Mary Ann was born in Byron, Georgia, which is just outside of Macon.
When she was 9 years old she moved to Reddick, FL and then later to
Ocala. She graduated from Ocala High School and then moved to
Jacksonville to attend college. She began her career in the regional
office of State Farm Insurance Company in Jacksonville, Florida when
she graduated college. Then moved to San Antonio, Texas with her
husband who was in the military, and worked for Security National
Bank. The next military place of service was in Melbourne, FL, and
there she worked for Radiation, Inc., which is now Harris
Corporation. Next, it was back to Jacksonville where she worked for
Reynolds, Smith & Hills, an Architect & Engineering firm which
was involved with building the Preview Center at Walt Disney World,
before any of the associated parks were ever built. Then she moved to
Orlando, and began work at what was then the Loch Haven Art Center,
but is now the Orlando Museum or Art, from which she retired after 10
years. She worked part-time for several temp agencies after that as
she wasn’t looking for full time employment, while her daughter was
young. She also took on contracts to organize different homes,
businesses, and filing systems around town, from dental and customer
service offices to kitchens, storage areas, complete homes, and
garages! While with the temp agencies though, she found a job with
people she really liked, and began full time employment for The Spoken
Word of God and Christian Media International and was there for
several years, just prior to meeting Shannon Perez and Scott Tracy,
and beginning work with SERVPRO.