Background
Koonce, Ellis Everett was born on December 3, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Ellis Everett and Gladys Iola (Drake) Koonce.
Koonce, Ellis Everett was born on December 3, 1929 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Son of Ellis Everett and Gladys Iola (Drake) Koonce.
Graduated from the high school, Tunica, Mississippi.
Member Executive Committee, Indiana Insurance Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Mississippi, Jackson, 1980-1982; vice president, Indiana Insurance Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Mississippi, Jackson, 1982-1983; president, Indiana Insurance Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Mississippi, Jackson, 1983-1984; chairman finance committee, Indiana Insurance Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Mississippi, Jackson, 1985-1987; member finance committee, Indiana Insurance Assemblies of God Theological Seminary of Mississippi, Jackson, 1987-1994. Vice president Woolfolk Company, Tunica, Mississippi, 1969-1974. President Koonce and Erwin Insurance Agency, Tunica, 1974-1985, Rimmer-Child-Koonce, Cleveland, Mississippi, since 1985.
Board alderman Town of Tunica, 1969-1973, mayor, city judge, 1973-1981, city clerk, 1985-1989. Sheriff Tunica County, 1990. Member Tunica County Board Adjustments.
Board directors Tunica County Museum & Convention Bureau, Tunica County Museum. Chair Town of Tunica Election Commission Corporal United States Air Force, 1948-1949. Chief Tunica Volunteer Fire Department, 1959-1961.
Member Tunica Lions Club (president 1961-1962), Masons (secretary 1952-1962).
Married Mary Dona Matthews, December 9. Children: Ellis Everett II, Mark Evans, Dona Lee.