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MARY
SUE CASEY was born to Minnie Worley Casey and the
late Lyndon K. Casey, Sr., and was educated in Jackson
County, North Carolina. She attended the all black
Jackson Elementary and High School through seventh
grade. As integration spread through the South in
1964, she moved to Scotts Creek Elementary for eighth
grade and her first year in an integrated environment.
Graduating from Sylva-Webster High School in 1970,
she remained in Jackson County and attended Western
Carolina University where she earned a bachelor
of science degree in secondary education (1974)
and a master's of arts degree in secondary education
(1984).
In 1974, she began her teaching
career at Sun Valley High School in Monroe, NC.
Mary Sue taught mathematics at Sun Valley and coached
cheerleading for twenty-four years. During that
time she received the state superintendent's award
of excellence for establishing the Union County
Math Meet. The faculty named her teacher of the
year in 1983. The varsity cheerleading teams she
coached earned the 3A state cheerleading championship
title for four consecutive years (1990 - 1993).
The SVHS varsity squad placed 16th in the Varsity
National Competition held at Sea World in Orlando,
FL in 1992.
While living in Monroe, Mary Sue
attended the Friendship Missionary Baptist Church
and was an active member of the "All God's
Children" collector's club in Rock Hill, SC.
Returning to Sylva in 1998, Mary
Sue reestablished her membership at Liberty Baptist
Church. At Liberty, she is assistant treasurer,
Women's Day chairperson, and a member of the Budget
Committee. She has been chairperson of the Waynesville
Missionary Baptist Association Banquet Committee
since its inception in 2001. Mary Sue's community
involvement includes membership in the Order of
the Eastern Star- Sylva Chapter 416B, serving as
President of Bridges to Community and serving on
the Boards of Directors for the North Carolina Cheerleading
Coaches Association, One Dozen Who Care, Inc., and
Samaritan Health Clinics.
Presently, Mary Sue teaches math
at Smoky Mountain High in Sylva, NC where she was
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