Tommie (Tommy) Camilla Stephens Barfield (1888 – 1949) was instrumental in the education system of Collier County, Florida, as its first School Superintendent.
[1][2][3] Tommie Barfield Elementary School, at which her Great Floridian plaque is located,[4] was named for her.
[5] Tommie moved to Marco Island in 1901 with her family and married James Madison Barfield in 1906.
[6] In 1910, she turned her home into a hotel and began to make and sell jellies and candies to her guests.
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