Mayview MO Foundation

Tina Ussery-Franklin lived in rural Mayview and attended the Mayview school from K-6th grade.  Her parents, Hattie and Kennie Ussery, moved the family to town when Tina was in 5th grade.  Tina graduated from Odessa High School and attended college at Missouri State University, graduating in 1984 with a BS in Business Management and a minor in Marketing.  She married Wade Franklin, also from Mayview, in 1984.   

Tina spent most of her career working at American Century Investments based in Kansas City, MO.  She held a variety of management roles and was the head of the Project Management Office prior to her retirement in 2021.  Tina is also involved with the Kansas City not-for-profit Community LINC which is focused on ending homelessness in KC.  She was on the Community LINC board for 9 years and served as board chair in 2019.  Tina joined the Mayview MO Foundation in 2021 and is greatly enjoying her work on the board as well as re-connecting with people in the community.  

Denise moved to the rural Odessa area, began attending, and

became a member of Zion UCC in 1974. In 1975 she did her

student teaching at Mayview Elementary and began her

teaching career at Mayview in 1976. She taught at the building

until it was closed at the end of the 1996-97 school year.

She has continued to be a part of the Mayview community as a

member of Zion and as a teacher with the Odessa R-7 School

District until retiring in 2013. Her Children, Christina and Brad

Begemann, attended K through 6th Grade at Mayview Elementary. Her husband Bill Bainbridge is a past board member of the Odessa School District.

Elaine's great-grandparents began attending church In

Mayview in the 1880s. After the consolidation of the country

schools with Mayview, she then attended school in Mayview

6th thru 12th grade. Elaine has a degree from University of Missouri in Education plus other certifications from a career in the life and health insurance industry. Her dad served on the Mayview School Board during much of that time and her mother taught Elementary school in the '60s. She lived in many places before returning to the family's Mayview Century Farm in the mid-'80s. She is active in the UCC Church at local and state levels.

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The Clouse Family arrived in the Mayview area in 1901.

Lloyd was born and raised in Mayview, leaving in 1971 for

the Military.  In the 70s, 80s and '90s he was a small

business owner (retail, construction, commercial real

estate and property management).  In the 2000s he owned

a group cruise company.  He sold his last business in

2009 and retired.  In 2014 Lloyd returned to Mayview

and is a managing partner in “Friends of Mayview LLC

and is actively helping to revitalize our city.

Larry was born and raised on a farm northwest of Mayview

and graduated from MHS in 1959. He went to work for

Hallmark after graduation and retired in 1995. Larry met

and married his wife, Karen, in 1964 and they were married

for 52 years before her passing in 2016. In addition to the Mayview MO Foundation, Larry is an active

member of the Lions Club and Zion UCC Church.

Jenna Soendker lives in rural Higginsville, Mo with her husband, William and 2 year old daughter Callie. She grew up in the small town of Drexel, Mo and knows what it means to keep a small town thriving. After graduating from Drexel High School, Jenna went on to study and get a degree in Agri-Business Management from the University of Central Missouri. 

After college, Jenna accepted a full-time position with the USDA Rural Development in Higginsville, Mo as a Business Program Specialist. Rural Development strives to strengthen rural America. Jenna attends and is involved in her church, Odessa Church of Christ. Along side her husband, they have a small cow-calf operation and row crop consisting of corn and beans. Jenna joined Mayview Mo Foundation in late 2021 and is excited to work along side others that take pride in the Mayview community.

Tim Barnes lives in rural Mayview with his wife Amalee and their son, Blake. Tim is a lifelong resident of Mayview. He attended kindergarten through 6th  grade at Mayview Elementary. He graduated from Odessa High School in 2001, then attended Missouri State University graduating with a B.S. in Agriculture Education. Upon graduating college, Tim returned home to farm. He has a row crop farming operation growing corn
and soybeans.

Tim’s grandfather, Ronnie Bertz, was a founding board member of the Mayview MO Foundation. Tim appreciates the opportunity to serve the Mayview community through
the Mayview MO Foundation. He and his family are committed to the revitalization of Mayview and are excited to be a part of beneficial projects and opportunities for the people of the Mayview area.

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I am so happy to have been invited to be a MMF member.  I attended and graduated from Mayview School.  I hope I can be an asset to the foundation.  I served on the Board of Directors of West Central for several years and most recently have been serving on the Round-up Committee.  Members round up their electric bill and we collect those pennies and use them for grants to groups after we evaluate their applications.  When my parents passed, I was instrumental in establishing a scholarship fund in their memory at the Crest Ridge school district.  My grandson's family established another scholarship fund when he was accidentally killed in a vehicle accident.  My family has always had an active role in working to make our school district better by working for the good of the community.  I believe the community is lost when it loses its school.  I retired from USPS after serving as a rural carrier out of the Centerview office.  I have always been involved with my husband and our sons in both our farming and construction business.  So far, I have had reasonably good health and can help in most all ways to the benefit of MMF.  Please put me wherever I can be of the most benefit.  I'm glad to be involved!

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