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Oral history.; Billie Rossie Tonos was born November 12, 1924, in Shaw, Mississippi, to Nazira Hallal Rossie and Sam Rossie, Americans of Lebanese descent. In May of 1942, she graduated from Shaw High School and enrolled at Delta State Teachers College where she was involved in a choral group known as ";The Little Foxes,"; Delta Singers, Delta Playhouse, and its fraternity Alpha Psi Omega. She was editor of the annual The Broom and was selected to Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities in her junior and senior years. She graduated with honors in 1946. Miss Rossie taught in public schools and then at St. Joseph's Catholic School in Greenville. In July, 1951, she married John Michael Tonos and had four children, all of whom graduated from St. Joseph's School. In 1971, she resumed her teaching career at St. Joseph's until she retired in 1990. A member of St. Joseph's Choir, she also sings with the Red Cross Chorus. At Delta State University, she is active in the Alumni Association, a member of the Golden Circle, and an ambassador at the Bologna Arts Center. She is also a member of the King's Daughters Senior Circle and the Cedars of Lebanon Club. Recently she was honored as Alumnus of the Year for the Washington County Alumni of Delta State University.