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Except for 6 years service in the United States Air Force and the years spent in college, Dr. Rone has been a lifelong resident of McMinnville. He graduated from Warren County Central High, attended both MTSU and the University of Tennessee receiving a BS degree in science and biology. He attended Southern College of Optometry at the medical area of the University of Tennessee in Memphis where he received his Doctoral Degree in optometry. He also completed the Local Government Leadership Program at UT. He has been a practicing optometric physician in McMinnville since 1964. He is a past president of the Chamber of Commerce and served three terms as Mayor of McMinnville from 1989 to 2000. He is a member of the First Presbyterian Church. He is married to Elizabeth Mason Rone, has two grown daughters and three grand sons.