an impact in a relatively short time in Bonham became a part of this remarkable public library in perpetuity.
