Longtime educator runs for county clerk
|
Starkey is a graduate of Tennessee Tech with a master?s and EDS degree in administration and supervision. She also has teaching endorsements as an early childhood specialist, and also an endorsement for elementary school guidance.
Along with many years of teaching, she has also served as principal at Morrison and Viola, and a WCMS assistant principal. Her experience includes 21 years of dependability and dedication with public schooling.
?I earned my degrees while raising four children, so I know from life?s experience that you can juggle work, family, and numerous activities,? said Starkey. ?My schedule now includes all of the above, plus campaigning for the much-sought-after position of county clerk. I want you, the voter, to know if I?ve missed getting to speak with you personally, I?d like to take this opportunity to ask for your vote and support May 2 and Aug. 3. I feel I have the communication skills, the work ethic, and the people-friendly personality that?s necessary when serving the public.?
Starkey has served her community well through her dedication to her many students, parents, grandparents, and the many co-workers and friends she has worked alongside through the years. Starkey is also a member of the Warren County Chamber of Commerce and the Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary Organization.
Starkey?s parents, the late Mr. & Mrs. Oscar ?Bud? Elledge were well known and respected throughout the Viola-Morrison community for their hard work and dedication to the farming community that they were so proud to be a part of. Starkey was raised and lived in this community on the family farm, but has relocated to McMinnville for the past several years. Starkey has four sisters and two brothers with Addie Fults being the only sister that currently lives in Warren County.
Starkey is also the proud parent of four children: Shannon Starkey Haston, Laura Starkey, Andrea Starkey Guzak, and Jon Starkey. She has four grandchildren: Madeline and Jalen Haston, Mea Starkey, and the newest addition to the family, Laura?s Ella Bleu, born Feb. 22, 2006. Son-in-law, Joey Haston, is well known to many in the Warren County area due to the nursery business.
Starkey wants to encourage everyone to become interested in county government and vote and choose the candidate they feel will work for them and will be there to help them with the services the office offers. The office has a dedicated staff and while working together with the new clerk that transition can go smoothly.
?Thanks to everyone for the encouragement and support,? Starkey said. ?I appreciate and thank you personally for anything you might have done for me in the effort to be elected county clerk.?