Misty grew up in Selma, Alabama. She graduated from Selma High School in 1985 and entered Huntingdon College. She was very active during her years there. She was a member of the Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority, the Campus ministries Association, and was Senior Class President just to name a few. After graduation in 1989 she entered Duke Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. While she was there she served four churches throughout North Carolina as a Student Intern. Misty was Ordained in 1991 and was appointed back to Seminary to finish her studies.

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From 1991 - 2001, Misty served in United Methodist Churches throughout Alabama. It was at St. John’s UMC in Mobile where she felt and answered the call to serve in England. Misty was granted an Extensions Ministry Appointment for three years and she served in the British Methodist Church. In 2004, Misty and her family returned to the states and she returned to her home AWF Conference and continued to serve. In July 2017 Misty was appointed to Headland UMC in Headland, Alabama.