Gracie Mae Jarrett

Background

Jarrett, Gracie Mae was born on February 8, 1944 in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Hosea George Washington and Sylvia Ann (McCluney) Canady.

Education

Associate of Arts, Coffeyville (Kansas) JUCO, 1964; Bachelor of Science, Kansas State College, 1968; Master of Science, Troy (Alabama) State University, 1975.

Career

Nurse aide, cashier, Kansas City U. Medical Center, 1962-1967; physical education teacher, Kansas City Missouri District, 1968-1973; school social worker, Okaloosa County Schools, Fort Walton Beach, Florida, 1973-1976; special agent training, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia, 1976; substitute teacher, Berryessa School District, San Jose, California, 1976; personal lines underwriter, Reliance Insurance Company, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, 1977-1981; vocational education counselor, Operation P.U.S.H., Kansas City, Missoury, 1981; casemanager, Kansas Youth Trust, Kansas City, Kansas, 1982-1983; guidance counselor, School District #204, Bonner Springs, Kansas, since 1983. Trainer, speaker U. Missouri, Kansas City, since 1989. Trainer Adult Illiteracy Program, Kansas City, 1993-1994.

Delegate Minority Leadership Training, Bonner Spring, 1995.

Achievements

• Gracie Mae Jarrett has been listed as a noteworthy Junior high school guidance counselor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Co-sponsor, chaperone Special Olympics of Florida, Fort Walton Beach, 1973-1975. Volunteer Community Action Program, Kansas City, 1978-1982, Hotline, Kansas City, 1978-1980. Member Kansas Political Action, Bonner Springs, since 1994.

Nominating committee Senator Al Ramirez, Bonner Springs, 1991-1993. Member National Education Association, ACA, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (board directors since 1977), ASCD, AARP, Kansas National Education Association (Health Care and Retirement Manor Care commissioner chair 1994-1995, president 1990), Bonner Springs Education Association (president, representative, delegate since 1982, co-head negotiator 1996), Delta Kappa Gamma.

Interests

• Avocations: swimming, sewing, reading, public speaking, writing poetry.

Connections

Married Gennie Jarrett, Junior, July 11, 1987. Children: Tony Jarrett, André D. Oden, Dale Marie Jarrett.

Father:

Hosea George Washington Canady

Mother:

Sylvia Ann (McCluney) Canady

Spouse:

Gennie Jarrett

child:

Tony Jarrett

child:

André D. Oden Jarrett

child:

Dale Marie Jarrett