Youth of the Month: Greimante Garner

City: Conway

School/grade level: Junior, Conway High School.

Favorite subject: Health Science.

Enjoy most at school: I love that we are a diverse school. You have so many different cultures and different types of backgrounds that you get to interact with on a daily basis.

Career plans: Become a mortician.

Family: Parents, Sandra (Kent) Stubbs and Henry Garner; siblings, Jarvis Garner and Tiffany Stubbs.

Who do you admire the most: The most admired person in my life is my grandfather, Lee Andrew Wright. He is a strong-minded, determined and hardworking man. He has overcome so many obstacles, including cancer about 20 years ago. He always finds the good out of everything he does. According to him, if there’s a will, there’s a way. My grandfather has taught me the fundamentals I need in order to be successful in life, as a man and a human being. He is a giving and caring person. He will give you the shirt off his back. He is a God-fearing man, and he stands up for what he believes in. 

Favorite meal: Eating at Joe’s Crab Shack.

Most cherished possessions: My most cherished possessions are my family, my unique socks, my education and my faith.

More about me: I love my church, Palarm Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. The Rev. Pleas E. Davenport is the senior pastor, and the Rev. Gary Logan is the youth pastor.

Most enjoyed weekend activity: Spending time with my family.

Favorite quote: “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your path.” — Proverbs 3:5-6

Favorite place in Arkansas: Conway

What is a word that best describes you: Determined. I believe that determination is the key for success in everything you do. In order to be determined, you have to believe in yourself when others don’t.