Jonathon D. Mooney:  

Life I was born November 10 to Nancy Hattie Jackson Mooney and Ruffus Ray Mooney (both deceased). My father passed in 1989 while on the job. My mother just passed in September of 2009 to small cell carcinoma cancer of the lung. She fought a one year battle before she succumbed to the cancer September 25th. My uncle, William, passed away to an accidental choking June 11, 2009. It has not been the best of all years for me along with doing graduate school. However, I have had numerous support from colleagues, classmates, and family members. My aunt,my mom's sister, lives with me now. This has tremendously affected her as they were side by side until the end. My grandmother passed in May of 1996. I am 31 years old and live outside of Ripley. I graduated from Ripley High School in 1997 and went to college in 2000. I have a MicroComputer Support Specialty diploma from the Tennessee Technology Center at Ripley, an Associate of Science Degree in Elementary Education from Dyersburg State, a Bachelor of Science Degree in Elementary Education from The University of Memphis, and a Masters Degree in Educational Leadership at Trevecca Nazarene University. I have a pet, a Miniature Doberman Pinscher. I substitute taught in the Lauderdale County school system during my semester breaks. I do have my own web page and actually do design as a hobby and I like to advise and assist computer owners and how to maintain their computers when I get spare time. I am a 5th-year teacher at Crestview Middle School, in Tipton Co. Tennessee teaching computer skills. School I guess what I miss about the high school was working in the office technology classes. I enjoyed typing a lot in the technology classes and learning computer skills. The typing skills helped me as I type faster today. I do have favorite teachers though. I miss Ms. S. Jones, my biology teacher, Ms. M. Sargent, my junior English teacher, Ms. J. Jones, my homeroom, office technology teacher, and Ms. M. Boyd, my nursing teacher. I miss going outside for extracurricular activities especially during Homecoming. If I remember my senior year, we did not have a homecoming which was a drag. That was the past. Must move on. A lot of changes have taken place though if you go back to visit RHS. Lots of changes. College I have an Associate of Science Degree in Elementary Education to which I could get a job in the school system if one was opened, but only as an Educational Assistant. The county school system I live in now is required to my understanding to have an associates degree in education in order to keep their job. I am an alumni member of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society with the home chapter of Alpha Epsilon Alpha at Dyersburg State. I am also an alumni member of the college. I ...Expand for more