Dr. Bonnie J. Rice is a native of Birmingham, Alabama, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Theology and Church Music from Southeastern Bible College in Birmingham, Alabama. She then graduated from The University of Alabama with a Master’s degree in Music. In December of 2018, Dr. Bonnie received a doctoral degree in Musical Arts from Alabama and plays piano, organ, cello, and guitar frequently performs cello with the Starkville Symphony Orchestra in Starkville, Mississippi, and other regional orchestras. Aside from work and teaching, She enjoys the outdoors, her Bichon Frise, Birx, and football. Birx and Dr. Bonnie recently became a family of three, with the adoption of Ryeland Alexander Rice on July 23, 2024.
Leodesie Dubose (Desie) grew up in the Philippines where she graduated from Caraga State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education. She moved to the United States in 2014 with her husband, Maurice. She and her husband have one son, Maurice Jr, (MJ). Desie has been on staff since March of 2017. On January 24, 2020 Desie was sworn in as an American citizen in Montgomery, Alabama.
