Olivia Messiah, a former Baytown educator and the first Black woman elected to the Goose Creek Independent Consolidated School District (GCCISD) School Board, died on Feb. 14 at the age of 84. She was the mother of Defender CEO and Publisher Sonceria “Sonny” Messiah-Jiles and mother-in-law of business leader Jodie Jiles. Mrs. Messiah was a […]