1924-1994
Corrina Kay-Williams was born to Jamaican parents in East Orange. She served as an Essex County freeholder from 1982 to 1984, serving as Vice President. She was also an East Orange councilwomen.
Corrina was an educator in Newark. She served as a guidance counselor at West Kinney Junior High, retiring as Vice Principal of Central High School.
Before teaching, Corrina was a technician in pathology at Sydenham Hospital for 11 years, while getting her masters from Newark State Teachers College.
Corrina attended Fisk University and was involved with the Deltas and the Women’s League of New Jersey. She was born in East Orange and was the daughter of Jamaican immigrants.
“She left a legacy that was very hard to fill”, said the Freeholder President Sarah Bost.
“You looked up to people like her,” said Rep. Donald Payne.
Rev. Cannon Clarke said, “She helped people who felt there was no hope, she inspired them.”
There is a Head Start building named in her honor.
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