The Paris High School Althea Garden Club recently hosted the annual Arbor Day Ceremony. All past, present and future Crape Myrtle Queens were honored. Sever former queens returned to celebrate the rich history of crape myrtles and the Crape Myrtle Queen tradition in Lamar County.
Photographed from the left are Peyton Pruitt McMonigle (1990), Allison Ensey (2011), Alexandria Hutchison (2009), Erin Barbee (2000), Laci Coker (2003), Tiera Easter (reigning Crape Myrtle Queen), Modgie McHam Hoog (1993), and Allison Lancaster who will be crowned in July.