Jerry has been in the funeral service business since May 1971. and currently is the Funeral Director/Embalmer for Croley Funeral Home. He has held this position since January 2000. A graduate of Corbin High School, Corbin, Kentucky, Jerry attended Cumberland College at Williamsburg, Kentucky and is a graduate of Mid-America College of Funeral Service, Jeffersonville, Indiana. He is a Veteran of the U.S. Air Force and served in Vietnam. The son of the late Rev. Elmer F. and Ada Spradlin Elliott, Jerry is married to Joyce Patterson Elliott. They have one daughter, Sonya Clabaugh, and 2 Grandsons, Guy Reed III and Jerry Keith Reed.