• My name is Martha Shirley.  I am a Pearl High School graduate, having completed all 12 years of school in the Pearl Public School District.  I received my Bachelor of Science in Elementary  Education degree from Mississippi College and have been teaching Kindergarten at Pearl Lower Elementary for 15 years.  My husband, John, and I have two children, three grandchildren, and one cat.  I enjoy spending time with my grandchildren, gardening, listening to Christian music, reading, traveling, and collecting crosses, frogs, and peacocks.