{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Croley, Mountjoy honored at Leader of the Year banquet &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"r8VyiBIklt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/croley-mountjoy-honored-leader-year-banquet\/\">Croley, Mountjoy honored at Leader of the Year banquet<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/croley-mountjoy-honored-leader-year-banquet\/embed\/#?secret=r8VyiBIklt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Croley, Mountjoy honored at Leader of the Year banquet&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"r8VyiBIklt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! 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Croley was presented the award last Thursday during the Leadership Tri-County Leader of the Year banquet, held at the Williamsburg Tourism Center. Serving his second term as Coroner, and seeking a third, Croley notably has provided his services during several high-profile disasters including Hurricane Katrina and Comair Crash Flight 5191. On Sept. 11, 2001, he was asked to go to New York City to help on a special recovery team following the 9\/11 terrorist attacks. During his keynote speech at the banquet, Croley paid tribute to all of his teachers, coaches, mentors and family for helping him over the years. \u201cI am grateful to everyone. It is me on stage receiving this leadership award, but there\u2019s no way I can accept it without letting you know of the leaders in my life that have instructed me and helped me be who I am today,\u201d Croley said. He gave special thanks to his wife, Tracy, and his parents. \u201cThey gave me so many life lessons \u2026 I can never repay them for the all the lessons I learned.\u201d In addition to his work in public office, Croley is also one of the founders, and past Chairman of the board of directors, of the Border Bowl \u2014 a non-profit organization established to help promote high school football in Kentucky and Tennessee. A Border Bowl all-star game is held annually. In the past, it was held in Williamsburg but has since been moved to Sevierville, and has also been expanded to include players from Georgia and North Carolina. \u201cI just want to say I\u2019m grateful having this award and I\u2019m so grateful for Leadership Tri-County and what it does for our community, and how fortunate we are to have such a diverse, excellent organization in this community,\u201d Croley said. Croley was introduced by Dr. Michael Colegrove, a past recipient of the award and the former Vice President of Student Services at University of the Cumberlands. \u201cAndy Croley lives a life of service,\u201d Colegrove said. \u201cService to his family. Service to his community. Service to the state. Service to the country and service to his God through his service to his fellow man.\u201d Also honored at the banquet, posthumously, was former Williamsburg Independent Schools Superintendent Jesse B. \u201cJake\u201d Mountjoy. He passed away last October. His wife, former Williamsburg Mayor Marcella Mountjoy, accepted the 2018 Luminary Award on his behalf. Rich Prewitt, a retired educator and administrator who worked in the Williamsburg, Whitley County and Corbin School Systems, remembered Mountjoy fondly. Prewitt was a biology teacher at Williamsburg High School and served as the boy\u2019s varsity basketball coach under Mountjoy. Mountjoy was an educator in the Williamsburg schools for 32 years, including a 12-year stint as Superintendent. He also served in the US Navy during WWII as a gunner on a Merchant Marine ship. \u201cHe was just the kind of man that if would have bled, I\u2019m sure he would have bled out orange because he loved his school and he loved his kids and he loved his staff \u2026 and he would do anything he could to make your life better,\u201d Prewitt said. \u201cHe was the epitome of a public servant. It was never about him or him being a big shot or all of that. It was always about the kids \u2026 and that\u2019s why I loved him.\u201d Marcella Mountjoy said her husband, though not a native of Whitley County, died loving his adopted home with all of his heart. \u201cThe memories that we have of this wonderful man \u2026 I can\u2019t say I\u2019m lonely because I have all of those things in my mind that happened in our 69 years together,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m so proud of the name Mountjoy.\u201d \u201cJake knew he was living where he was loved and cared for.\u201d &nbsp; &nbsp;"}