Joan Rita Jeffers

Background

Jeffers, Joan Rita was born on November 27, 1943 in Oneida, Tennessee, United States.

Education

Bachelor in English, Tennessee Technology University, 1965. Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, East Tennessee State University, 1985.

Career

Teacher English literature, Jean Ribault Senior H.S., Jacksonville, Florida, 1965-1966; teacher English literature, French, Oneida (Tennessee) H.S., 1966-1967; teacher English literature, French, R.L. Osborne Senior H.S., Marietta, Georgia, 1967-1969; computer analyst, BellSouth Superior vena cava syndrome, Birmingham, Alabama, 1985-1988; staff analyst, BellSouth Superior vena cava syndrome, Birmingham, Alabama, 1988-1993; operating system designer, analyst, BellSouth Telecomms., Birmingham, since 1994.

Achievements

• Joan Rita Jeffers has been listed as a noteworthy systems designer, software engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member council ministries Vestavia Hills (Alabama) United Methodist Church, 1993, adult coordinator, education cluster, 1993, lay speaker, 1993-1994, member Vision 2000 Task Force, member administrative board, since 1993, soloist church sanctuary, since 1992. Soprano Birmingham Opera Theatre Production, 1994, Birmingham Concert Chorale, 1994. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (affiliate), Vestavia Hills Writers Guild (program chair, founder 1993-1994), Pi Kappa Delta, Gamma Beta Phi.

Interests

• Avocations: playing violin, baking, hiking, reading, singing.

Connections

Daughter of Horace Maynard and Ardilla Louise (Lewallen) J. Divorced; children: Nancy Elizabeth Williamson, Stephen Kirk Williamson.

Father:

Horace Maynard Jeffers

Mother:

Ardilla Louise (Lewallen) Jeffers

child:

Stephen Kirk Williamson Jeffers

child:

Nancy Elizabeth Williamson Jeffers