Mrs. Joan Cawood, Tennessee Christian Preparatory School neighbor.
By Addie Ann Dowdy
As you are coming into the school, you may have noticed a little white house on the left. For the past two years I have always wondered who lived there. Recently I got a chance to meet her and get to know her just a little bit.
As we were walking down to meet TCPS’s closest neighbor, sophomore Katie O’Malley said, “Why don’t you ask her if she is Christian?” I didn’t feel comfortable about talking about her personal faith until I noticed she had two Bibles sitting on her couch. I soon found out that our neighbor, Joan Cawood, attends Tasso Wesley Methodist Church and doesn’t let a day go by without reading her Bible.
Mrs. Cawood has lived here for about 40 years. They have two sons and she has three grandchildren. She and her late husband lived in Riceville and Philadelphia, Tennessee, and moved to Cleveland for work while there.
For more than 20 years, Mrs. Cawood worked at the American Uniform. Her favorite job while working there was the embroidery department.
Today, Mrs. Cawood loves the school because it makes her feel safe. She is never bothered by any school functions and loves seeing the children play on the playground.
Having lived in the same house 40 years, she has seen the school campus undergo major changes. When the Cawoods first moved into the house this school was an orphanage. Since then, this property has been a college and now is Tennessee Christian Preparatory School.
