Grayson County Democratic Women will honor Ruby Jo Williams at the second biennial Eleanor Roosevelt Award Dinner to be held Oct. 21 in the Mabee Banquet Room in the Wright Center at Austin College at 6 p.m.

Keynote speaker Dr. Edra C. Bogle, Democratic candidate for State School Board, will meet supporters at 5:30 p.m. in the banquet room.

Williams, a long time Sherman Independent School District teacher and administrator, was the first African American principal at Washington Elementary School, served on several boards, including Teatricks, Goals for Sherman, Teacher Education Center Policy, and is a past chairperson of the Community Block Grant Fund.

Tickets for the event are $35 per person or $350 for a table of eight. For tickets and information call 903-786-4424. Reservations are required.