Charlene Fite | |
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Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 80th district |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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Preceded by | Linda Collins-Smith |
Personal details | |
Born |
Edna Charlene Harris 1950 (age 66–67) |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Thomas Lile "Tom" Fite |
Children | 5 |
Residence |
Van Buren Crawford County Arkansas, USA |
Alma mater | University of Arkansas |
Occupation | Educator |
Religion | Southern Baptist |
Edna Charlene Harris Barnes Fite (born 1950), is an educator and Politician from Van Buren in western Arkansas, who is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from District 80, which includes the northern part of Crawford County (a portion of Van Buren and Cedarville) that extends through the Ozark National Forest into Washington County (Cane Hill, Lincoln, and Prairie Grove).
Charlene Fite received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee. She received a master's degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.
Since 2000, Fite has been employed as a school psychology specialist by the public schools in Fort Smith. She was previously a special education teacher in Fort Smith except for one year in the middle 1990s in Pulaski County.
A member of the First Baptist Church of Alma in Crawford County, Fite formerly served two terms as a board member of the Arkansas Baptist Executive Committee. She is a former officer of the Crawford County Republican Party.