EDDIE JEAN CARR

EDDIE JEAN MCDONALD CARR, A NATIVE OF MAGEE, MISSISSIPPI, IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REV. EDDIE MCDONALD AND THE LATE MRS. EMMA LEE EDWARDS- MCDONALD.  

 

EDDIE JEAN GREW UP, THE SECOND CHILD OF SEVEN CHILDREN, SIX GIRLS AND ONE BOY, AS A SHARE CROPPER’S DAUGHTER IN MAGEE, SIMPSON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI.   AT AN EARLY AGE EDDIE JEAN BEGAN WORK ON THE FAMILY FARM, WHERE SHE HAD TO PICK COTTON, PULL CORN, PICK CUMCUMBERS, PEAS AND BUTTERBEANS. WHEN THE FAMILY HAD FINISHED PICKING THEIR OWN COTTON, THEY HAD TO HELP HER GRANDPARENTS, AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, WHO WERE ALSO SHARE CROPPERS.

 

EDUCATION WAS ALWAYS VERY IMPORTANT TO HER PARENTS. ALTHOUGH, EDDIE JEAN MISSED THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OUT OF SCHOOL EACH YEAR BECAUSE OF HAVING TO WORK ON THE FARM; SHE AND HER SIBLINGS WERE ALL EXPECTED TO DO WELL IN SCHOOL. SHE RECEIVED HER EARLY EDUCATION IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL OF SIMPSON COUNTY AND GRADUATED WITH HONORS IN THE CLASS OF 1967 FROM HARPER HIGH SCHOOL, MENDENHALL, MS.  

 

SHE RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE, WITH HONORS FROM JACKSON STATE COLLEGE IN 1971; AND SHE HAS DONE FURTHER GRADUATE STUDIES AT JACKSON STATE.   WHILE ATTENDING JACKSON STATE, EDDIE JEAN PARTICIPATED IN NUMEROURS SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND WAS ELECTED AS MISS JACKSON STATE COLLEGE 1970-1971.

 

IN ADDITION TO HER FORMAL EDUCATION AT JACKSON STATE, SHE HAS RECEIVED CERTIFICATION AS A CERTIFIED MUNICIPAL COURT CLERK; A CERTIFIED  STATE AND INTERNATIONAL MUNICIPAL CITY CLERK;  A CERTIFIED HEMOGLOBINOPATHY SINGLE GENE SICKLE CELL COUNSELOR; A CERTIFIED TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT TRAINER AND A CUSTOMER SERVICE FOCUSED TRAINER.