Background
Ricketson, Mary Alice was born on March 11, 1948 in Centralia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Luke Alonzo and Marian Elizabeth (Callahan) Peavey.
Ricketson, Mary Alice was born on March 11, 1948 in Centralia, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Daughter of Luke Alonzo and Marian Elizabeth (Callahan) Peavey.
Bachelor, Our Lady of the Lake College, 1969; Master of Arts, Western Carolina U., 1979; postgraduate, Gestalt Center South.
Public welfare worker, State Department Public Welfare, San Antonio, 1970;
public welfare worker, Bexar County Child Welfare, San Antonio, 1971-1972;
public welfare worker, Tarrant County Child Welfare, Fort Worth, 1972-1974;
instructor, Tri County Technology Institute, Murphy, North Carolina, 1974-1977;
vocational adjustment coordinator, Industrial Opportunities, Inc., Marble, North Carolina, 1975-1978;
clinical social worker, Smoky Mountain Area Mental Health, Marble, 1978-1987;
medical social worker, Good Shepherd Home Health Agency, Hayesville, North Carolina, 1987-1991;
counselor, White Oak Counseling Clinic, Brasstown, North Carolina, 1987-1989;
private practice, Murphy, North Carolina, since 1989. Consultant, counselor, co-founder Rape Edition and Awareness, Caring and Help, Inc., Murphy, since 1982, speaker, 1982, board directors, volunteer advocate, since 1978. Coordinator Women's Resource Center, 1992-1994.
Program coordinator REACH, Inc., 1993-1994. Presenter S.E. Mental Health Symposium, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina., 1985.
Board of directors Cherokee County Sharing Center for Needy, 1988. Advising committee Association for Retarded Citizens, Cherokee and Clay Citizens, 1991. Primary emotional energy recovery facilitator, since 1992.
Member American Counseling Association, Association Retarded Citizens, North Carolina Counseling Association, North Carolina Coalition Domestic Violence.
Married Emory Lee Ricketson, October 10, 1970. 1 child, Lee Forrest.